Pakistani cricket player Wasim Akram grimaces as the rain gets heavier during a light training session for the Pakistan cricket team at Eden Park in Auckland 16 February 2001. Pakistan will play New Zealand's Black Caps in the first of five one-day internationals starting 17 February.© AFP
Australian leg spinner Shane Warne tosses the ball before his next delivery to team-mate Steve Waugh (R), 15 February 2001 in Mumbai,during a practice session. Warne will relish his return meeting with his greatest tormentor Sachin Tendulkar who had wrecked Warne's bowling in a Test series in India three years ago.© AFP
England's Matthew Hoggard (second from left) is congratulated by team mates after taking a catch on the boundary edge to dismiss Board Presidents XI batsman Niroshan Bandaratilake (not in picture) off Robert Croft (on right) on the first day of a four day cricket match on 15 February 2001 in Southern Sri Lanka at Matara . Board President's XI made 273 in their first innings.© AFP