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Contents
 History
Début of National Teams
Teams' Participations
West Indies 2007
Cricket World Cup tournaments
World Cup winners ranking
History - Contents
The Cricket World Cup was first held in 1975 in England, with eight teams participating: Australia, England, the West Indies, Pakistan, India, and New Zealand (the six Test nations at the time), with Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa).The first three tournaments were held in England. N. K. P. Salve, President of the Indian Cricket Board recounts the awarding of hosting rights for the 1987 World Cup in his book The Story of the Reliance Cup. According to Salve, he was given two tickets for the 1983 World Cup final at Lord's. When India unexpectedly qualified for the final, he requested two additional tickets from the MCC for friends who had just arrived from India. The MCC refused his request. Following this rebuff, Salve campaigned heavily amongst associate members of the International Cricket Council to form a bloc of voters, who ultimately awarded the hosting of the 1987 World Cup jointly to India and Pakistan.Since 1987, the hosting of the World Cup been shared by the major cricket playing regions of the world - England, the Indian subcontinent, Australasia, Southern Africa and the West Indies. The tournaments have been based mainly in the local superpowers, though matches are held in all regional cricketing nations.The World Cup is held in high esteem amongst fans, players, and administrators, unlike many of the myriad of one-day tournaments held around the world each year. It has been the scene of some of the major developments in the way one-day cricket is played.
Début of National Teams - Contents
- 1975 -
 Australia  East Africa(1) England  India  New Zealand  Pakistan  Sri Lanka  West Indies - 1979 -
 Canada - 1983 -
 Zimbabwe - 1992 -
 South Africa - 1996 -
 Kenya  Netherlands  United Arab Emirates - 1999 -
 Bangladesh  Scotland - 2003 -
 Namibia - 2007 -
 Bermuda  Ireland
1 The East African team no longer exists, but at the time represented the countries of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Teams' Participations - Contents
Includes appearances in the upcoming 2007 World Cup.
| Team |
Appearances |
Record streak |
Statistics Played-Won-Lost-Tie-NR |
First appearance |
Latest appearance |
Best result |
|
Australia |
9 |
9 |
58-40-17-1-0 |
1975 |
2007 |
Champions (1987, 1999, 2003) |
|
West Indies |
9 |
9 |
48-31-16-0-1 |
1975 |
2007 |
Champions (1975, 1979) |
|
India |
9 |
9 |
55-31-23-0-1 |
1975 |
2007 |
Champions (1983) |
|
Pakistan |
9 |
9 |
53-29-22-0-2 |
1975 |
2007 |
Champions (1992) |
|
Sri Lanka |
9 |
9 |
46-17-27-1-1 |
1975 |
2007 |
Champions (1996) |
|
England |
9 |
9 |
50-31-18-0-1 |
1975 |
2007 |
Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992) |
|
New Zealand |
9 |
9 |
52-28-23-0-1 |
1975 |
2007 |
Semifinals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999) |
|
Zimbabwe |
7 |
7 |
42-8-31-0-3 |
1983 |
2007 |
Super Six (1999, 2003) |
|
South Africa |
5 |
5 |
30-19-9-2-0 |
1992 |
2007 |
Semifinals (1992, 1999) |
|
Kenya |
4 |
4 |
20-5-14-0-1 |
1996 |
2007 |
Semifinals (2003) |
|
Bangladesh |
3 |
3 |
11-2-8-0-1 |
1999 |
2007 |
Round 1 |
|
Canada |
3 |
2 |
9-1-8-0-0 |
1979 |
2007 |
Round 1 |
|
Netherlands |
3 |
2 |
11-1-10-0-0 |
1996 |
2007 |
Round 1 |
|
Scotland |
2 |
1 |
5-0-5-0-0 |
1999 |
2007 |
Round 1 |
|
Bermuda |
1 |
1 |
0-0-0-0-0 |
2007 |
2007 |
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|
Ireland |
1 |
1 |
0-0-0-0-0 |
2007 |
2007 |
- |
|
Namibia |
1 |
1 |
6-0-6-0-0 |
2003 |
2003 |
Round 1 |
|
United Arab Emirates |
1 |
1 |
5-1-4-0-0 |
1996 |
1996 |
Round 1 |
|
East Africa |
1 |
1 |
3-0-3-0-0 |
1975 |
1975 |
Round 1 |
West Indies 2007 - Contents
- 16 teams will contest the next Cricket World Cup finals to be held in the West Indies in Spring 2007.
- These teams are the 10 Test cricket playing countries plus Kenya and the five qualifiers from the ICC Trophy held in Ireland in 2005: Scotland, Ireland, Bermuda, Canada, Netherlands.
- The teams have been split into the following groups for the first round:
Pool I: Australia, South Africa, Netherlands, ScotlandPool II: Sri Lanka, India, Bangladesh, BermudaPool III: New Zealand, England, Kenya, CanadaPool IV: West Indies, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Ireland
- The two top teams in each group will progress to a round robin second stage ("Super Eight") which is followed by knockout semi-finals and final.
- The venues are as follows:
Preliminary RoundVENUE 1 (hosts West Indies' matches, plus Opening Ceremony and Opening Match): JamaicaVENUE 2 (hosts England's matches): St. LuciaVENUE 3 (hosts India's matches): Trinidad and TobagoVENUE 4 (hosts Australia's matches): St. Kitts and NevisQuarter-finalsVENUE 5 (hosts three of the biggest Super Eight matches): Antigua and BarbudaVENUE 6 GrenadaVENUE 7 GuyanaVENUE 8 (hosts three of the biggest Super Eight matches): BarbadosSemi-finalsSame as VENUE 1: JamaicaSame as VENUE 2: St. LuciaFinalSame as VENUE 8: Barbados
- the mascot of the 2007 Cricket World Cup is an orange raccoon like creature called Mello wearing a blue short sleeved shirt over a white vest and blue sneakers leaning on a cricket bat. According to the organisers "he's fun and friendly, he's on the go, he's cool as they come...he's Mello".
Cricket World Cup tournaments - Contents
| Year |
Host Nation |
Final Venue |
|
Final |
| Winner |
Result |
Runner-up |
1975
Details |
England |
Lord's, London |
West Indies
291 for 8 (60 overs) |
WI won by 17 runs |
Australia
274 all out (58.4 overs) |
1979
Details |
England |
Lord's, London |
West Indies
286 for 9 (60 overs) |
WI won by 92 runs |
England
191 all out (50 overs) |
1983
Details |
England |
Lord's, London |
India
183 all out (54.4 overs) |
Ind won by 43 runs |
West Indies
140 all out (52 overs) |
1987
Details |
India/Pakistan |
Eden Gardens, Calcutta |
Australia
253 for 5 (50 overs) |
Aus won by 7 runs |
England
246 for 8 (50 overs) |
1992
Details |
Australia/New Zealand |
MCG, Melbourne |
Pakistan
249 for 6 (50 overs) |
Pak won by 22 runs |
England
227 all out (49.2 overs) |
1996
Details |
India/Pakistan/Sri Lanka |
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
Sri Lanka
245 for 3 (46.2 overs) |
SL won by 7 wickets |
Australia
241 for 7 (50 overs) |
1999
Details |
England |
Lord's, London |
Australia
133 for 2 (20.1 overs) |
Aus won by 8 wickets |
Pakistan
132 all out (39 overs) |
2003
Details |
South Africa/Zimbabwe/Kenya |
Wanderers, Johannesburg |
Australia
359 for 2 (50 overs) |
Aus won by 125 runs |
India
234 all out (39.2 overs) |
World Cup winners ranking - Contents
-
 Australia - 1987, 1999, 2003 (3 titles) -
 West Indies - 1975, 1979 (2 titles) -
 India - 1983 (1 title)
 Pakistan - 1992 (1 title)
 Sri Lanka - 1996 (1 title) |
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