Cricket History

Role of Honor ICC World Cup Since 1975....

ICC Cricket World Cup is the event of  worldwide cricket calendar and happens every 4 years, with matches contested in a 50-over format.

The two states conjunct in 1992 to jointly host the tournament.The 2015 version will be the eleventh of the tournament and will be jointly hosted by New Zealand and Australia. 

  Fourteen contending teams

  Attractive one fifth of the world’s population

 More than four hundred accredited players and officials

 Among the world’s biggest international sports tournaments

  Expected TV audience of more than a billion folks 
              

The 1st tournament succeeded by the West Indies and took place in England in 1975. The most past event was held in 2011 which hosted the tournament India,Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, who was won by India.

 

Final Venue Host Nation(s) Winner Runners-up        Year London,Lord's Cricket Ground England West Indies Australia 1975 ​ London,Lord's Cricket Ground England West Indies England 1979 London,Lord's Cricket Ground England India West Indies 1983 Kolkata,Eden Gardens  India & Pakistan Australia England 1987 Melbourne,Melbourne Cricket Ground Australia & New Zealand Pakistan England 1992 Lahore,Gaddafi Stadium India, Pakistan & Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Australia 1996 London,Lord's Cricket Ground England Australia Pakistan 1999 Jphaneshburg,Wanderers  South Africa, Kenya & Zimbabwe Australia India 2003 Bridgetown,Kensington Oval West Indies Australia Sri Lanka 2007 Mumbai,Wankhede Stadium  Bangladesh, India & Sri Lanka India Sri Lanka 2011 Melbourne.Melbourne Cricket Ground Australia & New Zealand Australia New Zeland 2015 TBA England TBA TBA 2019