Sri Lanka's World Cup captain Kumar Sangakkara has challenged former skipper Hashan Tillakaratne to prove his recent allegations of rampant match-fixing.

New Zealand Cricket has been "blown away" by a donation of US$1 million (NZ$1.3m) by the ICC.

New Zealand Cricket is to be given $US1 million ($NZ1.3 million) by the ICC to help it into new offices after its premises in Christchurch were destroyed in the February 22 earthquake.

New Zealanders would look askance if the Black Caps were to stoop to the blatant unpleasantness of the Australians.

Indian press are reporting Australia opener Brad Haddin is under investigation for slow batting during a World Cup match.

Hamish Bennett has given Daniel Vettori and John Wright a pleasant problem ahead of Friday's clash against Australia.

Heavy monsoon rains have forced the International Cricket Council to move World Cup warm-up matches from Sri Lanka's Pallekele stadium, tournament organisers said Thursday.

"When someone is seeing in front of him the end of his future, his career, then that is the worst day of one's life," says Mohammad Amir, Pakistan's teen quick bowler

The World Cup starts on February 19 and Pakistan have not confirmed who will captain their campaign.

The ICC learned nothing from the last World Cup if the format for this one is any guide, writes Andrew Alderson.

Why are our Black Caps batsmen struggling at test level? Andrew Alderson says they often pay the price for a lack of preparation because they play so few first-class games.