This World Cup will be decided largely by which sides bowl best

Teams' fortunes will depend on their talismanic players and what sort of influence they have

There was more than a touch of Packer to the Indian sports-television entrepreneur who died 17 years ago

Five teams make their presence felt

It's time batsmen learnt they need to remain in their crease until the ball leaves the bowler's hand

It's particularly worrying that New South Wales, for long a batting factory, is going through a slump

The ICC says it will help viewers feel part of the action, but they are actually trying to tackle verbal abuse - which needs to be dealt with in other ways

If you're in position to move onto the back foot to a short-pitched delivery, you can make sure the head is inside the line of the ball

Their team-mates want to perform for them

In him and MS Dhoni, India have two of the all-time greats of the format

Much of what India have achieved on this tour to Australia has been down to him

The two matches so far have been a great advertisement for the format, but is there too much cricket competing for people's attention?

He is the perfect foil to the more impetuous strokemakers in the line-up

From the warm-up game, the visitors will have their work cut out for them

For starters, the board and ACA need to look to rebuild their relationship into a more healthy one

As a recent example shows, we still tend to think of fielding teams as wrong when they lawfully run sloppy batsmen out

Fingerspin has often been the team's downfall, and nearly was in Dubai, but Australia can be proud of what they achieved in the second innings

Not really. It could lead to an ultimately distracting competition to be the one who has the captain's ear

India's batting looks disappointing on current form, and England have issues with their opening batsmen and spin bowling

He has led with his emotions on his sleeve, but that has served to inspire his players