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Sri Lanka survived a dramatic late batting charge from Ramnaresh Sarwan to move one step closer to the Super Sixes at Newlands on Friday night

Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) needs 2 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club Carl Hooper (WI) needs 8 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club

Article: Report by Agha Albar, Eng-v-Pak, 23 Feb 2003, WC2003

Article: Comments by Agha Akbar on Eng v Pak, WC2003

Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK) needs 5 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club Shoaib Akhtar (PAK) needs 3 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club Waqar Younis (PAK) needs 8 wickets to join the 25 World Cup wicket-club

It was not very long ago that England looked at the number of one-day internationals played by the likes of Pakistan and claimed that their own comparative inexperience would count against them at the final reckoning

Article: Taha Noor comments on Eng v Pak, WC2003

If it is a World Cup, it seems only right that each game should be treated as a cup-tie

Article: Match preview, Pak v Eng WCup 2003 from Agha Akbar

Article: Agha Akbar's diary from WCup 2003, vol 3

Media Release: Pak team press conference rescheduled

Kenya edged past Canada to win by four wickets with nine balls to spare, despite a late wobble as the Canadians exerted pressure, took vital wickets and so nearly pulled off another upset at this World Cup

If confidence means anything in cricket - and the evidence in favour of that assertion has been pretty compelling over the years - Canada must be favourites to rewrite the form book for the second time in a week when they meet Kenya in tomorrow's

After the dazzling display of the 2003 ICC World Cup opening ceremony, the genius of Brian Lara managed to surpass the spectacle and enthrall a capacity crowd of 24,200 in the opening match of the tournament the West Indies and South Africa.

The excitement of the World Cup is already in the air, at Newlands in the beautiful city of Cape Town

Dr Ali Bacher, Executive Director of Cricket World Cup 2003, promised cricket lovers worldwide that the opening ceremony at Newlands in Cape Town would be the biggest event in the history of cricket and the largest production ever staged in South

Western Province is the 2002-03 Standard Bank Cup Champions after completely outplaying and outclassing Griqualand West in almost every department of a one-sided final played at Newlands

Western Province and Griqualand West meet in the Standard Bank Cup Final at Newlands on Wednesday 15th January to bring to an end a shortened South African 2002-03 domestic cricket season

"A clinical and professional performance plus a proud moment," was the way Shaun Pollock summed up the feelings of the team after winning the second Castle Lager/MTN Test against Pakistan by an innings and 142 runs in Cape Town and in so doing

Having batted well through 45 overs at the end of day two, Pakistan started day three with a lot of promise, but once the new ball was taken Shaun Pollock and Makhaya Ntini ripped the heart out of the batting, taking six wickets for the addition of