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Olonga and Flower make a stand
Two players, one black, one white, risked their lives and careers by wearing black armbands to protest injustice
Overview
Washouts, walkovers, and black-armband protests
Fourteen teams competed in an unwieldy schedule that culminated in a high-scoring, one-sided final
Classic moments
Men of the finals: Ponting pummels India
My first world cup
Robin Peterson
'Being knocked out felt worse in 2011'
Twenty-two-year-old Peterson soaked in the feeling of playing a World Cup at home, even though he only got one game
Kenya's big win
'As soon as we got Lara, we were a different side'
Aasif Karim recalls Kenya's shock win over West Indies in 1996, and his spell that had Australia quivering in 2003
Quiz
Adam Gilchrist walked after being caught off which bowler in the semi-final?
How well do you remember the 2003 World Cup?
My first world cup
Ashish Nehra
'When you're 23, you're fearless'
Neither an injury nor a tournament final could worry Nehra, who still holds the best innings figures by an Indian in a World Cup
Gallery
Unstoppable Australia register third World Cup win
Martin Williamson
Rewind
Shane Warne's World Cup shame
In 2003, taking a tablet given to him by his mother to get rid of a double chin cost him a year of his career
Amrit Mathur
India v pakistan, 2003
The battle of Centurion
The fourth India-Pakistan match in World Cups was anticipated like no other. And when it finally arrived, it was a cracker. An insider relives it all, eight years later to the day
Rohit scores record-breaking double-ton
Top stories from around the world in our round-up
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Trevor Bayliss on his four years coaching England
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Who's leading in every format
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Badree: 'If you hunt wickets in T20, you're playing into the batsman's hand'
Your shots: pictures by fans
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Quiz: Which No. 11 was present for two one-wicket Test wins?
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Records index
Most runs, most wickets, and a whole lot more
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Ponting: brat, bully, bleedin' Aussie bogeyman
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The cricket calendar
Schedule of upcoming international games
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Mike Gatting's best red-ball XI
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