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Greatest World Cup matches No. 1: Australia v South Africa, semi-final, Birmingham 1999

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Mark Nicholas

England aren't bad, only less consistent than Morgan demands They are still an exceptional team, but they need attention to detail and sensible application when confronted with problems
George Dobell

Chris Jordan and Sam Billings show fringe benefits in World Cup build-up Time is running out to make a case for the summer's big event, but two players in particular have stepped up
Andrew Fidel Fernando

Sri Lanka can totally win the World Cup (as long as SLC continues to screw up) A look back at February in cricket tells us everything we need to know about the near future
Osman Samiuddin

Before and after Lahore 2009: Pakistan's cricket in numbers A look at the decade before the team were forced into exile in the UAE, and the one since
Ian Chappell

The Sheffield Shield isn't producing enough Test-quality batsmen It's particularly worrying that New South Wales, for long a batting factory, is going through a slump
S Rajesh

Holder, pace attack at the centre of West Indies' mini-revival While still inconsistent, West Indies have been winning Tests more often recently, putting an end to a barren run that has spanned the last several years
Sidharth Monga

The nomads who went above and beyond for Test cricket Many of Afghanistan's key players were dealing with great adversity, but they wouldn't let it affect them as they hunted down a maiden Test win
Steven Lynch

Who's got Virat Kohli out the most times? Also: was West Indies' total of 45 the lowest in any T20I?
Aakash Chopra

What does India's World Cup line-up look like? There are questions over a few spots, but most places look to be taken
Paul Edwards

Getting at the wretched truth Two books approach the Newlands scandal and Australian cricket's darkest hours in different but equally damning ways
Andrew McGlashan

All-time New Zealand World Cup XI Andrew McGlashan, an ESPNcricinfo deputy editor in Sydney, picks his all-time New Zealand World Cup XI
Tim Wigmore

How Kolkata turned it around with continuity Fewer changes, smaller squads: data suggests that less is often more in team sports
Andrew Miller

England's World Cup countdown: Who's hot and who's not? With England's winter campaign now over, how is their probable World Cup squad shaping up?
Mohammad Isam

'There's shooting here, please save us' A phone call from Bangladesh cricketer Tamim Iqbal brought Mohammad Isam to the scene of the terrorist attack. Here's what he saw there.