Kiwis coming to grips with Bangladesh defeat
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (CMC): THE NEW Zealand players left the Three Ws Oval on Tuesday evening licking their wounds after a bruising defeat at the hands of lowly Bangladesh in their opening Cricket World Cup (CWC) warm-up match. The Bangladeshis chased the target...
Mind games to fore in heavyweight clash
CATHERINE HALL, Trelawny: IN WHAT has become a familiar trend of thoughtover the past year, the West Indies will be playing a mind game of sorts when they challenge recently-established arch-rivals India in their ICC WI...
Not Bermuda's fault
THE entire region has been buzzing with excitement as the International Cricket Council (ICC) World Cup bowls off in a few days time with what is expected to be a stupendous opening ceremony in Jamaica.But recently, a comment from West Indies bowling...
England's Pietersen ready to change playing style
VILLA BEACH, St. Vincent (Reuters): KEY ENGLAND batsman Kevin Pietersen is ready to suppress his natural attacking instincts at the World Cup and instead nurdle his way to good scores on the slow Caribbean wickets. After the first set of warm-up matches...
Virus threatens Gillespie's Cup hopes
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters): NEW ZEALAND pace bowler Mark Gillespie has picked up a virus which has numbed his bowling right arm and could threaten his chances of playing in the World Cup opening games starting next week.The problem, which New Zealand...
Searches of Barbados police anger commissioner
BRIDGETOWN, Barbados, (CMC): POLICE COMMISSIONER Darwin Dottin described the searching of police officers entering the 3Ws Oval to work at a Cricket World Cup warm-up match on Monday as "very shocking" and vowed that it will not be allowed to happen...
Injured Aussie players show positive signs
KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, (CMC): AUSTRALIA'S CAPTAIN, Ricky Ponting, says there is a good sign over injured key players Matthew Hayden and Andrew Symonds ahead of Cricket World Cup (CWC) 2007. Symonds, with a bicep injury, and Hayden (fractured toe) missed Tuesday's warm-up...
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