 The Cricket World Cup review
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At the 2007 Cricket World Cup in West Indies 16 international teams will compete. The competitors list includes 10 ODI countries, Kenya plus 5 teams-qualifiers from the ICC. The venue for the finals was chosen to be Barbados. Learn more interesting facts about the World Cricket Cup, its history and winners.
The Cricket World Cup is the cricket world championship, a competition held every four years between a number of Test-playing countries, with more than a few participants from other cricket-playing countries who qualify through qualifying matches. The next cricket world cup will take place in 2007 in the West I The Cricket World Cup made its debut in 1975 in England with eight international teams taking part: England, Australia, West Indies, India, Pakistan , and New Zealand (the six Test countries at the time), as well as Sri Lanka and a mixed East-African team).
Cricket World Cup History. The first three competitions took place in England. The President of the Cricket Board of India, N. K. P. Salve, recounts the presentation of hosting rights for the Cricket World Cup of 1987 in his book called The Story of the Reliance Cup. According to his point of view, he was awarded two tickets for the World Cup final of 1983 at Lord's. When India unpredictably advanced to the final, he requested two supplementary tickets for his friends who had recently arrived from India. The MCC declined his appeal. Following this rejection, Salve campaigned seriously among International Cricket Council's associate members to build up a community of voters, who eventually gave the hosting rights for the Cricket World Cup of 1987 jointly to Pakistan and India.
Since 1987 on, the World Cup hosting has been shared by the world's foremost cricket-playing nations - Australasia, England, the Indian subcontinent, the West Indies and Southern Africa. The championships have been based generally in the home superpowers, however matches are played in all regional cricket-playing nations.
The Cricket World Cup is held in a high regard among players, fans, and administrators, unlike a lot of the numerous one-day competitions held around the globe each year. The championship has been the stage of some of the key developments in cricket world cup rules and the manner one-day cricket is played today.
The summary of Cricket World Cup tournaments.
1975, England - Winner: West Indies; Runner-up: Australia; Final Venue: Lord's, London
1979, England - Winner: West Indies; Runner-up: England; Final Venue: Lord's, London
1983, England - Winner: India; Runner-up: West Indies; Final Venue: Lord's, London
1987, India/Pakistan - Winner: Australia; Runner-up: England; Final Venue: Eden Gardens, Calcutta
1992, Australia/New Zealand - Winner: Pakistan; Runner-up: England; Final Venue: MCG, Melbourne
1996, India/Sri Lanka, Pakistan - Winner: Sri Lanka; Runner-up: Australia; Final Venue: Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
1999, England - Winner: Australia; Runner-up: Pakistan; Final Venue: Lord's, London
2003, South Africa/Kenya/Zimbabwe - Winner: Australia; Runner-up: India, Final Venue: Wanderers, Johannesburg
Cricket World Cup winners:
Australia - 3 titles: 1997, 1999, 2003;
West Indies - 2 titles: 1975, 1979;
India - 1 title: 1983;
Pakistan - 1 title: 1992;
Sri Lanka - 1 title: 1996.
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