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.
YearHost nation(s)Venue of finalFinalWinnerResultRunner-up 1975Details England Lord's, London West Indies291/8 (60 overs) West Indies won by 17 runsScorecard  Australia274 all out (58.4 overs) 1979Details England Lord's, London West Indies286/9 (60 overs) West Indies won by 92 runsScorecard  England194 all out (51 overs) 1983Details England Lord's, London India183 all out (54.4 overs) India won by 43 runsScorecard  West Indies140 all out (52 overs) 1987Details India, Pakistan Eden Gardens, Kolkata Australia253/5 (50 overs) Australia won by 7 runsScorecard  England246/8 (50 overs) 1992Details Australia, New Zealand MCG, Melbourne Pakistan249/6 (50 overs) Pakistan won by 22 runsScorecard  England227 all out (49.2 overs) 1996Details India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Sri Lanka245/3 (46.2 overs) Sri Lanka won by 7 wicketsScorecard  Australia241/7 (50 overs) 1999Details Great Britain, Ireland, Netherlands Lord's, London Australia133/2 (20.1 overs) Australia won by 8 wicketsScorecard  Pakistan132 all out (39 overs) 2003Details South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe Wanderers, Johannesburg Australia359/2 (50 overs) Australia won by 125 runsScorecard  India234 all out (39.2 overs) 2007Details West Indies Kensington Oval, Bridgetown Australia281/4 (38 overs) Australia won by 53 runs (D/L)Scorecard Sri Lanka215/8 (36 overs) 2011Details Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai India277/4 (48.2 overs) India won by 6 wicketsScorecard Sri Lanka274/6 (50 overs) 2015Details Australia, New Zealand MCG, Melbourne Australia186/3 (33.1 overs) Australia won by 7 wicketsScorecard New Zealand183 all out (45 overs) 2019Details England Lord's, London England241 all out (50 overs) England won the super overScorecard New Zealand241/8 (50 overs) 2023Details India Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad Australia241/4 (43 overs) Australia won by 6 wicketsScorecard India240 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:
YearPlayerPerformance details1992 Martin Crowe456 runs 1996 Sanath Jayasuriya221 runs and 7 wickets1999 Lance Klusener281 runs and 17 wickets2003 Sachin Tendulkar673 runs and 2 wickets2007 Glenn McGrath26 wickets2011 Yuvraj Singh362 runs and 15 wickets2015 Mitchell Starc22 wickets2019 Kane Williamson578 runs2023 Virat Kohli765 runs

References

Bibliography


Other websites
Official ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 website
Official ICC website  
ICC World Cup 2023 Full Details 


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