It was not just the Australians who had travelled a long way on Wednesday for a practice session here ahead of their World Cup match against the Netherlands — some of the bowlers at the North West Stadium’s indoor nets had made an even more impressive journey.

Indian Prime Minister Atal Behari Vajpayee appealed for calm on Tuesday as police were called in to guard the homes of the national cricket team, which is facing elimination from the World Cup.

SA can’t hide behind the Windies skirts anymore, and now they can get through to the Super Sixes all by themselves by winning every remaining match with a good net run rate.

The English cricket team was forced to build up a steady sweat before they finally disposed of Namibia in their ICC World Cup Group A match at St George’s Park on Wednesday.

Sri Lankan cricket fans were happy that their team held lightly regarded Canada to a record-low 36 runs in their World Cup match on Wednesday, saying it would give the team confidence going into tougher matches ahead.

Canterbury Crusaders proved themselves emphatically as world rugby’s champion provincial team with their unbeaten sweep through last year’s Super 12 rugby series.

Cash-strapped libraries throughout South Africa face fresh financial hardships that could cause many to collapse. Librarians fear that budget cuts and new funding mechanisms will bring many public libraries to their knees