Australia have suffered a major blow to their WC campaign, with confirmation that Brett Lee will not participate in the tournament.

Australian captain Ricky Ponting has responded to his sides inability to defend large totals by a change in tactics – batting second.

Graeme Smith has said South Africa moving to the top ranked one-day side in the World Cup counts for nothing when the World Cup starts.

Unconfirmed reports in Australia state that Brett Lee has informed Cricket Australia that he is out of the World Cup.

Matthew Hayden will undergo further scans next week that will help determine the true extent of his injury and World Cup chances.

Injured bowler Brett Lee has been given until the day before Australia departs to the World Cup in the Caribbean to prove his fitness.

A wounded Australia is in the sights of emerging nation Scotland as the teams prepare to meet in their first match in the World Cup.

Australian vice captain Adam Gilchrist has revealed most of his squad did not want to go to NZ for the disastrous Chappell-Hadlee series.

We have opened up our World Cup 2007 competition together with some fantastic prizes from Codemasters and World Cricket Store.

New Zealand will expectedly have the services of injured Jacob Oram during the upcoming World Cup in the West Indies.