The Greatest World Cup Matches

The unimprovable game

This World Cup classic was bursting with drama. Then it went and added a heap more

18-Mar-2019•Rob Smyth

The finest day of entertainment

Two top teams, great performances, a long sunny day, and a scare at the end: the first World Cup final had it all

15-Mar-2019•Alan Gardner

Heart-stopping, heartbreaking

Few one-dayers have matched this semi-final for emotional intensity

14-Mar-2019•Varun Shetty

A cornered giant

A young Inzamam-ul-Haq did not want to play the 1992 semi-final against Zealand. He did, and how

13-Mar-2019•Danyal Rasool

The slaying of a dragon

Nobody gave Kapil Dev's team a chance in 1983 - not even the team themselves

12-Mar-2019•Alagappan Muthu

Houdini in Mohali

One amazing escape in a do-or-die game, fine - but two? Warne and friends did it against West Indies in 1996

11-Mar-2019•Varun Shetty

Walsh's warning

When a nail-biter in Lahore was elevated to legend by a beautiful act of sportsmanship

10-Mar-2019•Danyal Rasool

KO'd by KOB

An Irish victory over England looked impossible - then Kevin O'Brien happened

09-Mar-2019•Peter Della Penna

Fireworks in Bangalore

When India met Pakistan in a World Cup knockout, sparks were expected to fly - just not these many

08-Mar-2019•Srinath Sripath

'You've just dropped the World Cup'

Steve Waugh didn't say exactly those words, but Headingley 1999 was no less memorable for it

07-Mar-2019•Alan Gardner

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