World Cup a guaranteed sellout

Barring the Kenya versus Zimbabwe game at Taunton and Kenya versus Sri Lanka at Southampton, all the other 28 preliminary matches in the upcoming World Cup are a complete sellout, with no more tickets to be had for love or money.

Tickets for the two Kenya games are also expected to fly off the shelves by this weekend, organisers said.

From the Super Six stage onwards, the tickets are, again, a complete sellout -- which means that the one thing neither organisers nor players need to fear is that they will be playing to empty galleries.