England
labour to beat Bangladesh, keep hopes alive for semis Chasing a modest total of 143,
England found themselves in a sticky wicket as the Bangladeshi slow bowlers spun
a web around them, almost threatening the third big upset of the tournament.
Vaughan
calls his side to raise their game "There are areas of the game
that we are going to have to improve upon," Vaughan said after England
managed an ugly run-chase to beat Bangladesh by four wickets and stay in hunt.
England goes into a must-win game against South Africa on April 17 to keep their
hopes of a semifinal berth alive.
Malinga
out of New Zealand match Malinga, who missed practice on
Tuesday, trained at the Grenada National Stadium here Wednesday and bowled just
three deliveries at reduced pace and has been ruled out of Sri Lanka's Super
Eights clash against New Zealand here on Thursday with an ankle injury.
Sri
Lanka more positive than aggressive: Sangakkara Sri Lanka's wicketkeeper-batsman
Kumara Sangakkara credited his side's rise in one-day cricket to the fact that
they were now sticking to the "Sri Lankan Brand of Cricket".
Windies
accused of partying late before South Africa match Media reports say that members of
the Caribbean team had partied till late into the night ahead of their Super
Eight tie against South Africa on Tuesday, which was a 'must win' game for them
to keep their chances of making it to the semis alive in the tournament.
ECB
has reduced umpires to 'glorified hat stands': Bird England and Wales Cricket Board's
latest announcement that players would be able to challenge umpires' decision in
a limited-overs tournament has irked Dickie Bird, who said it signalled the age
of "glorified hat stands".
Mohammad Rafique (top) of Bangladesh runs down the
wicket to celebrate bowling England's Ravi Bopara (C) during the game against
Bangladesh during their Super-Eight Cricket World Cup Match at Kensington Oval
in Bridgetown, Barbados on Wednesday. Bopara was out for a duck but England went
on to win the game by 4 wickets. AFP
Pakistan
cops join Woolmer case Pakistani sleuths - Mir Zubair
Mahmood and Kaleem Imam - joined four Scotland Yard investigators and two
forensics experts from Interpol, the France-based international police agency,
who have been aiding in the probe into the death of Woolmer. Woolmer hotel tapes
sent to UK
Lara
- last of the great Caribbean lineage: Lance Gibbs ''However when it (Lara's
resignation from ODIs) came finally, I was bit sad. After all he seems to be
last of the great West Indies lineage,'' said West Indies legend Lance Gibbs.
Australia
to go full throttle to seal semifinal spot Defending champion Australia will
be out to assert the supremacy that has brought it to the verge of the
semifinals without being seriously stretched in any of its six outings during
the ongoing tournament.
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