London:Former England batsman Graeme Hick became only the 16th player in the history of the game to score 40,000 first-class runs.
Sydney:In what appear as one of the biggest contract shake-ups in the history of Australian cricket, the Cricket Australia (CA) has decided to replace one-third of the players in their newly made 25-man contract list to be finalised within three weeks, apart from announcing a pay perfomance bonus to each member of the World Cup squad if they emerge as World Champions for the third consecutive time.
Kingston, Jamaica:Brothers Niall and Kevin O'Brien will enjoy a slice of history on Thursday when Ireland make their World Cup debut against Zimbabwe at Sabina Park here.
Kingston, Jamaica:Captain Inzamam-ul-Haq believes it's his responsibility to win the World Cup for Pakistan but if he fails he might just be tempted to try again next time.
West Indies' hopes of becoming the first full host nation to win the cricket World Cup depend a large extent on the form of their captain and leading batsman Brian Lara.
Sydney?'s bowlers have been savaged as "toothless and directionless" by their media after another humiliating one-day cricket defeat in the lead-up to next month's World Cup.
Hamilton:The final and deciding one-day international cricket match between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was abandoned without a ball being bowled due to rain.
Lahore:Legendary Pakistan leg spinner Abdul Qadir today paid rich tributes to Shane Warne on becoming the first bowler in Test cricket history to take 700 Test wickets.
More imagesMumbai:Farveez Maharoof has returned the best figures in Champions Trophy history as Sri Lanka decimated the West Indies by nine wickets in the final qualifying match.
Sydney:Australian coach John Buchanan said his team cannot wait to seek revenge for last year's Ashes defeat when the latest series against England begins in 100 days.
