Andrew Fidel Fernando

Senior writer, ESPNcricinfo

@afidelf

England's demise just plain sad

Have defending champions hit rock bottom at this tournament?

04-Nov-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka and Bangladesh players impacted by air pollution in Delhi

The ICC says it is monitoring the situation ahead of the World Cup match on November 6

04-Nov-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

SLC secretary resigns after Sri Lanka's World Cup exit and board criticism

Resignation also comes after a release from the nation's sports minister asking SLC's executive committee to resign or face drastic action

04-Nov-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Nawaz: Young Sri Lanka have more World Cups in them

Batting coach denies poor performance is part of wider decline in Sri Lanka cricket

02-Nov-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Magic in Mumbai - a night of stunning spells

The hours of training, planning and research weren't enough for top-notch batters to cope with what the fast men dished out

02-Nov-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

KL Rahul, the spectacularly unmemorable bro who deserves limelight

India's wicketkeeper-batter has been remarkably good at what is less remarked on

01-Nov-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Rohit open to playing three spinners - with or without Hardik

India captain says his spinners have "so much skill" to apply pressure on batters in home conditions

01-Nov-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

This is Mohammed Shami's World Cup

...and we're all just watching in awe. How did India even think of leaving him out?

31-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka superfan Percy Abeysekara, fondly known as Uncle Percy, dies aged 87

Percy had been a regular at Sri Lankan cricket matches for more than five decades, but gained global prominence during the 1996 World Cup

30-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Thanks for coming (opponents of India), the pleasure was all ours

Another Indian city, another capacity crowd. Another team dispatched to gleeful roars

29-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Life comes full circle for Kuldeep against England

At the 2019 World Cup, Kuldeep was smashed by the same opposition, which started a downward spiral for him

28-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Virat Kohli is not Tendulkar, he's an all-too-human hero of a different sort

From a brash young upstart he has turned into a legend of the game - in a manner decidedly different from the man whose heir he is

28-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Netherlands fail to walk the walk after talking a good game - Cook

But coach backs his team to learn lessons and bounce back from heavy defeat

25-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Betting on batting on the edge - Maxwell defies the laws of physics in Delhi

He is one of only a handful of batters who would conceive of and play the sorts of innings he did against Netherlands

25-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Van Beek's World Cup goals: Make knockouts, change narrative around cricket back home

"The way we're playing at the moment, on our day we can we can still beat a good team," van Beek says ahead of game against Australia

24-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Mitchell Marsh will drop to No. 3 when Travis Head is back

"I've obviously batted there a lot over the last couple of years, so I feel really comfortable at three," Marsh says

24-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dear World Cup, please be more exciting, please?

There have been three upsets already, but no close finishes, and very little jeopardy thanks to the tournament format

24-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Getting close to India? You've been hustled

For moments during the first innings, especially when Kuldeep Yadav was attacked, the home side were under some pressure but they responded in style

22-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Dravid disagrees with 'average' rating given to Ahmedabad and Chennai pitches

"When it spins a little bit or something happens that brings the bowlers into the game, and you start rating pitches as average, where does it leave the bowlers?"

21-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Can New Zealand's winning machine suck the air out of India's inevitability?

The two sides have been near-perfect at this World Cup, and there is little to separate them going into Sunday's clash

21-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

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