South Africa beat Sri Lanka by 1 wicket (with 10 balls remaining) in a dramatic finish in the Super 8 phase of the World Cup at the Providence Stadium, Georgetown, Guyana.
South Africa looked to be cruising to victory, needing just 4 more runs at 206-5, before Sri Lanka's Lasith Malinga set a new World Cup record - and also ODI level record - with 4 wickets from 4 balls. Nevertheless, South Africa held their nerve to scrape home by one wicket.
Charl Langeveldt had earlier taken the first 5 wicket haul of the competition - dismissing 3 in his
Takeo Spikes is no longer a member of the Buffalo Bills. Spikes was involved in a trade Monday that sent the 2-time Pro-Bowl linebacker, as well as backup quarterback Kelly Holcomb to the Philadelphia Eagles for defensive tackle Darwin Walker and an undisclosed draft pick, probably in a later round of the draft. Of Spikes, Eagles general manager Tom Heckert said: "Takeo Spikes is a proven playmaker in the National Football League." Heckert added, "He has the ability to play all three linebacking positions and were happy to add him to our
Bangladesh beat Bermuda by 7 wickets (with 21 balls remaining) in a crucial Group B match - the final game of the group stage - in the World Cup at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Bangladesh will therefore advance to the Super 8 phase, while India is eliminated.
Rain stopped play during Bermuda's innings after just 3 overs, and again after 7.4, 8 overs and 15.1 overs. The match was reduced to 21 overs per side.
Bangladesh's target under the Duckworth-Lewis method was set at 96 runs.
Toss: Bangladesh won, and dec
England beat Kenya by 7 wickets (with 60 balls remaining) in the final Group C game in the World Cup at Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.
England will now advance through to the Super 8 stage.
Rain delayed the start of the match by some two hours, and therefore the match was only a 43 over game.
Toss: Kenya won, and elected to bat first.
Fall of wickets: 1-10 (Shah, 4.5 ov), 2-35 (Ouma, 10.1 ov), 3-73 (Suji, 17.4 ov), 4-74 (Mishra, 18.5 ov), 5-99 (Obuya, 23.3 ov), 6-112 (Odoyo, 26.5 ov), 7-151 (Kamande, 36.4 ov), 8-165 (Tikolo, 4
Australia beat South Africa by 83 runs in the final Group A match in the World Cup at the Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
As both teams had already progressed through to the Super 8 stage, this game was effectively a Super 8 encounter, with the points won here being carried through.
Australia set the third highest total in World Cup history (377 runs), with Matthew Hayden grabbing the fastest century in World Cup history off just 66 balls, beating John Davison's 67 ball century for Canada against the West Indies in 200
Sri Lanka beat India by 69 runs in a crucial Group B match at the World Cup at the Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad and Tobago.
Victory means that Sri Lanka to progress through to the Super 8 stage with 2 points, however India's loss means that they are out of the tournament if Bangladesh beats World-Cup debutants and currently winless Bermuda, who both India and Sri Lanka beat by over 200 runs. Ducks from Mahendra Singh Dhoni and Sachin Tendulkar, two of India's most touted batsmen prior to the World Cup, sealed the loss although Ra
West Indies beat Ireland by 8 wickets (with 59 balls remaining) in the final Group D match of the 2007 Cricket World Cup at Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica.
As both teams had already sealed their progress to the Super 8 stage, this match was effectively a Super 8 encounter, as the points won today were carried through to the next stage.
Ireland were missing their captain Trent Johnson after he failed to recover from a shoulder injury. Johnson was replaced by John Mooney, while Kyle McCallan deputised as captain.
Rain delays toward the end of
Ex-England international cricketer and Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer's death is now the subject of a murder investigation by police in Kingston, Jamaica.
At a press conference last night, the Chief of Police confirmed that Woolmer's death at the age of 58 was the result of "manual strangulation".
Commenting on his death, the Deputy police commissioner, Mark Shields, said "Bob was a large man - It would have taken some significant force to subdue him."
Jamaican police questioned members of the Pakistan cricket squad on Thursday, after
New Zealand beat Canada by 114 runs in Group C of the World Cup at the Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia.
This match saw Brendon McCullum of New Zealand hit the fastest ever Cricket World Cup half century off just 20 balls. In reply, Canada achieved the highest total in their World Cup history.
Toss: Canada won, and elected to field first.
Fall of wickets: 1-142 (Fleming, 21.3 ov), 2-222 (Fulton, 35.2 ov), 3-253 (Styris, 38.5 ov), 4-266 (McMillan, 40.4 ov), 5-278 (Vincent, 42.6 ov)
Fall of wickets: 1-76 (Davison, 9.4 ov), 2-1
Netherlands beat Scotland by 8 wickets (with 157 balls remaining) in Group A of the World Cup at the Warner Park Stadium, Basseterre, Saint Kitts and Nevis.
Toss: Netherlands won, and elected to field first.
Fall of wickets: 1-0 (Poonia, 0.2 ov), 2-9 (Haq, 3.2 ov), 3-15 (Hamilton, 6.2 ov), 4-15 (Brown, 6.3 ov), 5-39 (Watson, 13.4 ov), 6-77 (Smith, 20.4 ov), 7-83 (McCallum, 22.3 ov), 8-83 (Wright, 23.4 ov), 9-117 (Rogers, 31.1 ov), 10-136 (Hoffmann, 34.1 ov)
Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Reekers, 3.1 ov), 2-37 (Szwarczynski, 5.4 ov)
Scotland: R R W
Marshall Faulk, the National Football League's 9th all time rushing yards leader is expected to announce his retirement from professional football March 26th at the NFL's annual owners meeting in Phoenix, Arizona.
The St. Louis Rams runningback released this statement, "It has been an honor and pleasure to play in the National Football League. I'd like to thank all my teammates and coaches with whom I've been associated over the past 13 seasons as well as the fans who supported me throughout the years. I gave the game my passion, and it gave m
The death of Bob Woolmer, Pakistan's cricket coach at the 2007 Cricket World Cup in the West Indies, has been officially labelled "suspicious" by the deputy commissioner of police, Mark Shields, in Jamaica today.
"We are now treating [the death of Mr. Woolmer] as suspicious" he said at a news conference.
Bob Woolmer unexpectedly died in his hotel room in Jamaica last Sunday shortly after Pakistan's shock defeat at the hands of Ireland.
