Ale plus energy drink

Andrew Hughes on how the tournament has been a bracing mix of old and new

The department of tiny prizes

What's up with the unbecomingly modest Man-of-the-Match awards, Andrew Hughes wonders

Gayle, Dilshan and maritime
metaphors ahoy

Andrew Hughes on how it was all very nautical at The Oval on Friday night

Fat Jack, Mr Boom, splendid hair

Andrew Hughes on why we should give the C word a little rest and start using the P word more

Ghost match day

No cricket, no problem - there's always a game on in the garden. Andrew Hughes heads out with a shovel

Troupers v Androids

Andrew Hughes watches tired troupers India take the stage one last time

What's with the whining?

Whatever happened to the art of winning and losing gracefully, Andrew Hughes wonders

Passion, pressure and the switch hit

Andrew Hughes: Why it felt like England v India was taking place at the bottom of the Marianas Trench

Mercurial? Two bags full, please

Andrew Hughes on the the joy of watching Pakistan, and a puzzling epidemic of grumpiness in the West Indian side

A world in an over

Andrew Hughes sees the world in an over; it helps that the over was bowled by Sohail Tanvir

Fancy that fancy dress

Watermelons as hats, bearded ladies in wedding dresses, pink fluffy wigs - it's all good, says Andrew Hughes

Starring Angelo Mathews

Andrew Hughes exults in the six that never was, stopped athletically by… what's his name again?

The science of tension removal

Andrew Hughes on the science of tension removal and drama dispersal at international cricket tournaments

Men at work (alas)

Andrew Hughes watches Australia exit after being workmanlike instead of brilliant

Now that's what I call music

Andrew Hughes on a day of two spiffing national anthems, that Coetzer catch, and a cliffhanger that wasn't

Mrs Doubtfire, not Braveheart

Scotland picked Mrs Doubtfire and not Braveheart as their role model against New Zealand, writes Andrew Hughes

Send in the clowns

No opening ceremony, but a comedy show instead. Suits me down to the ground says Andrew Hughes

Warm-ups? Who needs them?

The preliminary games have watered down the anticipation, writes Andrew Hughes