Cricket World Cup: Tournament sparks into life after three thrillers in a row

Cricket World Cup: Tournament sparks into life after three thrillers in a row

rathwaite caught on boundary looking for six for Windies winYou asked for a World Cup thriller. You got three in a row.England, world number ones and hosts, fell to a shock 20-run defeat by a Sri Lanka side that had struggled in previous matches.India, another of the tournament favourites, scraped to an 11-run win over minnows Afghanistan, ended by Mohammad Shami's hat-trick. New Zealand and West Indies saw that. And raised it.