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The life of the party lives another day

Not having England at the business end of the tournament would just not be right. The World Cup needs them nearly as much as they need it

17-Mar-2011•Sambit Bal in Chennai

Unknowns announce arrival on grand stage

James Tredwell, Devendra Bishoo and Andre Russell are names that might puzzle even committed cricket fans, though they turned out to be among the players who set up a memorably tense match

17-Mar-2011•Siddarth Ravindran at the Chidambaram Stadium

Celebrations and uncharacteristic starts

Plays of the day from England's thriller against West Indies in Chennai

17-Mar-2011•Siddarth Ravindran at the Chidambaram Stadium

Battle of the last ten overs

Both teams are in good form coming into this clash, but Sri Lanka will derive confidence from their superior record against New Zealand in recent global tournaments

17-Mar-2011•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Lopsided but laidback

Canada weren't exactly threatening Australia's unbeaten World Cup streak so there was plenty of time to watch... er, pariah kites

17-Mar-2011•Darshini Ravishankar

Two men, a camera, a spark

A couple of Dutch film-makers came to India recently with their country's team, hoping to whip up interest in the sport back home

17-Mar-2011•Nagraj Gollapudi

Australia need to lift against better teams

Australia have beaten Canada and Kenya comfortably, but both teams exposed weaknesses that better sides may be able to take advantage of if the World Champions don't improve

16-Mar-2011•Brydon Coverdale at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

Topsy-turvy England aim to finish the right way up

England have been wildly inconsistent, and are now on the verge of exiting in the first stage of a tournament that was designed to coddle the big boys

16-Mar-2011•Siddarth Ravindran in Chennai

Ponting's spat and Surkari's two-ball pain

Plays of the day from Australia's comfortable victory over Canada

16-Mar-2011•Brydon Coverdale and Sriram Veera at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

Hiral Patel's timeless moment

The Canada batsman may well fade into oblivion after this World Cup, but his back-foot six off a 145kph Shaun Tait thunderbolt will be part of drunken pub conversations for years to come

16-Mar-2011•Sriram Veera at the Chinnaswamy Stadium

West Indies bank on Gayle factor

England have the superior head-to-head record against West Indies in recent times, but West Indies have Chris Gayle, who has been outstanding in ODIs in India

16-Mar-2011•Madhusudhan Ramakrishnan

Sammy eyes Caribbean revival

Of the current squad, only Shivnarine Chanderpaul was around the last time West Indies beat England in the World Cup and Darren Sammy, the captain, hopes that this campaign could mark the turning point

16-Mar-2011•Dileep Premachandran in Chennai

South Africa learning to deal with pressure

JP Duminy and Colin Ingram's recovery from 117 for five against Ireland, which followed South Africa's bowlers' recovery against India, show the side are learning to bounce back when under the cosh

15-Mar-2011•Firdose Moonda at Eden Gardens

Trott keeps onus on calm accumulation

The stat that defines Jonathan Trott's batting seems to be the strike-rate of 77.76, deemed to be too lethargic for the pell-mell pace of today's one-day cricket

15-Mar-2011•Siddarth Ravindran in Chennai

The hero, turned antihero, turned hero again

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the World Cup, Group B match between Ireland and South Africa in Kolkata

15-Mar-2011•Firdose Moonda at Eden Gardens

South Africa flourish, England struggle

A detailed look at how teams and players have fared during the batting Powerplays

15-Mar-2011•S Rajesh

Krejza ready to meet his mentor

Throwdowns from the coach are a common part of practice, but what about bowling to the coach? And not in the nets - in the heat of battle in a World Cup match

15-Mar-2011•Brydon Coverdale in Bangalore

From Belville via Belfast

As a boy Albert van der Merwe watched South Africa return to international cricket, and dreamed of playing at Eden Gardens. Now he's living that dream - only not for the country he was born in

15-Mar-2011•Firdose Moonda

'Slave to rhythm' Gul tunes in to top form

Umar Gul is the most unassuming bowling spearhead Pakistan have had for years, possibly ever, so much so that it is easy to not think of him as the leader of the attack at all

14-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

Pakistan's left-arm spinner bogey

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the World Cup, Group A match between Pakistan and Zimbabwe in Pallekele

14-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin in Pallekele

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