ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

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.

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.

Background

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. 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.

Prudential Cup

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. 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).

Finals

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

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:

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

Bibliography

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

Other websites

• Official ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 website
• Official ICC website Archived 19 March 2009 at the Wayback Machine
• ICC World Cup 2023 Full Details Archived 10 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine