New Delhi, Mar 19 : The owner of the IPL franchise Bangalore Royals, Vijay Mallya, on Thursday backed the tournament to pass off smoothly.

Addressing reporters here, Mallya said India had all the resources required to provide security during the tournament.

Sydney, Mar 19 : India on Thursday defeated West Indies by eight wickets, but the result was not good enough to ensure them a place in Sunday’s final of the ICC Women’s World Cup. India will now face Australia on Saturday to determine the third and fourth places.

For making to the final, India needed to beat the West Indies and hoped that New Zealand would go down to Pakistan and England beat Australia in their respective Super Six matches.

Cape Town (South Africa), Mar. 19 : An unwell Australian middle-order batsman Marcus North is still likely to feature in the squad that takes on South Africa in the third Test that starts here today.

The 29-year-old left-hander made a century on debut in last month''s Johannesburg Test and is a key member in Australia''s batting line-up, especially with no reserve batsman in the squad.

"There''s no other batters here to bring in," Australia captain Ricky Ponting said.

Karachi, Mar. 19: The Pakistan cricket team would be leaving for Dubai on April 13 to take part in a conditioning cum training camp ahead of the One-day international series against Australia.

Pakistan is slated to host Australia in the United Arab of Emirates (UAE), where both the teams will play five One-day internationals and a Twenty-20 match.

The matches would be played in Dubai and Abu Dhabi from April 22 to May 7.

Sydney, Mar. 19 : Australia shattered England''s unbeaten record, but still failed to make Sunday''s Women''s Cricket World Cup final.

The defending champion and host nation produced their best performance in six matches, after earlier losses to New Zealand and India proved fatal to their chances of winning a sixth title, reports The Australian.

Australia became the first team in the current tournament to bowl England out, dismissing them for 161 in the 50th over.

It was England''s first loss in 21 one-day internationals, but it was a hollow victory for Australia, who knocked off the modest target in 34.5 overs.

Cape Town (South Africa), Mar. 19 : Australia have made clear their intentions to push hard for a 3-0 sweep of their Test series against South Africa by suggesting that stand-in Proteas skipper Jacques Kallis has "enough on his plate".

Kallis quit as vice-captain in 2007 after being left out of Proteas'' squad for the ICC Twenty20 World Cup.

The 33-year-old is the only South African in Test cricket''s 10,000-run club and has also taken 258 wickets at 30.88 in 130 matches, as well as being one of the game''s finest slips fielders.