World Cup 2015: England

England's battle against the system

Feb 28, 2015: Over-coached, over-analysed, overwrought and, very often, over all too soon. The enormity of the entire cricketing structure in England and Wales is the burden these young men must carry. If they succeed, it is despite of it

New Zealand v Australia, World Cup 2015, Group A, Auckland

Australia batting 'extremely poor', concedes Clarke

Feb 28, 2015: 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

New Zealand v Australia, World Cup 2015, Group A, Auckland

Brendon braves the bump

Feb 28, 2015: Plays of the day from the Group A match between New Zealand and Australia in Auckland

New Zealand v Australia, World Cup 2015, Group A, Auckland

Williamson sees NZ through in thriller

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Ranji Trophy 2014-15, semi-finals

Karnataka in Ranji final after 112-run win

Feb 28, 2015: Seventy minutes, 14.1 overs. That's all it took for Karnataka to wrap up the Mumbai tail and take one step closer to defending their Ranji Trophy title

NZ v England, 5th Women's ODI, Lincoln

Taylor and Sciver help England seal series

Feb 28, 2015: Sarah Taylor and Natalie Sciver struck fifties to underpin a disciplined bowling performance as England sealed the series with a five-wicket win over New Zealand in Lincoln

How to wind up cricket's purists

Feb 28, 2015: Just ask the ECB's new helmsman

England news

National anthem leaves Morgan lost for words

Feb 28, 2015: Eoin Morgan's failure to sing the national anthem for "personal reasons" has not gone down too well with the flag wavers now he is England captain

Pakistan v Zimbabwe, World Cup 2015, Group B, Brisbane

Zimbabwe can help reverse 10-team decision - Chigumbura

Feb 28, 2015: 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

Where are the promising West Indies batsmen?

Feb 28, 2015: The pitches in the first-class competition aren't encouraging batting talent, thereby prolonging the struggle to replace Gayle and Chanderpaul

India v UAE, World Cup 2015, Group B, Perth

Ashwin stars in India's biggest WC win

Feb 28, 2015: 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

England v Sri Lanka, World Cup 2015, Group A, Wellington

Lasith Malinga: a hero or a pariah?

Feb 28, 2015: Detractors may question his motivation, but Sri Lanka's last phase could be defined by Malinga's bowling

A potpourri of World Cup numbers - I

Feb 28, 2015: Tidbits from the 2015 World Cup

New Zealand v Australia, World Cup, Auckland

Bounty for left-arm pacers

Feb 28, 2015: Left-arm seamers took 12 wickets in the thriller between New Zealand and Australia, the most ever in an ODI

New Zealand v Australia, World Cup 2015, Group A, Auckland

Boult strikes once, twice...five times

Feb 28, 2015: 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

England v Sri Lanka, World Cup 2015, Group A, Wellington

England seek surge against rallying Sri Lanka

Feb 28, 2015: After shaky starts in the tournament, both England and Sri Lanka will be looking for resurgence when they meet in Wellington on Sunday

New Zealand v Australia, World Cup 2015, Group A, Auckland

Ice-cool Williamson wins New Zealand a thriller

Feb 28, 2015: This was the match the 2015 World Cup was crying out for, a competitive contest between two major sides, and the co-hosts played out a thriller in front of a packed and partisan Auckland crowd

World Cup 2015

A Christchurch miracle and an Afghan cartwheel

Feb 28, 2015: ESPNcricinfo's correspondents travelling around Australia and New Zealand pick their best moments from the second week of the World Cup

England v Sri Lanka, Group A, Wellington

Jayawardene's dominance , Jordan's magic hold

Feb 28, 2015: England have struggled against Sri Lanka in the recent past, but have had some good individual performances.

What makes AB tick

Feb 27, 2015: His still head and ability to maintain a low centre of gravity help him to pull off the shots he does