The One-day World Cup action is seven editions old. Having started in England the tournament has traversed the length of the ICC full members and will be showcased in South Africa for the eighth edition from February 9 – with the inaugural ceremony scheduled for February 8. Thatscricket.com presents some of the legends of the World Cups held so far.

Arjuna Ranatunga is widely known and respected throughout the cricketing fraternity for leading Sri Lanka to victory in the 1996 World Cup. It was the first time Sri Lanka had ever won the World Cup. Ranatunga was one of the most able captains of his time and was responsible for the popular trend of pinch-hitting in the first 15 overs.   More

Allan Border (Australia)

Allan Border, one amongst the long list of successful Australian captains, is most remembered for bringing home the 1987 World Cup against some very tough opposition. He has also scored 10,000 runs in Test cricket at present only Gavaskar is a member of this elite club.   More

Sachin Tendulkar (India)

Sachin Ramesh Tendulkar needs no formal introduction to any cricket fan throughout the world. Be it Test cricket or One-day cricket, it has been hard to overlook the man's genius for the game and its intricacies. He already has the maximum number of centuries in One-day cricket and is on the verge of surpassing Gavaskar in maximum centuries in Test cricket. Indian cricket has perhaps never relied so heavily on one man in its history.   More

Sunil Gavaskar (India)

Sunil Gavaskar is regarded by many as a player whose technique remains unmatched to date. He also has scored 34 Test hundreds, a feat yet to be equalled and it was in 1974 that he made his One-day debut and played for India first in the 1975 World Cup. He played a total of 19 World Cup matches and scored 561 runs at an average of 35.06.   More

Brian Lara (West Indies)

Brian Lara is perhaps among best batsman in the world today. Cricket pundits often debate this assertion with Tendulkar, but Lara carries the day with him as an elegant left-hander when in form. Lara is about the only cricketer in the West Indian team, who can win matches single-handedly and the West Indians rely heavily on him to do just that.   More

Imran Khan (Pakistan)

Imran Khan was one of the most charismatic all-rounders for Pakistan and like Kapil Dev he was a very inspiring leader to his teammates. He bowled extremely well and had one of the best economy rates in the world. He was also open to blooding new talent in the team and inducted Wasim Akram into the team.   More

Andy Roberts (West Indies)

Andy Roberts, one of the fearsome four in the 1975 Prudential World Cup victorious West Indian team, is still remembered for his sheer pace and accuracy. His partners were Michael Holding, Malcolm Marshall and Joel Garner. Holding and Roberts used to bowl in tandem and were one of the most feared duos in the world at that time.   More

Wasim Akram (Pakistan)

Wasim Akram is regarded by many to be the best bowler in Test and One-day cricket of his generation. What makes him special is that he uses the seam so beautifully that even without express pace he gets wickets regularly. His economy rate in either version of the game is phenomenal - 2.59 and 3.89 in Test cricket and One-day cricket respectively.   More

Clive Lloyd (West Indies)

Clive Lloyd, a charismatic captain for the famous West Indies team, won the 1975 and 1979 World Cups with his strategic moves as well as his explosive batting. Some very good bowlers no doubt aided this left-handed batsman like Andy Roberts, Michael Holding but undoubtedly one cannot take away credit from the captain.   More

Kapil Dev (India)

Kapil Dev is widely regarded to be one of the best all-rounders to ever have played cricket and was named as Wisden's 'Indian Cricketer-of-the-Century'. He won the World Cup for India in 1983 against the marauding West Indians. This right-handed bowler was famous for his outswinger and perhaps one...   More