Committed to PEOPLE'S RIGHT TO KNOW Vol. 5 Num 1035 Mon. April 30, 2007       Sports Picking up the World Cup pieces 1. Mashrafe Bin Mortaza takes out Virender Sehwag during the epic encounter in Port of Spain. 2. Ireland players parade around Sabina Park after their St. Patrick's Day stunner against Pakistan. 3. Bob Woolmer a day before the Irish disaster. The following day, he was murdered in his team hotel. 4. Matthew Hayden experimenting with a very low, late cut during the fastest World Cup hundred against South Africa. 5. Herschelle Gibbs smacks the sixth six off the hapless Dutch spinner Daan Van Bunge, a first in international cricket. 6. Dwayne 'Sluggo' Leverock flies through thin air, moments before he took off to celebrate the catch... not with teammates though! 7. Inzamamul Haq says his ODI goodbye. 8. Mohammad Ashraful scoops the ball on way to a match-winning 87 against South Africa. 9. Lasith Malinga does the impossible -- four wickets off four balls but still lost by a wicket. 10. Shane Bond gave one good effort after the other, but forgot to show up for the semifinals. 11. Brian Lara raises the bat for the final time as he retires from international cricket. 12. Kevin Pietersen was the only 'English' light that shone with two sublime hundreds. 13. Mahela Jayawardene led by example throughout, more so against New Zealand in the semifinal. 14. Glenn McGrath, old and what not, made sure he walked out with the best player award. 15. Another golden oldie, Sanath Jayasuriya struck a purple patch at the twilight of his career. 16. Ricky Ponting played some crucial knocks and led the world champions with some tact. 17. ICC were out of form in this tournament, shown here as they entertained a lot of empty seats. 18. The commercial bigwigs were left to count their losses after India crashed out in the first round . PHOTO: AFP