ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

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.
|rowspan=2 width=5%|Year|rowspan=2 width=20%|Host nation(s)|rowspan=2 width=20%|Venue of final|colspan=3|Final|
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
|1975 _Details_|England|Lord's, London|West Indies <small>291/8 (60 overs)</small>|**West Indies won by 17 runs** Scorecard|Australia <small>274 all out (58.4 overs)</small>|||
|1979 _Details_|England|Lord's, London|West Indies <small>286/9 (60 overs)</small>|**West Indies won by 92 runs** Scorecard|England <small>194 all out (51 overs)</small>|||
|1983 _Details_|England|Lord's, London|India <small>183 all out (54.4 overs)</small>|**India won by 43 runs** Scorecard|West Indies <small>140 all out (52 overs)</small>|||
|1987 _Details_|India, Pakistan|Eden Gardens, Kolkata|Australia <small>253/5 (50 overs)</small>|**Australia won by 7 runs** Scorecard|England <small>246/8 (50 overs)</small>|||
|1992 _Details_|Australia, New Zealand|MCG, Melbourne|Pakistan <small>249/6 (50 overs)</small>|**Pakistan won by 22 runs** Scorecard|England <small>227 all out (49.2 overs)</small>|||
|1996 _Details_|India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka|Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore|Sri Lanka <small>245/3 (46.2 overs)</small>|**Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets** Scorecard|Australia <small>241/7 (50 overs)</small>|||
|1999 _Details_|Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands|Lord's, London|Australia <small>133/2 (20.1 overs)</small>|**Australia won by 8 wickets** Scorecard|Pakistan <small>132 all out (39 overs)</small>|||
|2003 _Details_|South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe|Wanderers, Johannesburg|Australia <small>359/2 (50 overs)</small>|**Australia won by 125 runs** Scorecard|India <small>234 all out (39.2 overs)</small>|||
|2007 _Details_|West Indies|Kensington Oval, Bridgetown|Australia <small>281/4 (38 overs)</small>|**Australia won by 53 runs (D/L)** Scorecard|Sri Lanka <small>215/8 (36 overs)</small>|||
|2011 _Details_|Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka|Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai|India <small>277/4 (48.2 overs)</small>|**India won by 6 wickets** Scorecard|Sri Lanka <small>274/6 (50 overs)</small>|||
|2015 _Details_|Australia, New Zealand|MCG, Melbourne|Australia <small>186/3 (33.1 overs)</small>|**Australia won by 7 wickets** Scorecard|New Zealand <small>183 all out (45 overs)</small>|||
|2019 _Details_|England|Lord's, London|England <small>241 all out (50 overs)</small>|**England won the super over** Scorecard|New Zealand <small>241/8 (50 overs)</small>|||
|2023 _Details_|India|Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad|Australia <small>241/4 (43 overs)</small>|**Australia won by 6 wickets** Scorecard|India <small>240 all out (50 overs)</small>|||

### 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||||

## Other websites

- Official ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 website
- Official ICC website
- ICC World Cup 2023 Full Details