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Sri Lankan defeat defies basic arithmetic

Just how did Sri Lanka manage to lose? They ticked nearly every box required for victory, and put up all the right numbers

18-Mar-2015•Andy Zaltzman at the SCG

Floater Raina's time to own high-speed lane

After a decade, Suresh Raina's ODI batting is still waiting to reach a level where he can be given the alluring title - match-winner

18-Mar-2015•Sharda Ugra in Melbourne

De Villiers wears the face of a winner

AB de Villiers and Angelo Mathews. One captaining a must-win game of cricket, the other captaining a past awash with disappointments. For AB de Villiers, the disappointment was banished

18-Mar-2015•Jarrod Kimber

Mashrafe out for Melbourne redemption

Mashrafe Mortaza has visited Melbourne several times since 2003 and they've all been painful. On Thursday, the 31-year-old, who has braved surgery 11 times, will be back in the city to lead Bangladesh in arguably the biggest match of their history

18-Mar-2015•Devashish Fuloria in Melbourne

South Africa's biggest win against Sri Lanka

Stats highlights from South Africa's historic victory at the SCG

18-Mar-2015•Bishen Jeswant

'How I carry myself is most important'

Younis Khan opens up about his batting form, his playing experiences in Australia, how Pakistan have fared in the World Cup, their depth of fast bowling, Misbah-ul-Haq's captaincy, and more

18-Mar-2015•Interview by Daniel Brettig in Adelaide

The scream and the screamer

Plays of the day from the first quarter-final between South Africa and Sri Lanka at the SCG

18-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando and Firdose Moonda

Clinical South Africa send Sri Lanka home

18-Mar-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Hold back your best player

Selectorial wizardry and logic decoded

18-Mar-2015•Andy Zaltzman

Sounds of silence hide India's greatest hits

The distance the BCCI instructs its players to keep from the media - both Indian and international - is a disservice to the men contesting the World Cup

18-Mar-2015•Sharda Ugra in Melbourne

Bangladesh chase fearless cricket at daunting MCG

The first time they played at the MCG, Bangladesh's fielding imploded under the pressure of the scale of the ground. Against India, they will also have to keep their nerve in front of a huge and vocal Indian fan contingent

17-Mar-2015•Devashish Fuloria in Melbourne

SA must heed lessons of old trials by Sri Lanka

The tour of Sri Lanka in 2013 was a chance to see how much South Africa needed to do in their World Cup preparations, but it's the learnings of the 2014 visit that will be more important ahead of the quarter-final

17-Mar-2015•Firdose Moonda in Sydney

'Two legends of the modern game'

ESPNcricinfo presents the key match-ups ahead of the quarter-final match between South Africa and Sri Lanka in Sydney

17-Mar-2015•Firdose Moonda and Andrew Fidel Fernando

SL's top order v SA's middle order

A stats preview to the first quarter-final of the World Cup, between South Africa and Sri Lanka

17-Mar-2015•S Rajesh

World Cup centurions, and nonagenarians

Plus, Sangakkara's record, Scotland's highest, and oldest players in the World Cup

17-Mar-2015•Steven Lynch

New Zealand's class of 2008

Four key members of the current squad showed glimpses of what they were capable of in another World Cup, seven years ago

17-Mar-2015•Andrew McGlashan

How to make a ten-team World Cup work

There are ways of making the Associates an integral part of the tournament while still keeping the event competitive and lucrative

17-Mar-2015•Sambit Bal

Mahmudullah emerges as big performer

After spending half of his career at No. 7, Mahmudullah has found success up the order and heading into the World Cup quarter-final is a cornerstone of the Bangladesh line up

16-Mar-2015•Mohammad Isam

SA more serious and less carefree in World Cups

South Africa have special memories of the SCG as cricketers and as characters. They will need a bit of both on Wednesday to overcome Sri Lanka, and a healthy dose of enjoyment as well

16-Mar-2015•Firdose Moonda

A tale of two contrasting knockout teams

Sri Lanka may not be the better team, but they somehow just get the job done during World Cup knockouts. The same can't be said of their quarter-final opponents, who are, as of 2015, yet to win a single such game

16-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Sydney

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