Five magic moments

Five magic moments at the 2015 Cricket World Cup as the tournament takes its first rest day on Monday:

Captain Morgan or invisible man?

England captain Eoin Morgan was introduced as 'Eoin Rogers' by the mayor of Wellington when the team arrived in the New Zealand capital. Morgan,shrugged off the gaffe: "I've been called a lot worse. She got the hardest part right."

Rambo inspires Afghanistan

Afghanistan fast bowler Hamid Hassan has become a cult hero, charging in with bandanna strapped tightly around his head, with cheeks painted in the colours of the Afghan flag. He admits his hero is Rambo but unlike Sylvester Stallone's on-screen lone wolf, he performs a nifty cartwheel when he takes a wicket.

Gayle takes tweet revenge

If West Indies Cricket Board President Dave Cameron was trying to get Chris Gayle fired up when he retweeted a call from a fan to pension off the star opener, it certainly did the trick.

Two days later, Gayle smashed the first ever World Cup double century in the win over Zimbabwe.

Cameron apologised for his blunder.

Joyce freed on bail

Ireland's Ed Joyce had a lucky break when he survived the ball hitting the stumps while batting against the United Arab Emirates in Brisbane.

Amjad Javed thought he'd struck with his fourth ball when an inswinger beat left-hander Joyce's defence and caused the LED lights on the bails to flash. But although the off-bail was disturbed, it landed back in its groove and Joyce, who stood his ground as seamer Javed celebrated prematurely, was not out.

Afghanistan to win World Cup, says robot

A New Zealand robot predicted World Cup glory for Afghanistan although even the machine's programmer said such an outcome was unlikely.

The University of Canterbury's robot Ikram made the prediction using software developed by doctoral student Eduardo Sandoval.

When the flags of the 14 participating nations were placed in front of the robot it selected Afghanistan.