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Stumpy says the Cricket World Cup begins tomorrow, excited yet? View high resolution

Stumpy says the Cricket World Cup begins tomorrow, excited yet?

Madame Tussauds gets some cricket based competition View high resolution

Madame Tussauds gets some cricket based competition

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This time I’ll try to bat 50 overs if I can.

Virender Sehwag’s aim for the coming ODI World Cup is to bat fifty overs. Fifty overs in the whole tournament, really that many! Don’t overstretch yourself there Virender.

Cricinfo: Batting long is Virender Sehwag’s aim

Cricketer’s favourite books

The ICC has today launched a partnership with Room to Read to promote literacy and access to books, in conjunction with this they asked one player from each nation competing at the World Cup to reveal their favourite book. Here’s a selection:

Shane Watson and Virhat Kohli went for Andre Agassi’s Open.

Steve Tikolo prefers Nelson Mandela’s Long Walk to Freedom

Ed Joyce makes the erudite choice of George Orwell’s 1984.

And Luke Wright he goes for er… well Goosebumps

So much for cricket harbouring hidden intellectuals, bring back Ed Smith!

(Source: cricketworld.com)

The Wisden Cricketer does cricket in blu-tack!

(Source: wisdencricketer.com)

England win on Australia Day

England haven’t won an ODI in Adelaide since 1983, so I’m unclear on the rules. Does this mean we get the country back?