Scott Styris’ battling 141 failed to prevent New Zealand from being beaten by Sri Lanka in their Pool B World Cup match in Bloemfontein. The Kiwis were all out for 225 in the 46th over in reply to Sri Lanka’s 50-over total of 272 for seven. Styris was the last man out when he was [...]

BLOEMFONTEIN, South Africa (Reuters) – Sri Lanka captain Sanath Jayasuriya has finally achieved one of the few major milestones to have eluded him by scoring his first World Cup century. The explosive opener rectified this surprise omission with a sparking 120 to lead his side to a comprehensive 47-run win over New Zealand in their [...]

Confusion still surrounds the future of England’s World Cup match against Zimbabwe in Harare. Earlier reports claimed that the ECB had informed the International Cricket Council in a letter that England would boycott the match on Thursday. But the report was quickly denied by all parties, and the ICC still retain faint hope that the [...]

As a result of Australia beating England in their last Pool A match, the reigning champions will finish first with 24 points and India will qualify for the Super Six in second place with 20 points. The only doubt remaining is whether England, Zimbabwe, or even Pakistan will take the third place from the group. [...]

Two top Zimbabwe cricketers waded into the row over hosting World Cup matches on Monday with an unprecedented attack on Zimbabwe’s leaders minutes before opening their campaign in Harare. Leading Zimbabwe batsman Andy Flower and black team mate Henry Olonga issued a hard-hitting statement criticising Zimbabwe’s record on human rights and democracy. Flower, arguably Zimbabwe’s [...]

Opening batsman Craig Wishart hit a record 172 not out in his first World Cup match as Zimbabwe beat Namibia on Duckworth/Lewis method. Zimbabwe totalled 340 for two against the inexperienced Namibian bowlers at Harare Sports Club. Rain interrupted the Namibian innings at 104 for five after 25.1 overs, just enough for Zimbabwe to be [...]

The Olympic-style ceremony at Cape Town’s Newlands cricket ground was beamed to some 1.4 billion people around the globe , marking the biggest event of its kind ever staged in Africa and a boost to South Africa’s hopes of hosting the much larger soccer World Cup in 2010. “All Africa thanks you that have thus [...]