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Across 48 matches of gripping action, there were uncountable moments that would define the World Cup. The Field’s writers pick their personal favourites.
Keshav Maharaj led South Africa to a narrow one-wicket win over Pakistan on Friday at the Cricket World Cup and propelled the Proteas to the top of the points table with five wins. Maharaj’s unbeaten 10 helped the South Africans reach 271-9 and hand Pakistan its fourth straight loss in the tournament as he thwarted Pakistan's pace together with No. 11 Tabraiz Shamsi. Maharaj stood tall against Pakistan’s bowlers late in the match before he pulled left-arm spinner Mohammad Nawaz to backward squar
Pakistan's pace trio led by Haris Rauf shut down Bangladesh en route to a seven-wicket win on Wednesday in the first Super 4 game of Asia Cup. The ODI tournament now moves to Sri Lanka, where Pakistan will play archrival India on Sunday for the second time after their group-stage game was abandoned because of rain. Bangladesh will face Sri Lanka on Saturday.
Young fast bowler Matheesha Pathirana grabbed a career-best 4-32 and led injury-hit Sri Lanka to a comfortable five-wicket win over Bangladesh in the Asia Cup on Thursday. Pathirana consistently challenged the batters with his deceptive pace while spinners Dhananjaya de Silva and Dunith Wellalage dried up runs in the middle overs as Bangladesh was bowled out for 164 in 42.4 overs. Charith Asalanka (62 not out) and Sadeera Samarawickrama (54) then hit half centuries and carried Sri Lanka to 168-5 with 11 to overs spare despite the top order hobbling against Bangladesh’s pace and the leftarm spin of captain Shakib Al Hasan, who took 2-29.