Sydney: The group stage of the World Cup came to an end on Sunday. Below AFP Sport looks at some of the key points to have emerged from the tournament so far:


Australian cricketers congratulate teammate David Warner R after he took a catch of the bowling of Glenn Maxwell to take the wicket of Scotland batsman Richie Berrington during the 2015 Cricket World Cup Pool A match between Australia and Scotland in Hobart. Pic/AFP

Left-arm forward
Some 23 years after Wasim Akram lit up the last World Cup in Australia and New Zealand, this tournament has seen a clutch of left-arm fast bowlers following in the Pakistan great-s footsteps, with batsmen exposed to an angle of delivery many of them don-t face that often. Australia-s Mitchell Starc has so far taken 16 wickets at just 8.50 apiece, with New Zealand-s Trent Boult not far behind with 15 at just a shade more than 15 each. Meanwhile Pakistan fielded a trio of left-arm quicks -- Mohammad Irfan, Rahat Ali and Wahab Riaz -- in their tournament-changing win over South Africa.