BBC World Cup Cricket Coverage http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/4699023.stm

Group Tables http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/tables/default.stm

 

Seeded teams: Australia (A1), South Africa (A2), Sri Lanka (B1), India (B2), New Zealand (C1), England (C2), Pakistan (D1), West Indies (D2) - top two from each group progress to Super Eight phase.

 

Tuesday, 13 March 2007

 

ICC World Cup

 

West Indies: 241-9 ( 50.0 overs )

Pakistan: 187 ( 47.2 overs )

West Indies beat Pakistan by 54 runs

Wednesday, 14 March 2007

 

ICC World Cup

 

Australia: 334-6 ( 50.0 overs )

Scotland: 131-9 ( 40.1 overs )

Australia beat Scotland by 203 runs

 

Canada: 199 ( 50.0 overs )

Kenya: 203-3 ( 43.2 overs )

Kenya beat Canada by 7 wickets

Thursday, 15 March 2007

 

ICC World Cup

 

Bermuda: 78 ( 24.4 overs )

Sri Lanka: 321-6 ( 50.0 overs )

Sri Lanka beat Bermuda by 243 runs

 

Ireland: 221-9 ( 50.0 overs )

Zimbabwe: 221 ( 50.0 overs )

Ireland tied with Zimbabwe

England latest action http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6455495.stm

 

WORLD CUP, GROUP C, ST LUCIA:

 

England 137-7 v New Zealand

 

Three wickets in the space of seven balls left England reeling on 137-6 after 37 overs in their World Cup opener against New Zealand in St Lucia.

 

A stand of 81 between Kevin Pietersen and Paul Collingwood looked to have led the recovery after three early wickets.

 

However, Collingwood edged Scott Styris behind, before Shane Bond induced tame shots from Pietersen (60) and Andrew Flintoff (0) with slower balls.

 

Ed Joyce, Ian Bell and Michael Vaughan had earlier fallen with England 52-3.

Heard Engshite played great again

Plunkett and Nixon did well though.

 

And then we got a few early wickets and our bowlers couldn't keep it going. We're often good, but not consistently. :(

Friday, 16 March 2007

 

ICC World Cup

England: 209-7 ( 50.0 overs )

New Zealand: 210-4 ( 41.0 overs )

New Zealand beat England by 6 wickets

 

Netherlands: 132-9 ( 40.0 overs )

South Africa: 353-3 ( 40.0 overs )

South Africa beat Netherlands by 221 runs

Saturday, 17 March 2007

 

ICC World Cup

Bangladesh: 192-5 ( 48.3 overs )

India: 191 ( 49.3 overs )

Bangladesh beat India by 5 wickets

 

Ireland: 133-7 ( 41.4 overs )

Pakistan: 132 ( 45.4 overs )

Ireland beat Pakistan by 3 wickets (D/L)

Flintoff sacked as vice-captain

 

 

Andrew Flintoff has been sacked as England vice-captain and was also banned for the must-win game against Canada for breaching team discipline. He was reprimanded amid reports he fell off a pedalo and got into difficulties in the water in the early hours of Saturday, after England had lost.

 

The were numerous reports stating he had been drinking heavily.

 

Five players were also fined after they were seen out late following the defeat by New Zealand on Friday.

 

They were bowlers James Anderson, Liam Plunkett and Jon Lewis, batsman Ian Bell and wicket-keeper Paul Nixon - who went to a nightclub after the game in St Lucia on Friday.

 

Coach Duncan Fletcher said Flintoff would not be considered for the captaincy should Michael Vaughan get injured in the World Cup.

 

He said in a statement: "Andrew Flintoff has been given warnings about his conduct and disciplined for previous incidents of this nature.

 

"In light of this and due to the serious nature of the incident which he was involved in at the hotel on Friday night, we have decided to take further disciplinary action against him.

 

"Andrew has been made fully aware of the team management's concerns and the fact that the ECB considers this type of behaviour to be totally unacceptable.

 

"He will remain with the World Cup squad and be available for selection for our next match against Kenya.

 

"All players involved wish to express their sincere regret for the embarrassment caused to their team-mates, the England supporters and the ECB."

 

Former captain Nasser Hussain felt the England management team had no other option but to make an example of Flintoff.

 

He said: "This is a pretty young side. A lot of the team look up to Flintoff and if you keep saying it's okay for Freddie they will think "If he is doing it, I can do it".

 

"This will now send a message to the others that this is not how you prepare as an England cricketer. Footballers don't drink 48 hours before a match.

 

Some people go to bed at 10.30pm tired, other people like to go for a drink

 

Ian Botham

 

"The management felt enough is enough. At some stage you have to have some strong management, even with your best cricketer.

 

"Well done England for finally for having some strong management."

 

But former captain Ian Botham felt too much had been made of the incident.

 

"I think it's an over-reaction.

 

"Did people complain in 2005 when we won the Ashes? Some people go to bed at 10.30pm tired, other people like to go for a drink."

 

Several supporters had sent e-mails to British newspapers saying they had seen the players at Rumours nightclub.

 

Those newspapers then got in touch with the team management who felt they had to react.

 

The fines were handed out following a team meeting on Saturday and Flintoff did not travel to the venue for the match against Canada, which started about 30 hours after the pedalo incident.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/england/6464251.stm

Coach Woolmer rushed to hospital

 

 

Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has been rushed to hospital after being found unconscious in his hotel room. The 58-year-old former South Africa coach, who played for England between 1975-81, was discovered at his hotel in Jamaica at 1045 local time on Sunday.

 

Pakistan were eliminated from the World Cup on Saturday after losing by three wickets to minnows Ireland.

 

Team manager Pervez Mir confirmed: "We have taken him to hospital and he is in an emergency ward."

 

Woolmer said after the Ireland match that he was considering his future in the game.

 

His contract was in any case unlikely to be renewed by the Pakistan Cricket Board after the tournament.

 

But Woolmer said: "I'm going to sleep on this one as I've had a very bad day, which ranks along with my worst days as a coach. Coaching is what I like to do but whether I continue to do that at international level is under discussion. I'm going to give it some thought."

 

The PCB is expected to release a statement later on Sunday.

West Indies reach for next stage

 

 

The West Indies could confirm their place in the next stage of the World Cup if they beat Zimbabwe at Sabina Park on Monday.

 

Having already beaten Pakistan, they know a second victory in group D will cement their passage to the Super 8s.

 

But Shivnarine Chanderpaul said the team was taking nothing for granted, after minnows Ireland stunned Pakistan.

 

"Everyone is trying to make a name for themselves so we cannot underestimate anyone," the batsman said.

 

"We have to go out and play it hard and take it to the end - we've been doing a lot of work, we're well prepared.

 

"We don't know what is going to happen but hopefully we can go out and get the win."

 

Zimbabwe are not out of the equation after tying their first match with Ireland. They have one point, West Indies have two and Ireland lead the group with three.

 

But Zimbabwe will have to defy history if they are to beat West Indies as they have never beaten them in the four World Cup matches they have played.

 

And after stumbling to a tie when a Zimbabwe victory looked on the cards, the team could be reshuffled.

 

West Indies (from): Brian Lara (captain), Ian Bradshaw, Dwayne Bravo, Shivnarine Chanderpaul, Corey Collymore, Chris Gayle, Kieron Pollard, Daren Powell, Denesh Ramdin, Marlon Samuels, Ramnaresh Sarwan, Lendl Simmons, Devon Smith, Dwayne Smith, Jerome Taylor.

 

Zimbabwe (from): Prosper Utseya (captain), Gary Brent, Justice Chibhabha, Elton Chigumbura, Keith Dabengwa, Terry Duffin, Anthony Ireland, Friday Kasteni, Stuart Matsikenyeri, Christopher Mpofu, Tawanda Mupariwa, Edward Rainsford, Vusimuzi Sibanda, Brendon Taylor, Sean Williams. Umpires: Brian Jerling (RSA) and Billy Bowden (NZL); TV Replays: Simon Taufel (AUS), Reserve: Ian Gould (ENG). Match referee: Roshan Mahanama (SRI).

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/6463971.stm

Woolmer died... :o

Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer dies

 

 

Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer has died after being discovered in his Jamaica hotel room on Sunday morning. The 58-year-old former South Africa coach, who played for England between 1975 and 1981, was found unconscious at the Pegasus Hotel at 1045 local time.

 

He was taken to the emergency ward of the nearby University hospital but did not regain consciousness.

 

Pakistan were eliminated from the World Cup on Saturday after losing by three wickets to minnows Ireland.

 

Pakistan team manager Pervez Mir confirmed: "Bob Woolmer has passed away and it is very shocking news to all of the team and the team management."

 

Pakistan's preparations for the World Cup had been far from ideal.

 

Following the infamous forfeited Test against England at The Oval last summer, two of their leading fast bowlers Shoaib Akhtar and Mohammad Asif, were suspended after failing doping tests.

 

The pair later saw those bans rescinded but missed the World Cup because of injury, something Woolmer admitted had hindered the team.

 

"There are a number of extenuating circumstances in the last six months that have made coaching Pakistan slightly different to normal sides," he said after the defeat by Ireland.

 

The Pakistan team are scheduled to play their third match of the World Cup against Zimbabwe on Wednesday in Jamaica.

 

Woolmer took charge of Pakistan for 10 Test series, four of which were won, with three lost and three drawn.

 

His overall Test record in 28 matches as Pakistan coach was 10 wins, 11 defeats and seven draws.

 

In the one-day game, he took charge of 69 Pakistan internationals, winning 37, and losing 29, with three non-results.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/other_international/pakistan/6464831.stm

Murdered. Damn. :stunned:

yeah, it always seemed suspicious from the offset, i orginally thought maybe some crazy pakistani fans killed him, but they are saying its crime people etc because he was going to have an expose in his biography he was writing and that there are now pages missing from the draft he was writing at the time of his death.

 

sad. poor guy. and his family too, it must be terrible for them...

Well done to the Aussies for winning :D

Woolmer 'died of natural causes'

 

Bob Woolmer was found unconscious in his hotel room

 

Jamaican police have confirmed that Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer died of natural causes and was not murdered, as they stated earlier.

Mr Woolmer, 58, died after being found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on 18 March, following his team's loss to Ireland in the cricket World Cup.

 

An initial pathologist's report concluded that he had been strangled.

 

Every member of the Pakistan team was fingerprinted before returning home, sparking anger among many in Pakistan.

 

'No poison'

 

Jamaican Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas told a news conference in Kingston that three expert opinions had concluded that the original pathologist report of death by manual asphyxiation was wrong.

 

Mr Thomas also said that toxicology tests had now been received and that they showed there was no substance to indicate poisoning.

 

"The police have now closed the investigation into the death of Bob Woolmer," he said.

 

Mr Thomas launched a strong defence of the police investigation, saying it had been commended by both Scotland Yard and Pakistani police who had helped with the case.

 

The original pathologist's report had said a specific bone - the hyoid - was fractured.

 

But deputy police commissioner Mark Shields told the BBC a later x-ray showed the bone was not broken.

 

"I instructed my team... to go back and actually retrieve it from his body... We got it x-rayed and the fact is that the bone wasn't broken in the first place," he said.

 

Mr Woolmer's widow, Gill, welcomed the latest news, saying: "My sons and I are relieved to be officially informed that Bob died of natural causes and that no foul play is suspected in his death."

 

'Terrible days'

 

Mr Woolmer's death sparked speculation he had been murdered by an angry fan or by an illegal betting syndicate. There was also speculation members of the Pakistan team may have been involved.

 

Mr Thomas said the Jamaica Constabulary Force had found no evidence "of any impropriety by players, match officials nor management".

 

He said the force had carried out its investigation thoroughly and with respect to the Pakistan cricket team.

 

But Pakistan's former captain Imran Khan said he was shocked there was no apology to the national side.

 

He said Pakistan's cricket board should sue those responsible for the "humiliation that the Pakistan team went through".

 

"Bob Woolmer had diabetes, he had blood pressure, an enlarged heart, he had respiratory problems. On top of it, the depression of losing and then he drank a bottle of champagne. They should have first ruled out natural causes before this whole drama about the murder," Imran Khan said.

 

But Inzamam-ul-Haq, captain during the World Cup, said that although the days after Mr Woolmer's death were "the most terrible of our lives", legal action now would serve no purpose.

 

The Pakistan Cricket Board made no mention of legal action in its statement, saying only that it felt "great satisfaction over the fact that the truth has finally come out".

 

The BBC's Andy Gallacher in Kingston says this is an embarrassing U-turn for the Jamaican police.

 

He says the news conference was an attempt to shift the blame for the errors in the case onto the report of the original pathologist, Dr Ere Sheshiah.

 

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/6745589.stm

So the Mafia paid off the police...

So the Mafia paid off the police...

Tony's men ment to hit this guy

 

They kinda look alike you know. ;)