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...] Zimbabwe's World Cup team welcomed home   June 19 (ZCU ) They may not have won as many matches as perhaps they should have, but Zimbabwe were still effectively 5th in the competition, winning the games that counted and finishing above the likes of India, the West Indies, Sri Lanka and England. [more...] You blew it but well done, coach tells Zimbabwean World Cup stars   LONDON, June 14 (AFP) Zimbabwean coach David Houghton at last praised his cricket World Cup squad here on Monday - then told them they only had themselves to blame for missing out on the semi-finals. Houghton, who earlier in the tournament accused his squad of playing ''schoolboy cricket'' and of ''choking'' under pressure, said: ''We did ourselves proud at times. [more...] A view from the Gully   June 13 (Tawfiq Aziz Khan ) Pakistan strode into the semifinals with aplomb The slide down the hill triggered by babes Bangladesh that threw them into the vortex of uncertainty with three consecutive defeats, was reversed by a tremendous team effort that brought their star batsman a much needed hundred and their star spinner a rare achievement a hattrick, the second in World Cup after Chetan Sharma's against New Zealand in 1987. On the day Pakistan looked a totally transformed team as they knew this was their last train to the next important station. It was their streetcar named ambition which they could not afford to miss. [more...] Agony for Zimbabwe   June 14 (Charles Randall ) The Zimbabweans watched the closing stages of the Headingley match when they assembled for a team meeting at their hotel in London. Their survival in the tournament depended on an Australian defeat, but half an hour or so was as much as most of them could bring themselves to watch. [more...] [Full Zimbabwe News Archive]		Zim WC99 home  Scorecards  Schedule  Statistics  News  Photographs  Squad  History  Records  Team Shop  Teams Info  Schedule  Squads  Grounds  History  Officials  Playing Conditions  Ticket Info  TV Schedules  World Cup Home  Home Page  ZCU Home Page  Master Index  CricShop