World Cup 2015

5 Things: De Villiers' record day, West Indies' plight ahead

Feb 27, 2015: Five things we learned from Friday's matches at the Cricket World Cup.

South Africa v West Indies, World Cup 2015, Group B, Sydney

Tahir thriving on limited-overs challenge

Feb 27, 2015: Over the last 12 months, Imran Tahir has come back to carve a niche as South Africa's premier limited-overs spinner. And his gleeful celebrations are becoming a more common sight

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Five World Cup bowling nightmares

Feb 27, 2015: West Indies' young captain Jason Holder can console himself as he reflects on the 34 runs he conceded in an over against South Africa that he is not the only World Cup bowler to take a trouncing

India v UAE, Group B, Perth

Patil faces old friends in Perth

Feb 27, 2015: They could have ended up as team-mates but Swapnil Patil took a different route to international cricket than his Indian friends and they are set to meet on opposite sides

Ranji Trophy 2014-15, semi-finals

Mithun strikes leave Mumbai in trouble

Feb 27, 2015: Abhimanyu Mithun and Vinay Kumar's burst with the second new ball after fifties from Aditya Tare and Shreyas Iyer left Karnataka on the brink of their second successive Ranji Trophy final

SA v WI, Group B, Sydney

West Indies wake up to the wrong side of de Villiers

Feb 27, 2015: AB de Villiers is one of the politest cricketers anyone could wish to meet, but as he set more one-day batting records, this time against West Indies, he made the rudest of interventions

SA v WI, Group B, Sydney

Beleaguered Holder scorched in de Villiers blaze

Feb 27, 2015: By elevating Jason Holder to the captaincy of a troubled team so early in his career, West Indies have risked stalling the development of an immensly promising cricketer

Maharashtra v Tamil Nadu, Ranji Trophy semi-finals, Kolkata, 3rd day

Maharashtra steady after Tamil Nadu make 549

Feb 27, 2015: Maharashtra replied in solid fashion after Tamil Nadu amassed 549 in their first innings on the third day at Eden Gardens

India news

Srinivasan won't contest BCCI election

Feb 27, 2015: The BCCI's sidelined president N Srinivasan will not be able to contest the election to any position in the board's annual general meeting, scheduled to take place in Chennai on March 2

SA v WI, Group B, Sydney

Taylor leaps, Simmons goes to sleep

Feb 27, 2015: Plays of the day from the match between South Africa and West Indies in Sydney

India v UAE, Group B, Perth

UAE determined to keep smiling

Feb 27, 2015: UAE are one happy side having the time of their lives, a bunch of amateurs playing a World Cup. A lot is spoken about team bonding and enjoying training but UAE were infectiously bubbly on Friday morning at the WACA.

South Africa v West Indies, World Cup, Group B, Sydney, February 27

De Villiers 162 dismantles West Indies

Feb 27, 2015:

World Cup 2015: West Indies

Charles replaces injured Bravo for West Indies

Feb 27, 2015: West Indies batsman Darren Bravo has been ruled out of the 2015 World Cup due to a low-grade tear to his left hamstring

South Africa v West Indies, World Cup 2015, Group B, Sydney

West Indies v South Africa - #BendTheRules Moments

Feb 27, 2015: #BendTheRules Moments from the Group B match between South Africa and West Indies

SL v Bangladesh, World Cup 2015, Group A, Melbourne

The Sri Lankan party at the MCG

Feb 27, 2015: The Dilshan-Sangakkara show, Rangana Herath's athleticism, the papare bands and the obstacle-course race during the mid-innings lit up the Bangladesh-Sri Lanka game at the MCG

South Africa v West Indies, World Cup 2015, Group B, Sydney

AB de Villiers stars in South Africa's win over West Indies

Feb 27, 2015: AB de Villiers plundered a 66-ball 162 to help South Africa beat West Indies by a massive 257-run margin in their Group B encounter played at the Sydney Cricket Ground on Friday.

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Mooney tests helmet with neck protection

Feb 27, 2015: Four months after the death of Phillip Hughes, a homespun idea conceived by the Ireland allrounder John Mooney and his father-in-law has become the first instance of additional protection for the back of the head and neck in an international match

South Africa v West Indies, World Cup 2015, Group B, Sydney

15 overs, 222 runs

Feb 27, 2015: AB de Villiers returned to give West Indies another hammering, this time at the SCG

County news

Sussex in profit despite reshaped schedule

Feb 27, 2015: Sussex have unveiled improved financial results despite claiming that the revamped county schedule introduced in 2014 cost them an estimated £100,000

South Australia v Tasmania, Sheffield Shield 2014-15, 4th day

Ferguson ton gives South Australia five-wicket win

Feb 27, 2015: Callum Ferguson's 12th first-class hundred, an unbeaten effort, powered South Australia to a five-wicket win, after Tasmania set them a target of 289 runs on the final day at the Gliderol Stadium