The unavailability of Hot Spot technology during the current World Cup came under scrutiny as Sri Lanka took on Canada

ESPNcricinfo presents the plays of the day as Sri Lanka begin their tournament by hosting Canada

Dissent and criticism of the ICC's decision to cull Associate nations from the 2015 World Cup intensified further on the opening day of the current tournament

Ashish Bagai's memory isn't as clear as it should be perhaps, though given what happened when Canada last met Sri Lanka at a World Cup, he is not to be blamed

By deed, if not by sight, the exploits of Rizwan Cheema of Canada have travelled well

Thilan Samaraweera's re-emergence as a batsman in Sri Lanka's ODI side has been one of the more understated, indeed surprising, developments of the last couple of years

There's absolutely nothing wrong with one-day cricket as the matches in the format in 2010 showed us. It's just a matter of context and giving the bowlers more power

Shahid Afridi, the Pakistan captain, has said Pakistan are the most "dangerous team at the World Cup" and should at least reach the semi-finals

In handing the judgement, the tribunal has stripped down all surrounding noise to the one basic question it sets out to resolve: were the three no-balls fluke or fix? The answer should now be very clear

The judgment charts an entertainingly-written and fascinating course through the entire case. One of the central questions, it acknowledges early on, was whether the no-balls were "fluke or fix?", and it says in the end that they were

A lack of remorse and contrition from three Pakistan players over the spot-fixing charge levelled against them were among the key factors in the tribunal's decision to impose the sanctions they did

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir will on Tuesday receive full written judgments on the verdicts and sanctions they were handed on Saturday but whether the judgment becomes public is not yet clear

Mohammad Amir has said that February 5, 2011, was the worst day of his life, and that he is determined to make a comeback to the Pakistan side

Mohammad Amir will appeal to the Court of Arbitration in Sport against the five-year ban imposed on him by an independent tribunal

Salman Butt, Mohammad Asif and Mohammad Amir have been banned for 10, 7 and 5 years respectively after an ICC tribunal found them guilty of spot-fixing

The Pakistan trio's playing future is at stake in Doha, while it is a crucial case for the ICC and ACSU as well

The ICC is likely to push for maximum sanctions against the three Pakistani players facing spot-fixing charges

Pakistan are likely to announce a captain for the World Cup within the next few days, possibly even before the fourth ODI of the current series against New Zealand scheduled for February 1

The BCCI has given its backing to the Cricket Association of Bengal's (CAB) request to the ICC to reconsider the decision to move the India-England Group B match from Eden Gardens

The Pakistan players who took part in the now-defunct Indian Cricket League (ICL) face a bleak future in trying to secure payments of US$2 million still owed to them