Cricket World Cup teams
Upsets
Due to the large gap in funding and skill set between non-test playing nations and test playing nations, it is rare for a non-test playing nation to defeat a test playing nation.

Cricket World Cup teams

Section Title: Upsets
Table Section Text: Due to the large gap in funding and skill set between non-test playing nations and test playing nations, it is rare for a non-test playing nation to defeat a test playing nation.

Associate Nation	Full member Nation	Year	Result	Description

Sri Lanka	India	1979	Sri Lanka won by 47 runs.	The first time an Associate member of the ICC defeated a test playing nation. Sri Lanka would go on to become a test playing nation several years later.

Zimbabwe	Australia	1983	Zimbabwe won by 13 runs.	One of the greatest upsets of all time, led by future England coach Duncan Fletcher (69* and 4–42). Zimbabwe won their very first international.

Zimbabwe	England	1992	Zimbabwe won by 9 runs.	Zimbabwe earned their first win after 18 defeats since beating Australia on their World Cup début in 1983. Zimbabwe would earn test status later in 1992.

Kenya	West Indies	1996	Kenya won by 73 runs.	A team composed of 100 per cent amateurs and only accustomed to playing cricket one day a week during their cricket season stunned two time world champions West Indies.

Bangladesh	Pakistan	1999	Bangladesh won by 62 runs.	Odds of 33–1 were available against a win for Bangladesh and some bookmakers were asking for a pds 80 stake to win pds 1 on victory for Pakistan.

Kenya	Sri Lanka	2003	Kenya won by 53 runs.	An electric display by Collins Obuya (5/24) in Kenya's only home world cup match to date.

Kenya	Zimbabwe	2003	Kenya won by 7 wickets.	Kenya defeated Zimbabwe and qualified for the semi finals. In what is probably the greatest cinderella World Cup campaign, Kenya had no sponsor throughout the competition.

Ireland	Zimbabwe	2007	Match tied	Zimbabwe and Ireland encountered to a third ever tie in World Cup.

Ireland	Pakistan	2007	Ireland won by 3 wickets (D/L).	On St. Patrick's Day, Ireland sent Pakistan crashing out of the competition only 4 days after it began.

Ireland	England	2011	Ireland won by 3 wickets.	Ireland chased down a massive target, 327, set by England. Till date, it remains the highest run chase in a World Cup.

Ireland	West Indies	2015	Ireland won by 4 wickets (with 25 balls remaining).	Ireland chased down a huge target, 305, set by West Indies. Paul Stirling, Ed Joyce and Niall O'Brien made the chase look easy.

Sentence(s)

Kenya qualified as the semi-finalists at the 2003 World Cup.

final_sentence: Kenya qualified as the semi-finalists at the 2003 World Cup.