A look at some of the major controversies in past World Cups.
Olonga wasn't a cricketing great, not even Zimbabwe's best during the golden era of the country's cricket, but the beaded hair, a slinging action and a mean bouncer to get Sachin Tendulkar out on a lifeless Sharjah track made him a household name in India.
Michael Vaughan said substitutes who replace injured players in the first innings of a Test match should be able to bat and bowl for the remainder of the match.
'They sacrificed their international careers... to take a brave and principled stand against an appalling regime,' incoming MCC president Charles Fry said.
According to reports in London on Sunday, the 26-year-old pace bowler was packing his belongings at a safe house in South Africa to prepare for his journey to England.
Andy Flower paid tribute to his former team mate, saying he's the perfect role model for youngsters.
Streak has been suffering from a long term illness and is undergoing medical treatment in Zimbabwe.
Former Zimbabwe captain Heath Streak died on Sunday at the age of 49.
Sachin Tendulkar, Zaheer Khan, Ishant Sharma, Jasprit Bumrah and Anil Kumble also have bagged 3 successive ducks in ODI cricket.
The 49-year-old announced his retirement at the age of 31, in 2005. Streak still remains the only Zimbabwe bowler with more than 100 Test and over 200 ODI wickets.
As Sachin Tendulkar completes his 50th birthday, an A-Z listing about the 'Little Master'.
'My dream was to see them qualify for the T20 World Cup in Australia. This is like icing on the cake'
Rahul would like to make full use of the game time he gets as an opener during the three games against Zimbabwe
Presenting a brief run-down of the top batting knocks in the World Cup (against Test playing nations only) ahead of the 2011 edition which starts on Saturday.
The England and Wales Cricket Board (ECB) cancelled on Wednesday Zimbabwe's tour of England next year. In a statement the ECB said the government has given it "a clear instruction that Zimbabwe's bilateral tour scheduled under the ICC Future Tours Programme for 2009 should be cancelled".
Things are finally looking up in England. At least for me. If you get used to the almost incessant rain, the cold breezes, you'll get by, writes Aakash Chopra.
Zimbabwe has a lot of talented youngsters coming through, says former Zimbabwe player and selector Andy Pycroft.
Bilateral cricketing ties between them have remained suspended since 2008 and relations further soured in February this year after a suicide car bombing that killed at least 40 Indian paramilitary police in Pulwana district in South Kashmir.
The former Zimbabwe captain signed a two-year deal at the county as an English-qualified player.
Cricket's Bible says the ICC was "at their worst" for much of the past year.
List of players who have claimed hat-tricks in the Cricket World Cup.
The off-spinner dismissed Sri Lanka captain Angelo Mathews with the final ball of his eighth over and returned to send back Nuwan Kulasekara and Tharindu Kaushal with the first two deliveries of his next to achieve the milestone in the first quarter-final of the World Cup.
Rajneesh Gupta gives us all the numbers.
'...then Bangladesh would have been the world champions a long time ago!'
From Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards, Imran Khan and Mahendra Singh Dhoni, these cricketers, among others, etched their names in the annuls of cricketing history with heroic efforts that helped their teams clinch the big prize of One-day cricket. With the 2015 edition of the cricket World Cup starting on February 14, we bring you a brief history of finals from 1975-2011...
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