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Yasir Shah's omission 'strategic' - Misbah

Pakistan's captain Misbah-ul-Haq has described the omission of the legspinner Yasir Shah from the team to play Zimbabwe as "strategic" and based upon the well-informed views of the assistant coach Grant Flower

01-Mar-2015•Daniel Brettig in Brisbane

Zimbabwe let World Cup dream slip away

Harare 1995, Sheikhupera 1998, Harare 2013 and now, just 20 runs away from Brisbane 2015. Five fours. Three sixes and a two. So close. But Zimbabwean eyes would not have adored the end result.

01-Mar-2015•Firdose Moonda

England fail to get the 'simple things' right

England captain Eoin Morgan laid the blame for his team's nine-wicket defeat against Sri Lanka squarely at the feet of the side's performance in the field

01-Mar-2015•George Dobell in Wellington

Herath in doubt for Australia game

Rangana Herath is in doubt for Sri Lanka's match against Australia next Sunday, after splitting the skin on the inside of his spinning finger during the match against England

01-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Wellington

Starc asked Clarke for another over

In the first 44 years of one-day international cricket, only five Australians claimed six or more wickets in an innings: Gary Gilmour, Ken MacLeay, Andy Bichel, Glenn McGrath and Mitchell Johnson

01-Mar-2015•Brydon Coverdale

Duckworth-Lewis method in new avatar for World Cup

An anomaly in the Duckworth-Lewis rain calculation system has been addressed in the formula being used at the World Cup, adding a third name to the complex calculation in the form of Australian academic Steve Stern

01-Mar-2015•Daniel Brettig

Suspected quadriceps tear for Chigumbura

Elton Chigumbura, the Zimbabwe captain, was helped off the field in the 24th over of their group stage match against Pakistan with a suspected torn quadriceps

01-Mar-2015•Firdose Moonda

Wahab, Irfan put Pakistan on the board

Mohammad Irfan and Wahab Riaz shared eight wickets between them, firing Pakistan to a 20-run win against Zimbabwe in Brisbane for their first of the tournament

01-Mar-2015•The Report by Firdose Moonda

McCullum's Popeye arm not a worry - Hesson

New Zealand coach Mike Hesson joked that Brendon McCullum's arm looked a bit like Popeye's following a fearsome blow by Mitchell Johnson

01-Mar-2015•Andrew McGlashan

Sangakkara, Thirimanne thrash England

Sri Lanka made a chase of 310 seem like a weekend stroll in the park as Kumar Sangakkara unfurled a majestic hundred, his second of the tournament, alongside Lahiru Thirimanne's fourth ODI ton

28-Feb-2015•The Report by Andrew McGlashan

Dhoni bats for Associates and cricket to go global

MS Dhoni, the India captain, has said it was important to spread cricket in more countries and look beyond mere commercial interests

28-Feb-2015•Abhishek Purohit in Perth

McCullum patched up after Johnson blow

A nation held its breath for a moment when Brendon McCullum was struck on the arm by Mitchell Johnson at Eden Park, but the prognosis for the New Zealand captain is positive with no initial signs of serious injury

28-Feb-2015•Andrew McGlashan in Auckland

Boult savours his day to remember

After taking five wickets to wreck Australia's innings and then playing out two crucial dots to survive Mitchell Starc, it wasn't surprising to hear Trent Boult say that he was "pretty pumped and will remember a lot of this day for a while"

28-Feb-2015•Andrew McGlashan in Auckland

Pakistan's last chance to calm the critics

The sight of Zimbabwe, also defeated by the West Indies, affords Pakistan a chance to regain some confidence at a ground that should suit their pace and the spin

28-Feb-2015•The Preview by Daniel Brettig

Misbah hits out at criticism from home

Pakistan's captain Misbah-ul-Haq has questioned the criticism of his side emanating from home, though he did acknowledge his team had been "pretty average" thus far in the World Cup

28-Feb-2015•Daniel Brettig

Australia batting 'extremely poor', concedes Clarke

Michael Clarke has conceded that Australia have focused too much on power hitting and not enough on negotiating the swinging ball during their preparation for this World Cup

28-Feb-2015•Brydon Coverdale in Auckland

Zimbabwe can help reverse 10-team decision - Chigumbura

Elton Chigumbura hopes Zimbabwe's qualification to the next round would not only help them, but other associate nations in forcing a rethink of the ICC decision to reduce the size of the next World Cup

28-Feb-2015•Firdose Moonda in Brisbane

Ashwin stars in India's biggest WC win

By winning the toss and choosing to bat first, UAE put to rest all the speculation there might have been around what kind of monstrous total India might post, but they collected undesired milestones nonetheless

28-Feb-2015•The Report by Sidharth Monga

England seek surge against rallying Sri Lanka

After shaky starts in the tournament, both England and Sri Lanka will be looking for resurgence when they meet in Wellington on Sunday

28-Feb-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando and George Dobell

Boult strikes once, twice...five times

A week after Tim Southee destroyed England with 7 for 33 in Wellington it was the turn of his new-ball partner Trent Boult to produce an extraordinary performance

28-Feb-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

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