When the World Cup left us cold

Osman Samiuddin: The tournament in the West Indies ought to have been among the most joyous, but it was marked by cheerlessness and dismay

'Gilly wasn't the batsman we were worried about'

Men of the Finals: Sri Lanka didn't anticipate a hundred hit by a batsman with a squash ball in his glove would end their World Cup dreams in 2007

Life as a World Cup Invincible

Shaun Tait looks back at the almost inevitable win Australia's powerhouse side achieved in 2007

Overview

Dark and dreary

Fourteen teams competed in an unwieldy schedule that culminated in a high-scoring, one-sided final

Being there for Lara's goodbye

My First World Cup: Stuart Broad was witness to two emotional departures during the 2007 tournament

Vignettes: 41

Tamim goes after Zaheer

With poise, balance and hand-speed reminiscent of a young Saeed Anwar, Tamim Iqbal took apart India's spearhead

Vignettes: 42

Sobers, Shastri, and Gibbs

After the fourth six off the hapless Daan van Bunge, Herschelle Gibbs knew the record was on

Vignettes: 43

Malinga slings four in four

South Africa needed four runs to win with five wickets in hand, when Lasith Malinga took out four batsmen in four balls

Vignettes: 44

McGrath's early knockout punch

Glenn McGrath accounted for South Africa's three most obdurate batsmen, and ended the contest inside the first ten overs of the semi-final

Vignettes: 45

Gilchrist squashes Sri Lanka

By the time he was finished, there was little doubt about the place of Adam Gilchrist's hundred in the pantheon of innings in World Cup finals

Gallery

Australia complete a World Cup hat-trick

The ninth World Cup in pictures

Quiz

How many captains of Test-playing teams ended their ODI careers with the World Cup?

How much do you know about the ninth World Cup?