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2003
Feb 14, 2015: In 2003, taking a tablet given to him by his mother to get rid of a double chin cost him a year of his career
World Cup No. 8: the big story
Olonga and Flower make a stand
Feb 2, 2015: It was a defining image of the 2003 tournament: two players, one black, one white, risking their lives and careers by wearing black armbands to protest injustice
Jan 24, 2015: Behind the scenes at a global tournament mostly involves endless meetings, faxes, waiting around, and dealing with fans' and the media's outrage
Men of the Finals
Jan 19, 2015: Ricky Ponting made the 2003 final against a resurgent India a no-contest with one of the finest batting displays in World Cup history
My First World Cup
'Being knocked out felt worse in 2011'
Dec 27, 2014: Twenty-two-year-old Robin Peterson soaked in the feeling of playing a World Cup at home in 2003, even though he only got one game
My First World Cup
'When you're 23, you're fearless'
Dec 1, 2014: Neither an injury nor a tournament final could worry a young Ashish Nehra in 2003, and he still holds of the best innings figures by an Indian in a World Cup
Fringe Benefits: Aasif Karim
'As soon as we got Lara, we were a different side'
Nov 26, 2014: The former Kenya captain recalls Kenya's shock win over West Indies in 1996 and his spell that had Australia quivering in 2003
2003
Washouts, walkovers, and black armband protests
Nov 1, 2014: Fourteen teams competed in an unwieldy schedule that culminated in a high-scoring, one-sided final
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Ponting leads another Australian juggernaut
Oct 31, 2014: His belligerent innings left India hapless in the 2003 final
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The World Cup catches political heat
Oct 31, 2014: 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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Oct 31, 2014: When Ashish Nehra gritted his teeth and produced a top-notch display of seam bowling against England
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Oct 31, 2014: A captain's hunch brought Andrew Symonds into Australia's 2003 World Cup squad and he repaid that faith in the first game by mauling Pakistan's attack
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Gilchrist's conscientious moment
Oct 31, 2014: In the semi-final against Sri Lanka in 2003, Adam Gilchrist walked back to the pavilion despite being given not out by the on-field umpire
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Oct 31, 2014: He lived the match a year in advance, and when he finally walked out to bat against Pakistan in 2003, he produced a classic
'Kenya cricket is dead and buried'
Sep 30, 2014: The veteran spinner's dream spell against Australia in 2003 symbolised a brief golden period for Kenya, but since his retirement, the country's cricket has nose-dived
Dec 6, 2013: A reporter on tour at the 2003 World Cup remembers seeing the great man up close
Greatest Teams
Dec 1, 2011: Five one-day international sides that have left a lasting mark on the game
Mar 1, 2011: The fourth India-Pakistan match in World Cups was anticipated like no other. And when it finally arrived, it was a cracker. An insider relives it all, eight years later to the day
2003
Feb 26, 2011: The 2003 World Cup was hardly cricket's finest hour ... but perhaps the most embarrassing incident for the hosts came at an otherwise forgettable match between India and Netherlands at Paarl in the first week
Feb 6, 2011: Indian cricket's most successful era was ushered in at the 2003 World Cup, with some effigy-burning, banana-barfing, and sleepless nights for Tendulkar
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