Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia Cricket World Cup This article is about the men 's tournament. For the women 's tournament, see Women 's Cricket World Cup. For the upcoming tournament, see 2019 Cricket World Cup. For the Twenty20 tournament, see ICC World Twenty20. ICC Cricket World Cup Official trophy awarded since the 1999 World Cup Administrator International Cricket Council ( ICC ) Format One Day International First tournament 1975 ( England ) Last tournament 2015 ( Australia, New Zealand ) Next tournament 2019 ( England, Wales ) Tournament format ↓ various Number of teams 20 ( all tournaments ) 14 ( until 2015 ) 10 ( current ) Current champion Australia ( 5th title ) Most successful Australia ( 5 titles ) Most runs Sachin Tendulkar ( 2,278 ) Most wickets Glenn McGrath ( 71 ) The ICC Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International ( ODI ) cricket. The event is organised by the sport 's governing body, the International Cricket Council ( ICC ), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament. The tournament is one of the world 's most viewed sporting events and is considered the `` flagship event of the international cricket calendar '' by the ICC. The first World Cup was organised in England in June 1975, with the first ODI cricket match having been played only four years earlier. However, a separate Women 's Cricket World Cup had been held two years before the first men 's tournament, and a tournament involving multiple international teams had been held as early as 1912, when a triangular tournament of Test matches was played between Australia, England and South Africa. The first three World Cups were held in England. From the 1987 tournament onwards, hosting has been shared between countries under an unofficial rotation system, with fourteen ICC members having hosted at least one match in the tournament. The World Cup is open to all members of the International Cricket Council ( ICC ), although the highest - ranking teams receive automatic qualification. The remaining teams are determined via the World Cricket League and the ICC World Cup Qualifier. A total of twenty teams have competed in the eleven editions of the tournament, with fourteen competing in the latest edition in 2015 ; the next edition in 2019 will have only ten teams. Australia has won the tournament five times, with the West Indies, India ( twice each ), Pakistan and Sri Lanka ( once each ) also having won the tournament. The best performance by a non-full - member team came when Kenya made the semi-finals of the 2003 tournament. The tournament is the worlds 4th biggest sporting event behind the FIFA World Cup, Summer Olympics and the Rugby World Cup. Contents 1 History 1.1 Before the first Cricket World Cup 1.2 Prudential World Cups ( 1975 -- 1983 ) 1.3 Different champions ( 1987 -- 1996 ) 1.4 Australian treble ( 1999 -- 2007 ) 1.5 Hosts triumph ( 2011 -- 2015 ) 2 Format 2.1 Qualification 2.2 Tournament 3 Trophy 4 Media coverage 5 Selection of hosts 6 Tournament history 7 Results 7.1 Teams ' performances 7.2 Debutant teams 7.3 Overview 8 Awards 8.1 Man of the tournament 8.2 Man of the Match in the Final 9 Tournament records 10 See also 11 References 12 External links History Main article : History of the Cricket World Cup Before the first Cricket World Cup The first international cricket match was played between Canada and the United States, on 24 and 25 September 1844. However, the first credited Test match was played in 1877 between Australia and England, and the two teams competed regularly for The Ashes in subsequent years. South Africa was admitted to Test status in 1889. Representative cricket teams were selected to tour each other, resulting in bilateral competition. Cricket was also included as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Games, where Great Britain defeated France to win the gold medal. This was the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics. The first multilateral competition at international level was the 1912 Triangular Tournament, a Test cricket tournament played in England between all three Test - playing nations at the time : England, Australia and South Africa. The event was not a success : the summer was exceptionally wet, making play difficult on damp uncovered pitches, and attendances were poor, attributed to a `` surfeit of cricket ''. Since then, international Test cricket has generally been organised as bilateral series : a multilateral Test tournament was not organised again until the triangular Asian Test Championship in 1999. The number of nations playing Test cricket increased gradually over time, with the addition of West Indies in 1928, New Zealand in 1930, India in 1932, and Pakistan in 1952. However, international cricket continued to be played as bilateral Test matches over three, four or five days. In the early 1960s, English county cricket teams began playing a shortened version of cricket which only lasted for one day. Starting in 1962 with a four - team knockout competition known as the Midlands Knock - Out Cup, and continuing with the inaugural Gillette Cup in 1963, one - day cricket grew in popularity in England. A national Sunday League was formed in 1969. The first One - Day International match was played on the fifth day of a rain - aborted Test match between England and Australia at Melbourne in 1971, to fill the time available and as compensation for the frustrated crowd. It was a forty over game with eight balls per over. In the late 1970s, Kerry Packer established the rival World Series Cricket ( WSC ) competition. It introduced many of the now commonplace features of One Day International cricket, including coloured uniforms, matches played at night under floodlights with a white ball and dark sight screens, and, for television broadcasts, multiple camera angles, effects microphones to capture sounds from the players on the pitch, and on - screen graphics. The first of the matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink, played at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979. The success and popularity of the domestic one - day competitions in England and other parts of the world, as well as the early One - Day Internationals, prompted the ICC to consider organising a Cricket World Cup. Prudential World Cups ( 1975 -- 1983 ) The Prudential Cup trophy The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude at the time. The 1975 tournament started on 7 June. The first three events were held in England and officially known as the Prudential Cup after the sponsors Prudential plc. The matches consisted of 60 six - ball overs per team, played during the daytime in traditional form, with the players wearing cricket whites and using red cricket balls. Eight teams participated in the first tournament : Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and the West Indies ( the six Test nations at the time ), together with Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa. One notable omission was South Africa, who were banned from international cricket due to apartheid. The tournament was won by the West Indies, who defeated Australia by 17 runs in the final at Lord 's. The 1979 World Cup saw the introduction of the ICC Trophy competition to select non-Test playing teams for the World Cup, with Sri Lanka and Canada qualifying. The West Indies won a second consecutive World Cup tournament, defeating the hosts England by 92 runs in the final. At a meeting which followed the World Cup, the International Cricket Conference agreed to make the competition a quadrennial event. The 1983 event was hosted by England for a third consecutive time. By this stage, Sri Lanka had become a Test - playing nation, and Zimbabwe qualified through the ICC Trophy. A fielding circle was introduced, 30 yards ( 27 m ) away from the stumps. Four fieldsmen needed to be inside it at all times. The teams faced each other twice, before moving into the knock - outs. India, an outsider, quoted at 66 -- 1 to win by bookmakers before the competition began, were crowned champions after upsetting the West Indies by 43 runs in the final. Different champions ( 1987 -- 1996 ) India and Pakistan jointly hosted the 1987 tournament, the first time that the competition was held outside England. The games were reduced from 60 to 50 overs per innings, the current standard, because of the shorter daylight hours in the Indian subcontinent compared with England 's summer. Australia won the championship by defeating England by 7 runs in the final, the closest margin in World Cup final history. The 1992 World Cup, held in Australia and New Zealand, introduced many changes to the game, such as coloured clothing, white balls, day / night matches, and a change to the fielding restriction rules. The South African cricket team participated in the event for the first time, following the fall of the apartheid regime and the end of the international sports boycott. Pakistan overcame a dismal start in the tournament to eventually defeat England by 22 runs in the final and emerge as winners. The 1996 championship was held in the Indian subcontinent for a second time, with the inclusion of Sri Lanka as host for some of its group stage matches. In the semi-final, Sri Lanka, heading towards a crushing victory over India at Eden Gardens after the hosts lost eight wickets while scoring 120 runs in pursuit of 252, were awarded victory by default after crowd unrest broke out in protest against the Indian performance. Sri Lanka went on to win their maiden championship by defeating Australia by seven wickets in the final at Lahore. Australian treble ( 1999 -- 2007 ) In 1999 the event was hosted by England, with some matches also being held in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands. Twelve teams contested the World Cup. Australia qualified for the semi-finals after reaching their target in their Super 6 match against South Africa off the final over of the match. They then proceeded to the final with a tied match in the semi-final also against South Africa where a mix - up between South African batsmen Lance Klusener and Allan Donald saw Donald drop his bat and stranded mid-pitch to be run out. In the final, Australia dismissed Pakistan for 132 and then reached the target in less than 20 overs and with eight wickets in hand. A crowd of over 10,000 fans welcome the Australian team on completing the first World Cup hat - trick -- Martin Place, Sydney. South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya hosted the 2003 World Cup. The number of teams participating in the event increased from twelve to fourteen. Kenya 's victories over Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, among others -- and a forfeit by the New Zealand team, which refused to play in Kenya because of security concerns -- enabled Kenya to reach the semi-finals, the best result by an associate. In the final, Australia made 359 runs for the loss of two wickets, the largest ever total in a final, defeating India by 125 runs. In 2007 the tournament was hosted by the West Indies and expanded to sixteen teams. Following Pakistan 's upset loss to World Cup debutants Ireland in the group stage, Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room. Jamaican police had initially launched a murder investigation into Woolmer 's death but later confirmed that he died of heart failure. Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final by 53 runs ( D / L ) in farcical light conditions, and extended their undefeated run in the World Cup to 29 matches and winning three straight championships. Hosts triumph ( 2011 -- 2015 ) India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh together hosted the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Pakistan were stripped of their hosting rights following the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009, with the games originally scheduled for Pakistan redistributed to the other host countries. The number of teams participating in the World Cup dropped down to fourteen. Australia lost their final group stage match against Pakistan on 19 March 2011, ending an unbeaten streak of 35 World Cup matches, which had begun on 23 May 1999. India won their second World Cup title by beating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final in Mumbai, and became the first country to win the final on home soil. MS Dhoni later became the first captain in history to win all the major ICC tournaments - World T20 in 2007, Champions Trophy in 2013 and this edition of the World Cup. Australia and New Zealand jointly hosted the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The number of participants remained at fourteen. Ireland was the most successful Associate nation with a total of three wins in the tournament. New Zealand beat South Africa in a thrilling first semi-final to qualify for their maiden World Cup final. Australia defeated New Zealand by seven wickets in the final at Melbourne to lift the World Cup for the fifth time. Format Qualification This article needs to be updated. Please update this article to reflect recent events or newly available information. ( March 2018 ) Main article : Cricket World Cup qualification The Test - playing nations qualify automatically for the World Cup main event while the other teams have to qualify through a series of preliminary qualifying tournaments. A new qualifying format was introduced for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The top two teams of the 2011 -- 13 ICC World Cricket League Championship qualify directly. The remaining six teams join the third and fourth - placed teams of 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and the top two teams of the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in the World Cup Qualifier to decide the remaining two places. Qualifying tournaments were introduced for the second World Cup, where two of the eight places in the finals were awarded to the leading teams in the ICC Trophy. The number of teams selected through the ICC Trophy had varied throughout the years. The World Cricket League ( administered by the International Cricket Council ) is the qualification system provided to allow the Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC more opportunities to qualify. The name `` ICC Trophy '' has been changed to `` ICC World Cup Qualifier ''. Under the current qualifying process, the World Cricket League, all Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC are able to qualify for the World Cup. Associate and Affiliate members must play between two and five stages in the ICC World Cricket League to qualify for the World Cup finals, depending on the Division in which they start the qualifying process. Process summary in chronological order ( 2011 - 2014 ) : 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two : 6 Teams -- Top 2 were promoted to the 2011 -- 13 ICC World Cricket League Championship. The third and fourth - placed teams qualified for the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. The fifth and sixth - placed teams were relegated to the Division Three for 2013. 2011 -- 13 ICC World Cricket League Championship : 8 Teams -- Top 2 automatically qualified for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The remaining six teams qualified for the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three : 6 Teams -- Top 2 were qualified for the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. The fifth and sixth - placed teams were relegated to the Division Four for 2014. 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier : 10 Teams -- Top 2 qualified for the 2015 Cricket World Cup and the 2015 -- 17 ICC World Cricket League Championship. The third and fourth - placed teams qualified for the 2015 -- 17 ICC World Cricket League Championship. The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth - placed teams remained in the Division Two for 2015. The ninth and tenth - placed teams were relegated to the Division Three for 2014 Tournament See also : History of the Cricket World Cup § Historical formats of final tournament The captains of the 2007 Cricket World Cup. The format of the Cricket World Cup has changed greatly over the course of its history. Each of the first four tournaments was played by eight teams, divided into two groups of four. The competition consisted of two stages, a group stage and a knock - out stage. The four teams in each group played each other in the round - robin group stage, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals played against each other in the final. With South Africa returning in the fifth tournament in 1992 as a result of the end of the apartheid boycott, nine teams played each other once in the group phase, and the top four teams progressed to the semi-finals. The tournament was further expanded in 1996, with two groups of six teams. The top four teams from each group progressed to quarter - finals and semi-finals. A distinct format was used for the 1999 and 2003 World Cups. The teams were split into two pools, with the top three teams in each pool advancing to the Super 6. The Super 6 teams played the three other teams that advanced from the other group. As they advanced, the teams carried their points forward from previous matches against other teams advancing alongside them, giving them an incentive to perform well in the group stages. The top four teams from the Super 6 stage progressed to the semi-finals, with the winners playing in the final. The format used in the 2007 World Cup involved 16 teams allocated into four groups of four. Within each group, the teams played each other in a round - robin format. Teams earned points for wins and half - points for ties. The top two teams from each group moved forward to the Super 8 round. The Super 8 teams played the other six teams that progressed from the different groups. Teams earned points in the same way as the group stage, but carried their points forward from previous matches against the other teams who qualified from the same group to the Super 8 stage. The top four teams from the Super 8 round advanced to the semi-finals, and the winners of the semi-finals played in the final. The format used in the 2011 and 2015 World Cups featured two groups of seven teams, each playing in a round - robin format. The top four teams from each group proceeded to the knock out stage consisting of quarter - finals, semi-finals and ultimately the final. It is proposed that in 2019 World Cup, the number of teams participating will go down to 10 and all the teams will play against each other once in round robin format, before entering the semifinals. This would be similar to the one used in 1992 World Cup. Trophy Main article : Cricket World Cup Trophy The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy is presented to the winners of the World Cup. The current trophy was created for the 1999 championships, and was the first permanent prize in the tournament 's history. Prior to this, different trophies were made for each World Cup. The trophy was designed and produced in London by a team of craftsmen from Garrard & Co over a period of two months. The current trophy is made from silver and gilt, and features a golden globe held up by three silver columns. The columns, shaped as stumps and bails, represent the three fundamental aspects of cricket : batting, bowling and fielding, while the globe characterises a cricket ball. The seam is tilted to symbolize the axial tilt of the Earth. It stands 60 centimetres high and weighs approximately 11 kilograms. The names of the previous winners are engraved on the base of the trophy, with space for a total of twenty inscriptions. The ICC keeps the original trophy. A replica differing only in the inscriptions is permanently awarded to the winning team. Media coverage Mello, the mascot of the 2007 World Cup The tournament is the world 's third largest with only the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics exceeding it. The 2011 Cricket World Cup final was televised in over 200 countries to over 2.2 billion television viewers. Television rights, mainly for the 2011 and 2015 World Cup, were sold for over US $1.1 billion, and sponsorship rights were sold for a further US $500 million. The 2003 Cricket World Cup matches were attended by 626,845 people, while the 2007 Cricket World Cup sold more than 672,000 tickets. Successive World Cup tournaments have generated increasing media attention as One - Day International cricket has become more established. The 2003 World Cup in South Africa was the first to sport a mascot, Dazzler the zebra. An orange mongoose known as Mello was the mascot for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Stumpy, a blue elephant was the mascot for the 2011 World Cup. On 13 February, the opening of the 2015 tournament was celebrated with a Google Doodle. Selection of hosts Civic Centre, South Africa honours the 2003 World Cup. Main article : Cricket World Cup hosts The International Cricket Council 's executive committee votes for the hosts of the tournament after examining the bids made by the nations keen to hold a Cricket World Cup. England hosted the first three competitions. The ICC decided that England should host the first tournament because it was ready to devote the resources required to organising the inaugural event. India volunteered to host the third Cricket World Cup, but most ICC members preferred England as the longer period of daylight in England in June meant that a match could be completed in one day. The 1987 Cricket World Cup was held in India and Pakistan, the first hosted outside England. Many of the tournaments have been jointly hosted by nations from the same geographical region, such as South Asia in 1987, 1996 and 2011, Australasia in 1992 and 2015, Southern Africa in 2003 and West Indies in 2007 and Kuthiathode in 2016. Tournament history Main article : List of ICC Cricket World Cup finals Year Official Host ( s ) Final venue Result Winner Margin Runner - up Details England London West Indies 291 / 8 ( 60 overs ) West Indies won by 17 runs Scorecard Australia 274 all out ( 58.4 overs ) 1979 Details England London West Indies 286 / 9 ( 60 overs ) West Indies won by 92 runs Scorecard England 194 all out ( 51 overs ) Details England London India 183 all out ( 54.4 overs ) India won by 43 runs Scorecard West Indies 140 all out ( 52 overs ) Details India Pakistan Kolkata Australia 253 / 5 ( 50 overs ) Australia won by 7 runs Scorecard England 246 / 8 ( 50 overs ) 1992 Details Australia New Zealand Melbourne Pakistan 249 / 6 ( 50 overs ) Pakistan won by 22 runs Scorecard England 227 all out ( 49.2 overs ) Details Pakistan India Sri Lanka Lahore Sri Lanka 245 / 3 ( 46.2 overs ) Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Scorecard Australia 241 / 7 ( 50 overs ) 1999 Details England Wales London Australia 133 / 2 ( 20.1 overs ) Australia won by 8 wickets Scorecard Pakistan 132 all out ( 39 overs ) 2003 Details South Africa Johannesburg Australia 359 / 2 ( 50 overs ) Australia won by 125 runs Scorecard India 234 all out ( 39.2 overs ) 2007 Details West Indies Bridgetown Australia 281 / 4 ( 38 overs ) Australia won by 53 runs ( D / L ) Scorecard Sri Lanka 215 / 8 ( 36 overs ) 2011 Details India Sri Lanka Bangladesh Mumbai India 277 / 4 ( 48.2 overs ) India won by 6 wickets Scorecard Sri Lanka 274 / 6 ( 50 overs ) 2015 Details Australia New Zealand Melbourne Australia 186 / 3 ( 33.1 overs ) Australia won by 7 wickets Scorecard New Zealand 183 all out ( 45 overs ) 2019 Details England Wales London 2023 Details India Kolkata Notes Jump up ^ England was the sole designated host, but matches were also played in Wales. Jump up ^ The England and Wales Cricket Board was the sole designated host, but matches were also played in Ireland, the Netherlands, and Scotland. Jump up ^ Cricket South Africa was the sole designated host, but matches were also played in Kenya and Zimbabwe. Jump up ^ Eight member countries of the West Indies Cricket Board hosted matches -- Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago. Results Twenty nations have qualified for the Cricket World Cup at least once. Seven teams have competed in every tournament, five of which have won the title. The West Indies won the first two tournaments, Australia has won five, India has won two, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once. The West Indies ( 1975 and 1979 ) and Australia ( 1999, 2003 and 2007 ) are the only nations to have won consecutive titles. Australia has played in seven of the eleven finals ( 1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 ). England has yet to win the World Cup, but has been runners - up three times ( 1979, 1987, 1992 ). The best result by a non-Test playing nation is the semi-final appearance by Kenya in the 2003 tournament ; while the best result by a non-Test playing team on their debut is the Super 8 ( second round ) by Ireland in 2007. Sri Lanka as a co-host of the 1996 Cricket World Cup was the first host to win the tournament though the final was held in Pakistan. India won in 2011 as host and was the first team to win in a final played in their own country. Australia repeated the feat in 2015. England is the only other host to have made the final, in 1979. Other countries which have achieved or equalled their best World Cup results while co-hosting the tournament are New Zealand as finalists in 2015 ; Zimbabwe who reached the Super Six in 2003 ; and Kenya as semi-finalists in 2003. In 1987, co-hosts India and Pakistan both reached the semi-finals, but were eliminated by Australia and England respectively. Australia in 1992, England in 1999, South Africa in 2003, and Bangladesh in 2011 have been the host teams that were eliminated in the first round. Teams ' performances An overview of the teams ' performances in every World Cup : Team Host ( 8 ) 1979 ( 8 ) ( 8 ) ( 8 ) 1992 ( 9 ) ( 12 ) 1999 ( 12 ) 2003 ( 14 ) 2007 ( 16 ) 2011 ( 14 ) 2015 ( 14 ) 2019 ( 10 ) 2023 ( 10 ) Afghanistan GP Q Australia 2nd GP GP 1st GP 2nd 1st 1st 1st QF 1st Q Bangladesh GP GP S8 GP QF Q Bermuda GP Canada GP GP GP GP East Africa GP England SF 2nd SF 2nd 2nd QF GP GP S8 QF GP Q India GP GP 1st SF GP SF S6 2nd GP 1st SF Q Q Ireland S8 GP GP Kenya GP GP SF GP GP Namibia GP Netherlands GP GP GP GP New Zealand SF SF GP GP SF QF SF S6 SF SF 2nd Q Pakistan GP SF SF SF 1st QF 2nd GP GP SF QF Q Scotland GP GP GP South Africa SF QF SF GP SF QF SF Q Sri Lanka GP GP GP GP GP 1st GP SF 2nd 2nd QF Q United Arab Emirates GP GP West Indies 1st 1st 2nd GP GP SF GP GP S8 QF QF Q Zimbabwe GP GP GP GP S6 S6 GP GP GP † No longer exists. Before the 1992 World Cup, South Africa was banned due to apartheid. The number of wins followed by Run - rate is the criteria for determining the rankings till the 1987 World Cup. The number of points followed by, head to head performance and then net run - rate is the criteria for determining the rankings for the World Cups from 1992 onwards. Legend 1st -- Winner 2nd -- Runner up SF -- Semi-finals S6 -- Super Six ( 1999 -- 2003 ) S8 -- Super Eight ( 2007 ) QF -- Quarter - finals ( 1996, 2011 -- 2015 ) GP -- Group -- First round Debutant teams Year Teams Australia, East Africa, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies 1979 Canada Zimbabwe none 1992 South Africa Kenya, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates 1999 Bangladesh, Scotland 2003 Namibia 2007 Bermuda, Ireland 2011 none 2015 Afghanistan 2019 none 2023 TBD † No longer exists. Overview The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end of group stage of the 2015 tournament. Teams are sorted by best performance, then by appearances, total number of wins, total number of games, and alphabetical order respectively. Appearances Statistics Team Total First Latest Best result Mat. Won Lost Tie NR Win % * Australia 11 2015 1.1 ! Champions ( 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 ) 84 62 20 75.30 India 11 2015 1.3 ! Champions ( 1983, 2011 ) 75 46 27 62.83 West Indies 11 2015 1.3 ! Champions ( 1975, 1979 ) 71 41 29 0 58.57 Pakistan 11 2015 1.5 ! Champions ( 1992 ) 71 40 29 0 57.97 Sri Lanka 11 2015 1.5 ! Champions ( 1996 ) 73 35 35 50.00 England 11 2015 2.3 ! Runners - up ( 1979, 1987, 1992 ) 72 41 29 58.45 New Zealand 11 2015 2.5 ! Runners - up ( 2015 ) 79 48 30 0 61.53 South Africa 7 1992 2015 3.2 ! Semi-finals ( 1992, 1999, 2007, 2015 ) 55 35 18 0 65.45 Kenya 5 2011 3.5 ! Semi-finals ( 2003 ) 29 6 22 0 21.42 Zimbabwe 9 2015 5.4 ! Super 6 ( 1999, 2003 ) 57 11 42 21.29 Bangladesh 5 1999 2015 7.4 ! Quarter - finals ( 2015 ), Super 8 ( 2007 ) 32 11 20 0 35.48 Ireland 2007 2015 7.5 ! Super 8 ( 2007 ) 21 7 13 0 35.71 Canada 1979 2011 9.2 ! Group Stage ( 1979, 2003, 2007, 2011 ) 18 16 0 0 11.11 Netherlands 2011 9.2 ! Group Stage ( 1996, 2003, 2007, 2011 ) 20 18 0 0 10.00 Scotland 1999 2015 9.3 ! Group Stage ( 1999, 2007, 2015 ) 14 0 14 0 0 0.00 United Arab Emirates 2015 9.4 ! Group Stage ( 1996, 2015 ) 11 10 0 0 9.09 Afghanistan 2015 2015 9.5 ! Group Stage ( 2015 ) 6 5 0 0 16.66 Bermuda 2007 2007 9.5 ! Group Stage ( 2007 ) 0 0 0 0.00 East Africa 9.5 ! Group Stage ( 1975 ) 0 0 0 0.00 Namibia 2003 2003 9.5 ! Group Stage ( 2003 ) 6 0 6 0 0 0.00 Last Updated : 29 March 2015 Source : Cricinfo The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win. † No longer exists. Awards Man of the tournament Main article : Cricket World Cup awards Since 1992, one player has been declared as `` Man of the Tournament '' at the end of the World Cup finals : Year Player Performance details 1992 Martin Crowe 456 runs 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 Man of the Match in the Final There were no Man of the Tournament awards before 1992 but Man of the Match awards have always been given for individual matches. Winning the Man of the Match in the final is logically noteworthy, as this indicates the player deemed to have played the biggest part in the World Cup final. To date the award has always gone to a member of the winning side. The Man of the Match award in the final of the competition has been awarded to : Year Player Performance details Clive Lloyd 102 1979 Viv Richards 138 * Mohinder Amarnath 3 / 12 and 26 David Boon 75 1992 Wasim Akram 33 and 3 / 49 Aravinda de Silva 107 * and 3 / 42 1999 Shane Warne 4 / 33 2003 Ricky Ponting 140 * 2007 Adam Gilchrist 149 2011 Mahendra Singh Dhoni 91 * 2015 James Faulkner 3 / 36 Tournament records Main article : List of Cricket World Cup records Sachin Tendulkar, the leading run - scorer in World Cup history. World Cup records Batting Most runs Sachin Tendulkar 2,278 ( 1992 -- 2011 ) Highest average ( min. 20 inns. ) AB de Villiers 63.52 ( 2007 -- 2015 ) Highest score Martin Guptill v West Indies 237 * ( 2015 ) Highest partnership Chris Gayle & Marlon Samuels ( 2nd wicket ) v Zimbabwe 372 ( 2015 ) Most runs in a tournament Sachin Tendulkar 673 ( 2003 ) Most hundreds Sachin Tendulkar 6 ( 1992 -- 2011 ) Bowling Most wickets Glenn McGrath 71 ( 1996 -- 2007 ) Lowest average ( min. 1000 balls bowled ) Glenn McGrath 18.19 ( 1996 -- 2007 ) Best strike rate ( min. 1000 balls bowled ) Lasith Malinga 23.8 ( 2007 -- 2015 ) Best economy rate ( min. 1000 balls bowled ) Andy Roberts 3.24 ( 1975 -- 1983 ) Best bowling figures Glenn McGrath v Namibia 7 / 15 ( 2003 ) Most wickets in a tournament Glenn McGrath 26 ( 2007 ) Fielding Most dismissals ( wicket - keeper ) Kumar Sangakkara 54 ( 2003 -- 2015 ) Most catches ( fielder ) Ricky Ponting 28 ( 1996 -- 2011 ) Team Highest score Australia v Afghanistan 417 / 6 ( 2015 ) Lowest score Canada v Sri Lanka 36 ( 2003 ) Highest win % Australia 74 % ( Played 84, Won 62 ) Most consecutive wins Australia 27 ( 20 Jun 1999 -- 19 Mar 2011, one N / R excluded ) Most consecutive tournament wins Australia 3 ( 1999 -- 2007 ) See also Cricket portal ICC Under - 19 Cricket World Cup ICC World Twenty20 ICC Champions Trophy Women 's Cricket World Cup References Jump up ^ ICC Cricket World Cup : About Archived 1 June 2013 at the Wayback Machine. -- International Cricket Council. Retrieved 30 June 2013. Jump up ^ Martin Williamson. `` The oldest international contest of them all ''. ESPN. Jump up ^ `` 1st Test Scorecard ''. ESPNcricinfo. 15 March 1877. Retrieved 28 January 2007. Jump up ^ `` Olympic Games, 1900, Final ''. ESPNcricinfo. 19 August 1900. Retrieved 9 September 2006. Jump up ^ `` The original damp squib ''. ESPNcricinfo. 23 April 2005. Archived from the original on 16 October 2007. Retrieved 29 August 2006. Jump up ^ `` The run - out that sparked a riot ''. ESPNcricinfo. 30 October 2010. Archived from the original on 22 October 2014. Retrieved 18 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` The low - key birth of one - day cricket ''. ESPNcricinfo. 9 April 2011. Archived from the original on 19 September 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2014. Jump up ^ `` What is One - Day International cricket ? ''. newicc.cricket.org. Archived from the original on 19 November 2006. Retrieved 10 September 2006. ^ Jump up to : `` The World Cup -- A brief history ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 7 December 2006. ^ Jump up to : `` The History of World Cup 's ''. cricworld.com. Retrieved 19 September 2006. Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 5 -- 9 ^ Jump up to : Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 26 -- 31 ^ Jump up to : `` ICC Trophy -- A brief history ''. ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2006. ^ Jump up to : Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 32 -- 35 Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 61 -- 62 Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 105 -- 110 Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 111 -- 116 Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 155 -- 159 Jump up ^ `` Cricket World Cup 2003 ''. A. Srinivas. Archived from the original on 25 October 2009. Retrieved 28 January 2007. Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 160 -- 161 Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 211 -- 214 Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 215 -- 217 Jump up ^ `` 1996 Semi-final scoreboard ''. cricketfundas. Retrieved 28 January 2007. Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 264 -- 274 Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), p. 274 Jump up ^ French Toast ( 2014 ). Cricket World Cup : A Summary of the Tournaments Since 1975 ( e-book ). Smashwords. Retrieved 11 December 2014. Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 229 -- 231 Jump up ^ Browning ( 1999 ), pp. 232 -- 238 Jump up ^ `` Washouts, walkovers, and black armband protests ''. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 30 August 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2015. Jump up ^ `` Ruthless Aussies lift World Cup ''. London : BBC. 23 March 2003. Retrieved 29 January 2007. Jump up ^ `` Full tournament schedule ''. London : BBC. 23 March 2003. Retrieved 22 February 2007. Jump up ^ `` Australia triumph in a tournament to forget ''. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 6 February 2012. Retrieved 15 July 2014. Jump up ^ `` Bob Woolmer 's death stuns cricket world ''. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 25 October 2012. Retrieved 4 December 2014. Jump up ^ `` Bob Woolmer investigation round - up ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2007. Jump up ^ `` Australia v Sri Lanka, World Cup final, Barbados ''. Cricinfo. 28 April 2007. Retrieved 6 May 2007. Jump up ^ `` No World Cup matches in Pakistan ''. BBC. 18 April 2009. Archived from the original on 18 April 2009. Retrieved 15 July 2014. ^ Jump up to : `` India end a 28 - year - long wait ''. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 25 August 2013. Retrieved 29 October 2014. Jump up ^ `` Pakistan top group after ending Australia 's unbeaten World Cup streak ''. CNN. 20 March 2011. Retrieved 13 February 2015. ^ Jump up to : `` Cricket World Cup 2015 : Australia crush New Zealand in final ''. BBC Sport. 29 March 2015. Retrieved 29 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` Results of the ICC Chief Executives ' Committee meeting in London ''. 12 September 2011. Archived from the original on 29 September 2011. Retrieved 13 September 2011. Jump up ^ `` ICC spells out 2015 WC qualification plan ''. ESPNcricinfo. ESPN Sports Media. 11 October 2011. Retrieved 11 October 2011. Jump up ^ `` World Cricket League ''. ICC. Archived from the original on 19 January 2007. Retrieved 28 January 2007. Jump up ^ `` 1st tournament ''. icc.cricket.org. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2007. Jump up ^ `` 92 tournament ''. icc.cricket.org. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2007. Jump up ^ `` 96 tournament ''. icc.cricket.org. Archived from the original on 17 December 2007. Retrieved 19 February 2007. ^ Jump up to : `` Super 6 ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 February 2007. Jump up ^ `` World Cup groups ''. cricket world cup. Retrieved 28 January 2007. Jump up ^ `` About the Event '' ( PDF ). cricketworldcup.com. p. 1. Retrieved 2 September 2006. Jump up ^ `` 2015 Cricket World Cup ''. cricknews.net. Retrieved 3 February 2015. Jump up ^ Nayar, K.R. ( 29 June 2011 ). `` International Cricket Council approves 14 - team cup ''. Gulf News. Retrieved 2 February 2015. Jump up ^ `` Trophy is first permanent prize in Cricket World Cup ''. cricket-worldcup2015.net. Archived from the original on 3 February 2015. Retrieved 9 November 2007. Jump up ^ `` Cricket World Cup - Past Glimpses ''. webindia123.com. Retrieved 31 October 2007. Jump up ^ `` About the Tournament ''. International Cricket Council. Archived from the original on 25 June 2014. Retrieved 4 December 2014. Jump up ^ `` CRICKET WORLD CUP 2015 3RD MOST WATCHED SPORTS EVENT IN THE WORLD ''. Total Sportek. 11 January 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` More money, more viewers and fewer runs in prospect for intriguing World Cup ''. The Guardian. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 17 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` World Cup Overview ''. cricketworldcup.com. Retrieved 29 January 2007. Jump up ^ `` Papa John 's CEO Introduces Cricket to Jerry Jones and Daniel Snyder ''. ir.papajohns.com. Archived from the original on 11 July 2007. Retrieved 4 April 2007. Jump up ^ Cricinfo staff ( 9 December 2006 ). `` ICC rights for to ESPN - star ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2007. Jump up ^ Cricinfo staff ( 18 January 2006 ). `` ICC set to cash in on sponsorship rights ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 30 January 2007. Jump up ^ `` Cricket World Cup 2003 '' ( PDF ). ICC. p. 12. Archived from the original ( PDF ) on 21 March 2006. Retrieved 29 January 2007. Jump up ^ `` World Cup profits boost debt - ridden Windies board ''. Content-usa.cricinfo.com. Retrieved 24 June 2012. Jump up ^ `` ICC CWC 2007 Match Attendance Soars Past 400,000 ''. cricketworld.com. Archived from the original on 28 September 2007. Retrieved 25 April 2007. Jump up ^ `` 2003 World Cup launched in Soweto ''. ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 3 December 2014. Retrieved 3 December 2014. Jump up ^ `` ICC cricket mascot Mello tours Guyana to raise AIDS awareness ''. UNICEF. Archived from the original on 4 November 2014. Retrieved 4 November 2014. Jump up ^ `` 2011 World Cup mascot named as ' Stumpy ' ''. The Times of India. India. 2 August 2010. Retrieved 16 April 2011. Jump up ^ ( 1 ) Jump up ^ `` Asia to host 2011 World Cup ''. Cricinfo. 30 April 2006. Retrieved 9 February 2007. Jump up ^ `` The 1979 World Cup in England -- West Indies retain their title ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 19 September 2006. Jump up ^ `` The 1987 World Cup in India and Pakistan -- Australia win tight tournament ''. Cricinfo. Retrieved 15 July 2014. Jump up ^ `` India power past Sri Lanka to Cricket World Cup triumph ''. BBC Sport. 2 April 2011. Retrieved 17 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` Cricket Records -- Records -- World Cup -- Result summary -- ESPN Cricinfo ''. Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. ^ Jump up to : `` Cricket World Cup Past Glimpses ''. webindia123.com. Retrieved 31 October 2007. Jump up ^ All records are based on statistics at Cricinfo. com 's list of World Cup records Archived 3 January 2007 at the Wayback Machine. Jump up ^ `` Statistics / Statsguru / One - Day Internationals / Batting records ''. ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 September 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` Records / World Cup / Result summary ''. ESPN Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 30 March 2015. Jump up ^ `` Statistics / Statsguru / One - Day Internationals / Team records ''. Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 11 September 2015. Retrieved 30 March 2015. Sources Browning, Mark ( 1999 ). A complete history of World Cup Cricket. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0 - 7318 - 0833 - 9. External links Official ICC Cricket World Cup website Official ICC website Cricket World Cup Tournaments England 1975 England 1979 England 1983 India / Pakistan 1987 Australia / New Zealand 1992 Pakistan / India / Sri Lanka 1996 England 1999 South Africa / Zimbabwe 2003 West Indies 2007 India / Sri Lanka / Bangladesh 2011 Australia / New Zealand 2015 England 2019 India 2023 Finals 1979 1992 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Squads 1979 1992 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Statistics 1979 1992 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 Qualification 1979 1992 1999 2003 2007 2011 2015 2019 2023 Awards Format History Hosts Qualification Records Centuries Five - wicket hauls Teams Trophy ICC Cricket World Cup winners 1975 : West Indies 1979 : West Indies 1983 : India 1987 : Australia 1992 : Pakistan 1996 : Sri Lanka 1999 : Australia 2003 : Australia 2007 : Australia 2011 : India 2015 : Australia ICC Cricket World Cup hosts 1975 : England 1979 : England 1983 : England 1987 : India / Pakistan 1992 : Australia / New Zealand 1996 : Pakistan / India / Sri Lanka 1999 : England / Scotland / Wales / Ireland / Netherlands 2003 : South Africa / Zimbabwe / Kenya 2007 : West Indies 2011 : India / Sri Lanka / Bangladesh 2015 : Australia / New Zealand 2019 : England / Wales 2023 : India World cup competitions List of world cups Team Association football men men 's club women women 's club Viva Athletics Australian rules football Badminton men women mixed Baseball men women Basketball men women Beach soccer Boxing Bull riding Cricket men ODI men Twenty20 women ODI women Twenty20 indoor Darts PDC WDF Field hockey men women Futsal FIFA men AMF men AMF women Golf men women Ice hockey Lacrosse women Nine - ball Pitch and putt Rowing Motorsport enduro Roll ball Pesäpallo Roller derby men women Rugby league men women Rugby union men women sevens Quidditch Sepaktakraw Snooker Softball Tennis men women mixed Touch football Volleyball men women Water polo men women Wrestling Individual Archery Canoe slalom Chess Cyclo - cross Diving Equestrian dressage Gymnastics artistic rhythmic Mountain bike racing Orienteering Paralympic summer winter Road bicycle racing men women Sailing Show jumping Speedway motorcycle Sport shooting Swimming Ten - pin bowling Track cycling Triathlon Winter sports Biathlon Skiing Alpine Cross-country Freestyle ski cross Nordic combined Ski jumping ski flying Snowboarding Ski orienteering Sledding Bobsleigh Luge Skeleton Speed skating Short track See also : Template : Main world championships International cricket International Cricket Council ( ICC ) ICC Awards ICC members Forms Test ( women 's ) One Day International ( women 's ) Twenty20 International ( women 's ) Global events World Cup ( qualifier ) World Twenty20 ( qualifier ) Women 's World Cup ( qualifier ) Women 's World Twenty20 ( qualifier ) Under - 19 World Cup Champions Trophy Intercontinental Cup World Cricket League Olympics Asia ACC -- Asia Cup ACC Trophy ( List A ) ACC Premier League ACC Twenty20 Cup Africa ACA -- WCL Africa Americas ICC Americas -- Americas Championship South American Championship East Asia and Pacific EAP -- ICC EAP Cricket Trophy ( One day ) ICC EAP Cricket Trophy ( Twenty20 ) Europe ECC -- European Championship Women 's European Championship World championships List of world sports championships Olympic sports Team Association football men men 's club women women 's club Baseball men Basketball men women 3x3 basketball Beach volleyball Curling Handball men women Field hockey men women Ice hockey men women Rugby sevens Softball women Volleyball men men 's club women women 's club Water polo Individual Archery Aquatic sports Athletics outdoor race walking Badminton men women mixed individual Biathlon Bobsleigh and skeleton Boxing ( amateur ) Canoeing slalom sprint Cycling road track cyclo - cross mountain biking trials BMX Equestrianism Equestrian Games dressage eventing show jumping Fencing Golf men women Gymnastics artistic rhythmic trampolining Ice skating figure speed short track Judo Karate Luge artificial track natural track Modern pentathlon Rowing Sailing Shooting Skiing alpine nordic freestyle snowboarding Sport climbing Table tennis Taekwondo Triathlon Weightlifting Wrestling Discontinued Basque pelota Cricket men women Lacrosse men Polo Roller hockey men women Paralympic sports Team Amputee Football CP Football Para ice hockey Wheelchair basketball Wheelchair rugby Wheelchair curling Goalball Sitting volleyball Individual Archery Athletics Badminton Cycling Track cycling Road cycling Powerlifting Skiing Alpine Nordic Swimming Table tennis Cue sports Carom billiards Three - cushion individual team artistic five - pin English billiards Crokinole Pocket billiards eight - ball nine - ball ten - ball straight pool Snooker six - red ladies amateurs seniors Mind sports Backgammon Bridge Chess open women Draughts men women checkers draughts - 64 draughts - 64 women Go Puzzles Scrabble Sudoku Xiangqi eSports ESWC FIFA Dota 2 League of Legends Motorsport Auto racing Alternative energy Solar car Formula One Formula Three Karting Rallying WRC WRC - 2 WRC - 3 rally raid Rallycross Sports car endurance Touring car Motorcycle sports Endurance Enduro Ice racing individual team Grand Prix Production Superbike Supersport Cross-country rally Motocross individual nation Supercross sidecar Sidecar Speedway individual team Trial Other Aeroplane sport Aerobatic Aerobatic GP Air Race Powerboating F1 offshore Radio - controlled racing 1 : 10 electric off - road Tank biathlon Other sports Team American football men women Australian football Bandy men men 's club women women 's club Ball hockey Baseball men women Beach handball Beach soccer Canoe polo Dancesport Formation Latin Fistball men women Flag football Floorball Futsal men men 's club women Inline hockey FIRS IIHF Korfball Lacrosse men women indoor under - 19s Netball Padel tennis Quidditch Ringette Roll Ball Roller derby Rugby league men men 's club women Rugby union men women Sailing Yachts Dinghies Sepaktakraw Softball men Synchronized skating Tchoukball Individual Air sports Ballooning Gliding Parachuting Paragliding Aquatics Surfing Water skiing Athletics cross country half marathon indoor 100 km Mountain running Long Distance Mountain running Snowshoe running Skyrunning Trail running Bowling Tenpin Bowls Indoor Canoeing marathon Cycling mountain bike marathon cyclo - cross Darts BDO PDC Fishing freshwater fly fishing Gymnastics acrobatic aerobic Inline speed skating Kendo Kickboxing Orienteering foot ski mountain bike Pétanque Powerlifting men women Professional boxing men women Mounted games Racquetball Sambo Shooting practical handgun practical rifle practical shotgun Skiing flying Ski mountaineering Squash individual doubles team Roller skating artistic Swimming short course Triathlon Ironman Wrestling Armwrestling Sumo Wushu Other Yo - yo Retrieved from `` https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cricket_World_Cup&oldid=836411845 '' Categories : Cricket World Cup International Cricket Council events Quadrennial sporting events Recurring sporting events established in 1975 World championships in cricket One Day International cricket competitions Hidden categories : Webarchive template wayback links CS1 : Julian -- Gregorian uncertainty Use British English from June 2012 Use dmy dates from July 2012 Wikipedia articles in need of updating from March 2018 All Wikipedia articles in need of updating Featured articles Talk Contents About Wikipedia Afrikaans Asturianu বাংলা Башҡортса Català Čeština Cymraeg Deutsch Ελληνικά Español Euskara فارسی Fiji Hindi Français 한국어 हिन्दी Hrvatski Bahasa Indonesia Italiano ಕನ್ನಡ Latviešu मैथिली മലയാളം मराठी Nederlands नेपाली 日本 語 Norsk ଓଡ଼ିଆ ਪੰਜਾਬੀ پنجابی Polski Português Русский සිංහල Simple English سنڌي Slovenčina Српски / srpski Srpskohrvatski / српскохрватски Suomi Svenska தமிழ் తెలుగు Türkçe Українська اردو Tiếng Việt 粵語 中文 डोटेली 43 more Edit links This page was last edited on 14 April 2018, at 17 : 16. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution - ShareAlike License ; additional terms may apply. By using this site, you agree to the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy. Wikipedia ® is a registered trademark of the Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., a non-profit organization. About Wikipedia

Question: who has won the most icc world cups
Answer: Australia