ICC to examine final security plan in Zimbabwe
London: Security details in Zimbabwe for next month~~s cricket World Cup will be examined by ICC officials who are travelling to the Southern African country on Wednesday, the sport~~s world governing body announced..

ICC backs down on India; decides to withhold bounty
London: India~~s leading cricketers will be allowed by the International Cricket Council (ICC) to play in next month~~s World Cup despite changing the terms of their contracts, a source close to the negotiations said on Tuesday..

Warne to retire from One-dayers after World Cup
Sydney: Australian leg spin bowler Sharne Warne on Wednesday announced his retirement from One-day cricket after the end of next month~~s World Cup in South Africa and Zimbabwe..

The winning edge could be in inspirational captaincy
Bangalore: With the World Cup a few days away the searching thoughts on most people~~s minds would be, "Who do you suppose will win, you can~~t write this team off, in One-day cricket anything can happen, you can never tell with Pakistan, West Indies too are looking good this time, New Zealand was an exception; India is going to be a different proposition in SA, New Zealand and England seem to be the dark horses and so on..

HC blocks foreign exchange to ICC if India barred
New Delhi: Strengthening the Board of Control for Cricket in India~~s (BCCI) case, the Delhi High Court on Wednesday ruled that no foreign exchange would be allowed to go to the International Cricket Council, either in form of sponsorship money or as damages by BCCI, if India was debarred from playing in the World Cup..