History Of Cricket World Cup (1999)

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The 1999 Cricket World Cup, the seventh version of the tournament, was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games. The World Cup was won by Australia, who beat Pakistan by 8 wickets at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. New Zealand and South Africa were the other semifinalists.

It was the time when the world cup was back in the England after 1983.The format of the world cup was as follows: The 12 teams were divided into 2 groups, in each of which teams played each other in the league stage. The top three from each group advanced to the Super Sixes, a new concept brought about in this World Cup, where each qualifier from group 1 played with each qualifier from group 2. The teams also carried forward their points from games against each qualifier from their group. The top four in the Super Sixes contested the semifinals.

Australia and Pakistan went on to play the final match in this tournament where Australia beat Pakistan quite convincingly and went on to win their 2^nd world cup right after 1987 Cricket World Cup held up in India.

TEAMS PLAYED IN 1999 WORLD CUP

·         Australia

·         England

·         India

·         New Zealand

·         Pakistan

·         South Africa

·         Sri Lanka

·         West Indies

·         Zimbabwe

·         Bangladesh

·         Kenya

·         Scotland

History Of Cricket World Cup (1996)

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The 1996 Cricket World Cup was the sixth version of the tournament organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was the second World Cup to be hosted by India and Pakistan and for the first time by Sri Lanka. The tournament was called as the Wills World Cup by the name of the official sponsors.

This world cup was full of drama Australia and West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka because of Central Bank Bombing Incident which vowed them with security concerns.

India the hosts lost out to Sri Lanka (the winners) in the semi final and Australia beat West Indies to reach final before they got beaten by the champions Sri Lanka. The final was played at Gadafi stadium Lahore in Pakistan.

TEAMS PLAYED IN 1996 WORLD CUP

·         Australia

·         England

·         India

·         New Zealand

·         Pakistan

·         South Africa

·         Sri Lanka

·         West Indies

·         Zimbabwe

·         Kenya

·         UAE

·         Netherlands

History Of Cricket World Cup (1992)

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The 1992 Cricket World Cup (Benson & Hedges World Cup) was the fifth version of the tournament and was held from 22 February to 25 March 1992 in Australia and New Zealand. It was sponsored by Benson and Hedges.

It was the first time when white color cricket balls were used with the colorful kits with black sight screen; it was the first time when the South African cricket team featured this version of world cup which in the end lost to England with a cruel Duckworth Lewis rule.

Finally in the final England lost out to Pakistan who was in incredible form; which meant Imran Khan lifted the trophy for the very first time.

TEAMS PLAYED IN 1992 WORLD CUP

·         Australia

·         England

·         India

·         New Zealand

·         Pakistan

·         South Africa

·         Sri Lanka

·         West Indies

·         Zimbabwe

History Of Cricket World Cup (1987)

The 1987 Cricket World Cup was the fourth version of the tournament. It was held from October 8 to November 8, 1987 in India and Pakistan. It was the first ever world cup held outside England. It was the first world cup when ODI Cricket was changed from 50 over format to 20 over format. 8 countries participated in the event.

The preliminary matches were played in 2 groups of 4 each in which each country played its group teams twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semifinals, whose winners played the final. The matches were played with traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day. Australia went on to beat their arch rivals England to claim their first ever world cup trophy under the leadership of A. Border

TEAMS PLAYED IN 1987 WORLD CUP

·         Australia

·         England

·         India

·         New Zealand

·         Pakistan

·         Sri Lanka

·         West Indies

·         Zimbabwe

History Of Cricket World Cup (1983)

The 1983 Cricket World Cup was the third version of the tournament. It was held from 9 June to 25 June 1983 in England. Eight countries participated in the event. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

The matches consisted of 60 over per team and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day.

The 1983 World Cup was full of dramatic cricket right from the start. Teams like India and Zimbabwe who were not playing well at those times scored upset victories over the West Indies and Australia respectively. England, Pakistan, India and tournament favorites West Indies qualified for the semifinals.

India went on to beat West Indies and claim the world cup trophy for the first time in the history of Indian cricket  and was the 2^nd ever team after West Indies to win the trophy.

TEAMS PLAYED IN 1983 WORLD CUP

·         Australia

·         England

·         India

·         New Zealand

·         Pakistan

·         Sri Lanka

·         West Indies

·         Zimbabwe

History Of Cricket World Cup (1979)

The 1979 Cricket World Cup was the second version of the tournament. It was held from June 9 to June 23, 1979 in England. It was called as Prudential World Cup. The format had remained unchanged from 1975. Eight countries participated in the event. The preliminary matches were played in 2 groups of 4 each. The top two teams in each group played the semifinals, whose winners played the final.

The matches played consisted of 60 over per team and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day and hence started early. West Indies went on to lift the trophy by beating up England in the final match.

TEAMS PLAYED IN 1979 WORLD CUP

·         Australia

·         England

·         India

·         New Zealand

·         Pakistan

·         Sri Lanka

·         West Indies

·         Canada

History Of Cricket World Cup (1975)

The 1975 Cricket World Cup was the first version of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) cricket world cup. It was called as the Prudential World Cup. It was held from 7 June to 21 June 1975 in England. The tournament had 8 participating countries. These were the 6 Test playing teams of that time (namely Australia, England, India, New Zealand, and Pakistan & West Indies) and Sri Lanka & East Africa. The preliminary matches were played in 2 groups of 4 each. The top two teams from each group then played the knock-out rounds of semi-finals and final.

The matches were played as 60 overs per team in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day and, hence, started early. One of the most bizarre batting efforts in one-day history was made by Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar. England scored 334 (4 wickets, 60 overs) with Dennis Amiss (137 from 147 balls, 18 fours) scoring the first ever World Cup century, nobly supported by Keith Fletcher (68 from 107 balls, 4 fours, 1 six). The response of Gavaskar (36 from 174 balls, 1 four) was to bat through the 60 overs for 36 not out.

West Indies went on to win the world cup by beating Australia comprehensively.

TEAMS PLAYED IN 1975 WORLD CUP

·         Australia

·         England

·         India

·         New Zealand

·         Pakistan

·         Sri Lanka

·         West Indies

·         East Africa