Collingwood has been struggling for form recently

1740: South Africa paceman Lonwabo Tsotsobe has been given the all-clear to resume preparations for the World Cup after he strained his right knee in a warm-up game against Zimbabwe on Saturday. Tsotsobe may feature in their next warm-up against Australia on Tuesday.
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1342: Wicketkeeper Matt Prior hopes that England can end their barren World Cup run - not having reached the knock-out stages since 1992 - and says winning the tournament would be a "huge prize", a similar feat to winning the Ashes in Australia. (AFP)

1334 GMT: West Indies batsman Ramnaresh Sarwan, recalled to the national side after eight months out of the side, insists he has put being dropped behind him - and wants the Caribbean side to silence the critics who have predicted them to fail at the World Cup. "We are not too concerned about what people say - we are focused on what we have to do," he said. (AFP)

All-rounder Paul Collingwood was able to travel with the rest of the England squad to Dhaka after his wife gave birth to their daughter earlier than expected - but Graeme Swann has yet to travel as the birth of his child is imminent.
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India may be favourites to win the World Cup, but their captain Mahendra Dhoni fears the mental toll which switching so frequently between Test, one-day and Twenty20 matches has taken on his side.
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Bangladesh authorities will deploy special teams to wipe out mosquitoes in Dhaka, which will host the World Cup opening ceremony and six matches in the competition. "Mosquitoes have been breeding alarmingly in recent months so we have taken special measures to kill mosquitoes in the stadiums and for three kilometres around them," said health chief Brigadier General Nasir Uddin. (AFP)

Pakistan coach Waqar Younis had to return home injured a week before his country won the World Cup in 1992 but is hoping to make up for some bad memories from the competition by leading his side to victory this time around. "In 1992, nobody thought that Pakistan would win the World Cup. This time the event is in our part of the world and we stand a very good chance," he said. (AFP)

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