Sultan Zarawani

Each World Cup has thrown up some unlikely heroes. Here's a personal selection of players who briefly lit up the competition

Famous incidents when batsmen were hit by bouncers

Cricinfo recalls 11 cameo World Cup appearances

One of the enduring images of watching South Africa of late has been the frequency with which Makhaya Ntini has struck batsmen on the head. Here, Cricinfo picks out 11 moments where tempers spilled over off the field&

It's been a week to remember in the captaincy stakes, with Zimbabwe's Terrence Duffin plucked from obscurity, and England's Andrew Flintoff stepping into the breach for England