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Australia have pushed back their tour of Zimbabwe from June to September 2007 so they can make the trip in conjunction with the Twenty20 Championship in South Africa

Australia reschedule Zimbabwe tour

Ricky Ponting predicts one-day teams will reach totals of 500 in the future

500 out of reach for now - Ponting

New Zealand are hopeful that the injury scare to Mark Gillespie, the medium-fast bowler, isn't serious and that the team can adapt to Caribbean conditions

Gillespie injury scare for New Zealand

Brian Lara believes Marlon Samuels is finally ready to realise his potential just in time for the World Cup

'Samuels in the right frame of mind' - Lara

Brett Dorey will miss his second Pura Cup game with a toe injury

Dorey and Pomersbach miss crucial encounter

Irving Romaine, Bermuda's captain, defended his side after an embarrassing 241-run loss to England and insisted they deserved their place in the World Cup

Romaine defends World Cup place after thrashing

Victoria's hopes of catapulting into the Pura Cup final have suffered a setback

Harwood injury restricts Victoria's final push

Andrew Symonds and Matthew Hayden must be careful not to get ahead of themselves

Ponting cautions Hayden and Symonds over comebacks

Cathryn Fitzpatrick has ended her career on a high, taking 2 for 27 to lead Australia Women to a six-wicket in over New Zealand in the final of the Women's Quadrangular at Chennai

Fitzpatrick impressive from beginning to end

05-Mar-2007•Nishi Narayanan

Vermeulen makes most of relaxed bail conditions

Mark Vermeulen celebrated the relaxed bail conditions afforded to him with a hundred for Old Hararians against Uprising in a league match at the weekend

Brian Lara, the West Indies captain, was hopeful that the fans don't pin them as favourites just as yet

'We want to slowly get into our stride' - Lara

New South Wales have fitness worries over two of their key members

New South Wales wait on Katich

Heading into his final World Cup, Sachin Tendulkar admits that the expectations of millions of Indians isn't as daunting as made out to be, and that if it was, he would have stayed home

'If I didn't believe, I'd have stayed home' - Tendulkar

Andrew Symonds has completed his first batting training session in St Vincent

Symonds survives first training session

A round-up of the ABN AMRO Cup Gold League matches that took place on March 4

Malik and Yousuf star for Sialkot Stallions

Multan returned to the Gold League of the Quaid-e-Azam Trophy in style with a thumping 269-run victory against Islamabad in the final of the Silver League

Multan return to Gold League with convincing win

Tony Howard, the West Indies manager, has spoken boldly of his side's chances in the World Cup

Hosts buoyant ahead of Kenya clash