Why I am looking forward to the 1999 Cricket World Cup (1 May 1999)

May 1, 1999: There are so many reasons that I look forward to the 1999 Cricket World Cup tournament

Barbados: Masters final today (1 May 1999)

May 1, 1999: The true masters of cricket in Barbados will be decided today

A gentleman's offer - BCB resigns to migrate to Mirpur (1 May 1999)

May 1, 1999: Bangladesh Cricket Board has decided to opt for the Sher-e-Bangla Stadium at Mirpur for their permanent use instead of sharing the Bangabandhu National Stadium with football

Sri Lanka face their moment of truth (22 May 1999)

May 1999: Worcester, Friday - Sri Lanka will know whether they can still be called 'world champs' when they face their moment of truth in a do-or-die Group 'A' World Cup match against Zimbabwe at New Road here tomorrow

Bajan cop sues Waugh (1 May 1999)

May 1999: Barbados's Commissioner of Police Grantley Watson is suing Australian cricket captain Steve Waugh

South Africa v Sri Lanka, Preview (18 May 1999)

May 1999: CANTERBURY (England) - If we are to believe Alec Stewart's theory that this is the most open World Cup tournament of the past 24 years then Arjuna Ranatunga's view that Sri Lanka still have a chance to qualify for the semi-final cannot be entirely

Pull up your socks and perform - Mendis tells Lankan batsmen (19 May 1999)

May 1999: Northampton, Tuesday - Sri Lanka's batsmen have been asked to pull up their socks and perform or face the consequence of being eliminated from the 1999 World Cup tournament by manager Duleep Mendis

Pakistan v West Indies: WI pack batting (16 May 1999)

May 1999: Presumably guided by the vast local knowledge of Courtney Walsh, the West Indies have packed their batting for the opening match of World Cup campaign here today against Pakistan, opponents as potentially powerful as any they will meet later

Kiwis seek supremacy (23 May 1999)

May 1999: LEEDS - New Zealand's dark horse image might take on shade of blue as they shape up to a desperate West Indies in Southampton today

Colin Croft's Preview - West Indies v New Zealand (23 May 1999)

May 1999: The first thing that anyone notices with the New Zealand cricket team here at the 1999 Cricket World Cup is that they are extremely affable

Windies must step up their game (24 May 1999)

May 1999: Whether they progress any further in the World Cup will not be officially determined until their last preliminary group match against Australia in Manchester next Sunday

High time Sri Lanka began building for next World Cup, says Mendis (30 May 1999)

May 1999: SOUTHAMPTON, May 29 - Manager Duleep Mendis said that it was high time that Sri Lanka began building a team for the next World Cup

Asian rivals in battle for Super Six honours (25 May 1999)

May 1999: It is the big one and the desperate World Cup champions Sri Lanka are all too aware of where defeat by India will leave them in this years event first round oblivion and humiliation as they pack their bags for Colmbo and an early departure

England ready to storm South African fortress (22 May 1999)

May 1999: They are playing at home, and most of the 18,500 spectators will be hooting for a third successive victory, but England should be under no illusions when they meet South Africa today in the decisive match of their World Cup group

Colin Croft's Preview - West Indies v Bangladesh (21 May 1999)

May 1999: Whatever happens, the West Indies cannot be sure of anything in this important but dangerous game

Windies seek first points (21 May 1999)

May 1999: The circumstances are peculiar and pressing enough to prompt the West Indies to treat today's second preliminary group match in the World Cup as if it was the final itself

Bangladesh ready for today's WC battle (17 May 1999)

May 1999: Bangladesh, buoyed by pre-World Cup wins against two top County teams, take on New Zealand in their first ever World Cup appearance today, hoping to stage the first real upset in the current cricket carnival

Windies have Super Six in sight (30 May 1999)

May 1999: Manchester, England - For once the pressure is not on the West Indies

Showdown at Old Trafford (30 May 1999)

May 1999: An unwelcome illness that raised doubts over Shivnarine Chanderpaul's availability compromised soaring West Indies' confidence on the eve of their last and crucial preliminary group match in the World Cup against Australia at Old Trafford today

No upset on Bangladesh cards today (27 May 1999)

May 1999: LONDON, May 26: Right-hand batsman and medium-pacer Neeyamur Rashid may be playing against Australia at the expense of left-arm spinner and useful bat Enamul Hoque in Bangladesh' s match tomorrow at Chester-le-Street in Durham