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'When I had the ball in my hand, I wanted to kill someone'

Once a great South African fast-bowling hope full of rage, Mfuneko Ngam lost out for want of guidance. Now he's hoping to provide just that to future generations of black cricketers

Writers

Mark Nicholas

Bend the rules and bring AB back for the World Cup? Why not? Our commentator-columnist gets starry-eyed around two batting greats and wades into the de Villiers debate (while also getting in a round of golf in between)
George Dobell

Joe Root the bowler and Chris Woakes the batsman show off England's strength in depth They missed a second frontline spinner, and lost two of their top four to injury, but the World Cup favourites always had options to cover for those gaps
Andrew Fidel Fernando

Hello, Rashid Khan. Meet South Africa's teetering World Cup campaign Two teams in serious disarray are about to meet in Cardiff. One team has a lot more to lose, and that team isn't too fond of wristspin. What could possibly go wrong?
Osman Samiuddin

The meaning of India-Pakistan, for India and for Pakistan For one of these two great rivals, this is just another game. For the other? Well, it's complicated
Ian Chappell

Long live the 50-over game This World Cup cup so far has belonged to the bowlers, and it has shown that the ODI format is worth preserving
S Rajesh

Rohit v short ball - 27 balls, 53 runs Stats highlights from Rohit Sharma's 24th ODI hundred
Sidharth Monga

Dysfunction, hope, more dysfunction; Sri Lanka's World Cup rolls on We used to associate the adjectives 'mercurial' and 'unpredictable' with another Asian team, but it's Sri Lanka who could do better justice to those tags
Steven Lynch

Is Nathan Coulter-Nile's 92 the highest score by a No. 8 in the World Cup? Also, who's the oldest surviving man to have played in the tournament? And the youngest?
Aakash Chopra

What India need to do against Pakistan's key players How they face up to Fakhar, Babar, Hasan and Amir will be crucial
Paul Edwards

South Northumberland prepares to showcase north-east passion for the game As the Royal London Cup comes to Gosforth, it is a reminder of the strength of the club scene in England's north east
Andrew McGlashan

World Cup 2019 and the curious story of the bails that lost their zing Jasprit Bumrah to David Warner was the fifth instance at this World Cup of a batsman surviving despite the ball hitting his stumps
Tim Wigmore

Heartbreak in Harare One year ago, Scotland missed out on the World Cup by five runs
Andrew Miller

The allure of the Caribbean fire and Rabada factor West Indies have tapped into a mindset that served their mighty forebears well; South Africa are just scrambling for a plan
Mohammad Isam

The Mehidy threat facing West Indies The Bangladesh offspinner has good figures against most of their frontline batsmen and he's likely to be a key factor in the game tomorrow