Former South African batsman Peter Kirsten offered his predictions for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 on this week's Cricket Audio Show. The elder half-brother of India coach, Gary Kirsten, Peter is predicting his brother’s team to do well in the tournament that is due to begin in 99 days hosted in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh.

Kirsten said, “I think a World Cup on the sub-continent will be an exciting one and a well contested tournament.

India’s Harbhajan Singh spoke on ICC's Audio Show about scoring his maiden Test century this week against New Zealand in Ahmedabad. The 30-year-old all-rounder had a particularly strong match with the bat, scoring 69 and 115 and helping to guide India to a draw against the Black Caps.

Harbhajan said, “I never dreamed that I would receive a man of the match award as a batsman and definitely not in Test cricket! I am really happy that my century helped us to draw the game, which is all that mattered.

Australia’s top rifle and pistol shooters will line up this weekend in the Australia Cup Final and Grand Prix event at the Sydney International Shooting Centre.

Following a long year of competition for the Australian team, the three-day event at the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games venue will offer one final chance to stand on top of the podium.

Following her gold medal at the 2010 Commonwealth Games, teenage sensation Alethea Sedgman will look to retain the form that propelled her to victory in Delhi.

Her main competition in the women’s 50m Rifle 3 Position will come from Commonwealth Games team mates Robyn Van Nus and Susannah Smith, while 2010 World Championships team member Jennifer Hens should also feature.

The Australia Cup Final will act as a ranking event for the Australian athletes and is an important step into gaining qualification for the 2011 World Championships team.

Cricket South Africa (CSA) mourned the loss of Herbert Roy “Tiger” Lance (70) who died on Wednesday following complications after being involved in a car accident last week.

CSA CEO Gerald Majola said: “South African cricket mourns the loss of Tiger Lance in such tragic circumstances. He was an outstanding all-rounder for his then province, Transvaal, and as a member of the team that white-washed the Australians in 1970.

The ICC has today confirmed that it is in regular communication with the Pakistan Cricket Board and has offered to support the PCB in its current investigations into the reasons behind wicketkeeper Zulqarnain Haider’s decision to leave the Pakistan team on the morning of the final ODI against South Africa in Dubai.

At the same time, the ICC has also offered Haider, who left the UAE for London, any help he needs. ICC Chief Executive Haroon Lorgat said: “Clearly this is in the first instance a team matter for Pakistan cricket but the ICC is willing to provide assistance to the PCB and the player.

The Indian Olympic Association has announced the schedule for 1st South Asian Winter Games to be held in Uttarakhand from January 7-19 next year. Besides India, all other SAF nations, namely Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal, Sri Lanka and Pakistan are expected to participate in these games.

The skiing event for South Asian Winter Games 2011 will be held at Auli from January 7-12, while Dehradun will play the host to the Ice Skating and Ice Hockey events from January 14-19. The opening ceremony of the Winter Games will be held in Auli on January 7.

Loots Bosman provided a reminder that he can be just as effective at the longer form of limited overs cricket as he is in the shorter format with a blitzkrieg innings of 150 off only 86 balls (12 fours and a six) in the MTN40 cross-pool match at the Maritzburg City Oval on Sunday.

Strangely it was his first century at List A level and is probably the reason why he has not been used more regularly by the Proteas in the ODI arena. If that is so, he couldn’t have chosen better timing to set out his World Cup stall.

Australia has won its first Hong Kong Sixes trophy in smashing style overnight, defeating Pakistan in the final on Sunday by two wickets after needing a seemingly impossible 46 of the final eight-ball over.

The squad, coached by Cricket Australia Centre of Excellence senior coach and former international player John Davison, fought back well to win the final after losing their opening round match to South Africa on Saturday afternoon.