Friday, February 13, 2015

Cricket World Cup History and Records

ICC Cricket World Cup to scheduled to held in Australia and New Zealand in February - March 2015. Today, we are providing you with 2015 World Cup Schedule. The ICC Cricket World Cup is an ODI [One Day Int'l] cricket competition run by the ICC. Till date, there has been ten editions of ICC Cricket World Cup, inaugural being hosted by England back in 1975, where West Indies and Australia entered finals, and WI winning the final comfortably.

The most recent edition was organized by sub-continent trio viz; India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh in 2011, where India completed their second world cup triumph in the finals against Sri Lanka. Full list of all editions and winners is given below.

History of ICC Cricket World Cup

Year        Hosted By        Winner             Runner-Up

1975        England          West Indies        Australia
1979        England          West Indies        England
1983        England          India              West Indies
1987        Indi-Pak         Australia          England
1992        Aus-NZ           Pakistan           England
1996        Ind-Pak-SL       Sri Lanka          Australia
1999        England          Australia          Pakistan
2003        South Africa     Australia          India  
2007        West Indies      Australia          Sri Lanka 
2011        Ind-SL-B'desh    India              Sri Lanka
2015        Aus-NZ 


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