Having earlier survived a scare in their pool match against Pakistan, West Indies faced another grim battle in the final of the 1975 ICC Cricket World Cup at Lord's.    Read more..

All the nuances of one-day cricket, its thrill-a-minute characteristic and element of unpredictability, came to the fore in the very first ICC Cricket World Cup held in England in 1975.   Read more..

There’s a bright ray of hope for India’s chances of making the Super 8 stage of the World Cup   Read more..

There’s a bright ray of hope for India’s chances of making the Super 8 stage of the World Cup!    Read more..

Even on its very best days, one-day cricket is a heavily contrived game. The rules are tweaked and interpretations changed to make the game as exciting as humanly possible, and the only sin in one-day cricket is for teams not to use the entire 50 overs.    Read more..

With less than seven days to the opening game of the Cricket World Cup the sixteen competitors are all taking part in warm-up matches. Cricket writers, pundits and fans will be scrutinising these games for any insight they can glean as to who will perform when the true competition starts. However, if truth be told, not even the most knowledgeable, hawkeyed, sage would be able to tell you who was going to win with any real conviction and watching England demolish Bermuda won’t change that.   Read more..

The 2003 ICC Cricket World Cup started off on a slow note for India, and by the time they took on Pakistan at the Centurion in South Africa, there was still a bit of uncertainty surrounding the team. The heartening fact for the Indians was that they had never lost to Pakistan in an ICC Cricket World Cup encounter, and Waqar Younis-led Pakistan were keen to reverse the trend.   Read more..

The ICC Cricket World Cup returned to its place of birth - England - after 1983 when the 1999 edition was played there.    Read more..

There was plenty of drama when the ICC Cricket World Cup came to the subcontinent for the second time in 1996. This was the first time three countries - India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - jointly hosted the ICC Cricket World Cup.   Read more..

When it came to close matches, especially against Australia in the ICC Cricket World Cups, the rub of the green always went against India. The 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand and it promised to be the finest cricket tournament till then, and perhaps it was -- but it is remembered also for the rain rule that thwarted brave South Africa's victory charge.   Read more..

The ICC Cricket World Cup came out of England for the first time in 1987, with India and Pakistan playing joint host. It was also the first time that the format was changed to 50 overs an innings from the earlier 60. Pakistan were given the honour of staging the first match in Hyderabad, Sindh. The first match to be held in India the next day, however, provided an absolute thriller   Read more..

In 1983, the Indian team led by Kapil Dev won the ICC Cricket World Cup against odds of 100 to 1. That is what Ladbrokes, the leading bookmakers in England, had offered on the team at the start of the competition   Read more..

In the 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup, Australia were joint favourites with holders West Indies to win the tournament. But as it turned out, they not only failed to make it to the semi-finals, they also lost a crucial match to Zimbabwe.    Read more..

The one team in world cricket that justifies its Dark Horse tag consistently is New Zealand. Though they manage very often to make life difficult for top opponents, they, however, are rarely a side of stars.    Read more..

The one team in world cricket that justifies its Dark Horse tag consistently is New Zealand. Though they manage very often to make life difficult for top opponents, they, however, are rarely a side of stars.   Read more..

People talk about Virender Sehwag’s inclusion in the team is a bad one. Chairman of selector Mr. Vengsarkar openly told the press “Dravid forced Sehwag's inclusion”    Read more..

Worldcup Match Fixtures and Team Scores   Read more..

Having delighted millions of his fans, ace cricketer Sachin Tendulkar will now be available as a comic superhero.    Read more..

Ireland yesterday created a sort of history. While the match ended in a tie, their opening batsman carried his bat throughout the innings   Read more..

Sri Lanka crushed debutants Bermuda to a massive 243-run defeat against Sri Lanka in their opening ICC CWC match here on Thursday.   Read more..

Having reached at Jamaica, India team has started their practice session. Indian captain Rahul Dravid and Coach Ian Dravid said that the team was preparing to meet the challenges of the ICC Cricket World Cup. However, coach Chappell hopes that India will play in the semi-final of the tournament.   Read more..

Great Indian batsman and former captain Sourav Ganguly has said that he does not want to retain the captaincy of Indian cricket team. He is happy for being in the team and has no intention to take the charge of the team for the second time. Ganguly also stated that media is writing what is happening in reality and rejected that media does not create anything by its own.    Read more..

Team India has celebrated their traditional festival Holi with great enthusiasm in Jamaica. Indian cricket team is in Jamaica now to play their first warm up match against Netherlands on 6 March, 2007. Holi is one of the most popular traditional festivals in India.    Read more..

The dashing wicket keeper batsman of Indian cricket team, Mahendra Singh Dhoni, is determined to do well in the upcoming World Cup Cricket 2007.    Read more..

Greg Chappell, the coach of the Indian cricket team, is optimistic about winning the WorldCup at the Caribbean. His contact with BCCI will end after the end of World Cup Cricket 2007. So, world cup seems to be a challenge for this Australian as any further contract with BCCI will depend on the performance of the Indian team in World Cup Cricket 2007.    Read more..