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England thumped by Kiwis

England crashed to a six-wicket defeat against New Zealand in their opening World Cup game in St Lucia.

Michael Vaughan's side made just 209-7 from their 50 overs with a number of batsman guilty of giving away their wicket.

Kevin Pietersen top-scored with 60 while Paul Nixon made an unbeaten 40 as England scrambled towards a competitive target.

In reply, Scott Styris hit an unbeaten 87 to steer the Black Caps to victory with nine overs to spare.

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Shock Win For Underdogs

Sunday March 18, 2007

Pakistan has suffered one of the biggest upsets in cricketing history after losing to Ireland in the World Cup.

The defeated team had been rated fourth in the world in one-day internationals.

But the underdogs' historic win dumped Pakistan out of the competition, after their opening-day loss to the West Indies.

After bowling Pakistan out for 132 in the 46th over, Ireland reached a rain-adjusted target of 128 to take victory by three wickets in Jamaica.

Wicketkeeper-batsman Niall O'Brien was the hero for the winners, notching up 72 runs, while his brother Kevin held on to the match by remaining in to the end.



Irish fans, who earlier this week witnessed a tie against Zimbabwe, could barely contain themselves after the match.

Live music was turned off in pubs across Ireland so revellers out celebrating St Patrick's Day could catch the final minutes of the clash on big screens.

"This is amazing," said one fan. "I can't believe Ireland have beaten Pakistan."

Although Ireland could now lose to West Indies and still qualify for the Super Eight stage, they are not definitely there yet.

But Pakistan - the 1992 World Cup winners - have now failed to make it beyond the group stages.

The party started when Irish skipper Trent Johnston heaved Azhar Mahmood high into the Sabina Park stands to finish the game with a six.
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India v Bangladesh




World Cup group B, Trinidad: Bangladesh 195-5 (48.3 ovs) bt India 191 (49.3 ovs)
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Bangladesh celebrate in Trinidad
The Tigers stunned India with some penetrating bowling and fielding

Bangladesh sealed a famous five-wicket victory against India with a thrilling performance in Port-of-Spain.

Three of their teenagers passed fifty, 17-year-old Tamim Iqbal with calypso strokes in a stunning 51 off 53 balls.

There were late scares but Mushfiqur Rahim, aged 18, took them to the 192 target with nine deliveries remaining.

Rahul Dravid chose to bat but when he fell in the 25th over India were 72-4, and though Sourav Ganguly and Yuvraj Singh shared 85 it was insufficient.

Iqbal's spirit was exemplified in the seventh over, bowled by left-arm paceman Zaheer Khan.

India were convinced they had dismissed him at slip when the ball flew close to his gloves and ricocheted off his grille.

Having engaged in some forthright discussion with the bowler, Iqbal smashed the final two balls of the over for four and embarked on a flurry of remarkable strokes.

The pick of them was also against Zaheer.

Having hit successive fours earlier in the over, he took a step down the pitch and piroueted into a drive, despatching the ball against the wall of the upper tier of the stand beyond wide long-on.

Aftab Ahmed's shot selection was not so good, however, and his attempted pull to a full delivery that trapped him bang in front and made it 79-3 was particularly ill-advised.

When it appeared the Tigers may be feeling the pressure, 19-year-old Saqibul Hasan took the runs required below 100 with a confident cut for four off Agarkar.

Sachin Tendulkar is dismissed
Tendulkar is gleefully pouched by keeper Mushfiqur Rahim

Next, Rahim brought up the team's 100 in style with a glorious, towering straight six having advanced down the pitch to Harbhajan.

Dravid turned to Sachin Tendulkar but by this stage the batsmen had put the enormity of the situation to the back of their minds and were comfortably nudging their way patiently towards victory.

Not that they at any point went on the defensive. Saqibul slapped the first ball of Munaf Patel's new spell straight back past him.

He reached his third ODI fifty in fabulous fashion, striding down the wicket and lofting Harbhajan over cover for six.

India looked a beaten side but Virender Sehwag atoned for his lack of runs by enticing the left-hander down the pitch unnecessarily for a stumping.

If Saqib's dismissal for 53 was excusable, Habibul Bashar's in almost identical fashion for one, was not.

Harbhajan spilled a low chance in the deep when seven runs were needed and the ebullient Tigers were not to be denied, Rahim appropriately striking the winning runs to finish unbeaten on 56.

Having won only once in 14 meetings with India, the Tigers cannot have been in overly-confident mood, particularly after failing to win a match in South Africa four years ago.

But they came into the match with 17 victories from their last 20 matches, albeit against lower grade opponents.

Tamim Iqbal
Iqbal's scintillating strokeplay gave Bangladesh a fantastic start

Their new-ball pairing of Mashrafe Mortaza and Syed Rasel immediately applied the pressure and were rewarded in the third over.

Out-of-form Sehwag, with only one fifty in his last 13 innings, tried to cut a ball that seamed back from Mortaza and edged into his stumps.

The first boundary came in the sixth over but in the next Robin Uthappa drove Mortaza to point.

After 14 overs the first bowling change brought success, as left-arm spinner Abdur Razzak snared the prize wicket of Tendulkar.

The maestro hit one sumptuous four off his toes but got an inside edge into his pad and the ball looped gently to wicketkeeper Rahim.

When nagging left-arm seamer Rasel was bowled through, 25 consecutive overs of slow left-arm followed, 30 in total for the innings.

Again a change resulted in immediate success, Mohammad Rafique's first ball trapping Dravid, the captain infuriated with the decision as the ball appeared to drift down the leg-side.

Yuvraj flicked the only six of the innings to record the 150 in the 42nd over, but in the next he was back in the hutch after top-edging to short fine-leg.

Attempting to charge Rafique, Ganguly succeeded only in flat-batting to mid-wicket.

Any threat of Mahendra Dhoni blasting his team out of trouble ended three balls later when he cut to point for a duck as a total of five wickets fell for two runs in 10 balls, which left India 159-9.

Last pair Zaheer and Patel hit two fours each to add 32 from 28 balls which but might have significant, but Iqbal and his young colleagues had other ideas.



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CRICKET’S World Cup is underway in the Caribbean and fans have been following the sunny and palm tree-shaded action.

For those of you without Sky TV, the illusion of looking at the action live can be maintained by banging a metal spoon on an upturned saucepan while looking at TV advertorials for tropical holidays.

But there is trouble in paradise. We talk not of England’s play – that was always going to be a side issue to the staple shots of women in bikini tops and conch shells – but of off-field antics.

"He’s full of shame. He said he can't believe he's done it,” says the New of The World’s source.

"He was out first ball in the game against New Zealand and has said he should have been focused on the next game. The team need to let their hair down once in a while but this was going too far."

And England’s Andrew ‘Freddie’ Flintoff would have gone further had the pedalo he’d commandeered at 4am, and after an 8-hour drinking session, not capsized.

Having consumed quantities of local tinctures and brews at Rumours club in St Lucia's Rodney Bay - “Freddie was drinking beer as if it was going out of fashion” says source - England’s all-rounder set out on the ocean wave.

"Freddie could have drowned out there,” says a source “close to Flintoff. It's rough in that sea at night and it's not particularly helpful if you've had plenty to drink.”

Readers learn: "He was out first ball in the game against New Zealand and has said he should have been focused on the next game. The team need to let their hair down once in a while but this was going too far."

But let’s not be too hard on the lads. England’s players have days of spare time on their hands, often during Test matches as the match reaches a premature conclusion.

As the NOTW reminds us, after England's Ashes victory against Australia in 2005 Freddie and team went on a “marathon drinking session and turned up drunk for their official reception at Downing Street the following day”. There was talk of the time of urinating in prime ministerial flowerbeds. When asked what he’d eaten, a red-eyed Freddie replied “a cigar”.

The hope is that England can return to those halcyon days. And on a fortnight’s package tour to the Caribbean, there is every chance they can…

Flintoff and Ian Bell were fined. Teammates Liam Plunkett, James Anderson and Jon Lewis were docked part of their match fee. anorak


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England Sack Freddie
Sunday March 18, 2007

Andrew Flintoff has been sacked as England's cricket vice-captain after staying up until the early hours at a Caribbean night club.

The Ashes hero had already been dropped from the side which took the field against Canada in a crucial World Cup encounter on the island of St Lucia.

According to the News Of The World, the 29-year-old had to be rescued from the sea "at 4am" after getting into difficulties in a pedalo.

He and a number of other players are reported to have stayed up until the early hours after England's defeat on Friday at the hands of New Zealand.

The team's management said Flintoff, who has led England during Michael Vaughan's lengthy injury absences over the past year, would not be considered should a new captain be needed during the tournament.

He was one of six players to be fined by coach Duncan Fletcher in connection with the late-night partying.


The other players disciplined were James Anderson, Ian Bell, Paul Nixon and Liam Plunkett - all of whom were included for the Canada game - and Jon Lewis.

Fletcher also confirmed that Flintoff had been given warnings in the past about his behaviour.

He said: "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. 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 England And Wales Cricket Board."
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Pakistan coach Bob Woolmer dies


Woolmer took over as Pakistan coach in June 2004
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 1975-81, 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.


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Flintoff - No excuses

Andrew Flintoff has admitted his conduct was "completely wrong" after being sacked as vice-captain and dropped for the World Cup match against Canada following a late night drinking session.

The Lancashire all-rounder was fined alongside five other players for staying out until the early hours of the morning at the Rumours nightclub nearby the team hotel following Friday's defeat by New Zealand. But, after paying for his ill-judged antics with his place in the side against the minnows, Flintoff was contrite.

He said: "I know what I did on Friday night was completely wrong and I have to take full responsibility for it. There can be no excuses on my part. I know I shouldn't have done what I did and I have to accept the punishment."

"To my team-mates and the England supporters I let down, all I can say is I am extremely sorry and assure everyone I will be giving 110% for England for the rest of this tournament."

Newspaper reports that he fell off a pedalo boat and got into difficulties in the water in the early hours of Saturday morning forced England coach Duncan Fletcher to take action against Flintoff.

"The conduct of the players who have been disciplined was unacceptable and falls below the high standards of behaviour required of England cricketers," stressed David Collier, the England and Wales Cricket Board's chief executive.

"We fully support the England team management's decision to deal with this issue promptly and fines levied on the players concerned will be donated to the Cricket Foundation's charity, Chance to Shine."

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Cricket mourns death of Woolmer

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Sunday, 18 March 2007 - ICC World Cup
Canada: 228-7 ( 50.0 overs )
England: 279-6 ( 50.0 overs )
England beat Canada by 51 runs
scorecard match report

Australia: 358-5 ( 50.0 overs )
Netherlands: 129 ( 26.5 overs )
Australia beat Netherlands by 229 runs
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Woolmer: How Did He Die?
Wednesday March 21, 2007

The death of Pakistan cricket coach and former England Test batsman Bob Woolmer is being treated as suspicious.

Jamaican deputy police commissioner Mark Shields said a full investigation has begun.

He said: "Having met with the pathologist, other medical personnel and investigators, there is now sufficient information to continue a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Woolmer, which we are now treating as suspicious."

Asked if he was saying that Woolmer had been murdered, he replied: "No, we are not saying that."

However, there are a number of rumours circulating around the Caribbean about the circumstances surrounding Woolmer's death.


The 58-year-old was found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on Sunday less than 24 hours after their World Cup defeat by Ireland. He died later that day.

Reports from the Pakistan camp at the time said that Woolmer was discovered by hotel staff lying on the floor in his room at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel with his mouth wide open.

Blood was discovered on the bathroom floor, there was vomit on the walls and signs of diarrhoea.

Pakistan were considered one of the leading contenders to win a title they claimed in 1992 but the shock defeat to debutants Ireland - and the loss to the West Indies - saw them crashing out.

The elimination was greeted with fury by fans back in Pakistan who burned effigies of the players.

"Obviously 'suspicious' could be anything at this moment," Pakistan team spokesman Pervez Mir said.

"It could be something serious, it could be something not serious. We have a man who is down and we don't know the reason why."
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Updated: 07:17, Wednesday March 21, 2007

The death of Pakistan cricket coach and former England Test batsman Bob Woolmer is being treated as suspicious.

Jamaican deputy police commissioner Mark Shields said a full investigation has begun.

He said: "Having met with the pathologist, other medical personnel and investigators, there is now sufficient information to continue a full investigation into the circumstances surrounding the death of Mr Woolmer, which we are now treating as suspicious."

Asked if he was saying that Woolmer had been murdered, he replied: "No, we are not saying that."

However, there are a number of rumours circulating around the Caribbean about the circumstances surrounding Woolmer's death.


The 58-year-old was found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on Sunday less than 24 hours after their World Cup defeat by Ireland. He died later that day.

Reports from the Pakistan camp at the time said that Woolmer was discovered by hotel staff lying on the floor in his room at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel with his mouth wide open.

Blood was discovered on the bathroom floor, there was vomit on the walls and signs of diarrhoea.

Pakistan were considered one of the leading contenders to win a title they claimed in 1992 but the shock defeat to debutants Ireland - and the loss to the West Indies - saw them crashing out.

The elimination was greeted with fury by fans back in Pakistan who burned effigies of the players.

"Obviously 'suspicious' could be anything at this moment," Pakistan team spokesman Pervez Mir said.

"It could be something serious, it could be something not serious. We have a man who is down and we don't know the reason why."
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WOOLMER WAS STRANGLED
POLICE HUNT CRICKET HERO BOB'S BARE HAND KILLER
23/03/2007



CRICKET legend Bob Woolmer was murdered, police confirmed last night.

Postmortem results showed the 58-year-old Pakistan coach was strangled by his killer's bare hands.

Jamaican Police Commissioner Lucius Thomas said: "The official report from the pathologist states that Mr Woolmer's death was due to asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation.

"In these circumstances, the matter of his death is now being treated as murder."

Former Pakistan pace bowler Sarfraz Nawaz has said he believes Woolmer was killed by a "match fixing mafia".

Woolmer was found in the bathroom of the Pegasus Hotel in Kingston, Jamaica, in a pool of vomit with froth and blood around his mouth.

The entire Pakistan team and guests at the hotel are being fingerprinted.

Murder detectives are scouring hours of CCTV footage.

Deputy Police Commissioner Mark Shields said there could have been more than one killer.

However, there were no signs of forced entry into Woolmer's room on the 12th floor.

Mr Shields said: "It would take some significant force to subdue Bob, because he was a large man.

"But at this stage we do not know how many people were in the room at the time.

"It could be one or more people involved in this murder."

The postmortem showed that Woolmer had fractured a tiny pharyngeal bone in the side of his neck. A senior police source said: "This bone is often found to be broken in the victims of strangling cases.

"It could also have been caused by a sharp blow, like a karate or martial arts punch or chop.

"It is still unclear how this bone was broken."

Woolmer was found dead on Sunday hours after Pakistan crashed out of the World Cup to minnows Ireland.

At first, investigators thought he might have committed suicide with drink and drugs.

Woolmer's wife Gill said from her home in Cape Town, South Africa, yesterday: "I suppose there is always the possibility that it could be murder.

It fills me with horror." Despite yesterday's dramatic twist the International Cricket Council's chief executive Malcolm Speed said the World Cup would continue.

Woolmer played in 19 Test matches for England and six one day internationals, making his international debut in 1975.

He was appointed Pakistan's cricket coach in 2004 but was expected to stand down after this World Cup. Mirror


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Ireland 183-8 West Indies 190-2: Ireland outclassed by host nation

Sri Lanka 254-6 India 185: Sri Lanka win all but eliminates India

Vaughan should be wary of Kenya

Woolmer critics in Pakistan fall silent as nation is left stunned
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How much worse can English cricket get?

BRIDGETOWN, Barbados (Reuters) - England have never won the World Cup and they failed to even mount a challenge in the 2007 edition after a string of wretched displays.

Their top batsmen were dreadful, their inexperienced bowlers inconsistent and even the famed Barmy Army of fans did not turn up in the numbers hoped.

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