Sri
Lanka clip Kiwi wings The high-flying New Zealand, who
came into this game at the top of Super Eights and one short of equalling their
record of ten straight ODI wins, were brought down to earth by the 1996
Champions.
Kiwis
hope to rise against South Africa tomorrow New Zealand have eight points from
five games and need at least one win to absolutely seal a place in the last
four. Sri Lanka, Australia appear certainty for the moment and South Africa has
made a strong statement after that upset loss to Bangladesh...
South Africa's Makhaya Ntini, left, with captain
Graeme Smith, center, and teammate Loots Bosman, right, watch teammate Justin
Kemp do push-ups during practice in Grenville, Grenada on Thursday.
Ponting
calls for shorter World Cup Ponting's
call comes just two
days after
teammate Mathhew
Hayden also called for the World Cup to be trimmed and on the same day that
Chris Dehring, the chief executive of the World Cup in the Caribbean, recognised
that the event was too long.
'Caribbean
facilities are worst in the world' Since I was here for the first
time, in 1995, that's 12 years of touring here, training facilities have
always been the worst in the world by a long, long way.
Stung
by criticism, Younis rejects Pakistan captaincy, plans to quit ODIs Younis
was aghast at the way the players were treated after their return from the West
Indies where Ireland knocked them out of the event. ''It was humiliating to see
musicians and actors making fun of us and of our services to Pakistan cricket on
television,'' he said.
Visibly upset and angry, Younis said he had still not recovered from the shame
and stress of seeing people burning effigies of the players and staging mock
burials.
Sri Lanka's not out batsmen Tillekeratne Dilshan,
right, and Kumar Sangakkara remove their helmets after their six-wicket victory
over New Zealand their Super Eight Cricket World Cup match at the National
Stadium at St. George's, Grenada on Thursday. AP Photo
We
are not a one-man team: Jayawardene ''We are not one-man (player)
team, we have been playing as one unit in preparation to the World Cup,''
Jayawaradene said.
McCullum
fined for dissent McCullum was found guilty of
"showing dissent at an umpire's decision by action or verbal abuse,"
when he was given out leg before wicket by umpire Asad Rauf, and was fined 20 per cent of his
match fee.
Disband
the WI team, demands media In hard-hitting editorials, the
Jamaica Gleaner and the Trinidad Express have called for total overhaul of the
team and demanded explanation from the West Indies Cricket Board for the squad's
disastrous showing. A
West Indies cricket fan wearing colourful sunglasses takes in the action
during the Super Eight Cricket World Cup match.
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Ponting's
call comes just two 
Younis
was aghast at the way the players were treated after their return from the West
Indies where Ireland knocked them out of the event. ''It was humiliating to see
musicians and actors making fun of us and of our services to Pakistan cricket on
television,'' he said. 
