England saw all too little of a fit and firing Shoaib Akhtar – Martin looks back at what we did see of a man whose bowling he would have liked to have seen more of.

Ganesh Venkat’s live blogging from the M.A.Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai

On the eve of the all important Group “B”clash between England and West Indies, CW’s Ganesh Venkat blogs from Chennai.

CW’s Ganesh Venkat reporting from Chennai ahead of the England-West Indies game in Group B.

Despite almost recording a place into the quarters, Dhoni’s men have still not looked completely convincing.

After a patchy showing in the World Cup so far there can be no better way for England fans to brighten up a grey March day than by reading Gideon Haigh on the magical events of Boxing Day 2010.

England’s stuttering campaign continues to throw up unpleasant surprises with another defeat against a side they would have fully expected to brush aside, maybe not comfortably, but at the least, efficiently.

Following Yuvraj Singh’s heroics this past weekend, we look back at some notable all-round performances at previous ODI World Cups.

As I complete this piece we have reached the half-way stage of the ICC cricket World cup 2011 with 22 games completed. We have seen everything in these games close contests, eminently forgettable mismatches, a tie, a washout, an upset of gigantic proportions, the customary South African choke, a never ending debate on the DRS and even stone pelting by irate fans.

Some thoughts on the Eng-Ire and the Bangla-WI matches last week.