In complete dominance at Sydney , South Africa go through to semifinal of the World Cup 2015 thrashing Sri Lanka by nine wickets in a low scoring match

Co-hosts Australia and New Zealand may be the teams to beat, but the striking feature of this World Cup is Asia's four Test nations defying conventional wisdom to make the quarter-finals

With Pakistan's victory against Ireland in the last group-stage match today, quarterfinal (QF) fixture for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 has been now completed. The first QF will be held on March 18 in Sydney Cricket Ground between Sri Lanka and South Africa. The match will start at 9:30am in Bangladesh Standard Time (BDST).

See the best moments of the 35th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 when Sri Lankan Lions clashed with Scotland at the Bellerive Oval in Hobart

SL pile up runs as key batsmen Dilshan, Sangakkara hit tons in their ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 match against Scotland at Bellerive Oval in Hobart

Mashrafe Mortaza speaks in press conference after Sri Lanka v Bangladesh match in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 on February 26.

See the best moments of the 12th match of the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 between Sri Lanka and Afghanistan at Dunedin

Much talk before the opening World Cup game was of how Sri Lanka lift themselves for global tournaments

India and Sri Lanka yesterday inked a civil nuclear pact -- the first such deal between two Saarc countries -- and decided to expand defence and security cooperation.

Sri Lanka's new President Maithripala Sirisena seeks to mend relations with India over China's growing influence on Colombo

In a day of allround performance by the Kiwis, Lankans appear weaker both with their bats and the ball.

As New Zealand arrive, wanting only to sustain their success, confident the bowlers will not lose their lines, and lifted by the feeling that someone in the top seven will always find a way to fire, Sri Lanka are scrambling around, searching for that spark that will set their campaign alight. In past world tournaments, the visitors have found it in unlikely places.

In the inaugural match, Kane Williamson of New Zealand and Kumar Sangakkara of Sri Lanka may steal the focus.

Bangladesh received the honour to co-host the ICC World Cup 2011, for the first time, along with India and Sri Lanka as a full-time member of the highest cricket body and missed the chance to play quarterfinals by a subtle calculation of Net Run Rate (NRR)