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The World Cup has progressed as expected - except for England's total disintegration

India, South Africa, Australia and New Zealand look primed to take semi-final slots, despite Afghanistan's climb up the ranks

05-Nov-2023•Ian Chappell

The beautiful desperation of Kane Williamson

New Zealand's captain gave a rare and revealing glimpse of his emotions while playing a brilliant, tone-setting innings

04-Nov-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Stats - Rachin emulates Sachin, but Fakhar steals the show

Stats highlights from a run-fest in Bengaluru, which went Pakistan's way after rain intervened

04-Nov-2023•Sampath Bandarupalli

Pluck or luck: New Zealand trust in the 'Kiwi' way

Every team wants to be the one that's spoken of as era-defining; the one that is expected to lift World Cups, but New Zealand aren't that team

03-Nov-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Reverse swing at the World Cup: it's present, it's late, it's lethal

Conventional swing has been prominent by its scarcity, but come the tail end of innings, the ball has started to go

03-Nov-2023•Sidharth Monga

Time for ICC to overhaul 15-man squad limit amid spate of injuries

Plight of teams like New Zealand, Australia and Sri Lanka throws spotlight on restrictions

02-Nov-2023•Matt Roller

Rassie van der Dussen sets South Africa's tempo with another thankless century

There's little glamour in the No.3's methods, but the pay-off for his team is proving spectacular

01-Nov-2023•Firdose Moonda

South Africa smash England's World Cup six-hitting record

The best batting team of the tournament posts another 350-plus total in the World Cup

01-Nov-2023•Sampath Bandarupalli

South Africa's cricketers are stronger together as they look to emulate Springboks

Days after SA and NZ faced each other in an epic Rugby World Cup final, the two countries meet again at the Cricket World Cup

31-Oct-2023•Firdose Moonda

NZ are a mighty team, and nobody knows it better than South Africa's coach

Walter is a former New Zealand A coach, and has also worked closely with many of the stars in the opposite camp

31-Oct-2023•Firdose Moonda

Stats: Runs galore, Australia's record victory, and Bas de Leede's unwanted feat

Quinton de Kock and Glenn Maxwell smash at will, as 350-plus totals pile up only 29 matches into this World Cup

30-Oct-2023•Sampath Bandarupalli

Why middling scores make for the best kind of ODI

Runfests usually kill games as contests. But team scores a little below 300? Now we're talking

30-Oct-2023•Sambit Bal

Glenn Phillips: the part-timer who doesn't do part time

In the highest-scoring match in ODI World Cup history, Glenn Phillips returned incredible figures of 3 for 37

28-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Stats - The highest aggregate in a World Cup match

Australia become the first team to score 350-plus in three successive ODIs

28-Oct-2023•Sampath Bandarupalli

Mitchell Santner keeps opponents guessing with control and guile

New Zealand left-arm spinner set to play his 100th ODI, with Australia sweating over his kind of bowling in Dharamsala

27-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Dear World Cup, please be more exciting, please?

There have been three upsets already, but no close finishes, and very little jeopardy thanks to the tournament format

24-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Getting close to India? You've been hustled

For moments during the first innings, especially when Kuldeep Yadav was attacked, the home side were under some pressure but they responded in style

22-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Virat Kohli leaves them wanting more after narrowly missing out on No. 49

Dharamsala nearly witnessed a repeat of the finish in Pune only for Kohli to fall short of his hundred with victory assured

22-Oct-2023•Shashank Kishore

Shami shreds safety-first script to present India with another way

A five-for on his first appearance of the tournament might encourage India to rethink their team balance

22-Oct-2023•Shashank Kishore

The pushing and shoving is over and we're now at the business stage of the World Cup

The first fortnight of the tournament has been a mixed bag for most teams, save for India and New Zealand, who have been in impressive form

22-Oct-2023•Ian Chappell

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