Notebook Punyesh predicts for the World Cup Click here for more on this story Posted: Friday June 11, 1999 12:00 PM   Sri Lanka's early exit from the World Cup allowed Lancashire to benefit from the bowling of Muttiah Muralitharan. Laurence Griffiths/Allsport BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) -- Want to know who's going to win the cricket World Cup? Just ask Punyesh. Relying on his observations of Hindu Astrological Predictions each day of the championship, this cricket fan has so far been 80 percent right. Punyesh, who updates his predictions on his own website, correctly forecast that India would upset Pakistan at Old Trafford on Tuesday, that out-of-form Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin, who scored 59, would play well against the Pakistanis, and that South African all-rounder Lance Klusener, who had scored 210 runs without being out, would fail against New Zealand on Thursday. He scored four. Security stops Pakistani star LEEDS, England (AP) -- World Cup security staff, strongly criticized for their inability to stop invading crowds, know how to put stars of the game in their place. uring the Australia-Pakistan Group B game at Headingley, a gateman pounced on a man rushing through an entrance to the players area and threatened to eject him for not having a pass. Unfortunately, Wasim Akram wasn't carrying identification because, as captain of Pakistan, he thought cricket officials might have some idea who he was. Seven is Muralitharan's lucky number SOUTHPORT, England (AP) -- He's done it again. After taking seven Warwickshire wickets at his first attempt in English county cricket, Sri Lankan spinner Muttiah Muralitharan repeated the feat in the second innings. Murali, who took 7-44 in Warwickshire's first knock, came up with 7-66 in the second as Lancashire profited from Sri Lanka's first round elimination at the World Cup. If defending titlist Sri Lanka had made it to the second round, Muralitharan would have been able to join the county early. Larsen is No. 1 BIRMINGHAM, England (AP) -- New Zealand bowler Gavin Larsen had good reason to spell out the numbers 1-0-0-0 with his finger after dismissing South African all-rounder Lance Klusener. He was the first player to bowl Klusener out and his reward for dismissing him for only four runs, was 1,000 pounds (US$1,600) from a sponsor. 'All over the World' but England LONDON (AP) -- More bad news about the official World Cup cricket song. A leading London radio station, Magic FM, offered a holiday abroad to the first person who rang up the station and sang a few bars of the song, called All Over The World. The offer stayed open for two hours without one call to the station, adding credence to reports that London record stores had barely sold a copy of the song since it was released the day after England was knocked out of the Cup.   Related information Stories Notebook: Batsmen take Warne apart; Flower power Notebook: Dismissing Klusener, MCC members protest Notebook: Klusener; ticket scalpers Notebook: New Zealand eyes first crown Multimedia Click here for the latest audio and video Search our site Watch CNN/SI 24 hours a day Sports Illustrated and CNN have combined to form a 24 hour sports news and information channel. To receive CNN/SI at your home call 1-888-53-CNNSI. Copyright 2003 Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.

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