ICC Cricket World Cup 2015

Tiger’s pacer problem

Where India are playing three pacers on the batting pitch at Fatullah, Md Shahid is the lone warrior meant to give Tigers breakthroughs with the new and old ball.

World Cup parodies

The Cricket World Cup of 2015 generated tremendous public interest as it created more spoofs than any previous World Cup. The

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / Vettori announces his retirement

Daniel Vettori has confirmed his retirement from international cricket, declaring that the World Cup final against Australia was his last game for New Zealand.

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / Blazing Brendon, Sensational Starc

The 2015 World Cup saw a paradigm shift in ODI scoring patterns, a few records broken, and a spirited display from the Associates

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / STEPHEN FLEMING: Five overs that cost New Zealand the chance of glory

Former New Zealand skipper Stephen Fleming reflects on the five overs that cost New Zealand the chance of glory in the ICC Cricket World Cup final

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / The Six Moments that sealed the World Cup for Australia

It was the battle of trans-Tasman neighbours, the show down between a four-time tournament winner and a team playing in its maiden final

Riyad, Mushi in WC 2015 records

Bangladesh’s top order batsmen Mahmudullah Riyad and Mushfiqur Rahim have entered in the ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 records with their individual performances

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / Huge bounty promised for Aussie cricketers

It will be bonuses all around should the Australian cricket team beat the Kiwis at the MCG on Sunday night with each squad member in line to pocket almost $340,000

ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 / McCullum creates 'Duck' record

Brendon McCullum becomes the first captain to be dismissed for a duck in the world cup finals' history, an awkward distinction for the Kiwi skipper.

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The World Cup catches political heat

The day in 2003 that Andy Flower and Henry Olonga took a political, and potentially dangerous, stand against the Zimbabwe government

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Australia’s hat-trick of wins

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Gilchrist squashes Sri Lanka

Batting with a squash ball in your glove can be an uncomfortable experience, but not for Adam Gilchrist

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Life as a World Cup Invincible

The 2007 World Cup was the pinnacle of my career. I only played a handful of Tests, 30-odd one-dayers, went on a few good tours, and that was about it

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A pearl that could have been priceless

Mahela Jayawardene's classic 2011 hundred did not deserve to be the only one of six in World Cup finals to not have been good enough to earn the maker's side the trophy

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Australia, and yet again

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Ponting leads another Australian juggernaut

Australia went into the 2003 World Cup final against India unbeaten in the tournament, and by the end of the match he proved how well they had reinvented themselves, despite the absence of key players

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Tendulkar lands a timeless KO

He lived the match a year in advance, and when he finally walked out to bat against Pakistan in 2003, he produced a classic

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Warne's magic ball, and a bizarre tie

Shane Warne's heroics helped Australia tie the teams' 1999 semi-final, possibly the greatest ODI of them all

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Sri Lanka’s turn

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