Our psychic cricket picks the winner
A six-legged critter who knows a thing or two about cricket has predicted New Zealand will win against Sri Lanka today.
A six-legged critter who knows a thing or two about cricket has predicted New Zealand will win against Sri Lanka today.
I don't know what happened. Once, no other sport, except rugby in a different way, captivated me like cricket. I suspect I'm not alone in falling out of love with it.
They are the official ICC Cricket World Cup songs that aren’t. One wants you to go "uhhh", the other bangs on about “playing for love”. Both are embarrassing.
This will be my last World Cup, writes Kyle Mills.
The NZ cricket team have had a largely seamless World Cup build-up. Andrew Alderson inspects the finished product for pressure points with the tournament starting this morning.
Australia have unveiled their plans to unleash an all-out fast bowling frenzy and "kill off" the besieged tourists.
The weight of public expectation is a daunting proposition for any sports team. Sometimes, however, it is so well merited that it must be embraced.
Wicketkeeper Luke Ronchi knows the feeling of every game, he reckons it's relatively easy to detect when things aren't spot on.
A punter has bet $10,000 that NZ will come away with the trophy for the Cricket World Cup, the biggest bet ever made on the team.
Managing the mental side of their game will be the biggest challenge facing NZ in the World Cup, according to noted sports psychologist Gary Hermansson.
Sri Lanka have the capability to go all the way to the World Cup final, but don't expect them to get there without a hiccup along the way.
Celebs share their memories of the 1992 Cricket World Cup and predict how far New Zealand will go in the upcoming tournament.
The highlight of the Cricket World opening ceremony? Two titans of sport embarrassing themselves on the world stage.
Given a choice, most of the better teams at the World Cup would rather avoid Pakistan when the quarter-finals arrive on March 18.
Brendon McCullum declared his hand yesterday as New Zealand prepare for the biggest day in their cricket life since Eden Park on February 22, 1992.
"It's pretty special having the best seat in the house and there's no one else here," said the head groundsman of Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
The Cricket World Cup got off with a bang in Christchurch tonight as a colourful crowd in the tens of thousands packed in to North Hagley Park to witness a spectacular ceremony.
Adam Berry bunked school to watch the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
Sky TV is powerless to change on-screen graphics which a media commentator says are "ugly, visual garbage" and will get between viewers and Cricket World Cup action.
Yes it was a practice match; yes in the overall World Cup scheme it didn't matter, but one team undeniably took far more out of yesterday's knockabout than the other.
A top-class century from captain Suzie Bates was the key factor as the White Ferns defeated England by 67 runs at Mt Maunganui's Bay Oval yesterday.
New Zealand demolished South Africa in their final World Cup warmup at Hagley Oval today, winning the game by 134 runs.
Sat on his roller, Rupert Bool takes a break from compressing his cherished cricket pitch and reveals how daunting it is to produce a picture-perfect pitch.