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The Cricket World Cup Trophy. The Cricket World Cup, the top-level and the most important [citation needed] competition in One Day International cricket, was first played in 1975. This tournament, known as The Prudential World Cup, was played in England and was won by the West Indies. Since then, the tournament has been played every four years ...
The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) [3] is the quadrennial international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket.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.
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]
As of January 2024, there have been 43 matches that have ended in a tie in ODI cricket history, with five occurring at the Cricket World Cup. [59] The first came in the second semi-final of 1999 World Cup at Edgbaston where South Africa's Allan Donald got run out on the third last ball of the match.
The ICC Men's T20 World Cup (formerly the ICC World Twenty20) is a biennial T20I cricket tournament, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in every odd year from 2007 to 2009, and since 2010 it has been held in every even year with the exception of 2018 and 2020.
Pages in category "History of the Cricket World Cup" The following 17 pages are in this category, out of 17 total. ... Sri Lanka at the Cricket World Cup; U.
The Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organized by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), [ 2 ] and is held once every four years.
The 1975 Cricket World Cup was the first World Cup. The final was between the Australian cricket team and the West Indies cricket team . The West Indies were sent in to bat by the Australian captain Ian Chappell and slumped to 3/50 leaving Rohan Kanhai and captain Clive Lloyd at the crease. [ 2 ]