EOIN MORGAN yesterday revealed that he does not require surgery on the broken finger that ruled him out of England’s World Cup squad — and that he could have been fit before the end of the tournament.

ENGLAND’S worst World Cup fears were realised yesterday when their leading one-day batsman and former Irish star Eoin Morgan was ruled out of the tournament with a fractured finger.

ENGLAND captain Andrew Strauss has admitted Eoin Morgan could be ruled out of the World Cup because of a fractured finger.

Tony McCoy tonight became the first jockey to be named the BBC’s sports personality of the year in the 57 years of the award.

AUSSIE legend Shane Warne is remaining coy over speculation he could make a sensational Test comeback.

KEVIN PIETERSEN was one of two cricketers fined for their foul-mouthed Tweeting yesterday.

EOIN MORGAN is likely to get the opportunity to boost his Ashes credentials against Pakistan this summer after England lost the services of Ian Bell for the series.

ANDY FLOWER is unrepentant about England’s management of the ball, despite South Africa’s transitory suspicions that tampering might have been afoot during the third Test.

ANDREW STRAUSS is confident his new-look England are about to go places in one-day cricket – and is hoping they can start by wrapping up their series against South Africa 3-1 today.

ENGLAND cricketer Tim Bresnan has apologised to his bosses over an expletive-laden rant at a fellow Twitter user.

ENGLAND are confident their surprise call-up of Warwickshire batsman Jonathan Trott for this week’s fourth Ashes Test will not backfire in a similar manner to last year’s shock selection for the Headingley Test.

ENGLAND face an anxious wait to see whether key batsman Kevin Pietersen will be fit to withstand another battle with Australia in next week’s third Ashes Test.

ENGLAND coach Andy Flower feels Australia captain Ricky Ponting “made a meal” of perceived stalling tactics during the final afternoon of the first Ashes Test.

New England captain Andrew Strauss began his permanent term of office with the backing of fallen predecessor Kevin Pietersen.

Zimbabwe, strong favourites to win their World Cup match against Holland in Bulawayo, reached what should be a match-winning total of 301 for eight in their 50 overs.

Brad Hogg claimed three crucial wickets as Australia took command of their World Cup Pool A match with Zimbabwe in Bulawayo.

Zimbabwe fast bowler Henry Olonga has been expelled from his domestic cricket club following his political protest at the World Cup.

Zimbabwean cricketers Andy Flower and Henry Olonga have pleaded for an end to human rights abuses in their country before launching their World Cup campaign.