ICC world cup history since 1975 to present

The biggest tournament of cricket is known as International Cricket council(ICC) world cup. ICC world cup is started from 1975. It is played every four year . We have experienced 10 world cup so far. This February 11th ICC world cup will be held in Australia. Take a look at some important information about ICC world cup from 1975 to present.

1st world cup 1975 

The Prudential World cup 1975:

The first ever World cup cricket was held in England . In fact first three world cup was held in England.Then the tournament was known as Prudential World Cup. First world cup was held from 7 to 21 june,1975.

Winning captain of 1st world cup Clive Lloyd

Hosted country    : England.
Qualifying teams : Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, Srilanka, East Africa.

Most Run scorer  : Gary Gilmour(333)
Most wicket taker: Glenn Turner(11)
Champion            :  West Indies                  
Runner up            : Australia
Man of the final   : Clive Lloyd ( scored 102 from 88 balls,12 fours & 2 sixes).
Man of the series : Not awarded









The Prudential World Cup 1979:

The second world cup(Prudential World Cup) was held in England . It was held from 9 to 23 june,1979.The format had remained unchanged.Eight countries participated in the event.

West Indies became the champion of the 2nd world cup

Hosted country     : England                    

Holding the cup 2nd times as captain Clive

Qualifying teams  : Australia, England, New Zealand, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Srilanka, Canada.

Most Run Scorer  : Gordon Greenidge(253)
Most wicket taker: Mike Hendrick(10)
Champion            : West Indies
Runnuer up          : England
Man of the final   : Vivian Richards(138 from 157 balls,11 fours & 3 sixes)
Man of the series : Not awarded

The World cup 1983:

The world cup(also known as Prudential World Cup) 1983 was the third edition of the biggest cricket tournament.It was held in 9 june to 25 june 1983 in England. Eight countries were participated in the event . The World Cup 1983 was full of drama right from the start.

Hosted country    : England    

India became the world champion for the 1st time in 1983

Qualifying teams : Australia, England, New Zealand, Srilanka,Pakistan, India, West Indies, Zimbabwe.

Most run scorer    : David Gower(384)
Most wicket taker: Roger Binny(18)
Champion: India
Runner up: West Indies
Man of the final  : Mohinder Amarnath(took 3 wickets of giving only 12 runs)
Man of the series: Not awarded.

The World Cup 1987:

The world cup of 1987 was known as Reliance world cup for the sponsorship reasons. Eight countries were participated in that world cup . This was the first world cup that held outside from England. It was held 8 October to 8 November 1987 in India & Pakistan.

Hosted country      : India, Pakistan

Australia became the world champion for the 1st time 

Qualifying teams   : India, Australia, Pakistan,
Srilanka, West Indies, New Zealand, England,
Zimbabwe.

Most run scorer     : Graham Gooch(471)
Most wicket taker : Craig McDermott(18)
Champion             : Australia
Runner up             : England
Man of the final    : David Boon(scored 75 from 125 balls, 7 fours)
Man of the series  : Not awarded.











The World Cup 1992:

The  fifth world cup was organised by International Cricket Council(ICC) in 1992. It was held in Australia and New Zealand from 22 February to 25 March,1992.

Hosted country    : Australia & New Zealand
Qualifying teams : Australia, Pakistan,

Pakistan became the world champion for the 1st time

India, South Africa, New Zealand, Srilanka,
West Indies, England, Zimbabwe.

Most run scorer   : Martin Crowe(456)
Most wicket taker: Wasim Akram(18)
Champion            : Pakistan
Runner up            : England
Man of the final   : Wasim Akram(scored 33 of 19 balls, took 3 wickets)
Man of the series : Martin Crowe.





The World Cup 1996:

This world was called Wills world cup after it's official sponsors,ITC's Wills brand, was the sixth cricket world cup organised by ICC. It was the second world cup that hosted by India and Pakistan and for the first time by Srilanka.

Hosted country    : India, Pakistan, Srilanka

Srilanka became the world champion for the 1st time 

Qualifying teams : Srilanka, West Indies, England, India, Pakistan, Zimbabwe,
Kenya, New Zealand, South Africa, Australia,
Netherland, United Arab Emirates.

Most run scorer    : Sachin Tendulkar(523)
Most wicket taker: Anil Kumble(15)
Champion            : Srilanka
Runner up            : Australia
Man of the final   : Aravinda de Silva(scored
107 from 124 balls)
Man of the series : Sanath Jayasuriya




The World Cup 1999:

ICC world cup 1999 was hosted primarily by England,with some games being hosted in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and Netherlands. The nine full members contested the world cup along with the three associate members: Kenya, Bangladesh and Scotland who all qualified through the 1997 ICC Trophy.

Hosted country  : England, Scotland, Ireland,

Australia won the world cup for the 2nd time 

Netherlands, Wales.
Qualifying teams: Australia, England, India,
South Africa, West Indies, Srilanka, Pakistan,
New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Kenya, Scotland,
Bangladesh.

Most run scorer    : Rahul Dravid(461)
Most wicket taker: Geoff Allott(20),
                               Shane Warne(20)
Champion            : Australia
Runner up            : Pakistan
Man of the final   : Shane Warne(took 4 wickets)
Man of the series : Lance Klusener


The World Cup 2003:

The 8th world cup was organised by ICC. It was co hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya from 9th February to 23rd March, 2003. The tournament was full of drama. South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies and England all being eliminated at the group stage. Kenya(a non test playing nation) went even further,making the semi-finals.

Hosted country     : South Africa, Zimbabwe,kenya.

Australia became the world champion in 2003

Qualifying teams  : Australia, England, kenya,
Bangladesh, Pakistan,West Indies, India,
South Africa, New Zealand, Srilanka, Canada,
Namibia, Netherland, Zimbabwe.

Most run scorer    : Sachin Tendulkar(673)
Most wicket taker: Chaminda Vaas(23)
Champion            : Australia
Runner up            : India
Man of the final   : Ricky Ponting(scored 140 of 121 balls, 4 fours & 8 sixes)
Man of the series : Sachin Tendulkar





The  World Cup 2007:

The 9th world cup cricket was took place in West Indies from 13 March to 28 April,2007. The biggest upsets of the tournaments that India and Pakistan couldn't pass their group stage while Bangladesh(a lowest ranked test playing nation) and Ireland( non test playing nation) made it to super 8s.

Hosted Country     : West Indies

Australia Won the world cup for the 4th time in the history 

Qualifying teams   : Australia, South Africa,
England, Pakistan, India, New Zealand,
Zimbabwe, Kenya, Srilanka, Bangladesh,
West Indies, Bermuda, Scotland, Canada,
Netherland, Ireland.

Most run scorer     : Matthew Hayden(659)
Most wicket taker : Glenn McGrath(26)
Champion             : Australia
Runner up             : Srilanka
Man of the final    : Adam Gilchrist(scored 149 from 104 balls, 13 fours & 8 sixes)
Man of the series  : Glenn McGrath


The World Cup 2011:

The world cup 2011 was the 10th edition.It was played in India,Srilanka and for the 1st time in Bangladesh. Fourteen national cricket teams took part, including ten full members and four associate members of  the ICC. The opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium,Dhaka. The tournament was  played from 19 February to 2 April.

Hosted country     : India,Srilanka,Bangladesh
Qualifying teams  : Australia,West Indies,

India won the world cup for the 2nd time in history

Pakistan,India,England,South Africa,Kenya
New Zealand,Bangladesh,Zimbabwe,Canada,
Srilanka,Ireland,Netherland.

Most run scorer    : Tillakaratne Dilshan(500)
Most wicket taker: Shahid Afridi(21),Zaheer Khan(21)
Champion            : India
Runner up            : Srilanka
Man of the final   : MS Dhoni(scored 91* of  79 balls, 8 fours & 2 sixes)
Manof the series  : Yuvraj Singh

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