Problems with the bat could prompt Pakistan to retain Kamran Akmal despite his wicketkeeping woes

Elton Chigumbura has urged his top order to start delivering as his side look ahead to the daunting task of taking on co-hosts Sri Lanka in Pallekele on Thursday

Pakistan will consider using Umar Akmal as a wicketkeeper in their remaining group games in a bid to offset the disastrous glovework of his elder brother Kamran

Waqar Younis, the Pakistan coach, has said the team is not going to panic after their embarrassing defeat to New Zealand

How to approach this politely? Ian Chappell was pretty polite. "If his batting was as good as Don Bradman's," he said on air, "he couldn't score enough runs to make up for what he costs them with his keeping."

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day from Pakistan's encounter with New Zealand

He made his name by blasting bowlers in the stands, but nowadays it's with ball in hand that Pakistan's captain makes his biggest mark

Misbah-ul-Haq believes Pakistan can, and must, improve further if they are to orchestrate a strong challenge for the World Cup

Pakistan's need for a substantial opening stand is growing and Mohammad Hafeez is confident he and Ahmed Shehzad can deliver

The lead-up to the tournament has given New Zealand valuable time in the middle in these conditions and Tim Southee believes, regardless of the results, it may work in their favour

Pakistan may have a 100% record halfway into the group stage of the but concerns about the balance of the side refuse to go away

The headline duel is between the bowling attacks of Australia and Sri Lanka, an expected battle between pace and spin and that is a relief, given how unkind Group B has been to bowlers

Ashish Bagai, the Canada captain, was "boggled" by some of the decisions made by the DRS (Decision Review System) in his side's tense 43-run loss to Pakistan at the Premadasa on Thursday

Taking the batting Powerplay with tailenders at the wicket; plans to bowl maidens when defending 184; five outside the circle when an Associate nation is eight down - surely Pakistan are being too cautious

Canada's captain Ashish Bagai has praised his side's bowling and fielding effort against Pakistan, but said the bastmen could not execute the plans of playing their natural games and seeing off Shahid Afridi

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the match between Pakistan and Canada

John Davision, the Canada batsman, has said the team is "pretty down" after its two losses but greater self-belief was key to a better performance

Pakistan are striving to strike a balance between experimentation and momentum ahead of their group game against Canada

During this World Cup, watching Pakistan practice fielding drills has been the best, possibly most revealing, part of watching them

Kenya were such miserably unequal opponents, Lasith Malinga's hat-trick was too underwhelming