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ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

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The Prudential Cup trophy, which was awarded to the winning team in 1975, 1979, and 1983.

The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is an international cricket tournament organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was first played in 1975, and takes place every four years. Australia are the titleholders, having won the 2023 edition in India. That was Australia's sixth title, and they are the most successful team in the tournament's history. The 2027 edition will be played across Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.[1]

Matches are played under One Day International (ODI) rules, each team having a single innings limited to 50 overs. The same format is used in the ICC Women's Cricket World Cup, which began in 1973. The ICC has granted ODI status to twenty men's teams.[2]

Background

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Limited overs cricket began in the 1963 English season. The Gillette Cup was launched as a knockout competition involving the county teams. It was successful, and led to the creation of a national Sunday League in 1969. The first One Day International match was played between Australia and England at the Melbourne Cricket Ground in 1971. It was a time-filler after a Test match had been rained off.[source?] Noting the popularity of limited overs, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to promote a World Cup competition. The ICC Women's Cricket World Cup had been launched in 1973, and the first men's tournament was held in 1975.[3]

Prudential Cup

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The first three tournaments were hosted by England in 1975, 1979, and 1983. They were all sponsored by the Prudential insurance company, and the original trophy was called the Prudential Cup. Matches in these years were played 60 overs per team during daytime only, and with red balls. The players wore traditional white clothing.[4] There were eight teams in each tournament.

In 1975 and 1979, the only teams playing Test cricket were Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and the West Indies. Sri Lanka became a Test team in 1982. Those seven teams took part in all the Prudential Cup tournaments, and were joined by a composite East Africa team in 1975, Canada in 1979, and Zimbabwe in 1983. South Africa was banned from international cricket because of its government's apartheid policy. All three Prudential Cup finals were played at Lord's, and were won by the West Indies (1975 and 1979), and India (1983).[source?]

The 2013 tournament was the 13th edition of the competition. This table summarises the host nations and the results of each final. Australia have won the title six times, India and the West Indies twice. Other winners have been Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and England (once apiece). England has been the sole or co-host nation five times, and India four times.

Year Host nation(s) Venue of final Final
Winner Result Runner-up
1975
Details
England Lord's, London West Indies
291/8 (60 overs)
West Indies won by 17 runs
Scorecard Archived 2009-04-05 at the Wayback Machine
Australia
274 all out (58.4 overs)
1979
Details
England Lord's, London West Indies
286/9 (60 overs)
West Indies won by 92 runs
Scorecard Archived 2009-04-25 at the Wayback Machine
England
194 all out (51 overs)
1983
Details
England Lord's, London India
183 all out (54.4 overs)
India won by 43 runs
Scorecard Archived 2009-03-18 at the Wayback Machine
West Indies
140 all out (52 overs)
1987
Details
India, Pakistan Eden Gardens, Kolkata Australia
253/5 (50 overs)
Australia won by 7 runs
Scorecard Archived 2009-02-07 at the Wayback Machine
England
246/8 (50 overs)
1992
Details
Australia, New Zealand MCG, Melbourne Pakistan
249/6 (50 overs)
Pakistan won by 22 runs
Scorecard Archived 2009-04-22 at the Wayback Machine
England
227 all out (49.2 overs)
1996
Details
India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Sri Lanka
245/3 (46.2 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Scorecard Archived 2009-04-29 at the Wayback Machine
Australia
241/7 (50 overs)
1999
Details
Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands Lord's, London Australia
133/2 (20.1 overs)
Australia won by 8 wickets
Scorecard Archived 2008-03-28 at the Wayback Machine
Pakistan
132 all out (39 overs)
2003
Details
South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe Wanderers, Johannesburg Australia
359/2 (50 overs)
Australia won by 125 runs
Scorecard Archived 2008-06-16 at the Wayback Machine
India
234 all out (39.2 overs)
2007
Details
West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Australia
281/4 (38 overs)
Australia won by 53 runs (D/L)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka
215/8 (36 overs)
2011
Details
Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai India
277/4 (48.2 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Scorecard
Sri Lanka
274/6 (50 overs)
2015
Details
Australia, New Zealand MCG, Melbourne Australia
186/3 (33.1 overs)
Australia won by 7 wickets
Scorecard
New Zealand
183 all out (45 overs)
2019
Details
England Lord's, London England
241 all out (50 overs)
England won the super over
Scorecard
New Zealand
241/8 (50 overs)
2023
Details
India Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Australia
241/4 (43 overs)
Australia won by 6 wickets
Scorecard
India
240 all out (50 overs)

Individual awards

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In all matches played since the first tournament began in 1975, one player has always been chosen as the "man of the match". In 1992, a "Man of the Tournament" award was introduced, and has been won by the following players:[5]

Year Player Performance details
1992 New Zealand Martin Crowe 456 runs
1996 Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya 221 runs and 7 wickets
1999 South Africa Lance Klusener 281 runs and 17 wickets
2003 India Sachin Tendulkar 673 runs and 2 wickets
2007 Australia Glenn McGrath 26 wickets
2011 India Yuvraj Singh 362 runs and 15 wickets
2015 Australia Mitchell Starc 22 wickets
2019 New Zealand Kane Williamson 578 runs
2023 India Virat Kohli 765 runs

References

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  1. "New Cricket World Cup 2027 venue". International Cricket Council. 20 March 2025. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  2. "The Three Formats of Cricket". International Cricket Council. 7 November 2023. Retrieved 10 June 2025.
  3. "A brief history of the World Cup". ESPNcricinfo. 25 October 2006. Retrieved 11 June 2025.
  4. Browning 1999, pp. 5–9.
  5. "ODI World Cup: Full list of Player of the Tournament award winners from 1992 to 2023". The Hindu. 19 November 2023. Retrieved 11 June 2025.

Bibliography

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  • Browning, Mark (1999). A Complete History of World Cup Cricket. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 978-0-7318-0833-5.

Other websites

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