Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews said Wednesday that he has gone down on his knees to beg record-breaking batsman Kumar Sangakkara not to quit after the World Cup.

In a media talk at Adelaide on Wednesday, Pakistan batting coach Grant Flower said he felt the best was yet to come from the Pakistani batsmen.

England coach Peter Moores should be removed from his current position and put in charge of the "kids", according to former captain Michael Vaughan.

United Arab Emirates captain Mohammad Tauqir on Wednesday said South Africa's shock loss to Pakistan last week had given them a glimmer of hope as they prepare to face the Proteas.

AB de Villiers insisted Wednesday that South Africa were re-energised and had shrugged off their inconsistent early form at the World Cup, boldly declaring "we're the best team in the tournament".

The toughest task facing South Africa's selectors as they approach the quarterfinals is what to do with Quinton de Kock, according to Graeme Smith.

While Kumar Sangakkara is grabbing all the headlines for his supermanlike runscoring, senior statesman Tillakaratne Dilshan is quietly going about his job, albeit with a lot of aplomb.

Viv Richards has been crowned the greatest one-day cricketer ever by a jury of 50 eminent players, commentators and writers assembled by the Cricket Monthly, including icons such as Ian Chappell, Clive Lloyd, Rahul Dravid, Ricky Ponting and Graeme Smith.

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Bryan Habana: Keep on believing AB de Villiers, JP Duminy, Dale Steyn and the rest of the team. We are still behind you all the way. Dimuth Karunarathne: It will take four centuries to find another player like Kumar Sangakkara. Hats off to you legend.

If you were asked who the leading wicket-taker so far of this World Cup is, surely names of Trent Boult, Mitchell Starc or Tim Southee would pop up.

Kumar Sangakkara created a unique record in Cricket World Cup history as he struck his fourth consecutive hundred in this year's tournament.

SL pile up runs as key batsmen Dilshan, Sangakkara hit tons in their ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 match against Scotland at Bellerive Oval in Hobart

A small yet noticeable part of the Adelaide Airport yesterday turned into a mini Bangladesh as the players, some of them with their family members, and the coaching staff gathered and mingled there on way to fly across the Tasman Sea to play their last pool match against co-hosts New Zealand in Hamilton on Friday.

After Bangladesh humbled England at the Adelaide Oval on Monday, accolades poured in from all over the world for the Tigers. On the flipside however, the English team have faced tremendous backlash.

A mosh pit; that's exactly what the Tigers formed after Rubel Hossain uprooted James Anderson's stumps with a toe-cruncher. Forget the group hugs, forget the traditional laps of honour; this was more than that.

Sri Lanka coach Marvan Atapattu has promised full intensity for Wednesday's World Cup match against Scotland even though his team have already qualified for the quarterfinals and their rivals are out of the race.

Mushfiqur Rahim proved that hard work is always the key behind any success. The little right-hander has now been tagged as the 'Mr Dependable' of Bangladesh's batting line-up

Sri Lanka suffered another injury setback at the World Cup on Tuesday when batsman Dinesh Chandimal was ruled out of the tournament to be replaced by Kusal Perera.

Sri Lanka will look to tie up some loose ends ahead of the World Cup quarterfinals when the former champions take on winless Scotland in their last group match in Hobart on Wednesday.