Scotland Yard gears up for crucial Indo-Pak clash in Manchester
There's a delicious irony, which is not lost on anyone who follows cricket or diplomacy here, in India and Pakistan clashing, amid tensions back home, on the cricket field in the country that sundered them.

Kiwis Scotch-tape Windies
New Zealand cocked a snook at their mighty neighbours from across the Tasman when they thrashed Scotland and made the Super Six on a better Net Run Rate than the West Indies.

Bangla stun Pak, sack coach
Rank outsider Bangladesh created the biggest upset of the World Cup, defeating Pakistan by 62 runs today, even as they sacked former West Indies opener Gordon Greenidge as national coach.

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