Features

R Ashwin's presence, or absence, in the game against West Indies may well indicate how India will head into the World Cup's knockout phase.

Bob Woolmer died in desperately sad circumstances, but it's his innocence and integrity that he will be remembered for

Not having England at the business end of the tournament would just not be right. The World Cup needs them nearly as much as they need it

James Tredwell, Devendra Bishoo and Andre Russell are names that might puzzle even committed cricket fans, though they turned out to be among the players who set up a memorably tense match

Plays of the day from England's thriller against West Indies in Chennai

A collection of quotes from Shoaib Akhtar and by others about him over his colourful career

Both teams are in good form coming into this clash, but Sri Lanka will derive confidence from their superior record against New Zealand in recent global tournaments

Canada weren't exactly threatening Australia's unbeaten World Cup streak so there was plenty of time to watch... er, pariah kites

ESPNcricinfo presents six of Shoaib Akhtar's best bowling performances

A couple of Dutch film-makers came to India recently with their country's team, hoping to whip up interest in the sport back home

Australia have beaten Canada and Kenya comfortably, but both teams exposed weaknesses that better sides may be able to take advantage of if the World Champions don't improve

England have been wildly inconsistent, and are now on the verge of exiting in the first stage of a tournament that was designed to coddle the big boys

Plays of the day from Australia's comfortable victory over Canada

The Canada batsman may well fade into oblivion after this World Cup, but his back-foot six off a 145kph Shaun Tait thunderbolt will be part of drunken pub conversations for years to come

England have the superior head-to-head record against West Indies in recent times, but West Indies have Chris Gayle, who has been outstanding in ODIs in India

Of the current squad, only Shivnarine Chanderpaul was around the last time West Indies beat England in the World Cup and Darren Sammy, the captain, hopes that this campaign could mark the turning point

JP Duminy and Colin Ingram's recovery from 117 for five against Ireland, which followed South Africa's bowlers' recovery against India, show the side are learning to bounce back when under the cosh

The stat that defines Jonathan Trott's batting seems to be the strike-rate of 77.76, deemed to be too lethargic for the pell-mell pace of today's one-day cricket

ESPNcricinfo presents the Plays of the Day from the World Cup, Group B match between Ireland and South Africa in Kolkata

A detailed look at how teams and players have fared during the batting Powerplays