The start of something big

Andrew Miller: The 1999 World Cup served as a wake-up call for the ICC in managing itself and world cricket better

Who could ever be surprised by Mr Warne?

Men of the Finals: Always mesmerising, Warne shook off ordinary form in the early stages of the 1999 World Cup with a magical spell in the semis and a masterful one in the final

Scotland's wasted chance

Participation in 1999 was an opportunity to boost cricket's profile in the country - one the cricket board didn't take

Overview

The greatest one-dayer and other tales

The confusion of the league stage was all but forgotten by the time the last ball was bowled in the semi-final at Edgbaston

'The birth of the chokers tag'

Daryll Cullinan remembers feeling stunned at the end of the tied 1999 World Cup semi-final

Vignettes: 30

The Taunton rampage

Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly paired up and smashed Sri Lanka, merrily breaking a few records on the way

Vignettes: 31

South Africa flunk the Johnson test

A gifted allrounder at the heart of possibly Zimbabwe's best ODI side pulled the rug from under South Africa's feet

Vignettes: 32

Glenn McGrath's words of doom

The Australian fast bowler does his take on veni, vidi, vici against West Indies at Old Trafford

Vignettes: 33

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

Vignettes: 34

Australia lay first brick of the treble

Shane Warne was in the thick of the action as Australia routed Pakistan in the World Cup final at Lord's

Gallery

Warne, Klusener and Australia's triumph

The seventh World Cup in pictures

Quiz

Who hit the winning run in the final of the 1999 World Cup?

How much do you know about the seventh World Cup?