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Lord's has hosted the final five times. The inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup final was held on 21 June 1975 at Lord's, contested by Australia and the West Indies.A man of the match performance, [11] including a century, from West Indian captain Clive Lloyd, coming in to bat at number five with his team at 50/3, [12] formed the basis of a 149-run fourth-wicket partnership with Rohan Kanhai. [13]
Football tournament FIFA World Cup final Founded 1930 ; 95 years ago (1930) Current champions Argentina (3rd title) Most successful team(s) Brazil (5 titles) The FIFA World Cup is an international association football competition contested by the senior men's national teams of the Fédération Internationale de Football Association (FIFA), the sport's global governing body. The championship ...
The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is the quadrennial international championship of One Day International cricket. [3] The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament.
List of World Cup finals may refer to: List of FIFA World Cup finals, in association football; List of Rugby League World Cup finals, in rugby league football; List of Cricket World Cup finals, in cricket
Australia won the championship by defeating England by 7 runs, the closest margin in World Cup final history until 2019. The 1992 Cricket World Cup held by Australia and New Zealand brought many changes to the game such as coloured clothing, white balls, day/night matches and an alteration to the fielding restrictions. It was the first ...
0–9. 1975 Cricket World Cup final; 1979 Cricket World Cup final; 1983 Cricket World Cup final; 1987 Cricket World Cup final; 1992 Cricket World Cup final
Since the 1994 FIFA World Cup, 3 points are conceded for a win and 1 point is conceded for a draw. Each group of four teams plays a round-robin schedule. As of the 1986 World Cup, all final group games must be held simultaneously, a rule instituted by FIFA to minimize collusion amongst teams requiring a certain result to advance. FIFA ...
A Social History of English Cricket. Aurum. Bowen, Rowland (1970). Cricket: A History of its Growth and Development. Eyre & Spottiswoode. Box, Charles (1868). The Theory and Practice of Cricket, from its origin to the present time. Frederick Warne. Harte, Chris (1993). A History of Australian Cricket. London: Andre Deutsch. ISBN 0-233-98825-4 ...