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How the World Cup came to be
Cricket was a latecomer to global tournaments, and the first one came to be largely because the game was not financially strong

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Overview
World Cup No. 1
First among equals
The inaugural World Cup saw teams treat the infant format like truncated Tests

My First World Cup
Javed Miandad
'We didn't know what the World Cup was'
Javed Miandad was not yet 18 when he made his ODI debut in perhaps the most thrilling game of the tournament
Classic moments
Men of the finals: Supercat turns it on

Quiz
Who bowled the first ball of the World Cup?
How much do you know about the first World Cup?
Gallery
A giant leap for ODIs
Patrick Eagar / © Getty Images
Greatest World Cup Matches
West Indies v Australia, final, Lord's, 1975
No. 2: The finest day of entertainment
The Cricketer International

Feature
World Cup final
'Never run off a misfield'
When Ian Chappell took on Viv Richards and lost

Steven Lynch
Feature
The 40-year itch
How far away and quaint the first World Cup seems now
Getty Images When 'little toothpick' Tendulkar saved the game with his maiden Test hundred
ESPNcricinfo Ltd Quote Unquote: who's saying what
VVS Laxman When VVS Laxman turned out to bat for Pudsey Congs
Gareth Copley / © Getty Images The top 20 balls of this century
Michael Steele / © Getty Images Growing up with Murali
Getty Images Who's leading in every format
Chris McGrath / © Getty Images Brisbane 2001: 'For the first time, I saw genuine fear in Australia'
Associated Press Records index
Most runs, most wickets, and a lot more
ICC/Getty Images The many shades of Marlon Samuels
Getty Images 20 cricketers for the 2020s: players we think will dominate the decade
AP Photo Wasim Jaffer's best Mumbai Ranji XI
Your shots: pictures by fans
Getty Images Like father, unlike son
PA Photos/Getty Images Deadly venom: the terror of Derek Underwood
Getty Images Cheteshwar Pujara on Rahul Dravid: 'He taught me there is life beyond cricket'
Getty Images What has English cricket been like for black players?