Marlin becomes part of Hayden's Caribbean catch

Just when you thought Matthew Hayden’s World Cup couldn’t get any bigger he has out-done himself by landing a marlin. The game’s biggest angler was asleep when the 136kg fish took his bait and suffered a similar fate to many bowlers.

“We had about 80 people there to greet us when we got to shore,” he said in The Australian. “It was just magnificent. My arms are sore. I might have to get a massage later this afternoon."

In the same paper Jon Pierik writes the Australian players are preparing to fight Cricket Australia over personal sponsorship deals from finance companies.

Adam Gilchrist isn’t convinced about hoodoos as he looks ahead to the semi-final with South Africa in the Sydney Morning Herald.