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A brilliant tournament for us - Mashrafe

Bangladesh captain Mashrafe Mortaza conceded that despite the loss to India in the quarter-final the World Cup was a "brilliant tournament" for the side with plenty of positives, specially in the batting

19-Mar-2015•Devashish Fuloria at the MCG

Outrage in Dhaka over no-ball, BCB to lodge appeal

The BCB has said it will lodge an appeal against the umpiring decision in Thursday's match that let Rohit Sharma off the hook, and do whatever is legally necessary

19-Mar-2015•Mohammad Isam

Still have the bowling to trouble Australia - Misbah

On the cusp of his retirement from ODIs, Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq said he was going to approach the game against Australia as a normal one

19-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Sydney

SA minister pleased with end to knockout jinx

"Bunch of semi-finalists heading for a World Cup win." is how South Africa's sports minister Fikile Mbalula labelled the team after their historic, first-ever knockout win at a World Cup

19-Mar-2015•Firdose Moonda

Surging Pakistan prepare for dominant Australia

Australia are, no doubt, better drilled, better rounded, and better placed to win this match. But as New Zealand have shown, they can be exposed too

19-Mar-2015•The Preview by Andrew Fidel Fernando

Australia hope Adelaide grass greener

Australia are hopeful a well-grassed Adelaide Oval pitch will provide enough assistance for the hosts' fast bowlers to dismantle Pakistan and thus prevent their own strong pace battery from doing likewise in the third World Cup quarter-final

19-Mar-2015•Daniel Brettig in Adelaide

Responsible Rohit sees off Bangladesh threat

Rohit Sharma's acceleration from 60 off 80 to 137 off 126 undid some excellent defensive bowling by Bangladesh to help India post a winning total

19-Mar-2015•The Report by Sidharth Monga

We're not going to show any weakness - de Villiers

South Africa captain AB de Villiers has said his side had prepared for a show of strength against Sri Lanka in their quarter-final in Sydney, which they won comprehensively by nine wickets

18-Mar-2015•Firdose Moonda in Sydney

England were wrong to sack me - Cook

Alastair Cook has claimed that the ECB's decision to relieve him of the England captaincy a matter of weeks before the World Cup has been proved wrong in hindsight and described the players as looking "shellshocked" during a disastrous campaign that ended

18-Mar-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

'Challenge has been to evolve' - Jayawardene

Mahela Jayawardene said that he had no regrets about hanging up his blue Sri Lanka shirt for the final time after their World Cup quarter-final defeat to South Africa

18-Mar-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Beating SA turned it around for us - Younis

Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has said the side's fighting win against South Africa in Auckland turned their fortunes around and transformed the team to believe they could qualify for the knockouts

18-Mar-2015•ESPNcricinfo staff

Sangakkara rues being undone by spin

Kumar Sangakkara was unhappy with Sri Lanka's capitulation to South Africa's spinners in the quarter-final at the SCG

18-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando at the SCG

Steve Waugh called in to help hosts

Steve Waugh was at Adelaide Oval wearing Australian team training gear, having joined the squad for a group dinner on the Tuesday night to help them with their preparation

18-Mar-2015•Daniel Brettig in Adelaide

'Douglas' WI look to sucker punch 'Tyson' NZ

The World Cup is now in the knockout stage and Darren Sammy chose to pull out a boxing analogy as he built up West Indies ahead of their quarter-final against New Zealand, insisting all the pressure was on the home side

18-Mar-2015•Andrew McGlashan

Bangladesh aim to fell a giant

Though India, on current form, are superior in every aspect, their brand of cricket and their frailties are not unfamiliar to Bangladesh

18-Mar-2015•The Preview by Devashish Fuloria

Pumped-up South Africa end knockout hoodoo

South Africa bowled out Sri Lanka for 133 in a show of pumped-up skill, hostility and aggression to seal their first win in a knockout match in a World Cup

18-Mar-2015•The Report by Sidharth Monga

Gayle has injection in attempt to ease back

Chris Gayle has had an injection in his back to try and aid his long-standing complaint ahead of the quarter-final against New Zealand in Wellington but Darren Sammy said Gayle "is not missing this quarter-final for anybody".

18-Mar-2015•Andrew McGlashan

Uncapped offspinner Tharindu Kaushal replaces Herath, could play SA

In a late move Sri Lanka have sought to replace injured left-arm spinner Rangana Herath with 22-year old offspinner Tharindu Kaushal, ahead of the quarter-final against South Africa on Wednesday

17-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Australia fear Pakistan on a roll

Shane Watson has said that he is wary of the threat posed by Pakistan, who he believes are a "dangerous" side during knockout games

17-Mar-2015•Daniel Brettig

Mathews looks to make most of second home SCG

Angelo Mathews feels Sri Lanka have been a more stable side going into big games as compared to South Africa

17-Mar-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando in Sydney

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