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

Book of the dayFictionReviewA Swedish boy walks across 19th-century America in a thrilling coming-of-age narrative that critiques frontier mythsHernan Diaz’s captivating debut novel opens with an unforgettable scene: a huge, unnamed man – naked, grizzled and old – hauling himself through a star-shaped hole in the Alaskan ice from the freezing waters beneath, up on to the solid surface of the floe. It’s an extraordinary image, and one which, by the novel’s end, will have become even more powerful.

Memes by Labor and the Liberals reference everything from hit movies to children’s books in a ‘come for the laughs, stay for the facts’ election strategy. Photograph: Labor party/InstagramMemes by Labor and the Liberals reference everything from hit movies to children’s books in a ‘come for the laughs, stay for the facts’ election strategy. Photograph: Labor party/InstagramAustralia news This article is more than 1 year oldLabor and the Liberals are waging an election meme war – but what is the point?

South KoreaAs growing numbers chase ‘geongangmi’ look, critics argue it’s yet another narrow beauty ideal imposed on women When Yoo Wonhee was younger, she had a frail body and didn’t think of herself as strong. She says in the past, many Koreans would starve themselves to be skinny. Now, Yoo spends time building her muscles and says her chiselled physique is the envy of her peers. “I just think having muscles looks cooler.

WomenThe film Rebel Queen tells the remarkable story of the last Sikh ruler of Lahore – a fearless Maharani who waged two wars against British rule in India. She is an inspiring figure for young Asian women todayAn Indian woman wearing a crinoline over her traditional clothes, and emeralds and pearls under her bonnet, walks in Kensington Gardens in 1861. She is the last Sikh queen of Lahore, the capital of the Punjab empire, and her name is Jindan Kaur.