Waugh hits out at Headingley in 1999 (Allsport).
FIVE GREAT WORLD CUP INNINGS
By Andy Hampson, PA Sport
Clive Lloyd
102, West Indies v Australia
Final, Lord's, June 21 1975
Never one to hang around, Lloyd virtually won the first World Cup for the West
Indies with an innings of breathtaking power. The Windies skipper was dropped on
26, but made the most of the chance as he blasted his way to a jaw-dropping
century in 82 balls.
Viv Richards<
138no, West Indies v England
Final, Lord's, June 23, 1979
The great Viv Richards took the World Cup away from England with a stupendous
knock to rescue the West Indies from 99 for four. Richards changed the game in a
devastating partnership with Collis King. He finished in style by swatting the
last ball of the innings for six.
Kapil Dev
175no, India v Zimbabwe
Group match, Tunbridge Wells, June 18 1983
Eventual winners India almost missed out on a semi-final spot as minnows
Zimbabwe threatened an upset by reducing them to 17 for five. Skipper Kapil
turned things around, however, with an electrifying, and then record, knock
which included 16 fours and six sixes. India went on to win by 31 runs.
Aravinda de Silva
107no, Sri Lanka v Australia
Final, Lahore, 1996
De Silva played the innings of his life to lead Sri Lanka to a glorious World
Cup triumph in a grudge final against Australia. Chief destroyer Sanath
Jayasuriya had departed early, but de Silva picked up the baton with a masterful
knock which wonderfully epitomised the flair with which Sri Lanka took the event
by storm.
Steve Waugh
120no, Australia v South Africa
Super Six match, Headingley, June 13 1999
Australia faced elimination from the World Cup until Waugh, with a little help
from Herschelle Gibbs, turned things around with an innings of characteristic
determination. Waugh was only 56 when dropped by a prematurely celebrating
Gibbs, who had earlier hit a hundred himself. Whether Waugh really told Gibbs he
had "dropped the World Cup" or not, he had. The sides met again in the
semi-finals and the rest is history.
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