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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

A strong opening stand between captain Suzie Bates and Rachel Priest laid the foundation of New Zealand Women's chase against England Women in the second T20 in Whangarei, with the home side overhauling England's score with four balls to spare and squarin

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

Defending champions Karnataka piled on more runs and agony for Assam by setting them a massive target of 683 runs for the last day in Indore

A round-up of the National Cricket League matches that ended on February 19, 2015

Twin strikes from Wilkin Mota and Shardul Thakur took Mumbai a significant step closer to the semi-final and complicated Delhi's chase of 441

Tamil Nadu took another big step towards clinching a spot in the Ranji Trophy semi-finals, as half-centuries from Dinesh Karthik and Vijay Shankar helped the team build a huge lead on the penultimate day against Vidarbha in Jaipur

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

A round-up of the Plunket Shield matches that ended on February 19, 2014

Shaun Marsh nearly pulled off a remarkable victory for Western Australia at the Gliderol Stadium, but he was unable to hit the final delivery of the match for a boundary, meaning they fell just three runs short, and South Australia hung on for a draw

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