Join us at nzherald.co.nz for live scoring of tonight's NRL, Super Rugby matches and the Cricket World Cup quarterfinal between Sri Lanka and England.

New Zealand produced an inspired fielding and bowling performance to extend South Africa's horror run in World Cup knockout matches with a 49-run upset win in today's quarterfinal.

A terrorist attack targeting the Cricket World cup in India has been foiled after a terrorist was arrested while flying from Pakistan to Sri Lanka. One Indian paper warned of a "serious attempt" at carrying out a terrorist attack...

They won't start as favourites in their World Cup quarter-final tonight, but that should not trouble the New Zealand team.

Black Caps coach John Wright has signalled he wants Scott Styris to be more involved in tomorrow's quarterfinal.

Pakistan are a leading World Cup contender after thrashing West Indies by 10 wickets on Wednesday to reach the semifinals.

Ricky Ponting plans to retire from international cricket at the end of the World Cup campaign, an English news website reports.

Former New Zealand cricket captain Martin Crowe is calling for the Black Caps to play three spinners.

Sometime this week there's every chance a contentious decision will have a significant bearing on a World Cup quarter-final.

Herald on Sunday's Andrew Alderson looks at the quarterfinal matchups and prepares for embarrassment by playing clairvoyant.

The groups and standings for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.

New Zealand captain Dan Vettori has all but declared himself fit for the cricket World Cup quarterfinal against South Africa.

If the Black Caps can set up a solid game plan against Muttiah Muralitharan tonight then they'll go a long way to beating Sri Lanka.

In one sense it doesn't matter too much; in another it could determine how far New Zealand will progress in the World Cup.