As Sourav Ganguly finds himself entrenched in yet another controversy erupting over him remaining unsold at the IPL, Angikaar Choudhury tries to decipher the kind of hysteria the man evokes, especially in his home city, Kolkata.

Some of the best hundreds scored in the world cup. How many will we see this time around?

When sportsmen and bookmakers mix there has always been the potential for trouble. In this feature we look back at an old story from a contemporary perspective.

With just a few days to go before the start of the tenth World Cup we cannot pin-point a favourite as yet. With the tedious long-drawn format this is as open as it could be. The format starts off with a week of warm-up matches (just a hit and giggle contest) before the tournament officially begins. However the league format is nothing but an extended
warm-up with no real sense of serving any purpose. 42 meaningless games over a period of 30 days which have no bearing on the knock-outs followed by a crammed seven knock-out games to decide the winner. In effect the format takes 42 games to eliminate six weak teams and uses just the knock out games to determine the winner.

This week we look at the teams who have got through fewest players in ODIs, between the last World Cup and the one before, England’s changes, and more.

The Fantasy Cricket competition for World Cup 2011 has been
created and is ready for the entry of your team. We bring it
to you in association with Aurum Press who are kindly
providing some prizes for this competition.

The Fantasy Cricket competition for World Cup 2011 has been created and is ready for the entry of your team. We bring it to you in association with Aurum Press who are kindly providing some prizes for this competition.

The winds of change are blowing above Yorkshire now,a quiet, steady, and very British revolution occurring.

Cricket Web’s Peter Michael Blackburn takes a look at the selection questions ahead of the World Cup that are arising from the Australia v England one day series.

World Cup
England, 1975
In the first edition of the ICC cricket world cup, the ‘Black Cat’ and his men were unstoppable. In fact, it was Clive Lloyd, whose counter-attacking 102 off 85 balls set West Indies on the way in the final to 291 in 60 overs. A young Viv Richards scored three run-outs to derail the Australian retort and the West Indies won by seventeen runs to win the first World Cup.