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![Great rivals face off in Adelaide](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Great rivals face off in Adelaide
There might have been 30,000 more people at the MCG, but that was a church fete compared to the Mardi Gras that broke out at the Adelaide Oval for the Pakistan-India clash.
![NZ and Oz toughest challenges](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
NZ and Oz toughest challenges
Battered England captain Eoin Morgan has paid New Zealand a big compliment ahead of their clash in Wellington on Friday.
![Confident Scots pose real threat](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Confident Scots pose real threat
New Zealand coach Mike Hesson is tipping upsets during the World Cup - and that's part of the reason he slightly bristled at a description of tomorrow's opponents Scotland.
![Mark Greatbatch: World Cup co-hosts send out statements of intent](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mark Greatbatch: World Cup co-hosts send out statements of intent
A good weekend opener for the World Cup co-hosts with two of the three favourites showing strong form.
![Fans help catch out Cup betting cheats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fans help catch out Cup betting cheats
Cricket fans helped police to identify betting cartel members at the opening game of the World Cup who were booted out for participating in a betting scheme.
![Cricket: Tough call for Aussies on who to drop](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cricket: Tough call for Aussies on who to drop
It will be a harsh call on whoever is dropped from the Australian cricket side, but Aaron Finch and Mitch Marsh insist a selfless culture means there will be no sour grapes.
![Cricket World Cup: Crack down on 'courtsiding'](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cricket World Cup: Crack down on 'courtsiding'
A number of people were evicted from the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 opening match at North Hagley Park in Christchurch yesterday for courtsiding.
![Australia v England: Five lessons](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Australia v England: Five lessons
The Herald's Dylan Cleaver drew five big conclusions from Australia's win over England yesterday.
![Australia embarrass England](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Australia embarrass England
England will head to Wellington to face New Zealand red-faced and chastened after being humiliated in front of 84,3360 people at the MCG.
![How important was NZ's first win?](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
How important was NZ's first win?
How important was NZ's win and will Sri Lanka bounce back? The Herald's cricket writers answer the big questions.
![Herald's psychic cricket got it right](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Herald's psychic cricket got it right
Paul the psychic octopus has a serious rival - our six-legged oracle got the results for Black Caps v Sri Lanka and Australia v England right.
![Cricket: Cup campaign gets off to a perfect start](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cricket: Cup campaign gets off to a perfect start
It was Valentine's Day yesterday and New Zealand were feeling the love after the World Cup co-hosts kicked.
![Mark Richardson: Cricket - Senior players showed the way](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Mark Richardson: Cricket - Senior players showed the way
Yesterday's World Cup opener between New Zealand and Sri Lanka was a line-in-the-sand game and the Black Caps delivered through composure and pressure.
![Cricket: Australians run up sizeable score](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cricket: Australians run up sizeable score
The early rounds of the World Cup have a phony-war feel to them but they will help determine one crucial aspect.
![Too soon to write teams off](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Too soon to write teams off
It's easy to forget, especially for someone predicting a meeting of South Africa and New Zealand - two sides who have never made the final.
!['Betting cartel' busted](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Betting cartel' busted
ICC said officials seized a man providing information to an offshore betting syndicate during the Black Caps' emphatic win over Sri Lanka at Christchurch's Hagley Oval last night.
![Cricket: Coaching and talent is key](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cricket: Coaching and talent is key
New Zealand Cricket have pinpointed talent identification and coaching development as weaknesses to address, despite being on the cusp of a halcyon era.
![This World Cup is open](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
This World Cup is open
Cricket's World Cup has had more openers than a sommelier's kitchen drawer.
![Fans revel in Black Caps' first-up win](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Fans revel in Black Caps' first-up win
Black Caps fans left Christchurch's Hagley Oval beaming with delight after Brendon McCullum's men smashed Sri Lanka in the World Cup opener yesterday.
![Cricket: Nations put troubles behind them](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Cricket: Nations put troubles behind them
Misbah believes the team who can best forget the troubled history between the nations might prevail in what is expected to be the most-watched cricket game ever.
![Black Caps dominate Sri Lanka](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Black Caps dominate Sri Lanka
As it happened: The New Zealand Herald's expert sports panel provides commentary for all the action at the Hagley Oval in Christchurch.
![Black Caps v Sri Lanka: All the stats](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Black Caps v Sri Lanka: All the stats
Every ball, every run, every wicket from the opening game of the 2015 Cricket World Cup.