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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
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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
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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
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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
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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?
