The unlucky heroes   June 26 (P. K. Ajith Kumar ) Lance Klusener's amazing run in the World Cup was tragically cut short by just one run at Edgbaston on June 17. He came up with another great batting effort in that thriller of a semifinal against Australia, before the South Africans choked yet again. [more...] The unlucky heroes   June 26 (P. K. Ajith Kumar ) Lance Klusener's amazing run in the World Cup was tragically cut short by just one run at Edgbaston on June 17. He came up with another great batting effort in that thriller of a semifinal against Australia, before the South Africans choked yet again. [more...] A view from the Gully   June 18 (Tawfiq Aziz Khan ) The celebrations started a bit early but was in order Saeed Anwar and Wajahatullah Wasti carried their team into the final without much fuss at the Old Trafford on Wednesday. The silky Saeed with sublime touches to his strokes interspersed them with the stamp of ruthlessness. The normally aggressive southpaw restrained himself to strokes that were produced straight from the copy book. With this successive century he enters the record book of this all important tournament of the one-day variety. [more...] 1st Semi-Final: New Zealand v Pakistan, Statistical highlights   June 18 (Mohandas Menon ) This match was the 1482nd in Limited Over international (LOI) history and the 198th in World Cup history. It was Pakistan's 434th and New Zealand's 332nd in L0Is. Pakistan now has the distinction of having played in most LOI matches than any country. Australia, is a close second having appeared in 433 matches. [more...] Flimsy Kiwis run out of puff   June 18 (Daryl Holden ) What a nightmare. Three hours sleep for that. You couldn't deny Pakistan its easy cricket World Cup semi-final win. They were streets, highways and whatever else you can think of ahead of the Black Caps, especially in the bowling stakes. [more...] Top batsmen 'out of nick'   June 18 (Daryl Holden ) New Zealand cricket selection convener Ross Dykes thinks Nathan Astle and Craig McMillan will bounce back from their World Cup failures. The Canterbury duo were expected to be two of New Zealand's batting weapons during the one-day tournament, but they struggled throughout. [more...] [Full New Zealand News Archive]		NZ WC99 Home  Scorecards  Schedule  Statistics  News  Photographs  Squad  Records  Teams Info  Schedule  Squads  Grounds  History  Officials  Playing Conditions  Ticket Info  TV Schedules  World Cup Home  Home Page  NZC Home Page  Master Index  CricShop