The ICC World Cup is a very well-known global championship of ODI cricket. This event is organized by ICC every four years and it is one of the most viewed sporting events. The 1st World Cup held in the year 1975 in England where eight teams were competing for each other in the tournament. In all the World Cups which are held till now, there are five different cricket teams who have won the match. The Australian team has won the World Cup trophy for the five times and they have set a record for the competitors. West Indies has been able to win this trophy for two times in the beginning. India has been able to win the trophy two times while Sri Lanka and Pakistan have won it one time each.
History of ICC World Cup
It is really interesting to know about the Cricket World cup history when a person is a great fan of it. In the year 1975, it was known as, The Prudential World Cup and was played in England and even this year, it is going to be hosted by England. This was the nation which put forward the message of creating such an event. These matches were of a total of sixty overs and were played with red and white balls. In the first tournament of World Cup, eight teams which include England, Australia, India, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan competed with each other. The first Cricket world cup was won by West Indies and it defeated Australian team with 17 runs.
Returning to Quarter Final tournament format
Several changes have been made in the format of tournament in World cup history but people are always excited about the tournament. In the year 2007, the round of Super 8 suffered from the problem of lack of crowd because the tournament became really long and the strong teams like Pakistan and India were knocked out in this tournament during the group stage. So, ICC took the decision to exclude two teams from World Cup 2011 and they divided fourteen teams into two groups among which top 4 teams will be qualified for the Quarterfinals. This brought more matches during the early stages of World cup tournament and more knockout rounds were added to gain the interest of crowds.
Winners of World Cup
The Cricket World cup winners are able to gain a lot of respect from the other teams. Several World cups have been held till now and Australia has won five of them. Although, all of the teams are really strong only the hardest working team with the best strategy wins the game. Here are the past winners of the world cup tournament:
- In the year 1975, the final match was between Australia and West Indies where the world cup was won by West Indies.
- In the year 1979, runner up team was England and West Indies won by total 92 runs.
- In 1983, India won the match by 43 runs by West Indies.
- In 1987, the final match was played between England and Australia where latter won the tournament by 7 runs.
- In the year 1992, the final match was played between England and Pakistan. This match was won by Pakistan by 22 runs.
- In 1996, the final match was played between Australia and Sri Lanka and later won by seven wickets.
- In the year 1999, Pakistan lost a match from Australia by eight wickets.
- In the year 2003, India and Australia played the final match where Australia won by 125 runs.
- In the year 2007, Sri Lanka and Australia played the final match when Australia again won by 53 runs.
- In the year 2011, India won the match by 6 wickets from Sri Lanka.
- In 2015, the world cup trophy was won by Australia from New Zealand.
The name of the winning teams is registered in the Cricket world cup history due to which every team wants to win the tournament. There wasnt much idea about the Cricket world cup winners when the tournaments were held before and there is no idea about this time winner. So, the fans can only go to watch the tournament and find out about the winner on their own. Theres no doubt that it will be really amazing for the winning team to hold trophy but it is going to create history in the cricket world cup.
