The unimprovable game
This World Cup classic was bursting with drama. Then it went and added a heap more
Rob Smyth
March 2019
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The Greatest World Cup Matches
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
Alan Gardner
March 2019
Heart-stopping, heartbreaking
Few one-dayers have matched this semi-final for emotional intensity
Varun Shetty
March 2019
A cornered giant
A young Inzamam-ul-Haq did not want to play the 1992 semi-final against Zealand. He did, and how
The slaying of a dragon
Nobody gave Kapil Dev's team a chance in 1983 - not even the team themselves
Alagappan Muthu
March 2019
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
Varun Shetty
March 2019
Walsh's warning
When a nail-biter in Lahore was elevated to legend by a beautiful act of sportsmanship
KO'd by KOB
An Irish victory over England looked impossible - then Kevin O'Brien happened
Peter Della Penna
March 2019
Fireworks in Bangalore
When India met Pakistan in a World Cup knockout, sparks were expected to fly - just not these many
'You've just dropped the World Cup'
Steve Waugh didn't say exactly those words, but Headingley 1999 was no less memorable for it
Alan Gardner
March 2019