As a cricket fan, one hopes for a close contest in World Cups, more so in a World Cup Final, but seldom do the top-billed clashes live up to the hype.

Australia made a sensible tactical move as they dropped Nathan Coulter-Nile to bring in Jason Behrendorff. England's weakness against left-arm bowlers was well documented and Australia exploited that by opening the bowling with two left-armers in Mitchell Starc and Behrendorff as England struggled to get going.

A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.

Faf du Plessis decided to bowl first after winning the toss in the 21st match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at the Sophia Gardens in Cardiff and his bowlers didn't disappoint

A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.

After Aaron Finch 82 and David Warner 107 got Australia off to a perfect start with a 146-run opening stand in the 17th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at the Cooper Associates County Ground in Taunton against Pakistan

A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.

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A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.

A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.

England were arguably the better team coming into the tournament but the way Australia had beaten England in the league stage, it would certainly have given them hope of repeating their feat.

In a strange semi-final that was played over two days, New Zealand won by 18 runs and stunned India, who were one of the favourites to win the title. It was the exceptional swing bowling from Trent Boult and Matt Henry which broke the back of the Indian batting line-up first up.

At 55-4 and with Sri Lanka's top four in Dimuth Karunaratne, Kusal Perera, Avishka Fernando and Kusal Mendis back in the hut by the 12th over,

Before the clash between Pakistan and Bangladesh, all ridiculous simulations were thrown up. Pakistan had to score 500 runs and try to bowl out Bangladesh for 50 and what not.

In a dead rubber, all West Indian batsmen except Chris Gayle succeeded. Each of Evin Lewis, Shai Hope, Shimron Hetmyer, Nicholas Pooran and Jason Holder got starts but none of them could go on to make a big one.

The 41st match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at the Riverside Ground in Chester-le-Street was the last league match for both England and New Zealand. While England had to win to qualify for the semis...

A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.

A Cricket World series, CWC 2019 Recap looks at all the high-octane encounters from the last year's ODI World Cup: from Jofra Archer's bouncers to Rohit Sharma's hundreds and from Mitchell Starc's yorkers to Virat Kohli's antics.

The 34th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 between West Indies and India proved to be far more one-sided that it was expected as a steady batting display and some great bowling from India never gave their opponents a sniff at the Emirates Old Traffor in Manchester.

Pakistan faced New Zealand in a must-win game in the 33rd match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 at Edgbaston in Birmingham. Given Pakistan's poor record while chasing, not many expected them to pull off the victory in the calm manner that they did.