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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

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

Ageing like <strike>wine</strike> Sangakkara

Kumar Sangakkara's record-breaking performances and spectators offering kotthamalli to players were just some of the fun moments from the Sri Lanka-Scotland match

12-Mar-2015•Tharindu Vishwanath

Sri Lanka's local hero

They have a trio of big names to bolster their batting but Lasith Malinga is the kid on the beach who wins Sri Lanka games

11-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Hobart

No surprises for Davey and Scotland

Sri Lanka may not have done much research on Scotland but they knew who Josh Davey was and took him on accordingly

11-Mar-2015•Jarrod Kimber

Two legends in two balls

Plays of the day from the Group A match between Sri Lanka and Scotland

11-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Hobart

Most consecutive ODI hundreds, and a WC record for Sangakkara

A stats analysis of the match between Scotland and Sri Lanka in Hobart

11-Mar-2015•Bishen Jeswant

Sangakkara, Dilshan two good for Scotland

11-Mar-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sangakkara 2.0 makes final upgrade

Across the years, with his father's help, Kumar Sangakkara has through tireless refinement, devised one of the most efficient all-format, all-condition techniques of all time

10-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Hobart

Bowling strategy leaves Sri Lanka cramped for room

One of the major shortcomings of Sri Lanka's three-bowler plan is that it has left them with no scope to out-think attacking batting line-ups, particularly in the death overs

08-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Sydney

World sees Australia's blind spot

With the pointy end of the World Cup around the corner, Australia's attack will have to find a way to cope with the absence of a high-quality attacking spinner, on pitches where their pacers may not find much help

08-Mar-2015•Daniel Brettig in Sydney

Ton-up Maxwell powers Australia to victory

08-Mar-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Three pairs of fours, and Maxwell's moment of truth

Plays of the day from the game between Australia and Sri Lanka in Sydney

08-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando, Daniel Brettig and Jarrod Kimber

Fastest ODI hundred for Australia

Stats highlights from the Group A match between Australia and Sri Lanka in Sydney

08-Mar-2015•Shiva Jayaraman

Not quite the fortress against Sri Lanka

In the last seven years, Sri Lanka are the only team to have won more games than they have lost when playing Australia at their own backyard

07-Mar-2015•Bishen Jeswant

The World Cup's best rivalry?

A look back at the Australia-Sri Lanka encounters in World Cups

07-Mar-2015•Daniel Brettig

Rivals, equals

Australia's slights - many of them perceived - used to fuel Sri Lankan ire but the antagonism has cooled

06-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka's slow Asian death technique thwarted

Their bowlers have had immense success by slowly strangling oppositions at home, but pitches in the World Cup are not conducive for that tactic

02-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

The bunny bites back

James Anderson had tormented Lahiru Thirimanne on their previous meetings but the roles were emphatically reversed in Wellington

01-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Wellington

Sangakkara and Thirimanne bury England

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