Afghanistan's cricketers returned home following their qualification for the 2015 World Cup and a huge crowd turned out to salute their efforts.

Afghanistan's qualification for the 2015 World Cup will earn them a financial boost to the tune of at least $US 1 million.

Watch as Afghanistan players Hamid Hassan and Mohammad Nabi as well as coach Kabir Khan give their reaction to qualifying for the 2015 World Cup.

Afghanistan delivered another comprehensive performance to beat Kenya by seven wickets in Sharjah and qualify for the 2015 World Cup.

After finishing as runners-up to India in the 2013 Champions Trophy, England captain Alastair Cook says his team will be doing everything possible to go one better at the 2015 World Cup.

Sachin Tendulkar believes that an Asian team will win the World Cup for the fifth time when it is held in Australia and New Zealand in 2015.

Scotland will get the opportunity to bounce back from their comprehensive and humiliating defeat to Australia when they face Ireland in their final set of ICC World Cricket League fixtures.

Sachin Tendulkar's World Cup story as a player began in 1992 when he was man of the match in the only two matches that India won in Australia and New Zealand.

Former England international Sir Ian Botham says that losing the 1992 World Cup final to Pakistan in Melbourne remains one of his biggest disappointments in the game.

As part of the launch of the 2015 World Cup, the captains of the teams that reached the semi-finals when the tournament was last hosted in Australia and New Zealand, look back.

The fixtures for the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 have been announced and the Melbourne Cricket Ground will host the final on 29th March.

There was a dramatic end to the second One-Day International between Netherlands and Ireland in Amstelveen as the match was tied.

There was high drama in Amstelveen as Ireland booked their place in the 2015 World Cup by earning a tie in their final World Cricket League Championship match against the Netherlands.

Contrasting fifties from Wesley Barresi and Daan van Bunge helped the Netherlands win the second World Cricket League Championship fixture by just one wicket against Namibia. The two points from the win puts the visitors three points clear in the automatic qualification places for the 2015 World Cup, while Namibia can no longer make the top two.

The Netherlands avenged their ICC Intercontinental Cup defeat to Namibia at the weekend by beating them in the first of two World Cricket League Championship matches in Windhoek. A century from Namibia's Craig Williams wasn't enough to help them recover from a poor start to their run chase as they were finally bowled out for 237 in pursuit of the visitors' 268 for nine. Timm van der Gugten transferred his form from the first-class fixture into limited-overs cricket and ended with three for 37.

Cricket Australia (CA) and New Zealand Cricket (NZC) have confirmed the appointment of Ralph Waters as the new Chairman of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 local organising committee. Waters was previously Deputy Chairman to James Strong, who passed away last week.

Chairman of the ICC World Cup 2015 local organising committee (LOC) James Strong has passed away aged 68 in North Sydney, New South Wales. Strong had been appointed Chairman in August 2011 due to his experience as Chairman of Woolworths Ltd, non-executive director of Qantas Airways Ltd, Chairman of Kathmandu Holdings and a board member of the Australian Grand Prix Corporation.

A cricket video for Cricket World TV about the latest cricket news as we look back at the final of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Colombo. A remarkable match was dominated by the performance of West Indian all-rounder Marlon Samuels. He struck a magnificent 78 in 56 balls, including three fours and five sixes to hand his side a winning target, which hardly looked likely as they slumped to 32 for two in the tenth over.

A cricket video for Cricket World TV about the latest cricket news as we look back at the second semi-final of the ICC World Twenty20 2012 in Colombo. A flurry of Chris Gayle sixes helped the West Indies reach the final as they beat Australia by 74 runs. Gayle smashed the ball to all parts, aided by Dwayne Bravo and Kieron Pollard and the West Indian bowlers played their part, Ravi Rampaul taking three wickets.