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World Cup Timeline

'We honestly thought we had a great chance to win that World Cup'

At 34, Thilan Samaraweera was desperate to add a World Cup appearance to his CV. He go his wish, and played in a final as well

03-Jan-2015•Andrew Fidel Fernando

Scotland's wasted chance

Participation in 1999 was an opportunity to boost the sport's profile in the country - one the cricket board didn't take, leading to a long period in the wilderness

31-Dec-2014•Tim Wigmore

Mike Procter on the 1992 World Cup: 'We left knowing that we put South Africa on the map'

South Africa hadn't expected to be invited to the 1992 World Cup, and when they were, they did not think they would make it to the semis

•Firdose Moonda

Aravinda takes it up a notch

On the biggest stage of them all, after Sri Lanka lost their openers early, de Silva stood head and shoulders above the competition and his team-mates

29-Dec-2014•ESPNcricinfo staff

Robin Peterson: 'Being knocked out felt worse in 2011'

Twenty-two-year-old Robin Peterson soaked in the feeling of playing a World Cup at home in 2003, even though he only got one game

•Robin Peterson

Lifting the trophy (and a legend)

The stress of playing a World Cup at home turned to elation for Piyush Chawla after India won it memorably in Mumbai

23-Dec-2014

The World Cup leaves England

The 1987 edition marked the first steps towards altering international cricket's power dynamic, and gave birth to the rotation system for hosting World Cups

22-Dec-2014•Amrit Mathur

The hold-up at Headingley

Mike Hendrick's nagging seam bowling helped England defend a low total against a powerful Pakistan line-up in the 1979 World Cup

18-Dec-2014•Interviews by Nagraj Gollapudi

Gavin Larsen on the 1992 World Cup: 'Politicians wanted to come into the dressing room'

The New Zealand seamer recalls the time his side were the toast of their nation

•Gavin Larsen

Lamb's Gujranwala jailbreak

England needed a daunting 91 off the last ten overs against West Indies. One batsman braved dehydration to cut the total down to size

11-Dec-2014•Interviews by Nagraj Gollapudi

The defeat that launched Bangladesh's World Cup ambitions

A painful loss to Kenya in the 1994 ICC Trophy spurred the team to secure a place in the 1999 World Cup

09-Dec-2014•Mohammad Isam

Peter Kirsten on the 1992 World Cup: 'We weren't prepared for a heroes' welcome'

Peter Kirsten remembers a tournament in which newcomers South Africa surprised themselves by making the final four

•Peter Kirsten

Ashish Nehra: 'When you're 23, you're fearless'

Neither an injury nor a tournament final could worry the young India left-armer in 2003, and he still holds the best innings figures by an Indian in a World Cup

01-Dec-2014•Ashish Nehra

The summer it all changed

The 1983 World Cup was a journey of self-discovery not just for India, but for a sportswriter whose career gamble was vindicated after the final

28-Nov-2014•Ayaz Memon

Daryll Cullinan: 'That was the birth of the chokers tag'

Daryll Cullinan remembers feeling stunned at the end of the tied 1999 World Cup semi-final

27-Nov-2014•Daryll Cullinan

Aasif Karim on Kenya's 1996 and 2003 World Cup campaigns: 'As soon as we got Lara, we were a different side'

The former Kenya captain recalls Kenya's shock win over West Indies in 1996 and his spell that had Australia quivering in 2003

26-Nov-2014•Interview by Mohammad Isam

The wow and the sheesh

Coloured clothes, black sightscreens, two white balls: the game of cricket looked so different in 1992

24-Nov-2014•Christian Ryan

Being there for Lara's goodbye

Stuart Broad was witness to two emotional departures during the 2007 World Cup, his first

23-Nov-2014•Stuart Broad

1979 was ODI cricket's year zero

The second World Cup was played in the immediate aftermath of the Packer revolution, when administrators had been awakened to the market potential of ODI cricket

•Rob Steen

The messenger who couldn't deliver a message

Ravindra Pushpakumara, the 12th man in the 1996 final, was asked to pass on tons of advice to the batters in the middle. But he didn't

17-Nov-2014•Ravindra Pushpakumara

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