Martin Crowe's Blog

There's too much negativity and strife in the international game. We need to restore cricket's lost integrity pronto

Defiant, passionate, cunning - Arjuna Ranatunga was a mighty tough cookie on the field and an unwavering friend off it

Whatever happens, the Australia-New Zealand World Cup final at the MCG will be the most divine fun

He is assured, humble and intelligent: a player opposition captains and bowlers find hard to combat

The team with the most incisive bowling attack, capable of jolting pampered batsmen out of their comfort zones, will win this World Cup

A 40-over tournament with 18 teams, played over ten weeks, with a best-of-three final will help identify a true champion team with luck playing little part

South Africa's captain needs to single out his players for attention and get them firing individually and as a team

The balance is skewed too far in favour of batsmen already. Cricket cannot afford for bats to get any bigger

One-day cricket was at its freshest and most unpredictable 23 years ago

How the top eight teams stack up ahead of the World Cup, plus predictions for the knockouts