South Africa beat West Indies in a thriller

Cricket News Updated - 12/9/2007 - IANS

Herschelle Gibbs’ unbeaten 90 overshadowed West Indian Chris Gayle’s century and took South Africa to an eight-wicket win in the opening match of the first Twenty20 World Championship here Tuesday.

Gibbs&#...

Pakistani police rule out match fixing in Woolmer death probe

Cricket News Updated - 6/5/2007 - IANS

Pakistani investigators Saturday submitted a report to the government on the death in March of cricket coach Bob Woolmer, concluding that there was no evidence that he was strangled as Jamaican police maintain, news reports s...

Yasin Malik arrested in south Kashmir, released later

Cricket News Updated - 6/5/2007 - IANS

Pro-independence Jammu and Kashmir Liberation Front (JKLF) chairman Yasin Malik was arrested in south Kashmir’s Anantnag district Saturday evening and was later released here a day before he was scheduled to start a "fr...

About 6,000 Indians attended cricket World Cup

Cricket News Updated - 5/5/2007 - IANS

About 6,000 Indians made it to the just-ended World Cup in the Caribbean, according to the figures just released by the organisers.

The number would have been much higher had India progressed beyond the first round. Ma...

A farcical end to World Cup - save for Gilchrist’s batting

Cricket News Updated - 29/4/2007 - IANS

It was imperfect from the beginning, fabulous in the interim in terms of Adam Gilchrist’s batting and ultimately a complete farce. That, in a nutshell, sums up Saturday’s cricket World Cup final.

In every W...

Australia win World Cup, complete hat-trick

Cricket News Updated - 29/4/2007 - Cricketnext.com

Australia have stamped their authority on the cricket world by winning their fourth and the third successive World Cup defeating Sri Lanka in a rain-shortened match at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown (Barbados) by 53 runs.<...

Sri Lankans told to fight fire with fire

Cricket News Updated - 28/4/2007 - ABC News Online

Sri Lanka’s mild-mannered cricketers should be more aggressive if they want to beat the Australians in Saturday’s World Cup final, former Sri Lankan opening batsman Sidath Wettimuny said.

"Sri Lankans need...

World Cup is too long, admits Speed

Cricket News Updated - 28/4/2007 - ABC News Online

International Cricket Council (ICC) chief executive Malcolm Speed has admitted that the 2007 World Cup, which lasts for a marathon seven weeks, is too long.

The World Cup, which reaches a conclusion with the final bet...

We can achieve something different, says Murali

Cricket News Updated - 28/4/2007 - ABC News Online

Muttiah Muralitharan hopes that a Sri Lanka victory in Saturday’s World Cup final against champions Australia can help heal the war wounds of his strife-torn country.

The star off-spinner, one of three survivors...

Australia storm into final, set up clash with Lanka

Cricket News Updated - 26/4/2007 - cricketnext

Australia stormed into their fourth straight World Cup final beating South Africa emphatically by seven wickets to set up a rematch of the 1996 World Cup final against Sri Lanka.

Opener Matthew Hayden scored 41 and Mic...

Fleming quits as Kiwi ODI skipper

Cricket News Updated - 25/4/2007 - cricketnext

Jamaica: Stephen Fleming quit as New Zealand’s one-day captain on Tuesday after his side’s crushing World Cup semi-final defeat by Sri Lanka.

Fleming, 34, has led the side for 10 years and wants to s...

Sri Lanka beat New Zealand by 81 runs

Cricket News Updated - 25/4/2007 - IANS

Sri Lanka defeated New Zealand by 81 runs in the 1st Semi-Final match of the World Cup played at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica on April 24 here Tuesday.

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1st Semi-Final, New Zealand vs Sri Lanka, Sabi...

Sri Lanka boosted by Malinga’s return

Cricket News Updated - 24/4/2007 - Cricinfo

Familiarity often breeds contempt, but in the case of Sri Lanka and New Zealand, it’s also given rise to considerable mutual respect. Few teams know each other as well as these two, having played each other 14 times sin...

New Zealand keen to exploit Jamaica bounce

Cricket News Updated - 23/4/2007 - Cricinfo

Stephen Fleming, the New Zealand captain, believes Sri Lanka’s top order is a weakness that his bowlers can expose during the first semi-final in Jamaica on Tuesday. New Zealand should be strengthened by the return of S...

England win thriller as Lara signs off

Cricket News Updated - 22/4/2007 - ABC News Online

Kevin Pietersen rained on Brian Lara’s final international match with a swashbuckling century to lead England to a nail-biting one-wicket win over the West Indies in the last World Cup Super Eights match in Bridgetown, Barbad...