Brothers at the World Cup

Australia's Steve Waugh (left) and his twin brother Mark (right) are the only siblings to have won the World Cup playing together in 1999. They had also played together in the 1996 World Cup.

New Zealand's dashing opener Brendon McCullum (left) and his older brother off-spinner Nathan have much to do to pull their team out their ODI slump at the World Cup.

Pakistan's Umar (left) and older brother Kamran Akmal add strength to their batting. Umar is a middle order attacking batsman while Kamran is their wicketkeeper

Ireland's Niall O'Brien (left) is a wicketkeeper and left-hand batsman while younger brother Kevin is a right-handed middle order batsman and seam bowler. Both played important roles in beating Pakistan in the 2007 World Cup.

Kenya have David (left) and Collins Obuya (right) playing their third World Cup together. Kennedy Obuya Otieno (centre) was their veteran wicketkeeper and opening batsman. In 1996, they had two sets of brothers: captain Maurice and Edward Odumbe, and Steve and David Tikolo.

Kenya also have the Ngoche brothers, James and Shem. James is an off-spinner while Shem is a left-arm orthodox spinner.

West Indies have the Bravo brothers. The right-handed Dwayne (left) has been one of their leading all-rouders while his half-brother, the left-handed Darren is a rookie who has been compared to Brian Lara.

India missed out on fielding these brothers who had played their part in winning the 2007 World Twenty20. The right-handed Yusuf is now an important lower-order batsman and off-spinner while his half-brother Irfan, recovering from a back injury, is a left-handed seamer and batsman

Australia too missed out on having the Hussey brothers at the World Cup. The right-handed David (left) is a middle-order batsman while his older brother, the left-handed Mike is a solid opener turned middle-order batsman. Mike injured his hamstring just before the World Cup.

The Chappell brothers Greg (left) and Ian (right) played together in the 1975 World Cup. Their younger brother Trevor also played for Australia.

New Zealand's great all-rounder Richard Hadlee played with his elder brothers in the 1975 World Cup. In the match against England, Barry the batsman and Dayle the pacer, played with Richard. New Zealand lost the game.

Pakistan's great batsman, the right-handed Mushtaq Mohammad played with his younger brother, the left-handed Sadiq in the 1975 World Cup

Jeff Crowe captained New Zealand in the 1987 World Cup while his more talented younger brother Martin (above) captained them to the semifinals of the 1992. Both were right-handed batsman.

Zimbabwe had the Flower brothers playing together in the 1996, 1999 and 2003 World Cup. Andy was a left-handed wicketkeeper batsman while Grant was a right-handed middle order batsman and left-arm spinner.

Zimbabwe also had the Strang brothers. Paul (above) was their leg-spinner and Bryan was the left-arm seamer. They played together in the 1996 World Cup