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From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

For the 20 over world cup, see Men's T20 World Cup. For the women's equivalent, see Women's
Cricket World Cup.

ICC Men's Cricket World Cup

Administrator International Cricket Council

Format One Day International

First edition • 1975

• England

Latest edition • 2023

• India

Next edition • 2027

• South Africa

• Zimbabwe
 • Namibia

Tournament format see below

Number of teams 14

Current champion Australia (6th title)

Most successful Australia (6 titles)

Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (2,278)

Most wickets Glenn McGrath (71)

Website cricketworldcup.com

Editions

• 1975

• 1979

• 1983

• 1987

• 1992

• 1996

• 1999

• 2003

• 2007

• 2011

• 2015

• 2019

• 2023

• 2027

• 2031

The ICC Men's Cricket World Cup is a quadrennial world cup for cricket in One Day
International (ODI) format, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The tournament is
one of the world's most viewed sporting events and considered the flagship event of the
international cricket calendar by the ICC.[1]

The first Cricket World Cup was organised in England in June 1975, with the first ODI cricket match
having been played only four years earlier. However, a separate Women's Cricket World Cup had
been held two years before the first men's tournament, and a tournament involving multiple
international teams had been held as early as 1912, when a triangular tournament of Test
matches was played between Australia, England and South Africa. The first three World Cups were
held in England. From the 1987 tournament onwards, hosting has been shared between countries
under an unofficial rotation system, with 14 ICC members having hosted at least one match in the
tournament.

The current format involves a qualification phase, which takes place over the preceding three years,
to determine which teams qualify for the tournament phase. In the tournament phase, 10 teams,
including the automatically qualifying host nation, compete for the title at venues within the host
nation over about a month. In the 2027 World Cup, the format will be changed to accommodate an
expanded 14-team final competition.[2]

A total of twenty teams have competed in the 13 editions of the tournament, with ten teams
competing in the recent 2023 tournament. Australia has won the tournament six
times, India and West Indies twice each, while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England have won it once
each. The best performance by a non-full-member team came when Kenya made the semi-finals of
the 2003 tournament.

Australia are the current champions after winning the 2023 World Cup in India. The subsequent 2027
World Cup will be held jointly in South Africa, Zimbabwe and Namibia.

History

[edit]

Main article: History of the Cricket World Cup

The first international cricket match was played between Canada and the United States, on 24 and 25
September 1844.[3] However, the first credited Test match was played in 1877
between Australia and England, and the two teams competed regularly for The Ashes in subsequent
years. South Africa was admitted to Test status in 1889.[4] Representative cricket teams were selected
to tour each other, resulting in bilateral competition. Cricket was also included as an Olympic sport at
the 1900 Paris Games, where Great Britain defeated France to win the gold medal.[5] This was the
only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics.[6]

The first multilateral competition at international level was the 1912 Triangular Tournament, a Test
cricket tournament played in England between all three Test-playing nations at the time: England,
Australia and South Africa. The event was not a success: the summer was exceptionally wet, making
play difficult on damp uncovered pitches, and crowd attendances were poor, attributed to a "surfeit
of cricket".[7] Since then, international Test cricket has generally been organised as bilateral series: a
multilateral Test tournament was not organised again until the triangular Asian Test Championship in
1999.[8]

The number of nations playing Test cricket increased gradually over time, with the addition of West
Indies in 1928,[9] New Zealand in 1930,[10] India in 1932,[11] and Pakistan in 1952.[12] However,
international cricket continued to be played as bilateral Test matches over three, four or five days.

In the early 1960s, English county cricket teams began playing a shortened version of cricket which
only lasted for one day. Starting in 1962 with a four-team knockout competition known as the
Midlands Knock-Out Cup,[13] and continuing with the inaugural Gillette Cup in 1963, one-day
cricket grew in popularity in England. A national Sunday League was formed in 1969. The first One-
Day International match was played on the fifth day of a rain-aborted Test match between England
and Australia at Melbourne in 1971, to fill the time available and as compensation for the frustrated
crowd. It was a forty over game with eight balls per over.[14] The success and popularity of the
domestic one-day competitions in England and other parts of the world, as well as the early One-Day
Internationals, prompted the ICC to consider organizing a Cricket World Cup.[15]

Prudential World Cups (1975–1983)

[edit]

Main articles: 1975 Cricket World Cup, 1979 Cricket World Cup, and 1983 Cricket World Cup

The Prudential Cup trophy

The inaugural 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 first three tournaments were
held in England and officially known as the Prudential Cup after the sponsors Prudential plc. The
matches consisted of 60 six-ball overs per team, played during daytime in the traditional form, with
the players wearing cricket whites and using red cricket balls.[16]

Eight teams participated in the first tournament: Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan,
and the West Indies (the six Test nations at the time), together with Sri Lanka and a composite team
from East Africa.[17] One notable omission was South Africa, who were banned from international
cricket due to apartheid. The tournament was won by the West Indies, who defeated Australia by
17 runs in the final at Lord's.[17] Roy Fredricks of West Indies was the first batsmen who got hit-wicket
in ODI during the 1975 World Cup final.[18]

The 1979 World Cup saw the introduction of the ICC Trophy competition to select non-Test playing
teams for the World Cup,[19] with Sri Lanka and Canada qualifying.[20] The West Indies won a second
consecutive World Cup tournament, defeating the hosts England by 92 runs in the final. At a meeting
which followed the World Cup, the International Cricket Conference agreed to make the competition
a quadrennial event.[20]

The 1983 event 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, 30 yards (27 m) away from the stumps. Four fieldsmen needed to be inside it at all
times.[21] The teams faced each other twice, before moving into the knock-outs. India was crowned
champions after upsetting the West Indies by 43 runs in the final.[15][22]

Different champions (1987–1996)

[edit]

Main articles: 1987 Cricket World Cup, 1992 Cricket World Cup, and 1996 Cricket World Cup

India and Pakistan jointly 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.[23] Australia won the championship by defeating England by 7 runs in the final, the closest
margin in the World Cup final until the 2019 edition between England and New Zealand.[24][25]

The 1992 World Cup, held in Australia and New Zealand, introduced many changes to the game, such
as coloured clothing, white balls, day/night matches, and a change to the fielding restriction rules.
The South African cricket team participated in the event for the first time, following the fall of the
apartheid regime and the end of the international sports boycott.[26] Pakistan overcame a dismal start
in the tournament to eventually defeat England by 22 runs in the final and emerge as winners.[27]

The 1996 championship was held in the Indian subcontinent for a second time, with the inclusion of
Sri Lanka as host for some of its group stage matches.[28] 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.[29] Sri Lanka went on to win their maiden championship by defeating Australia
by seven wickets in the final at Lahore.[30]

Australian treble (1999–2007)

[edit]

Main articles: 1999 Cricket World Cup, 2003 Cricket World Cup, and 2007 Cricket World Cup

In 1999, the event was hosted by England, with some matches also being held in Scotland, Ireland,
Wales and the Netherlands.[31][32] 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.[33] 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 batsmen 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.[34]

A crowd of over 10,000 fans welcome the Australian team on

completing the first World Cup hat-trick – Martin Place, Sydney.
South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya hosted the 2003 World Cup. The number of teams participating in
the event increased from twelve to fourteen. Kenya's victories over Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, among
others – and a forfeit by the New Zealand team, which refused to play in Kenya because of security
concerns – enabled Kenya to reach the semi-finals, the best result by an associate.[35] In the final,
Australia made 359 runs for the loss of two wickets, the largest ever total in a final, defeating India by
125 runs.[36][37]

In 2007, the tournament was hosted by the West Indies and expanded to sixteen teams.[38] 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.[39] Jamaican police had initially launched a murder
investigation into Woolmer's death but later confirmed that he died of heart failure.[40] Australia
defeated Sri Lanka in the final by 53 runs (D/L) in farcical light conditions, and extended their
undefeated run in the World Cup to 29 matches and winning three straight championships.[41]

Hosts triumph (2011–2019)

[edit]

Main articles: 2011 Cricket World Cup, 2015 Cricket World Cup, and 2019 Cricket World Cup

Autographed bat of the World Cup winning captains till

2015 at the Blades of Glory Museum, Pune, India

India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh together hosted the 2011 World Cup. Pakistan was stripped of its
hosting rights following the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009, with the games
originally scheduled for Pakistan redistributed to the other host countries.[42] The number of teams
participating in the World Cup was reduced to fourteen.[43] 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.[44] India won their second World Cup title by beating Sri Lanka by
6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, where the Indian captain M.S. Dhoni along
with the spinning all-rounder Yuvraj Singh chased 275 with notable performances from Gautam
Gambhir and Virat Kohli, making India the first country to win the World Cup at home.[43] This was
also the first time that two Asian countries faced each other in a World Cup Final.[45]

Australia and New Zealand jointly hosted the 2015 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.[46]
 England perform a lap of honour around Lord's after their
victory on 14 July 2019.

The 2019 World Cup was hosted by England and Wales. The number of participants was reduced to
10. New Zealand defeated India in the first semi-final, which was pushed over to the reserve day due
to rain.[47] England defeated the defending champions, Australia, in the second semi-final. Neither
finalist had previously won the World Cup. In the final, the scores were tied at 241 after 50 overs and
the match went to a super over, after which the scores were again tied at 15. The World Cup was
won by England, whose boundary count was greater than New Zealand's.[48][49]

Australian Resurgence (2023)

[edit]

Main article: 2023 Cricket World Cup

The 2023 Cricket World Cup was hosted by India. The number of teams in the tournament remained
at 10, including the Netherlands, which returned to the tournament after a 12-year absence and
excluding the inaugural and two-time champions the West Indies; they shockingly failed to qualify for
the World Cup for the first time in history. India were unbeaten in the group stage, as they won all of
their matches and defeated New Zealand to advance to the final; Australia lost twice during the
group stage before rebounding and going on an eight-game winning streak, including a defeat of
South Africa in the semi-finals. Afghanistan had their most successful World Cup, with four wins
during the group stage, including over defending champions England and former champions
Pakistan; they also came close to defeating Australia before Glenn Maxwell's double century steered
the Aussies to victory. In the final, Australia defeated the 10-match unbeaten India to clinch their
record-extending 6th World Cup.

Format

[edit]

Qualification

[edit]

Main article: Cricket World Cup qualification

From the first World Cup in 1975 up to the 2019 World Cup, the majority of teams taking part
qualified automatically. Until the 2015 World Cup this was mostly through having Full Membership of
the ICC, and for the 2019 World Cup this was mostly through ranking position in the ICC ODI
Championship.[50]

Since the second World Cup in 1979 up to the 2019 World Cup, the teams that qualified
automatically were joined by a small number of others who qualified for the World Cup through the
qualification process. The first qualifying tournament being the ICC Trophy;[51] later the process
expanding with pre-qualifying tournaments. For the 2011 World Cup, the ICC World Cricket
League replaced the past pre-qualifying processes; and the name "ICC Trophy" was changed to "ICC
Men's Cricket World Cup Qualifier".[52] The World Cricket League was the qualification system
provided to allow the Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC more opportunities to qualify. The
number of teams qualifying varied throughout the years.[53]

From the 2023 World Cup onwards, only the host nation(s) will qualify automatically. All countries
will participate in a series of leagues to determine qualification, with automatic promotion and
relegation between divisions from one World Cup cycle to the next.[54]

Tournament

[edit]

Autographs of the winning teams of each edition of the

tournament at the Blades of Glory Cricket Museum, Pune, India.

The format of the Cricket World Cup has changed greatly over the course of its history. Each of the
first four tournaments was played by eight teams, divided into two groups of four.[55] The competition
consisted of two stages, a group stage and a knock-out stage. The four teams in each group played
each other in the round-robin group stage, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the
semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals played against each other in the final. With South Africa
returning in the fifth tournament in 1992 as a result of the end of the apartheid boycott, nine teams
played each other once in the group phase, and the top four teams progressed to the semi-
finals.[56] The tournament was further expanded in 1996, with two groups of six teams.[57] The top
four teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals and semi-finals.[58]

A distinct format was used for the 1999 and 2003 World Cups. The teams were split into two pools,
with the top three teams in each pool advancing to the Super 6.[59] The Super 6 teams played the
three other teams that advanced from the other group. As they advanced, the teams carried their
points forward from previous matches against other teams advancing alongside them, giving them
an incentive to perform well in the group stages.[59] The top four teams from the Super 6 stage
progressed to the semi-finals, with the winners playing in the final.[60][61]

The captains of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

The format used in the 2007 World Cup involved 16 teams allocated into four groups of
four.[62] Within each group, the teams played each other in a round-robin format. Teams earned
points for wins and half-points for ties. The top two teams from each group moved forward to
the Super 8 round. The Super 8 teams played the other six teams that progressed from the different
groups. Teams earned points in the same way as the group stage, but carried their points forward
from previous matches against the other teams who qualified from the same group to the Super
8 stage.[63] The top four teams from the Super 8 round advanced to the semi-finals, and the winners
of the semi-finals played in the final.[64]

The format used in the 2011 and 2015[65] World Cups featured two groups of seven teams, each
playing in a round-robin format. The top four teams from each group proceeded to the knock out
stage consisting of quarter-finals, semi-finals and ultimately the final.[66]

In the 2019 and 2023 editions of the tournament, the number of teams participating dropped to 10.
Each team is scheduled to play against each other once in a round robin format, before entering the
semifinals,[67] a similar format to the 1992 World Cup. The 2027 and 2031 World Cups will have 14
teams, with the format same as the 2003 edition.[68][69]

Summary of tournament formats

Ed. Year Host(s) Teams Matches Preliminary stage Final stage

1 1975 2 groups of 4
England 15 teams: 12
2 1979 matches
Knock-out of 4 teams
England 8 (group winners and
3 1983
Wales 2 groups of 4 runners-up): 3 matches
27 teams: 24
India matches
4 1987
Pakistan

Australia 1 group of 9
Knock-out of 4 teams (top
5 1992 New 9 39 teams: 36
4 in group): 3 matches
Zealand matches

India 2 groups of 6 Knock-out of 8 teams (top

6 1996 Pakistan 37 teams: 30 4 in each group): 7
Sri Lanka matches matches

England 12
Wales 2 groups of 6
7 1999 Scotland 42 teams: 30 Super Sixes (top 3 in each
Ireland matches group): 9 matches
Netherlands Knock-out of 4 teams (top
4 in Super Sixes): 3
South Africa 2 groups of 7 matches
8 2003 Zimbabwe 14 54 teams: 42
Kenya matches
 Super Eights (top 2 in each
4 groups of 4 group): 24 matches
9 2007 West Indies 16 51 teams: 24 Knock-out of 4 teams (top
matches 4 in Super Eights): 3
matches

India
10 2011 Sri Lanka
Bangladesh 2 groups of 7 Knock-out of 8 teams (top
14 49 teams: 42 4 in each group): 7
Australia matches matches
11 2015 New
Zealand

England
12 2019 1 group of 10
Wales Knock-out of 4 teams (top
10 48 teams: 45
4 in group): 3 matches
matches
13 2023 India

South Africa
Super Sixes (top 3 in each
14 2027 Zimbabwe
2 groups of 7 group): 9 matches
Namibia
14 54 teams: 42 Knock-out of 4 teams (top
matches 4 in Super Sixes): 3
India
15 2031 matches
Bangladesh

Trophy

[edit]

The Cricket World Cup Trophy.

Main article: Cricket World Cup Trophy

The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy is presented to the winners of the World Cup. The current trophy
was created for the 1999 championships, and was the first permanent prize in the tournament's
history. Prior to this, different trophies were made for each World Cup.[70] Before introducing the
permanent ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy in 1999, individual trophies were designed and awarded for
each edition of the tournament. For example, the Prudential Cup trophies were used for the first
three editions (1975, 1979, and 1983) when Prudential plc was the sponsor. Similarly, subsequent
tournaments used different designs until the permanent trophy was introduced. This shift to a
permanent design was intended to establish a consistent and iconic representation of the World
Cup's legacy. The trophy was designed and produced in London by a team of craftsmen from Garrard
& Co over a period of two months.[71][72]

The current trophy is made from silver and gilt, and features a golden globe held up by three silver
columns. The columns, shaped as stumps and bails, represent the three fundamental aspects of
cricket: batting, bowling and fielding, while the globe characterises a cricket ball.[73] The seam is tilted
to symbolize the axial tilt of the Earth. It stands 60 centimetres (24 in) high and weighs approximately
11 kilograms (24 lb). The names of the previous winners are engraved on the base of the trophy, with
space for a total of twenty inscriptions. The ICC keeps the original trophy. A replica differing only in
the inscriptions is permanently awarded to the winning team.[74]

Media coverage

[edit]

The tournament is one of the world's most-viewed sporting events,[75][76][77] and successive
tournaments have generated increasing media attention as One-Day International cricket has
become more established.[dubious – discuss] The 2011 Cricket World Cup was televised in over 200
countries to over 2.2 billion viewers.[71][78][better source needed][dubious – discuss] Television rights, mainly for the
2011 and 2015 World Cup, were sold for over US$1.1 billion,[79] and sponsorship rights were sold for
a further US$500 million.[80] The ICC claimed a total of 1.6 billion viewers for the 2019 World Cup as
well as 4.6 billion views of digital video of the tournament.[81] The most-watched match of the
tournament was the group game between India and Pakistan, which was watched by more than 300
million people live.[82]

Attendance

[edit]

Year Hosts Total attendance References

[83]
2003 South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya 626,845

[84][85]
2007 West Indies 672,000

[84][86]
2011 India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh 1,229,826

[84][87]
2015 Australia, New Zealand 1,106,420

[88]
2019 England & Wales 752,000

[89]
2023 India 1,250,307

Selection of hosts

[edit]
Main article: Cricket World Cup hosts

The International Cricket Council's executive committee votes for the hosts of the tournament after
examining the bids made by the nations keen to hold a Cricket World Cup.[90]

1975,
1979,1983,
1999,2019

1987,
1996,2011,
2023,2031

1987,1996

2011,2031

1996,2011

2007

1992,2015
1992,2015

2003

2003,2027

2003,2027

2027

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Host countries of Cricket World Cup

A civic centre lit up to mark the 2003 Cricket World

Cup in South Africa

England hosted the first three competitions. The ICC decided that England should host the first
tournament because it was ready to devote the resources required to organising the inaugural
event.[91] India volunteered to host the third Cricket World Cup, but most ICC members preferred
England as the longer period of daylight in England in June meant that a match could be completed
in one day.[92] The 1987 Cricket World Cup was held in India and Pakistan, the first hosted outside
England.[93]

Many of the tournaments have been jointly hosted by nations from the same geographical region,
such as South Asia in 1987, 1996 and 2011, Australasia (in Australia and New Zealand) in 1992 and
2015, Southern Africa in 2003 and West Indies in 2007.

In November 2021, ICC published the name of the hosts for ICC events to be played between 2024
and 2031 cycle. The hosts for the 50-over World Cup along with T20 World Cup and Champions
Trophy were selected through a competitive bidding process.[94][95]

Results

[edit]

Main article: List of Cricket World Cup finals

E Ye Runner Tea
Host(s) Final venue Winner Result
d. ar -up ms

West
Austr
West Indies
alia
Indies won by
1 1975 England Lord's, London 274 all 8
291/8 (60 17 runs
out (58.4
overs) (scoreca
overs)
rd)

West
Engla
West Indies
nd
Indies won by
2 1979 England Lord's, London 194 all 8
286/9 (60 92 runs
out (51
overs) (scoreca
overs)
rd)

India West
• Engla India
won by Indies
nd 183 all
3 1983 Lord's, London 43 runs 140 all 8
out (54.4
• Wales (scoreca out (52
overs)
rd) overs)

Australi
• India Austr a won Engla
Eden alia by 7 nd
4 1987 8
• Pakist Gardens, Kolkata 253/5 (50 runs 246/8 (50
an overs) (scoreca overs)
rd)

• Austr Pakistan Engla

Melbourne Pakis
alia won by nd
Cricket tan
5 1992 22 runs 227 all 9
• New Ground, Melbour 249/6 (50
(scoreca out (49.2
Zealand ne overs)
rd) overs)

Sri
• India
Sri Lanka
Austr
• Pakist Lanka won by
Gaddafi alia
6 1996 an 245/3 7 12
Stadium, Lahore 241/7 (50
(46.2 wickets
• Sri overs)
overs) (scoreca
Lanka rd)

• Engla Australi
Austr Pakis
7 1999 nd [a] Lord's, London a won 12
alia tan
by 8
• Wales 133/2 132 all
wickets
E Ye Runner Tea
Host(s) Final venue Winner Result
d. ar -up ms

• Scotla (20.1 (scoreca out (39

nd overs) rd) overs)

• Irelan
d

• Nethe
rlands

• South Australi
Africa [b] Austr a won India
Wanderers
alia by 125 234 all
8 2003 • Zimb Stadium, Johann 14
359/2 (50 runs out (39.2
abwe esburg
overs) (scoreca overs)
• Kenya rd)

Australi
a won
Austr Sri
by 53
Kensington alia Lanka
9 2007 West Indies[c] runs 16
Oval, Bridgetown 281/4 (38 215/8 (36
(D/L)
overs) overs)
(scoreca
rd)

• India India
India won by Sri
• Sri Wankhede
277/4 6 Lanka
10 2011 Lanka Stadium, Mumba 14
(48.2 wickets 274/6 (50
i
• Bangl overs) (scoreca overs)
adesh rd)

Australi
• Austr Austr New
Melbourne a won
alia alia Zealand
Cricket by 7
11 2015 186/3 183 all 14
• New Ground, Melbour wickets
(33.1 out (45
Zealand ne (scoreca
overs) overs)
rd)

Engla Match New

nd tied Zealand
• Engla
241 all (England 241/8 (50
12 2019 nd Lord's, London 10
out (50 won on overs)
• Wales overs) boundar 15/1
15/0 ies (super
(super countba over)
 E Ye Runner Tea
Host(s) Final venue Winner Result
d. ar -up ms

over) ck) 14 fours,

24 fours, (scoreca 3 sixes
2 sixes rd)

Australi
Austr a won India
Narendra Modi
alia by 6 240 all
13 2023 India Stadium, Ahmed 10
241/4 (43 wickets out (50
abad
overs) (scoreca overs)
rd)

Notes

1. ^ England was the sole designated host, but matches were also played in Wales,
Scotland, Republic of Ireland, the Netherlands.

2. ^ South Africa was the sole designated main host, but matches were also played in
Zimbabwe and Kenya.

3. ^ Eight member countries of the West Indies Cricket Federation hosted matches –
Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, Saint Kitts and Nevis,
Saint Lucia, and Trinidad and Tobago.

Tournament summary

[edit]

Twenty nations have qualified for the Cricket World Cup at least once. Six teams have competed in
every tournament, five of which have won the title.[15] The West Indies won the first two
tournaments, Australia has won six, India has won two, while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England have
each won once. The West Indies (1975 and 1979) and Australia (1999, 2003 and 2007) are the only
teams to have won consecutive titles.[15] Australia has played in eight of the thirteen finals
(1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015 and 2023). New Zealand has yet to win the World Cup,
but has been runners-up two times (2015 and 2019). The best result by a non-Test playing nation is
the semi-final appearance by Kenya in the 2003 tournament; while the best result by a non-Test
playing team on their debut is the Super 8 (second round) by Ireland in 2007.[15]

Sri Lanka, as a co-host of the 1996 World Cup, was the first host to win the tournament, though the
final was held in Pakistan.[15] India won in 2011 as host and was the first team to win a final played in
their own country.[96] Australia and England repeated the feat in 2015 and 2019 respectively.[46] Other
than this, England in 1979 and India in 2023 made it to the final which was hosted by their country.
Other countries which have achieved or equalled their best World Cup results while co-hosting the
tournament are Sri Lanka and New Zealand as finalists in 2011 and 2015 respectively, Zimbabwe who
reached the Super Six in 2003, and Kenya as semi-finalists in 2003.[15] In 1987, co-hosts India and
Pakistan both reached the semi-finals, but were eliminated by England and Australia
respectively.[15] Australia in 1992, England in 1999, South Africa in 2003, and Bangladesh in 2011 have
been host teams that were eliminated in the first round.[97]

Teams' performances
[edit]

An overview of the teams' performances in every World Cup is given below. For each tournament,
the number of teams in each finals tournament (in brackets) are shown.

(12 (14 (16 (14 (14 (10 (10

(8) (8) (8) (8) (9)
) (12) ) ) ) ) ) )
No. of 197 197 198 19 19
19 1999 20 20 20 20 20 20
teams/ 5 9 3 87 92
96 03 07 11 15 19 23
Seasons App
Host(s) s.

Team

Afghani 10t
GP 6th 3
stan h

Australi
RU GP GP W 5th RU W W W QF W SF W 13
a

Banglad
GP GP 7th GP QF 8th 8th 7
esh

Bermud
GP 1
a

Canada GP GP GP GP 4

England SF RU SF RU RU QF GP GP 5th QF GP W 7th 13

India GP GP W SF 7th SF 6th RU GP W SF SF RU 13

Ireland 8th GP GP 3

Kenya GP GP SF GP GP 5

Namibi
GP 1
a

Netherl 10t
GP GP GP GP 5
ands h

New
SF SF GP GP SF QF SF 5th SF SF RU RU SF 13
Zealand
 Pakista
GP SF SF SF W QF RU GP GP SF QF 5th 5th 13
n

Scotlan
GP GP GP 3
d

South
SF QF SF GP SF QF SF 7th SF 9
Africa[a]

Sri
GP GP GP GP 8th W GP SF RU RU QF 6th 9th 13
Lanka

United
Arab GP GP 2
Emirates

West
W W RU GP 6th SF GP GP 6th QF QF 9th 12
Indies

Zimbab
GP GP 9th GP 5th 6th GP GP GP 9
we

Defunct teams

East
GP 1
Africa[b]

Legend

• W – Winner

• RU– Runner up

• SF– Semi-finals

• S6– Super Six (1999–2003)

• QF– Quarter-finals (1996, 2011–2015)

• S8– Super Eight (2007)

• GP – Group stage / First round

• Q – Qualified, Still in Competition

• — Hosts

Debutant teams

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Year Teams Total

 Australia, East Africa,[b] England, India, New
1975 8
Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka

1979 Canada 1

1983 Zimbabwe 1

1987 none 0

1992 South Africa[a] 1

1996 Kenya, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates 3

1999 Bangladesh, Scotland 2

2003 Namibia 1

2007 Bermuda, Ireland 2

2011 none 0

2015 Afghanistan 1

2019 none 0

2023 none 0

Overview

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The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the
end of the 2023 tournament. Teams are ordered by best result then by appearances, then by winning
percentage, then by total number of wins, total number of number of games, and then
alphabetically:

Statistics
Best performance
Ap M W Lo Ti N Win
Team
ps at. on st e R %*

Austra Champions (1987, 1999, 2003,

13 105 78 25 1 1 75.48
lia 2007, 2015, 2023)

India 13 95 63 30 1 1 67.55 Champions (1983, 2011)

West
12 80 43 35 0 2 55.12 Champions (1975, 1979)
Indies
 Statistics
Best performance
Ap M W Lo Ti N Win
Team
ps at. on st e R %*

Englan
13 93 52 39 1 1 57.14 Champions (2019)
d

Pakist
13 88 49 37 0 2 56.97 Champions (1992)
an

Sri
13 89 40 46 1 2 46.55 Champions (1996)
Lanka

New
13 99 59 38 1 1 60.71 Runners-up (2015, 2019)
Zealand

Semi-
South
9 74 45 26 2 1 63.01 finals (1992, 1999, 2007, 2015,
Africa
2023)

Kenya 5 29 6 22 0 0 21.42 Semi-finals (2003)

Zimba
9 57 11 42 1 3 21.29 Super 6s (1999, 2003)
bwe

Bangla Super 8s (2007) & Quarter-

7 49 16 32 0 1 33.33
desh finals (2015)

Irelan
3 21 7 13 1 0 35.71 Super 8s (2007)
d

Group
Nethe
5 29 4 25 0 0 13.79 Stage (1996, 2003, 2007, 2011,
rlands
2023)

Canad Group
4 18 2 16 0 0 11.11
a Stage (1979, 2003, 2007, 2011)

Afgha
3 24 5 19 0 0 20.83 Group Stage (2015, 2019, 2023)
nistan

Scotla
3 14 0 14 0 0 0.00 Group Stage (1999, 2007, 2015)
nd
 Statistics
Best performance
Ap M W Lo Ti N Win
Team
ps at. on st e R %*

United
Arab 2 11 1 10 0 0 9.09 Group Stage (1996, 2015)
Emirates

Namib
1 6 0 6 0 0 0.00 Group Stage (2003)
ia

Bermu
1 3 0 3 0 0 0.00 Group Stage (2007)
da

Defunct teams

East
1 3 0 3 0 0 0.00 Group Stage (1975)
Africa[b]

As of 19 November 2023
Source: ESPNcricinfo

Note:

• The Win percentage excludes no results and counts ties as half a win.

• Teams are sorted by their best performance, then winning percentage, then (if equal) by
alphabetical order.

1. ^ Jump up to:a b Before the 1992 World Cup, South Africa were banned due
to apartheid

2. ^ Jump up to:a b c Disbanded in 1989

Tournament records

[edit]

Main articles: List of Cricket World Cup records and Cricket World Cup awards
 Sachin Tendulkar, the leading run-scorer in World Cup

history Glenn McGrath the leading wicket-taker in World

Cup history

World Cup records[98]

Batting

Most runs Sachin Tendulkar 2,278 (1992–2011)

Martin Guptill v West

Highest individual score 237* (2015)
Indies

Chris Gayle & Marlon Samuels

Highest partnership 372 (2015)
(2nd wicket) v Zimbabwe

Most runs in a single world cup Virat Kohli 765 (2023)

 Most hundreds Rohit Sharma 7 (2015–2023)

Most hundreds in a single world

Rohit Sharma 5 (2019)
cup

Bowling

Most wickets Glenn McGrath 71 (1996–2007)

Best bowling figures Glenn McGrath v Namibia 7/15 (2003)

Most wickets in a tournament Mitchell Starc 27 (2019)

Fielding

Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) Kumar Sangakkara 54 (2003–2015)

Most catches (fielder) Ricky Ponting 28 (1996–2011)

Team

428/5 vs 326/10
Highest score South Africa v Sri Lanka
(2023)

Lowest score Canada v Sri Lanka 36 (2003)

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