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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
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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
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When 'little toothpick' Tendulkar saved the game with his maiden Test hundred
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Quote Unquote: who's saying what
- VVS Laxman
When VVS Laxman turned out to bat for Pudsey Congs
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The top 20 balls of this century
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Growing up with Murali
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Who's leading in every format
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Brisbane 2001: 'For the first time, I saw genuine fear in Australia'
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Records index
Most runs, most wickets, and a lot more
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The many shades of Marlon Samuels
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20 cricketers for the 2020s: players we think will dominate the decade
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Wasim Jaffer's best Mumbai Ranji XI
Your shots: pictures by fans
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Like father, unlike son
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Deadly venom: the terror of Derek Underwood
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Cheteshwar Pujara on Rahul Dravid: 'He taught me there is life beyond cricket'
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What has English cricket been like for black players?
