Be it Viv Richards’ 138 not out in the 1979 final or Ricky Ponting’s 140 not out in the 2003 final or Adam Gilchrist’s 147 in the 2007 title clash, there is no dearth of such classic hundreds. However, the showpiece event has also been made memorable by cameos that batsmen played at crucial junctures of games to turn the tide in their favour. Those innings might not be a formal milestone but they certainly command tremendous weight from the team’s perspective. Here are five such cameos that the ICC Cricket World Cup has seen since the inuagural edition in 1975. Keith Boyce (West Indies), 34 off 37 vs Australia, 1975 It was the final of the first World Cup at the Lord’s in 1975. Ian Chappell’s Australia won the toss and asked Clive Lloyd’s West Indies to bat first. The trio of Dennis Lillee-Gary Glimour-Jeff Thomson had made life uncomfortable for the Caribbeans even as Lloyd hit a hundred (102 off 85 balls). When Viv Richards departed, Windies were 209 for six and a big total was looking tough to accomplish. But Keith Boyce, the “Stingray” who came in at No.7 after the fall of Rohan Kanhai, took the…