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In Melbourne, before a crowd of 93,013, an Australian record for a cricket match, Michael Clarke’s men delivered their country its fifth title.

World Cup 2015: The bigger the stage, the better these Australian blokes!

Being your meanest, toughest self in a grand final is no easy thing. There are nerves and the occasion can overwhelm people. But not Australia. Teams

Shreedutta Chidananda

New Zealand's Martin Guptill hit the highest World Cup score of 237 not out in the quarterfinal against the West Indies.

2015 World Cup in numbers: Australia regains the trophy

From country-wise performance to highest and lowest team totals, here's a lowdown on the numbers from the 2015 Cricket World Cup.

Be strong and be one, whatever happens. That’s the message to the World Cup-bound South African team.

South Africa at the World Cup: Yoked to ‘choke’

This year, skipper Faf du Plessis has encouraged his squad not to be affected by the inevitable hype and that “doing our best” should be its only expe

Led by master batsman Martin Crowe, New Zealand’s hopes were high after winning its first seven games in 1992. But Pakistan put paid to it in the semifinals.

New Zealand at the World Cup: Almost there, but not quite!

New Zealand has been a competitive team, with a record of six semifinals and a final.

Tristan Lavalette

Dilip Vengsarkar remains India’s best chairman of selectors by a distance for his sheer ability to spot talent.

World Cup throwback: From spare ribs to a memorable Man of the Match award

Four World Cuppers reminisce on their time at cricket's biggest tournament.

V. V. Subrahmanyam,G. Viswanath

Food bought and cooked at home has another story. For example, the fried rice made in my home is prepared with organic basmati rice costing ₹178 per kilogramme. The eggs, vegetables and chicken are all sourced from vendors who have the best quality stuff, mostly free of pesticides.

Food For Thought

The burden of eating right

Eating for your pleasure is no longer accepted. Coaches and players alike need to get their act together. Food is more important than any other sports

Ryan Fernando

James Faulkner’s dismissals of a well-set Ross Taylor and Corey Anderson (in pic) in the space of three balls triggered a remarkable New Zealand collapse.

2015 World Cup final: Faulkner, the game-changer

It marked an extraordinary turnaround for James Faulkner, who had suffered a side strain less than two weeks before the World Cup began and wondered i

Shreedutta Chidananda

With five needed off two balls, Dale Steyn banged a back of a length delivery and Grant Elliott lifted it over wide long-on to power New Zealand to its maiden World Cup final.

Stroke of Genius

2015 World Cup: Elliott exorcises the ghosts of 1992

Grant Elliott, with arms aloft, let out a roar that seamlessly diffused into the 45,000 fans screaming themselves hoarse as he took New Zealand to the

Ayan Acharya

“It was nice for me to go back there (India A) and think about cricket and nothing else. It helped me score runs and come back to the Indian team. I am happy with where I am right now, says K. L. Rahul.

World Cup: Rahul ready to bat anywhere for Team India

K. L. Rahul’s temperament, technique, mindset and 360-degree shot-making ability holds him in good stead for the big-ticket event in the UK.

Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

“Obviously, we have the home advantage, so we know the conditions better than anyone else,” says Ben Stokes.

Ben Stokes optimistic of England's World Cup chances

Considered a game changer in the shorter format, Ben Stokes feels that the Eoin Morgan-led side has all the potential to win the title.

Reigning champion Simona Halep will enter the tournament somewhat under the radar with much of the focus on Williams and Osaka.

Expect the unexpected at the 2019 French Open

The French Open is around the corner, so let us size up the contenders and predict who will become the surprise queen of Paris and also evaluate the b

Paul Fein

“We have quite a few players who have already played in the World Cup, that experience will count for us,” says Bangladesh’s star all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan of his country’s chances in England.

Shakib Al Hasan opens up on Bangladesh cricket, World Cup hopes and more

Bangladesh all-rounder Shakib Al Hasan, who will be playing his fourth World Cup, stresses on the cricket culture in his nation that helped the nation

Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

If you do manage to get away with a shot — and that’s changed over the years — you try and stick to it as long as you can, until it sort of mistreats you!

AB de Villiers on 360-degree game, retirement, and playing with Kohli

The South Africa legend says he got to a stage where he felt he had to get away from the international cricket scene, spend more time with his family

Skipper Mahendra Singh Dhoni poses with the Man of the Match award and the ICC Cricket World Cup near the Gateway of India on April 3, 2011, a day after India had bagged the World Cup for the first time since 1983 with a six-wicket victory over Sri Lanka.

2011 World Cup final: 'Captain cool' Dhoni calls the shots

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian skipper, was the nation’s toast with his outstanding captaincy and a 79-ball explosive unbeaten 91; a tournament clin

The 2011 World Cup in numbers

From the leading run-scorers to the best bowling performances, here's a breakdown of all the numbers from the 2011 World Cup.

Rahul Dravid’s work ethic is unquestionable, his desire undeniable, but his ability to inspire men to play for him is under discussion. He is not a back-slapping fellow and perhaps India is in search of one.

From the archives: To embrace greatness, Indian cricket must reinvent itself

Indian teams rarely go beyond the point of impressing; they do not embrace greatness, for they are not conditioned to chase excellence.

Some members of the Afghanistan World Cup cricket team at the British embassy in Kabul, ahead of their departure for the event.

World Cup: Afghanistan - a perfect mix of passion, dedication and determination

Having a perfect mix of passion, dedication and determination, Afghanistan could be lethal in the shorter formats of the game and possibly that’s the

Yuvraj Singh celebrates hitting the winning runs as India overpowers Australia in the quarterfinal at the Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera in Ahmedabad on March 24, 2011.

From the archives: Yuvraj's stroke of genius against Australia

Yuvraj Singh struck the sphere, off Brett Lee, with a surgeon’s precision between cover and mid-off, and the sweeper cover, plugging the gap, had no c

The President of the Bangladesh Cricket Board, Nazmul Hasan Papon (right), and captain Mashrafe Bin Mortaza display the team jersey for the 2019 World Cup.

Bangladesh, a sporadic giant-killer in the World Cup

The tide started turning in 1997, when Bangladesh won the ICC Trophy and qualified for its maiden ICC World Cup, held in the UK, in 1999.

Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

Adam Gilchrist walked down the pitch to a Chaminda Vaas delivery and flicked it over long-leg for the first four of the match, creating the momentum upon which Australia romped to an, eventually, winning score of 281/4 in 38 overs.

Adam Gilchrist, the master of World Cup finals

Australia wicketkeeper-batsman Adam Gilchrist scored the fastest World Cup final hundred, off just 72 balls, in 2007.

Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

Matthew Hayden, who hit three centuries and one fifty, was the top scorer at the 2007 World Cup.

The 2007 World Cup in numbers

From the leading run-scorers to the best bowling performances, here's a breakdown of all the numbers from the 2007 World Cup.

Tamim Iqbal charged down the track to Zaheer Khan and pulled a short-of-length delivery over long-on for six.

Stroke of Genius

World Cup: When teenage Tamim Iqbal dismantled Zaheer Khan

Tamim Iqbal’s innings encapsulated Bangladesh’s poise against a team which was touted as the favourite.

Ayan Acharya

South Africa’s Caster Semenya will race the 3,000 meters at the Diamond League Prefontaine Classic.

It is difficult not to feel for Semenya

To tell an Olympic champion with naturally elevated testosterone levels that she must take medication to lower it if she wants to compete is cruel.

Suresh Menon

The IPL is, without a doubt, the best T20 league in the world what with the best players in the world playing in it.

On The Write Line

IPL getting better and better, says Sunil Gavaskar

There were more memorable games in IPL 2019 and the future looks very bright indeed.

Sumati Kumari (yellow) of Jharkhand and Drishti Pant of Gujarat are players with immense promise.

U-17 Women's World Cup: India hosts, game plan awaited

The junior girls’ national football championship held in Kolhapur has been used as a scouting platform ahead of the biennial Women’s FIFA Under-17 Wor

Shyam Vasudevan

Shyam Vasudevan

At the Women’s T20 Challenge, the batting of Smriti Mandhana — the most stylish player in the women’s game — and Jemimah Rodrigues was exceptional.

IPL diary: Women’s IPL in the offing?

At the launch of what is claimed to be the first ever magazine for women’s cricket — Women’s Criczone — Saba Karim, the BCCI general manager for crick

P. K. Ajith Kumar,Wriddhaayan Bhattacharyya

Mumbai Indians skipper Rohit Sharma (right) gave Lasith Malinga the last over in the 2019 IPL final against Chennai Super Kings and it proved to be an inspired move. For, Malinga had been expensive in his previous three overs.

After the IPL spectacle, focus shifts to World Cup!

As the IPL has offered a mixed bag of fortunes, introspection is the key for Kohli’s men before they board the flight to England for the World Cup.

Hari Kishore M

Pant now has the most dismissals by any keeper in any Twenty20 tournament anywhere in the world.

Pant pouches a record

Most keeper dismissals in an season, highest strike rates for 90-plus scores, youngest batsmen to score fifties and more from the 2019 IPL season.

Bottas’ race was basically decided in the first 30m when he struggled with his launch and Hamilton seized the opportunity to get in front

View from the paddock

Spanish GP: Hamilton pips Bottas as story unfolds between Mercedes pair

I really hope that we see this inter-Mercedes battle develop into a season-long fight because at the moment it does look like neither Red Bull or Ferr

Karun Chandhok

The look on skipper M.S. Dhoni's face when he struck the winning six in the final said it all. He had done it his way.

Looking back at World Cup 2011: The Dhoni-factor works wonders

Mahendra Singh Dhoni, the Indian skipper, had infected the team with his own brand of quiet confidence and supreme belief to overcome obstacles.

Suresh Menon

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