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World Cup trends: Where have all the thrillers gone?

This weekend, all teams would have played four of their nine round-robin games. What do the numbers from the first half of this World Cup tell us?

22-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga and Shiva Jayaraman

Can New Zealand's winning machine suck the air out of India's inevitability?

The two sides have been near-perfect at this World Cup, and there is little to separate them going into Sunday's clash

21-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Tactics board: India's top order vs Boult and Henry, Santner's threat in the middle overs

Where the India vs New Zealand game could be won and lost

21-Oct-2023•ESPNcricinfo staff

Matt Henry among the best, and has got better - the numbers show it

The New Zealand quick is playing his third ODI World Cup, but the understated way he goes about things means he doesn't always get the acclaim

21-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

In Williamson's absence, Latham steps up as astute leader

New Zealand have had several injury setbacks during their World Cup campaign, but their stand-in captain has ensured they have four wins in four games

20-Oct-2023•Deivarayan Muthu

Santner emulates Vettori and rouses Chepauk

Mitchell Santner is only the second NZ spinner after his hero, Daniel Vettori, to 100 ODI wickets

18-Oct-2023•Deivarayan Muthu

New Zealand's do-it-all man Glenn Phillips shows he can play the waiting game

He can whack, he can bowl, he can keep, he can leap - and he can rebuild an innings on a slow track with his side under immense pressure too

18-Oct-2023•Deivarayan Muthu

Did Mohammad Rizwan make the highest World Cup score by a wicketkeeper?

And how many times has a World Cup innings featured three centurions?

17-Oct-2023•Steven Lynch

Boult knuckles down in a changing ODI landscape

"Over here on good wickets, you have to have a couple of balls up your sleeve that you can go to under pressure"

14-Oct-2023•Deivarayan Muthu

Ferguson's spell from hell

His rapid pace and bounce gives cutting edge against Bangladesh

13-Oct-2023•Deivarayan Muthu

How Litton Das' ill-fated flick encapsulated Bangladesh's luckless night

New Zealand were easily the better side on Friday, but Bangladesh didn't do too much wrong themselves and still ended up losing with a lot of overs to spare

13-Oct-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

And just like that, Williamson is back, bringing the warm glow of the familiar

He's returned from a serious injury with remarkable speed, right at the moment when New Zealand need his skillset most

12-Oct-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

Stats - The World Cup of centuries

We are just nine matches into the 2023 ODI World Cup but the batters seem to be enjoying their time in India

12-Oct-2023•Sampath Bandarupalli

The New Zealand prodigy who had to wait his turn

Will Young was playing senior team cricket at 19 but it is only at 30 that he's carved his place in the national team. In all that time, he's never given up

11-Oct-2023•Alagappan Muthu and Deivarayan Muthu

Back in fashion: fingerspin's resurgence in ODIs

In 2015, wristspinners bowled a fourth of all spin bowled in ODIs, but since 2021, the fingerspinners have made a comeback

10-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

New Zealand stockpile World Cup positives but face problem of plenty

Return of Kane Williamson and Tim Southee will pose selection questions after strong start to tournament

09-Oct-2023•Firdose Moonda

New Zealand play with fire and come out unscathed

Three frontline bowlers and four part-timers against England might sound like a recipe for disaster, but New Zealand rolled the dice and won big

05-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Ravindra comes of age with an innings for the dreamers

Unflustered by an ordinary day with the ball and unfazed by an unexpected promotion, he treated the world champions not with diffidence but with disdain

05-Oct-2023•Matt Roller

Stats - Conway and Ravindra record NZ's highest ever WC partnership

Stats highlights from Ahmedabad, where for the first ever time, two World Cup debutants both scored hundreds

05-Oct-2023•Sampath Bandarupalli

Attack with the new ball, don't lose momentum in the middle: where the 2023 World Cup could be won

No clear favourites and the vast range of conditions in India mean the 2023 edition is deliciously set up to intrigue - but there remain some things that have brought teams success of late. Here's a rundown

04-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

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