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Jonny Bairstow - Jason Roy union moves into very special territory

England have come a long way since the debacle of 2015, and it seems they're not done yet

03-Jul-2019•George Dobell in Durham

England's evolving ODI juggernaut

By confronting, and overcoming, the threat of elimination, they are now better prepared for a shot at ultimate glory than they were at the beginning of the tournament

03-Jul-2019•Sambit Bal at Chester-le-Street

New Zealand's No. 1 (and No. 2) problem

Between them, New Zealand's openers have scored only 299 runs in 16 innings. It is a problem that doesn't seem to be going away

03-Jul-2019•Sidharth Monga at Chester-le-Street

Bangladesh v Pakistan - Reliving the 1999 miracle

Twenty years ago, on May 31, Bangladesh began a swift rise to Full Membership that culminated in their becoming the tenth Test playing side in the world.

03-Jul-2019•Mohammad Isam in Birmingham

The curious case of Phil Simmons

Afghanistan stand to lose one of the best coaches in the world because of off-field drama, and West Indies could stand to benefit (again) at their expense

03-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber at Headingley

From NY to UK, all for Bangladesh

Bangladesh may not have made the semi-finals, but watching their fighting spirit in this World Cup was well worth a long trip for this particular fan

03-Jul-2019•Sheikh Minhaj Hossain

The Superstats stories from World Cup 2019

A collection of Smart Stats and Luck Index stories from the 2019 World Cup

03-Jul-2019•ESPNcricinfo stats team

Pant shows he can be a bestseller - in three balls

Rishabh Pant offered glimpses of the promise and hype that has been built around him, with audacity and sparkling strokeplay

02-Jul-2019•Nagraj Gollapudi in Birmingham

Tamim's costly miss, and Rohit's surge

According to Luck Index, Bangladesh could well have beaten India had Tamim Iqbal not grassed an early catch that Rohit Sharma offered

02-Jul-2019•ESPNcricinfo stats team

Ben Stokes, England's five-star batsman

The least acknowledged and most incredible fact about the England allrounder is that he is as good a middle-order batsman as MS Dhoni once was

02-Jul-2019•Sidharth Monga at Chester-Le-Street

All fizz, no fuss, the charming simplicity of Mustafizur Rahman

No one knows much about the Bangladesh paceman, and he isn't saying much, except with the old ball

02-Jul-2019•Mohammad Isam in Birmingham

A team fashioned in Williamson's spirit - not McCullum's image

This time there's no charm offensive - the New Zealand team are just are who they are. And there's no one cuddlier at the World Cup.

02-Jul-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Chester-le-Street

What does the Yankees v Red Sox game in London teach cricket?

For cricket to secure its future, it needs to learn from baseball's global ambitions

02-Jul-2019•Andrew Miller

Do right-left pairs at the crease work? It's complicated

In theory it's good strategy, especially when spinners are on, but a look at the recent Australia-New Zealand game says there's more to it than meets the eye

02-Jul-2019•Jarrod Kimber

Was Jason Behrendorff's five-for the first in a World Cup match at Lord's?

And what's the highest score by a captain in the World Cup?

02-Jul-2019•Steven Lynch

'We were in control but it slipped' - Nicholas Pooran on disappointment of defeat

Nicholas Pooran scored his maiden hundred but was unable to be West Indies' saviour

01-Jul-2019•Sharda Ugra at Chester-le-Street

Angelo Mathews and the craziest ball of the 2019 World Cup

How did a man who had not bowled a ball in the previous eight months come to be at the top of his mark with Sri Lanka in dire need?

01-Jul-2019•Andrew Fidel Fernando at Chester-le-Street

Don't blame Dhoni or the boundary, the better side won

The curious ending to the match provoked anger and suspicion among fans but there are good cricketing reasons why it ended the way it did

01-Jul-2019•Sambit Bal

Bring on the rematch!

Despite witnessing the team's third World Cup defeat this decade, an Indian supporter had a great day out at Edgbaston

01-Jul-2019•Sudhindra Prasad

Mashrafe calls for calm as Bangladesh face the team their fans love to hate

There might be more Indian fans at Edgbaston, but the 'tigers' are all set to make their presence felt

01-Jul-2019•Mohammad Isam in Birmingham

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