No harm betting on a good cause

Some people may not know it, but a World Cup is being played now. In the part of the world I come from, it's simply the World Cup; the soccer version usually follows three years later.

Yes, cricket may be limited to South Asian countries - where it has a fanatical following and huge financial backing - and fellow Commonwealth nations. But for the last two weeks it has had global exposure for all the wrong reasons.

The murder in his Jamaica hotel room of Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer, a former England international player, has been making headlines around the world, even in countries like China where cricket is a little insect which makes a big noise.