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Tim Southee, who set up New Zealand's thumping, eight-wicket win over England in Wellington with a record 7 for 33, said it was "almost the perfect performance"

With cyclones Marcia and Lam battering Queensland, the prospects for Saturday's World Cup game between Australia and Bangladesh look very grim

Australia and Bangladesh have not met each other in the 50-over contest since April 2011 and the grim weather sweeping across Brisbane on match eve suggests they may keep waiting

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza is still hopeful of a full match against Australia, although the chances of a 50-over game are minimal after Cyclone Marcia made landfall on the Queensland coast in the early hours of Friday.

Michael Holding has questioned whether Gary Ballance's last-minute inclusion at No 3 is the right World Cup call for England after they crashed to a spectacular defeat against New Zealand in Wellington

The story of Tim Southee's seven wickets in Wellington, which blew away England for 123 in a brilliant exhibition of swing bowling, courtesy ESPNcricinfo's unrivalled ball-by-ball service

Pakistan and West Indies each having been shorn of their most effective bowler, they have also been stripped of confidence in the lead-up to the tournament

Tim Southee produced one of the great displays of ODI bowling and Brendon McCullum hammered a World Cup record 18-ball fifty as New Zealand produced a display of scarcely believable dominance in Wellington

Former fast bowler Rumesh Ratnayake, a coaching consultant with Sri Lanka, has called for the team's bowlers to show more flexibility on the field, as he looks to fix an attack that has looked toothless in recent games

Though South Africa have not recruited a psychologist for this World Cup, the addition of Michael Hussey and his inputs on mindset and technique can help them acclimatise to pressure better

Taming the Indian batting line-up requires picking up wickets and South Africa believe their best chance of doing that is by trusting in pace

Should he be one of 11 Australian cricketers lifting the World Cup aloft at the MCG on March 29, Brad Haddin may well decide to call time on a limited overs career dating back as far as the summer of 2000-01

Sean Williams had felt flustered when he came in with the match in the balance against South Africa, but he quickly learned his lesson against the UAE

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum was genial when asked about the struggles of one of his "better mates," England counterpart Eoin Morgan, who has scored two runs in his last five innings leading up to Friday's clash in Wellington

While New Zealand know that, with two wins behind them already, another victory will give them a foot in the quarter-finals, England will know that if they lose they have no room for error

Clinically and ruthlessly, Sean Williams and Craig Ervine broke the deadlock with a partnership of 83 off 62 balls to help Zimbabwe chase 286

It took only seven balls for Samiullah Shenwari's delight at Afghanistan's first appearance in a World Cup to descend into personal disaster as the focus turned once again onto umpiring confusion

In the years since Lahiru Thirimanne debuted as an ODI opener in 2010, he has batted everywhere in the order from No. 1 to No. 8, and now he's back at the top of the order

Zimbabwe batsman Solomon Mire's rise has delighted his former mates in College Cricket Club in Hamilton, Victoria

New Zealand appeared to stutter in their chase of 142 against Scotland, but as they were in pursuit of an outstanding net run rate, the team is at ease with having lost five wickets for 71, Grant Elliott has said