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It's the sound of the modern batting that turns despair into dreams, as it did against New Zealand at the Chinnaswamy

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

Like the Blackcaps, he gets the most out of his abilities. He is Pakistan's most aggressive batter and their most economical spinner at the World Cup

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

Unpredictable and mercurial to a fault, Babar and his men have it all to do once again with their World Cup hanging in the balance

Abandonment of conventional top-six approach destabilised campaign that promised better

His usual plan hasn't worked at the World Cup for a variety of reasons, but Shaheen Afridi has still managed to get to the top of the wicket-takers' chart

Whether it's an issue of skill or intent, Pakistan have a way to go before they match the best batting teams in ODIs

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

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

He's shown potency with the new ball, but even when it's not swinging around, there are other skills up his sleeves

Naseem's injuries and Afridi's ineffectiveness have forced him to do different things and it has been a struggle

A fan watches Afghanistan play Pakistan in Chennai in the World Cup, and comes away buoyed by the non-partisan support for both teams

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

Teenage spinner befuddles Pakistan before opener lays base for another slice of Chennai history

Right up until the moment they haven't - the story of how Afghanistan never got the memo

Rahmanullah Gurbaz, Ibrahim Zadran and Rahmat Shah piled up a few records along the way

Despite his immense body of fabulous work, could one say he tends to take out a tenancy agreement with big moments instead of owning them? That might be unfair, but demands on the great often are

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

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?