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Flower cautions on hasty decisions

Andy Flower, the England team director, has admitted brief discussions with Andrew Strauss over the captain's future in one-day internationals

27-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Southee could become world's best swing bowler' - Donald

Tim Southee could become the best swing bowler in the world, Allan Donald, New Zealand's bowling coach, has said

27-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Pakistan PM accepts Indian invitation

The Pakistan prime minister Yousuf Gilani has accepted the invitation of his Indian counterpart Manmohan Singh to attend the Indo-Pak World Cup semi-final in Mohali on March 30

27-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

India will be hard to beat - Ponting

Ricky Ponting says India will be hard to beat for the World Cup, while defending elements of his team's poor tournament

27-Mar-2011•Daniel Brettig

Sangakkara eyeing all-Asian final

Kumar Sangakkara has said that Sri Lanka have every chance of making it an all-subcontinental final in the 2011 World Cup

27-Mar-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq at the Premadasa

'Didn't have quality to win World Cup' - Strauss

On the big day, against a varied attack, England didn't have the quality to put up enough runs to defend. Andrew Strauss had no qualms in admitting that

26-Mar-2011•Sidharth Monga at the Premadasa

Intikhab Alam plays down the hype

Intikhab Alam, the Pakistan manager, has sought to downplay the hype surrounding the India-Pakistan semi-final in both countries, saying that inevitably, one of the two teams would have to lose at the end of the game

26-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Hafeez backs 'strongest attack in the world'

Mohammad Hafeez, the Pakistan allrounder, has backed his team to come up trumps in the World Cup semi-final against India, who, he claimed, would be up against the "strongest bowling attack in the world"

26-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Mohali gears up for 'mother of all finals'

Hotels are full, tickets are being sold for ten times their original price, and the Prime Minister will be there. Such is the build-up for India v Pakistan

26-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Mills, Vettori and du Plessis fined

Kyle Mills, Daniel Vettori and Francois du Plessis have all been fined for breaching the ICC Code of Conduct following an incident during South Africa's run-chase

26-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Tharanga and Dilshan crush England

Tillakaratne Dilshan and Upul Tharanga put their team within touching distance of the World Cup semi-finals, as they overcame a tricky start to their innings to lay into England's bowlers with an unbeaten first-wicket stand of 132

26-Mar-2011•The Bulletin by Andrew Miller

Andy McKay to replace injured Kyle Mills

Kyle Mills, the New Zealand seamer, has been ruled out of the remainder of the World Cup with an injury and will be replaced by left-arm fast bowler Andy McKay

26-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Ponting leaves future in selectors' hands

Ricky Ponting has said he wants to play on but that his fate is in the hands of the selectors after Australia crashed out of the World Cup in the quarter-finals.

26-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Kallis catch was the turning point - Oram

Jacob Oram said his running catch to dismiss Jacques Kallis and Martin Guptill's run-out of AB de Villiers were the two key moments that propelled New Zealand to victory in their quarter-final against South Africa

25-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin at the Shere Bangla Stadium

South Africa had a long tail - Vettori

Daniel Vettori, the New Zealand captain, said he knew his side were in with a chance of defending 221 if they could get past South Africa's top four batsmen and into the longish tail

25-Mar-2011•Osman Samiuddin at the Shere Bangla Stadium

Smith in disbelief after loss

Graeme Smith, the South Africa captain, said his side had trained hard for the World Cup but simply weren't good enough on the night to beat New Zealand in Mirpur

25-Mar-2011•Firdose Moonda at the Shere Bangla Stadium

Strauss was aware of Yardy's depression

Andrew Strauss has said he knew Michael Yardy was struggling with depression before Yardy took the decision to withdraw from the World Cup and fly home

25-Mar-2011•ESPNcricinfo staff

Strauss confident England can adjust

For the most part of this tournament, England have not been able to play to a plan, what with injuries, upsets and an illness forcing them to look think on their feet

25-Mar-2011•Sidharth Monga in Colombo

Contrasting campaigners prepare to do or die

England are back in the knock-outs for the first time in four World Cups, and given the excitement they have served up in the past month, their Colombo encounter once again has the makings of a humdinger

25-Mar-2011•The Preview by Andrew Miller

Muralitharan fit for quarter-final

Sri Lanka received a huge boost ahead of their World Cup quarter-final match against England on Saturday when their key spinner Muttiah Muralitharan was declared fit to play

25-Mar-2011•Sa'adi Thawfeeq

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