What did we learn from this World Cup?

That there is a place for proper batsmanship in ODIs, that New Zealand punch above their weight, and that wickets win you matches. By Ed Smith

The greatest time of our lives

Martin Crowe: Whatever happens, the Australia-New Zealand World Cup final at the MCG will be the most divine fun

Left-arm quicks rule

Numbers Game: Mitchell Starc and Trent Boult have led the way, but other left-arm fast bowlers have also shone in this World Cup

The serenity of Kane Williamson

Martin Crowe: He is assured, humble and intelligent: a player opposition captains and bowlers find hard to combat

Build, build, blast off

Sharda Ugra: This World Cup,most teams seem to have followed a strategy of constructing an innings till about the last quarter and then gone full pelt

How to make a ten-team World Cup work

Sambit Bal: You can have a lucrative and competitive tournament with Associates in it

Taste tests, and snoozin' next to Sanath

Diary: Andrew Fidel Fernando displays horrific ignorance about the finer things in life, and begs for a lift to McDonald's

Parks and recreation

Will Macpherson: The action on the other side of the fence has been a revelation at all of the New Zealand venues in this World Cup

Jason Holder's trial by fire

Tony Cozier: Thrown in at the deep end, West Indies' young captain has managed to make something of a fist of the job

The World Cup on the go

Review: The official game for the tournament offers a better gaming experience on mobile than PC

Beware the swing bowlers

Martin Crowe: The team with the most incisive bowling attack, capable of jolting pampered batsmen out of their comfort zones, will win this World Cup

Twenty-two balls from Chris Jordan

Or how England can take a simple idea and stretch it till it makes no sense at all. By Christian Ryan

Lack of an explosive batsman hurt England

Ricky Ponting: Relying on bits-and-pieces players, a lack of variety in their bowling, and choosing Eoin Morgan as captain contributed to their early exit from the World Cup

The curse of KP

Simon Barnes: That England can't play one-day cricket very well is old news; the real problem is that right now they can't play any kind of cricket

The 40-year itch

Steven Lynch: How far away and quaint the first World Cup seems now

Why a ten-team World Cup is right

Aakash Chopra: The sport's top event must be a high-quality affair. It's up to us to ensure that Associates get a fair chance

'This is a batsman's World Cup'

Geoffrey Boycott looks at India's turnaround, and whether New Zealand have a weak link

An all-inclusive blueprint for the 2019 World Cup

Martin Crowe: Have a 40-over tournament with 18 teams, played over ten weeks, with a best-of-three finals

Of Citizen Kane and brave captains

Rob Steen hands out awards for the first third of the World Cup

The World Cup needs the Associates

Ed Smith: Our sport can never hope to compete with football unless it takes an expansionist view

NZ's Rottweiler bite

Simon Barnes: Is their hyper-aggressive way as sustainable as it is eye-catching?

White Nights, grey skies, and a Gayle shower

Firdose Moonda returns to familiar surroundings and learns that you need to pack mittens, even for the NZ summer

New Zealand have more self-belief now

Ricky Ponting: They've drawn from their captain's aggressive style, and their crowds will get in Australia's face. Clarke and Co. have their work cut out

A Christchurch miracle, and an Afghan cartwheel

ESPNcricinfo's correspondents pick their best moments from the second week of the World Cup

'Where are the allrounders South Africa should be producing?'

Former allrounder Brian McMillan looks back at his career and talks about the country's current World Cup squad

Will New Zealand's momentum beat Australia?

Mark Nicholas: They only need to follow the example of their aggressive captain

'An amenities block converted into a museum for the boy from Bowral'

Melinda Farrell and George Dobell visit the Bradman museum and tour the International Cricket Hall of Fame