Gilchrist walks in the semi-final

Nov 3, 2014: The Australia opener walked back to the pavilion despite being given not out by the on-field umpire

Tendulkar lands a KO against Pakistan

Nov 3, 2014: He lived the match a year in advance, and when he walked out to bat, he produced a classic

Martin Crowe knocks Australia flat with a hundred

Nov 3, 2014: New Zealand's captain brought out his A game against the old enemy in the opening match of the 1992 World Cup

Jonty Rhodes flies into Inzamam's stumps

Nov 3, 2014: The 1992 run out that changed notions of what was possible in fielding, and made a poster boy of a young South African

Eddo Brandes leads Zimbabwe to an upset over England

Nov 3, 2014: Against Zimbabwe in 1992, England were done in by a weapon they possessed themselves - fast bowling

Inzamam chooses the big stage

Nov 3, 2014: Fresh on cricket's biggest platform, he turned it on, and how

Wasim Akram knocks over Lamb and Lewis in two balls

Nov 3, 2014: Akram's performance in the 1992 final is all the more astonishing when viewed in light of the circumstances

1992

The 1992 World Cup: colourful cricket, and that rain rule

Nov 3, 2014: The first World Cup to feature coloured clothing, floodlights, white balls and fielding restrictions

1979

The Richards Cup

Nov 3, 2014: The second World Cup featured the overwhelming influence of a certain West Indian

Clive Lloyd drops Geoff Boycott in the 1979 final... on purpose?

Nov 3, 2014: The West Indies captain's spilling a catch off Boycott in the title match went on to serve his side well

1996

The pinch-hitting Cup

Nov 3, 2014: A shambolic opening ceremony, security-related boycotts, and a semi-final won by default

Olonga and Flower's black-armband protest

Nov 3, 2014: The day in 2003 that two Zimbabweans took a political, and potentially dangerous, stand against their country's government

Pakistan v Australia, 2nd Test, Abu Dhabi, 5th day

Trashing the brand

Nov 3, 2014: Australia's aggression backfired spectacularly in the UAE but they do not seem ready to learn the lessons of their travel bagging

South Africa news

Knights coach in fight to prove worth

Nov 3, 2014: Sarel Cilliers, coach of the Knights, gears up for a fight to prove his worth after the franchise decided not to extend his contract beyond March 2015

Pakistan v Australia, 2nd Test, Abu Dhabi, 5th day

Bowlers were remarkable - Misbah

Nov 3, 2014: Pakistan captain Misbah-ul-Haq credited his side's belief and work ethic for the 2-0 series win in the Tests against Australia

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, 2nd Test, Khulna, 1st day

First day honours 'even' - Chigumbura

Nov 3, 2014: Elton Chigumbura believed the match was even after a slow opening day on which Zimbabwe only managed three wickets but kept a firm check on Bangladesh's scoring rate

Pakistan A v New Zealanders, Sharjah, 1st day

Sodhi, Southee rattle Pakistan A

Nov 3, 2014: Fast bowler Tim Southee and legspinner Ish Sodhi took seven wickets between them to trip up Pakistan A on the first day of the tour match in Sharjah

Bangladesh v Zimbabwe, 2nd Test, Khulna, 1st day

Tamim picks patience over panache

Nov 3, 2014: The normally aggressive Tamim Iqbal shed his attacking instincts on Monday to score an infectiously boring, but immensely vital half-century for Bangladesh

India news

Chappell offered me Dravid's captaincy in 2007 - Tendulkar

Nov 3, 2014: Sachin Tendulkar has alleged that Greg Chappell, India's coach between 2005 and 2007, made a suggestion to him to take over the captaincy from Rahul Dravid

SL A v WI A, 2nd unofficial ODI, Dambulla

Second SL A one-dayer washed out

Nov 3, 2014: Monsoon rains first shortened the second one-dayer between Sri Lanka A and West Indies A in Dambulla to a 38-over match, before returning in the afternoon to wash the game out, 2.1 overs into the second innings