Cricket World Cup

The maiden cricket world cup was hosted in 1975 by England. The only nation able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude at the time. The 1975 tournament started on 7 June. The matches composed of 60 six-ball overs per team, played during the daytime in traditional form, with the players wearing cricket whites and using red cricket balls.

World Cup 1975

Eight teams participated in the first tournament- Australia, India, England, Pakistan, New Zealand, and the West Indies (the six Test nations at the time), together with Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa. One celebrity deletion was South Africa, who were banned from international cricket due to racism. The tournament was won by the West Indies under the captaincy of Clive Lloyd, defeated Australia by 17 runs in the final at Lord's. Clive Llyod scored 102 runs in 85 balls and gave victory to his team. Glenn Turner from New Zealand was the leading run scorer and Gary Gilmour from Australia was the leading wicket-taker in CWC 1975.

• Man of the Final Match - Clive Lloyd

Clive Lloyd

World Cup 1975

The 1979 world cup saw the introduction of the ICC Trophy competition to select non-Test playing teams for the World Cup, with Sri Lanka and Cannada qualifying. The West Indies won a second consecutive World Cup tournament, defeating the hosts England by 92 runs in the final. Vivian Richards scored 138 runs in 157 balls in the final match that helped West Indies to lift the trophy. At a meeting which followed the World Cup, the International Cricket Conference agreed to make the competition a Leap year event.

• Man of the Final Match - Viv Richards

CWC 1979

World Cup 1983

World cup 1983 was hosted by England for a third consecutive time. By this stage, Sri Lanka had become a Test-playing nation, and Zimbabwe qualified through the ICC Trophy. A fielding circle was introduced first in 1983 world cup, 30 yards (27 m) away from the stumps. Four fieldsmen needed to be inside it at all times. Both teams faced each other two times in the knock-out stage both won one match. India beat England in the semi-final. England won the toss and chose to bat first and all out in 213 runs. Kapil Dev took 3 for 35 in 11 overs. India chased down this target in 54.4 overs. Yashpal Sharma and Sandeep Patil made half-centuries and helped India National Cricket Team to win the match and qualified for the final match.

CWC 1983

In the Final match India loss the toss and asked to bat first. India scored 183 runs in 54.4 overs. Indian bowlers packed West Indies best batting line-up of the era for 140 runs in 52 overs in return. Madan Lal and Amarnath both took 3-3 wickets. Amarnath became Man of the Match for his all-around performance in the finals. Roger Binny was the leading wicket-taker in 1983 world cup. He took 18 wickets.

• Man of the Final Match - Mohinder Amarnath

World Cup 1987

India and Pakistan mutually hosted the 1987 tournament, the first time that the competition was held outside England. The games were reduced from 60 to 50 overs per innings, the current standard, because of the shorter daylight hours in the Indian Subcontinent compared with England's summer. The final was played at Eden Gardens Kolkata. India and Pakistan the hosts failed to reach the final.  Australia won the World Cup by defeating England by 7 runs in the final, the closest margin in World Cup final history.
Man of the Final Match - David Boon

CWC 1987

World Cup 1992

The 1992 world cup, held in Australia and New Zealand, introduced many changes to the game attribute colored player clothing, white cricket balls and black sightscreens with a number of matches being played under floodlights day/night matches, and a change to the fielding restriction rules. The South African cricket team participated in the event for the first time after the end of racism.

Pakistan won the tournament beating England in the final by 22 runs. Imran Khan scored 72 runs and Mushtaq Ahmed took 3 wickets in that game for Pakistan. Pakistan scored 249 runs in 50 overs and in return England all out for 227 runs.

• Man of the Final Match - Wasim Akram
• Man of the Tournament - Martin Crowe
• This was the Imran Khan's last ODI match

CWC 1992

World Cup 1996

The 1996 championship was held in the Indian subcontinent for a second time, with the introduction of Sri Lanka as host for some of its group stage matches. In the semi-final, Sri Lanka, heading towards a crushing victory over India at Eden Gardens after the hosts lost eight wickets while scoring 120 runs in pursuit of 252, were awarded victory by default after crowd unrest broke out in protest against the Indian performance. Sri Lanka went on to win their maiden championship by defeating Australia by seven wickets in the final at Lahore.
Sachin Tendulkar was the leading run scorer in the tournament 523 runs and Anil Kumble was the leading wicket-taker in the tournament 15 wickets.

• Man of The Final Match - Aravinda de Silva 
• Man of the Tournament - Sanath Jayasuriya

CWC 1996

Australian Hattrick (1999–2007)

World Cup 1999

CWC 1999

In 1999 the event was hosted by England, with some matches also being held in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands. Twelve teams contested the World Cup. Australia qualified for the semi-finals after reaching their target in their Super 6 match against South Africa off the final over of the match. They then proceeded to the final with a tied match in the semi-final also against South Africa where a mix-up between South African batsman Lance Klusener and Allan Donald saw Donald drop his bat and stranded mid-pitch to be run out. In the final, Australia dismissed Pakistan for 132 and then reached the target in less than 20 overs and with eight wickets in hand.

• Man of the Final Match - Shane Warne 

World Cup 2003

CWC 2003

2003 Cricket World Cup hosted by South Africa, Kenya, and Zimbabwe. The first world cup to be played in Africa. 14 teams took to participate in this tournament, largest number at the history of world cup at the time, playing a total of 54 matches. Final match played between India and Australia. Australia made 349 runs in 50 overs they dominated Indian bowling attack completely. This is the largest total ever in world cup final. In return, India all out for 234 runs in 39.1 overs.

• Man of the Match - Ricky Ponting (140* runs)
• Man of the Tournament - Sachin Tendulkar (673 runs and 2 wickets)

World Cup 2007

CWC 2007

In 2007 the tournament was hosted by the West Indies and expanded to sixteen teams. Following Pakistan's upset loss to World Cup debutants Ireland in the group stage, Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room. Jamaican police had initially launched a murder investigation into Woolmer's death but later confirmed that he died of heart failure. Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final by 53 runs (D/L) in ridiculous light conditions, and extended their undefeated run in the World Cup to 29 matches and winning three straight championships.

• Man of the Tournament - Glenn McGrath (26 wickets)

Hosts Domination (2011-2015)

Sachin Tendulkar

World Cup 2011

India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh together hosted the 2011 Cricket World Cup. The number of teams participating in the World Cup dropped down to fourteen as compare to 2007 world cup. Australia lost their final group stage match against Pakistan on 19 March 2011, ending an unbeaten streak of 35 World Cup matches, which had begun on 23 May 1999. India won their second World Cup title by beating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final in Mumbai and became the first country to win the final on home soil. MS Dhoni later became the first captain in history to win all the major ICC tournaments - World T20 in 2007, Champions Trophy in 2013 and this edition of the World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar's "Dream come true moment" in 2011 winning world cup.

• Man of the Final Match - MS Dhoni
• Man of the Tournament - Yuvraj Singh

CWC 2011

World Cup 2015

Australia and New Zealand jointly hosted the 2015 Cricket World cup. The number of participants remained at fourteen. Ireland was the most successful Associate nation with a total of three wins in the tournament. New Zealand beat South Africa in a thrilling first semi-final to qualify for their maiden World Cup final. Australia defeated New Zealand by seven wickets in the final at Melbourne to lift the World Cup for the fifth time.

• Man of the Final Match - James Faulkner 
• Man of the tournament - Mitchell Starc

  

  CWC 2007

Year	Hosts	Final Venue	Winner	Runner-up
1975	England	London	West Indies	Australia
1979	England	London	West Indies	England
1983	England	London	India	West Indies
1987	India Pakistan	Kolkata	Australia	England
1992	Australia New Zealand	Melbourne	Pakistan	England
1996	Pakistan India Sri Lanka	Lahore	Sri Lanka	Australia
1999	England Scotland Wales Ireland Netherland	London	Australia	Pakistan
2003	South Africa Zimbabwe Kenya	Johannesburg	Australia	India
2007	West Indies	Bridgetown	Australia	Sri Lanka
2011	India Sri Lanka Bangladesh	Mumbai	India	Sri Lanka
2015	Australia New Zealand	Melbourne	Australia	New Zealand
2019	England Wales	London
2023	India	Kolkata