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Monday, February 10, 2003
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Cricket mania grips India
Vinod Kumar

THE first ever World Cup cricket championship was held in 1975 in England. So far cricket fans have enjoyed seven World Cups that were organised by different countries. The eighth World Cup will be hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. From February 9 to March 23, the world will witness the clash of the Titans for the Cricket World Cup. Fiftyfour matches will be played and over 1 billion viewers will watch players of over 11 teams giving their best shot for the ultimate prize in cricket. It won’t get bigger or better than this.

In the summer of ’83, Kapil Dev and his men brought home the World Cup. Ever since, the cricket fever has been high in India. We are providing you the list of Websites, which will keep you up-to-date with performances of Indian and other teams in World Cup.

www.cricketworldcup.com

This is the official Website of ICC World Cup 2003. This site has complete information about the ICC World Cup 2003. The site has been divided into different section from where you can get the required information. From here you will come to know about the format of World Cup 2003, how the points work, initial team bases, reserve days and teams ranking. Information about the fixtures and venues of World Cup is available on this site. Full information regarding the sponsors of this tournament is given here. From here you can purchase the licensed merchandise for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2003.

http://worldcup.cricketzone.com

This site will bring you live coverage and analysis of all cricket matches from the cricket World Cup 2003. On this site format, rules, fixtures, venues and teams of World Cup 2003 are given. The history of cricket World Cup is available. Other than this, you will find lots of information that is related to this World Cup. It also contains links to some other sites related to the World Cup.