Cronje to get sole charge of teamLONDON: South African World Cup captain Hansie Cronje will take complete charge of the team when coach Bob Woolmer leaves after the tournament, a senior official said on Saturday.Ali Bacher, managing director of the United Cricket Board of South Africa, said Woolmer's successor Graham Ford will "act as back-up for the captain."I'm no Rhodes: HussainLONDON: England's star Nasser Hussain has dismissed suggestions that his fielding was on the same level as Jonty Rhodes. Hussain, who has excelled for England at backward point -the same position occupied by his rival - went further yesterday, arguing that the South African was the best fielder the game had ever seen."I believe South Africa have the best fielder there has ever been in Jonty," Hussain said. "Saving 10 runs and pulling off a run-out can be the difference in a one-day game."Steve Waugh's warningLONDON: Every Australian player must lift their game or prepare for an early flighthome, according to captain Steve Waugh. Australia must find some cure for the sluggishness, while several players are yet to reach their own pre-tournament hype. Adam Gilchrist and Shane Lee are struggling for form, while the management might look at giving the new ball back to Glenn McGrath after the experiment to open with Damien Fleming and Adam Dale had little success.Irish hero too busyDUBLIN: As Ireland hosted its first one-dayer in Dublin, one of the greatest cricketing heroes of the nation was too busy at work to make it to the game.Doug Goodwin entered cricket folklore by taking five wickets when Ireland humbled the touring West Indies - which included a young Clive Lloyd - in 1969 by bowling it out for 25 in a one-day match.But the former right-arm medium pacer couldn't make it to Friday's game: a bookmaker, he was at work taking bets for the match.
