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Farooqi hits his straps to help keep Sri Lanka under wraps

Returning seamer shines in Pune as Afghanistan find another way to win

30-Oct-2023•Hemant Brar

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

Kumara goes from back-up to frontman

The Sri Lanka quick stuck to his strengths against England and, for a change, got the rewards he so deserved

27-Oct-2023•Shashank Kishore

Peak Sri Lanka too sharp for England on Mathews' magical return

In conditions best-suited to the defending champions, Sri Lanka were so switched on it did not matter

26-Oct-2023•Shashank Kishore

World Cup's the (toughest) stage for accidental captain Kusal Mendis

The next two weeks could define the Sri Lanka captain's growth trajectory in a role he has no option but to grow into

25-Oct-2023•Shashank Kishore

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

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

Sri Lanka find new lionhearts in sloppy-to-sublime performance

Worrying questions get some answers after picking up first points of the ODI World Cup

21-Oct-2023•Shashank Kishore

Zampa hangs in there to help turn Australia's fortunes

Legspinner battles injury, struggle for form to resurrect his and his team's World Cup campaign

16-Oct-2023•Karthik Krishnaswamy

How Dilshan Madushanka bowled a WOOOOW over against Australia

The left-arm quick provided the one high point in another defeat for Sri Lanka

16-Oct-2023•Alagappan Muthu

Sri Lanka bowling fire doused by flat Indian pitches

They had wanted to practice on such pitches back home in the lead-up to the World Cup, but their complaints went unheard

15-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

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

When Hyderabad loved Rizwan (and Pakistan) back

After rousing reception on arrival, team leaves city having resonated the same warmth, and won twice

10-Oct-2023•Shashank Kishore

Shafique rips up the rule book with World Cup century

And Mohammad Rizwan injects more drama into Pakistan's record run chase

10-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Pakistan record the highest successful chase at the World Cup

The record for most centuries in a single World Cup game was also reset in Hyderabad on Tuesday

10-Oct-2023•Sampath Bandarupalli

Is Kusal Mendis finally going to be Sri Lanka's - rampaging - Mr Consistent?

Since the Asia Cup, he's maintained a rare run of red-hot form in a career full of what-ifs. And tonight that meant an utterly breathtaking takedown of Pakistan's masterful quicks

10-Oct-2023•Shashank Kishore

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

South Africa's rise between the World Cups of 2019 and 2023

This is a team that dominates spin bowling and may well have the best top six on the planet

07-Oct-2023•Sidharth Monga

Markram and South Africa smash World Cup records

All the landmarks and milestones reached by South Africa - some in tandem with Sri Lanka - in a run-fest in Delhi

07-Oct-2023•Sampath Bandarupalli

Scriptless Sri Lanka put hopes on hold

The team is youthful and there is promise, but there are significant gaps in skill and strategy, and no serious body of work to look back at

05-Oct-2023•Andrew Fidel Fernando

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