The Cricket World Cup was first held in 1975 in England because it was the only nation at the time that had the resources to stage an event of such magnitude. The matches played consisted of 60 overs per team and were played in traditional white uniform and red balls. They were all played during the day and hence started early. Eight teams participated in the first tournament: Australia, England, the West Indies, Pakistan, India, and New Zealand (the six Test nations at the time), with Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa.West Indies won the first Cricket World Cup when they defeated Australia by 17 runs in the final.




The International Cricket Council (ICC) organizes the Cricket World Cup every four years. The series, which sees participation from all the test playing, and some non-test playing cricketing nations, is a limited overs tournament.

Here we have reinvented the spirit of the Cricket World Cup 2007. Information on all the eight cricket world cup's happened till date as well as cricket world cup's that will take place in the future have been given in this section.

To complete the description of the World Cricket Cup let's look at the tournament's winners ranks:

Australia      - 3 titles (1987, 1999, 2003)
West Indies - 2 titles (1975, 1979)
India            - 1 title   (1983)
Pakistan      - 1 title   (1992)
Sri Lanka     - 1 title   (1996)





Previous Tournaments
    

ICC Cricket World Cup 1975

    

ICC Cricket World Cup 1979

    

ICC Cricket World Cup 1983

    

ICC Cricket World Cup 1987

    

ICC Cricket World Cup 1992

    

ICC Cricket World Cup 1996

    

ICC Cricket World Cup 1999

    

ICC Cricket World Cup 2003

    

ICC Cricket World Cup 2007