The Surfer

In the Caribbean, The Indian Express' Sandeep Dwivedi finds out that Paul Davey, an Irish film-maker, has about ten hours of exclusive footage that tells the incredible story of 15 no-hopers who have caused one of the biggest upsets in World Cup

Pakistan's three-wicket defeat to Ireland had fans and former players in shock and though editorials are yet to be written on the performance International Herald Tribune got together a collection of quotes from ex-players and people of

Dav Whatmore, speaking to the Sydney Morning Herald , says the wins of Bangladesh and Ireland should be a lesson to the knockers , who include Ricky Ponting.

Amid all the celebrations at Ireland’s fightback to tie with Zimbabwe last Thursday, what many overlooked was that the result was another major blow to Zimbabwean cricket

"A common criticism made of top-flight sportsmen is that they lack perspective

In his column in The Age Greg Baum looks at the relationship between Australia and India and wonders if “the gap can ever be bridged” .

"Why is nobody asking any questions about the political situation in Zimbabwe?" asks Andy Bull in The Guardian .

Jon Pierik reports in the Herald Sun Glenn McGrath is set to finish his career at first change .

According to some, he is the best-ever batsman never to realise his full potential

It may not have happened in St Kitts yesterday, but it has happened once before in history

"Sunil Gavaskar's increasingly puritanical tone reached new levels of ridiculousness when he said Australia's cricketers would be in danger of being belted if they carried on in a bar as they do on the cricket field,” writes Chloe Saltau in The

Andrew Symonds has started throwing cricket balls and remains on track for Australia’s group match against South Africa, according to Jon Pierik in the Herald Sun .

AFP runs through some of the World Cup upsets , starting with Sri Lanka's win over India in 1979

Tim de Lisle has written an enjoyable piece in today's Independent profiling some of the national newspaper correspondents from Britain

Ricky Ponting, in his column in The Australian , rates the modern greats who will probably be playing their final World Cup .