Tuesday, February 9, 2010

Cricket World Cup

The Cricket World Cup is a premier international championship for one day cricket in the world. The event is organised once every four years by the sport’s governing body, The International Cricket Council (ICC) and is contested by all Test playing nations (presently 10) plus the qualifying teams. The table below gives the details of the World Cups held till date.


Year
Venue
Winner
Runner-up
1975
England
West Indies
Australia
1979
England
West Indies
England
1983
England
India
West Indies
1987
Indian Subcontinent
Australia
England
1992
Australia &
Pakistan
England

New Zealand


1996
Indian Subcontinent
Sri Lanka
Australia
1999
England
Australia
Pakistan
2003
South Africa,
Zimbabwe & Kenya
Australia
India
2007
West Indies
Australia
Sri Lanka
2011
Indian Subcontinent
Scheduled
2015
Australia & New Zealand

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