The Buzz

South Africa are not tangled up in the tension of Group B as the league stage nears it’s end, but that doesn’t mean that they want to - or can - stay away from all the stress

More than half a million dollars was raised for those affected by last month’s earthquake in New Zealand, as movie stars, cricketers and the New Zealand Prime Minister took the field in the Fill the Basin Twenty20 appeal match in Wellington on

The healing power of sport is well-documented – charity games following a natural disaster are as much about raising smiles as about raising money

Cricket's 'flagship' event, especially when it's got the Associates enjoying the spotlights, throws up a mix of nationalities, cultures, religions, languages and accents in a wondrous we-are-the-world kind of way.

When Ireland turned out for the national anthems before the start of the match, what played over the Chinnaswamy speakers was not actually a ‘national anthem' and what represented them was not the flag of a nation

Matthew Hayden, who held the record for the fastest World Cup hundred before Kevin O’Brien decided it was open season on England’s bowlers, was possibly the last man to hear about it

Ireland’s reputation for being giant killers has claimed another victim - that gentle giant Munaf Patel

Irish eyes are not smiling

We’ve heard of restaurant menus customised to include ‘World Cup’ specials, but have you ever heard of a wedding with the cricket World Cup as its theme

Wayne Parnell doesn’t appear the romantic type but he has a soft spot for love stories

Having lost the marquee India-England World Cup clash, and being reduced to three decidedly lower-profile games, you’d have expected gloom and doom at Eden Gardens

Trouble shadows Sreesanth everywhere

A lazy run, an avoidable run-out, an angry captain and a dressing-room outburst

We’ve all heard of teams losing wickets in a heap, but four wickets in two balls is stretching things a bit, right

Who said the West Indians are now one of the uncared-for, fringe teams of this World Cup who are not taken seriously

Ricky Ponting could have been forgiven for sleeping in a little on Saturday morning, but still managed to be on time for Australia’s 10am training session

When was the last time the name “Indi Commandos” brought to mind the image of a cricket team

There will be less buzz of the onomatopoeic kind at the World Cup

Darren Gough was offered the chance to stand as a Conservative Party candidate at the forthcoming by-election in his home town in Barnsley, according to The Guardian , but hung up on what he assumed was a prank call when the Prime Minister, David

Desmond Tutu and Andrew Flintoff haven’t often had much reason to be mentioned in the same sentence, but today the pair shared top billing in a press release from Lord’s, as both men were awarded honorary life membership of MCC.