Sierra Leonean, Jimmy Thoronka, has been inundated with offers of help and requests for media interviews since the first report that he had been found starving and homeless in London after coming to Britain for last summer’s Commonwealth Games.

Despite a somewhat expected inept showing in the ICC World Cup and them facing a $42 million compensation bill after the abandoned tour of India last October, the West Indies Cricket Board (WICB) re-elected Whycliffe ‘Dave’ Cameron for a further term in office as its president.

England’s World Cup woes were concluded as heavily un-fancied Bangladesh sent them packing, knocking them out of the World Cup with a sensational 15-run Pool A victory at the Adelaide Oval, seeing them make the quarter-finals and possibly facing defending champions India in the next round.

Richard Kilty proved that he is a true championship performer, adding the European Indoor Championship 60m title the world title he won twelve months ago.

Despite the huge success of the recent, inaugural Hero Indian Super League and a healthy sporting culture, India remains a nation that has not taken to the beautiful game.