Cricket World Cup 2011 team guidesPakistan cricket teamIn Shahid Afridi and Umar Gul they possess some of the best one-day players in the world – but which Pakistan will turn up?Group A 23 Feb v Kenya, Hambantota (d/n) 26 Feb v Sri Lanka, Colombo (d/n) 3 Mar v Canada, Colombo (d/n) 8 Mar v Pakistan, Kandy (d/n) 14 Mar v Zimbabwe, Kandy (d/n) 19 Mar v Australia, Colombo (d/n) World Cup history

UK news This article is more than 9 years oldDorothy 'Cherry' Groce inquest finds police failures contributed to her deathThis article is more than 9 years oldJury finds police failed to communicate properly during search for Groce's son in a planned raid at her home in south LondonPolice failures contributed to the death of a mother whose shooting by an officer triggered the 1985 Brixton riots, an inquest jury has found.

The ObserverBooksReviewArtist Ma Jian's account of his trek through China to Tibet, Red Dust, is a beautiful, disturbing read - a new Wild SwansRed Dust: A Path Through China Ma Jian Chatto & Windus £12, pp324 On 18 August 1983 the Chinese poet and painter Ma Jian turns 30. His ex-wife has just pronounced him a political criminal and forbidden him to see his daughter. His girlfriend has taken up with a convict and betrayed him to the police.

The foodie travellerIceland holidaysBrennivín was traditionally drunk to wash down rotting shark. Now this caraway-infused aquavit is firing up cocktails from Reykjavik to Brooklyn Brennivín, Iceland’s signature drink, was never intended as a slow-sipping tipple. The caraway-spiced aquavit’s name translates literally as “burning wine”, and the colourless 37.5% ABV spirit looks more like vodka than a mellow aperitif. Traditionally, brennivín was shot quickly at the pagan midwinter festival Þorrablót, for the purpose of washing down hákarl – a rotting shark speciality that American Anthony Bourdain once said was the worst thing he’d ever put in his mouth.

Monarchy This article is more than 5 months oldMountbattens’ biographer claims he has been spied on by the British stateThis article is more than 5 months oldAndrew Lownie, a historian seeking access to diaries and documents, says his activities have been monitored A biographer seeking the release of the personal diaries of Lord and Lady Mountbatten, which had been saved for the nation using £2m of public money, says he has been spied on by the British state during his years-long legal battle with officialdom which has cost £450,000 in legal fees.