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Sreesanth knocks two over

Trouble shadows Sreesanth everywhere

25-Feb-2013•Sriram Veera

Ponting’s a smash hit – or not

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

25-Feb-2013•Jayaditya Gupta

Two balls, four wickets, one angry scorer

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

25-Feb-2013•Cricinfo

West Indies set off some sirens

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

25-Feb-2013•Sharda Ugra

Ponting's latest woe: sleep deprivation

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

25-Feb-2013•Brydon Coverdale

'Indi Commandos'? Really?

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

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Dhaka to mosquitoes: You are terminated

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

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

Gough turns down chance to be Tory MP

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

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Miller

Tutu and Flintoff jump the Lord's waiting list

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.

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Miller

Southee's mid-air relationship has NZC in a Twitter

The New Zealand fast bowler, Tim Southee, most definitely did not get up to no good with a female passenger, en route to the World Cup, according to a team spokesman who was forced to deny rumours that one of his players had elected to join the

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Miller

Akram coaches Akshay Kumar?

Cricketers have made their presence felt on the silver screen often enough; films like The Final Test have featured cameos from Len Hutton, Denis Compton, Godfrey Evans and Jim Laker, while Salim Durani, Derek Pringle, Ian Botham, Kapil Dev and

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Of biscuits and motorbikes, and bats

From sponsored blimps to commercial-filled broadcasts, advertising’s influence on modern-day cricket is inescapable

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Bryan Adams to perform at opening ceremony

The veteran Canadian rock star, Bryan Adams, has been confirmed as one of the main performers at the World Cup opening ceremony in Dhaka later this month.

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Miller

Colombo's new enemy: clothes lines

With the eyes of the world hawkishly scrutinising World Cup stadiums, Sri Lanka are determined not to let their dirty linen be washed in public

25-Feb-2013•Dustin Silgardo

Have you won the ICC sweepstake?

If you’ve just received an email from the “ICC” congratulating you for having won a prize in a sweepstake, organised by them, think twice before popping the champagne – or indeed disclosing your bank details

25-Feb-2013•Jayaditya Gupta

And the sprucing-up continues...

Bangladesh is on a cleaning spree ahead of the World Cup

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Flower to play for England, or Martians to land at Lord's?

The England & Wales Cricket Board has played down the prospect of Andy Flower making an emergency debut for his adopted nation against Canada in a fortnight’s time, as an injury-racked team weighs up its options ahead of their World Cup campaign.

25-Feb-2013•Andrew Miller

Ryder's twitter blues

Jesse Ryder, not new to controversy, finds himself in hot water again

25-Feb-2013•Akhila Ranganna

Cricket outta Compton

While almost A$6million had been raised for Australia’s flood relief appeal by the end of the 5th one-day international at the Gabba, further cricket-based help will soon be forthcoming from an unexpected source: Compton, Los Angeles

25-Feb-2013•Liam Brickhill

All pay, no work for Chittagong's beggars

It is not in the league of the ‘cleansing’ that Beijing undertook before the 2008 Olympics, but the port city of Chittagong in Bangladesh has announced its own sprucing-up plans ahead of the World Cup

25-Feb-2013•Abhishek Purohit

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