# 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 |

* 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