World Cup 2006/07 / Features

Greatest Teams

One-day giants

Dec 1, 2011: Five one-day international sides that have left a lasting mark on the game

Top Performances

Matt bats big and fast

Feb 5, 2011: When Hayden blitzkrieged South Africa on the way to the fastest hundred in World Cup history

Top Performances

The art of Mahela

Feb 5, 2011: He started out slowly and switched to all-out attack, and played not a graceless shot throughout

Great Moments

Shifting the Leverock

Jan 18, 2011: Who said fat men can't dive?

Great Moments

Sling quartet

Jan 18, 2011: When Malinga took four in four and South Africa tottered at the edge of the ultimate choke

No. 46

Malinga takes four

Oct 25, 2009: World Cup 2007: the wild-haired slinger nearly does a coasting South Africa in

An awful reminder of awfulness

Sep 23, 2007: A review of The Official 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup Review DVD

Top Performances

Gilly goes ballistic

May 5, 2007: After the 2007 final, there was no doubt what the greatest innings played in such a match was

Squashing glory

May 5, 2007: How a humble little squash ball played its part in one of the great batting efforts of our times

The Friday Column

The best opening acts in ODIs, and Gilchrist in finals

May 4, 2007: Matthew Hayden and Adam Gilchrist have all the numbers to suggest they're one of the best opening pairs ever in ODIs

Cricinfo XI

The Departed

May 3, 2007: Cricinfo puts together a retirement XI after the 2007 World Cup

Top Performer - Adam Gilchrist

Brighter than the bright lights

May 2, 2007: Jenny Thompson on Adam Gilchrist's smashing World Cup final

Top Performances

Pidge takes the cream

May 1, 2007: McGrath produces a masterclass in a high-pressure match, accounting for South Africa's top order

World Cup review

A farce, a fiasco, a debacle or a shambles?

May 1, 2007: Tim de Lisle looks back the World Cup and concludes that as an event, it committed the crime that sports administrators are apt to accuse players of: it brought the game into disrepute

The upside of disappointment

Apr 30, 2007: With their performance at the World Cup, Sri Lanka distracted a nation from the troubles that have blighted it during the last two years

Cricinfo World Cup XI

And the winners are ...

Apr 30, 2007: We asked members of our staff to select their best World Cup XI and there were no surprises that Australian players dominated the list

West Indies take risk on gambler

Apr 29, 2007: Flamboyant, naturally talented, stubborn, forthright, Ramnaresh Sarwan is a big punt as the West Indies captain

Stats tribute to Glenn McGrath

Bowing out on top

Apr 29, 2007: Glenn McGrath's career was characterised by his consistency and his ability to bring out his best on the most important occasions

Awesome Australia but awful organising

Apr 28, 2007: It was entirely appropriate that a sorry tournament should have a sorry end

The fast bowler who got his wickets with his brain

Going out in style

Apr 28, 2007: Glenn McGrath has gone out in style; he has become the leading wicket-taker in World Cup cricket and performed so well that people are now asking, "Why is he retiring?