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The countdown to the 2015 World Cup begins

Apparently, it is never too early to start a marketing campaign

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

India get the hunger

Napoelon would have been impressed

25-Feb-2013•Sharda Ugra

A taste for cricket

There has been tremendous security build-up in Mohali ahead of the World Cup semi-final clash between India and Pakistan with the army, the National Security Guard (NSG) and the Special Protection Group (SPG) all out in full force

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

England’s party problems

As if England don’t have enough problems: injuries, squad disruptions, playing Sri Lanka in a knockout World Cup game in hot and humid Colombo

25-Feb-2013•Jayaditya Gupta

Own your own team

Always wanted to own a star-studded cricket team, but never had the chance (or the money) to do so

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Only good-looking cops for World Cup final

With a large number of foreigners expected to attend the World Cup final, Mumbai police commissioner Arup Patnaik is quite particular about the image projected by the city’s police force

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Colly loses three fans

Paul Collingwood’s poor form in recent times has seen his support-base dwindle, but surely he at least deserves the support of his family

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

All is well, even as light tower fails

The concerns over the World Cup stadia never seem to fully blow over

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

Lee looks to the next generation

It would be easy enough for players at the World Cup to get bogged down in planning for their next game, without looking at life outside the tournament

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

South Africa’s food for thought

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

25-Feb-2013•Firdose Moonda

Prime Minister Key takes on Warne

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

25-Feb-2013•Nikita Bastian

Cricket’s healing power

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

25-Feb-2013•Jayaditya Gupta

Ryan's Dutch disease

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.

25-Feb-2013•Sharda Ugra

One team, two countries, no 'national' anthem

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

25-Feb-2013•Sharda Ugra

How Hayden found out about his broken record

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

25-Feb-2013•Tariq Engineer

O’Brien halts Munaf’s movie

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

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Ireland bask in the attention

Irish eyes are not smiling

25-Feb-2013•Sharda Ugra

Forty-five weddings and a World Cup

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

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Wayne Parnell: the romantic

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

25-Feb-2013•Firdose Moonda

Eden Gardens goes ‘healthy’ to draw the crowds

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

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

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