The World Cup will be the last assignment for Kumar Sangakkara in one-day internationals and the Sri Lankan left-hander has ensured he will sign off on a high, at least on the personal front.

New Zealand completed their fifth straight win in the World Cup when they swept aside Afghanistan Sunday but felt the tournament has yet to properly begin, according to team veteran Daniel Vettori.

Recalled Pakistan wicketkeeper-batsman Sarfraz Ahmed said Sunday he was excited at being bracketed with Australia great Adam Gilchrist after equalling the record for most catches behind the stumps in a one-day international innings.

Daniel Vettori became the first New Zealand bowler to take 300 one-day international wickets as the Black Caps made short work of Afghanistan to remain unbeaten after five World Cup matches on Sunday.

Glenn Maxwell said he felt he'd got a "monkey off the back" after his maiden one-day international hundred powered Australia to a win over Sri Lanka in their World Cup in Sydney on Sunday.

Had Glenn Maxwell been born in a different era, he might have been considered a pariah by the cricket fraternity, or worse, he might not have been considered for an international side at all, in the first place.

Amidst all the razzmatazz of the de Villierses or Maxwells, who are in some way changing the nature of batting, there is one very classic copy-book cricketer who is holding his own with great dignity and success.

Ian Whitney: If I weren't actually Australian, I would totally be one of those guys with a trombone and a lion mane.

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Such has been their fondness of the batting-order jumble, it is hard to predict whether the Bangladesh team management will consider Imrul Kayes as an opener

Warding off a brave Sri Lankan fight, Australia emerged on top after a fiery game of high scoring cricket at Sydney in the ICC cricket World Cup 2015

New Zealand are facing Afghanistan in the 31st match of the ICC cricket World Cup 2015 where, it seems, the Kiwis are poised for a comfortable win

Mushfiqur Rahim may not be in the same league as the leading stumper-batsmen at the World Cup such as Brendon McCullum and Kumar Sangakkara, but the diminutive Bangladesh glovesman has proved he is no less crucial to his team's progress.

The Bangladesh National Cricket Team yesterday attended their first training session ahead of their crucial clash against England in Adelaide on Monday. It was an optional training session and the players took the opportunity to focus on their skills.

Pakistan have just overcome the South African challenge for the first time in World Cup history. In a clash of titans versus falling giants, if the pre-match narrative was to be believed, a shock result was served up.

A hostile trio of Pakistan left-arm fast bowlers took full advantage of a pitch freshened by rain to hand pre-tournament favourites South Africa their second defeat in the cricket World Cup at Eden Park on Saturday.

Pakistan made a winning return on Saturday to the venue where they defeated New Zealand in their 1992 cricket World Cup semifinal before going on to win the tournament for the first and only time.

South Africa captain AB de Villiers took responsibility for the shock 29-run World Cup loss to Pakistan on Saturday, blasting his team for being stuck in "second or third gear".

Pakistan captain Misbahul Haq became the first batsman to score 5,000 one-day international runs without any individual century when he reached the landmark against South Africa in a World Cup match in Auckland on Saturday.

Ireland just did enough to see off Zimbabwe by five runs in a thrilling World Cup clash in Hobart on Saturday that kept them on course for the quarterfinals.