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The ICC Cricket World Cup is the international Championship of cricket organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC), every four years.
The tournament is one of the world’s most-viewed sporting event and is considered as “Flagship Event of the International Cricket calendar” by the ICC
As of now, there are 12 Cricket World Cups held. Australia is the most successful team that has won the tournament five times, India and West Indies twice each, while Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and England have won it once.
History
The Inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted on 7 June 1975 by England. The first three World Cups were held in England and were officially known as the Prudential Cup after the sponsor’s Prudential plc. The matches consisted of 60 overs per team, played during the daytime in traditional form, with the players wearing whites and using a red ball.
From the 1987 tournament onwards, hosting of the Cricket World Cup has been shared between countries under an unofficial rotation system.
When the tournament was first time held outside England, India and Pakistan jointly hosted the tournament in 1987. In this season of the World Cup, games were reduced from 60 overs to 50 overs per innings, because of the shorter daylight hours compared with England.
The 1992 World Cup introduced some changes to the game, such as white ball, colored clothing, day/night matches, and a change to the fielding restriction rules.
Trophy
The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy is handed over to the Winners of the World Cup. The Trophy which we currently see was created for the 1999 Championship and was the first permanent prize in the tournament’s history. Before this Trophy different trophies were made for each World Cup.
The Cricket World Cup Trophy was designed and produced in London over a period of two months by a team of craftsmen from Garrard& co.
The Present trophy is made of silver and gilt and features a Golden Globe held up by three silver columns. The columns are shaped as stumps and bails that represent the three fundamental aspects of Cricket ie Batting, Bowling, and Fielding and the globe characterizes a Cricket Ball.
The seam of the ball(globe) is tilted to symbolize the axial tilt of the Earth. It stands 60 centimeters high and weighs approximately 11 kilograms.
On the base of the Trophy names of the previous winners are engraved space for a total of twenty inscriptions are available.
The ICC keeps the original Trophy and a replica of the Trophy differing only in the inscriptions is permanently awarded to the Winning Team.
Cricket World Cup Winners List
1975 World Cup
| Host Nation | England |
| Final Venue | Lord’s, London |
| Winners | West Indies (291-8 in 60 overs) |
| Runner-up | Australia (274 all-out in 58.4 overs) |
| Margin | 17 Runs |
| Man of the Match | Clive Lloyd (102) |
1979 World Cup
| Host Nation | England |
| Final Venue | Lord’s, London |
| Winners | West Indies (286-9 in 60 overs) |
| Runner-up | England (194 all-out in 51 overs) |
| Margin | 92 Runs |
| Man of the Match | Viv Richards (138*) |
1983 World Cup
| Host Nation | England |
| Final Venue | Lord’s, London |
| Winners | India (183 all-out in 54.4 overs) |
| Runner-up | West Indies (140 all-out in 52 overs) |
| Margin | 43 Runs |
| Man of the Match | Mohinder Amarnath (3/12 & 26) |
1987 World Cup
| Host Nation | India & Pakistan |
| Final Venue | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| Winners | Australia (253-5 50 overs) |
| Runner-up | England (246-8 50 overs) |
| Margin | 7 Runs |
| Man of the Match | David Boon (75) |
1992 World Cup
| Host Nation | Australia & New Zealand |
| Final Venue | MCG, Melbourne, Australia |
| Winners | Pakistan (249-6 in 50 overs) |
| Runner-up | England (227 all-out in 49.2 overs) |
| Margin | 22 Runs |
| Man of the Match | Wasim Akram (33 & 3/49) |
| Man of the Tournament | Martin Crowe (456 Runs) |
1996 World Cup
| Host Nation | India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka |
| Final Venue | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Winners | Sri Lanka (245-3 in 46.2 overs) |
| Runner-up | Australia (241-7 in 50 overs) |
| Margin | 7 Wickets |
| Man of the Match | Aravinda de Silva (107* & 3/24) |
| Man of the Tournament | Sanath Jayasuriya (221 Runs and 7 Wickets) |
1999 World Cup
| Host Nation | England & Wales |
| Final Venue | Lord’s, London |
| Winners | Australia (133-2 in 20.1 overs) |
| Runner-up | Pakistan (132 all-out in 39 overs) |
| Margin | 8 Wickets |
| Man of the Match | Shane Warne (4/33) |
| Man of the Tournament | Lance Klusener (281 Runs and 17 Wickets) |
2003 World Cup
| Host Nation | South Africa |
| Final Venue | Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa |
| Winners | Australia (359-2 in 50 overs) |
| Runner-up | India (234 all-out in 39.2 overs) |
| Margin | 125 Runs |
| Man of the Match | Ricky Ponting (140*) |
| Man of the Tournament | Sachin Tendulkar (673 Runs and 2 Wickets) |
2007 World Cup
| Host Nation | West Indies |
| Final Venue | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown |
| Winners | Australi (281-4 in 38 overs) |
| Runner-up | Sri Lanka (215-8 in 36 overs) |
| Margin | Australia Won by 53 Runs (D/L) |
| Man of the Match | Adam Gilchrist (149) |
| Man of the Tournament | Glenn McGrath (26 Wickets) |
2011 World Cup
| Host Nation | India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka |
| Final Venue | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Winners | India (277-4 in 48.2 overs) |
| Runner-up | Sri Lanka (274-6 in 50 overs) |
| Margin | 6 Wickets |
| Man of the Match | M S Dhoni (91*) |
| Man of the Tournament | Yuvraj Singh (362 Runs and 15 Wickets) |
2015 World Cup
| Host Nation | Australia & New Zealand |
| Final Venue | MCG, Melbourne, Australia |
| Winners | Australia (186-3 in 33.1 overs) |
| Runner-up | New Zealand (183 all-out in 45 overs) |
| Margin | 7 Wickets |
| Man of the Match | James Faulkner (3/36) |
| Man of the Tournament | Mitchell Starc (22 Wickets) |
2019 World Cup
| Host Nation | England & Wales |
| Final Venue | Lord’s, London |
| Winners | England (241 all-out in 50 overs) (15-0 Super Over) (23 fours, 3 sixes) |
| Runner-up | New Zealand (241-8 in 50 overs) (15-1 Super Over) (14 fours, 3 sixes) |
| Margin | Tie (England were declared winners on Boundary count) |
| Man of the Match | Ben Stokes (84* and 0/20) |
| Man of the Tournament | Kane Williamson (578 Runs and 2 Wickets) |
Note – Man of the Tournament award was given from the year 1992. It is presented at the end of World Cup Finals.
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Cricket World Cup Records
Batting
- Most Runs – Sachin Tendulkar (2,278 Runs from 1992–2011)
- Highest Score – Martin Guptill (237* in 2015)
- Most Hundreds – Sachin Tendulkar (6 Hundred from 1992-2011) & Rohit Sharma (6 Hundred from 2015-2019)
- Most Fifties – Sachin Tendulkar (15 50s from 1992-2011)
- Fastest Double Century – Chris Gayle (in 138 balls vs Zimbabwe in 2015)
- Fastest 150 – AB de Villiers (in 64 balls vs West Indies in 2015)
- Fastest Hundred – Kevin O’Brien (in 50 balls vs England in 2011)
- Fastest Fifty – Brendon McCullum (in 18 balls vs England in 2015)
- Most Ducks – Nathan Astle (5 out of 22)
- Most Sixes – Chris Gayle (49 sixes)
- Most Fours – Sachin Tendulkar (241 Fours)
- Most Sixes in an Innings – Eoin Morgan (17 Sixes vs Afghanistan in 2019)
- Most Fours in an Innings – Martin Guptill (24 fours vs West Indies in 2015)
- Most Runs in a single World Cup – Sachin Tendulkar (673 Runs in 2003)
- Most Hundreds in a single World Cup – Rohit Sharma (5 Hundred in 2019)
- Most 50+ Score in a single World Cup – Sachin Tendulkar (7 in 2003) & Shakib Al Hasan (7 in 2019)
- Most Sixes in a single World Cup – Chris Gayle (26 Sixes in 6 innings in 2015)
- Most Fours in a single World Cup – Sachin Tendulkar (75 fours in 11 innings in 2003)
Bowling
- Most Wickets – Glenn McGrath (71 Wickets from 1996–2007)
- Best Bowling Figures – Glenn McGrath (7/15 vs Namibia in 2003)
- Best Economy Rate – Andy Roberts (3.24 from 1975–1983)
- Most Wickets in a Single Tournament – Mitchell Starc (27 in 2019)
- Most five-wicket hauls – Mitchell Starc (3)
- Most four-wicket hauls – Mitchell Starc (6)
- Most wickets in consecutive balls – Lasith Malinga (4 vs South Africa in 2007)
- Fastest Bowler – Shoaib Akhtar (161.3 km/h vs England in 2003)
Fielding
- Most Catches (fielder) – Ricky Ponting (28 Catches from 1996-2011)
- Most Dismissals (Wicketkeeper) – Kumar Sangakkara (54 from 2003-2015)
- Most Catches in a Single Tournament (fielder) – Joe Root (13 Catches in 2019)
- Most Dismissals in a single Tournament (Wicketkeeper) – Adam Gilchrist (21 in 2003)
- Most Catches in a single match (fielder) – Mohammad Kaif (4 catches in 2003), Soumya Sarkar (4 catches in 2015), Umar Akmal (4 catches in 2015), Chris Woakes (4 catches in 2019)
- Most Dismissals in a single match (Wicketkeeper) – Adam Gilchrist (6 in 2003), Sarfraz Ahmed (6 in 2015)
Team
- Highest Score – Australia (417/6 in 2015 vs Afghanistan)
- Lowest Score – Canada (36 in 2003 vs Sri Lanka)
- Highest Run Chase – Ireland (329–7 in 49.1 overs vs England in 2011)
- Most Wins (Total) – Australia (69 wins)
- Most Defeats (Total) – Zimbabwe (42 defeats)
- Most Consecutive Wins – Australia (27 Wins from 20 Jun 1999 – 19 Mar 2011, one N/R excluded)
- Most Consecutive defeats – Zimbabwe (18 Defeats from 1983-1992)
- Most Consecutive Cricket World Cup Wins – Australia (3 Tournaments from 1999-2007)