Bridgetown, Barbados:As a triumphant Ricky Ponting lifted the World Cup, 300 steel bands played in unison signaling the end of the two-month long Caribbean cricket carnival.
Sydney:Expressing his displeasure over the fixture of the Caribbean World Cup, Australia's opening batsman Mathew Hayden held the ICC directly responsible for ''a too long'' mega event and questioned the ground standards and training facilities in the West Indies.
Lahore:Pakistan cricket team's assistant coach Mushtaq Ahmad has apologised to the entire nation for the team's shocking first round exit from the World Cup in the West Indies.
Port of Spain:The winners of the World Cup in the Caribbean will take home a handsome purse of 2. 24 million dollars, almost half of the five million dollar total prize money on offer.
New Delhi:South Asia is confident of securing the rights to host cricket's World Cup in 2011, saying every third edition of the mega event should be held in the cricket-mad region.
Rawalpindi:International Cricket Council (ICC) today said that Asia would get to host every third World Cup and that the subcontinent would be awarded the 2011 edition if Australia forfeit their turn to host the mega event that year.
Bangalore:Preparations were in full swing for hosting the 2007 World Cup Cricket by West Indies, its yesteryear cricketer Ian Bishop said today.
New Delhi:The organisers of the 2010 Commonwealth Games are trying to include cricket as one of the disciplines at the mega event and have asked the game's international governing body as well as its Indian affiliate for their views in this regard.
Durban: After months of controversy, the theme song for next year's International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup in South Africa has been released.
Durban: After months of controversy, the theme song for next year's International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup in South Africa has been released.
