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Cricket's Greatest World Cup Bowling Spells: When Bowlers Decided Finals

From Wasim Akram in 1992 to Bumrah in 2024 — the World Cup bowling performances that turned matches, eliminated favourites, and wrote careers in a single spell.

Written by GeoCric EditorialUpdated Jul 29, 2026

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