Sri Lanka fast bowler Suranga Lakmal was fined Sunday for firing two successive beamers at England's Jos Buttler,

Thirimanne may well be described as the 'boy who lived' for Sri Lanka. Having survived a number of chances,

Teams in Pool A must be cursing Bangladesh's fielders.

Harsha Bhogle: I find the criticism of Misbah very strange. It is like a family of ten complaining that the sole breadwinner isn't doing enough.

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After a struggled start, Pakistan managed to make 235 riding on fifties of Misbah-ul-Haq and number eight batsman Wahab Riaz, against Zimbabwe at Brisbane

Sri Lanka today hauled an easy nine-wicket victory against England in the 22nd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 at Westpac Stadium, Wellington. While answering to England's 309 runs, the Lankan top-orders -- Lahiru Thirimanne and Kumar Sangakkara -- plied their innings to the end by scoring unbeaten 139 and 117 runs respectively. Sangakkara was given the Player of the Match award for scoring his sensible ton spending 113 balls.

New Zealand's last pair of Kane Williamson and Trent Boult said their edge-of-the-seat one-wicket World Cup triumph over Australia on Saturday will live in the memory for a long time.

His 45 off 42 has been described as an ice-cool innings. But in all likelihood, Kane Williamson was probably sweating bullets as he watched his colleagues depart one after the other and there was barely any time to recover from that shock. As a result, Williamson decided to finish the game Miandad-style, smashing one with all his might over mid-on with a wicket to go. It was all or nothing at that moment and he took the risk at the appropriate time. With Pat Cummins bowling, Williamson knew that he had to finish the game in that over. Letting the dangerous Mitchell Starc have a go in the next over at the number 11 batsman would have been suicidal.

England are determined to restore their World Cup credibility in a crunch Pool A match Sunday against an improving Sri Lanka. Eoin Morgan's men return to Wellington's Westpac stadium for the fixture, scene of a humiliating eight-wicket loss to New Zealand on February 20.

Pakistan's calamity-hit World Cup campaign stops off at Brisbane on Sunday where they will look to get their first points on the board and so keep their quarterfinal hopes alive against a bruised and battered Zimbabwe.

M.S. Dhoni can crack a joke with a straight face even before one realises it, as one photo journalist learnt on Friday. A senior photographer said, “Mahi, you are not the same person you used to be in 2004-05. You used to give poses for such amazing compositions.”

So here's how the day panned out for several viewers around the world yesterday. After watching New Zealand cruise to 78 for 1 in seven overs, the ordinary viewer, switched off the TV and decided to get involved in the daily duties of life, which at that moment, seemed a lot more interesting.

New Zealand captain Brendon McCullum hailed the perfect finish to his side's thrilling one-wicket World Cup win over Australia in Auckland on Saturday, saying the game had finished so early a capacity crowd would have plenty of time for a drink.

West Indies have been allowed to call-up Johnson Charles to replace batsman Darren Bravo who was ruled out of the World Cup with a hamstring injury.

A camp will be organised from March 2 to March 4 at the BKSP, inviting physically challenged athletes to display their cricketing skills. The camp's aim is to create the best possible national cricket team. It will be organised by the International Committee of the Red Cross, in cooperation with the Bangladesh Cricket Board, the Ministry of Youth and Sports, Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protishtan and the National Sports Council.

For the first time in the tour the Tigers have ventured outside Australia as Mashrafe Bin Mortaza and co reached Nelson in New Zealand yesterday morning. They will be facing Scotland at the Saxton Oval here this Thursday.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni dealt a huge blow to cricket's non-Test nations Saturday when he warned that his world champions have no plans to play regular fixtures against them.

India captain Mahendra Singh Dhoni admitted Saturday that his bowling attack, so often over-shadowed by the team's legion of batting superstars, will be key if they are to successfully defend their World Cup title.

India play against United Arab Emirates at the Western Australian Cricket Association (WACA) ground at Perth in the 21st match of ICC Cricket World Cup 2015