Lasith Malinga

How they face up to Avishka Fernando, Kusal Perera, Angelo Mathews and Lasith Malinga will be crucial

The picks of week four from our travelling writers at the World Cup. Do your picks match theirs?

Evermore wronged by life, the universe and everything, Lasith Malinga is torching a path through the tournament

Sri Lanka's total seemed sub-par, but a key innings from Angelo Mathews set the tempo for his team in a famous win

The Sri Lanka fast bowler has been around for years but his magic never seems to fade

Ben Stokes threatened a late jailbreak, but Nuwan Pradeep dismissed No. 11 Mark Wood to secure a memorable win for Sri Lanka

Pradeep hailed by his team for keeping them in the contest against Afghanistan

In an error-strewn game, Sri Lanka did just about enough right to secure their first points and hand Afghanistan their second successive defeat

They are low on confidence, their ODI form has hit a terrible trough, and on Tuesday they travel to a bogey venue to meet fearless opponents who have little to lose

The senior quick bowler lashes out at his team-mates, says they haven't learnt from their mistakes even as the losses have piled up

Two mighty fast bowlers may be past their primes, but their fading glories are still the best on offer to Sri Lanka and Afghanistan

Kieron Pollard and Chris Gayle, meanwhile, will move back to their respective home franchises, Trinbago Knight Riders and Jamaica Tallawahs

There were unexpected star performers, and highly rated players who just didn't come to the party

Creaky knees and all, one of the game's great death bowlers went all in for the win and delivered a masterclass

Rohit Sharma and Mahela Jayawardene credited collective, not individual, brilliance for Mumbai's sustained success

Historical odds are against Super Kings as they take on Mumbai for the fourth time in an IPL final, having lost two of those and all three matches this season

Age, fitness issues and a drop in pace could easily have deflated Lasith Malinga's confidence. Instead he has strived to improvise within his limitations

CSK had an unbeaten home record in the 2019 IPL and hadn't failed in a chase in Chennai since 2013. Mumbai Indians came to town and ended that

The captaincy has changed hands at an alarming rate in the past couple of years, and no option was without a set of negatives