name	1996 Wills World Cup
administrator	International Cricket Council
cricket format	One Day International
tournament format	Round robin and Knockout
host	India Pakistan Sri Lanka
champions	Sri Lanka
count	1
participants	12
matches	37
player of the series	Sanath Jayasuriya
most runs	SR Tendulkar (523)
most wickets	Anil Kumble (15)
previous year	1992
previous tournament	1992 Cricket World Cup
next year	1999
next tournament	1999 Cricket World Cup
fromdate	14 February
todate	17 March }}

The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup after its official sponsors, was the sixth edition of the tournament organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was the second World Cup to be hosted by Pakistan and India, and for the first time by Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Hosts

The 1996 World Cup was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Controversy dogged the tournament before any games were played, however, when Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the Central Bank Bombing by the Tamil Tigers in January, citing security concerns. Sri Lanka, in addition to offering maximum security to the teams, questioned the validity of citing security concerns when the International Cricket Council had determined it was safe. After extensive negotiations, the ICC ruled that Sri Lanka would be awarded both games on forfeit. As a result of this decision, Sri Lanka automatically qualified for the quarter-finals before playing a game.

Host cities and venues

India hosted 17 matches at 17 different venues, while Pakistan hosted 16 matches at 6 venues and Sri Lanka hosted 4 matches at 3 venues.

India

!Cities !! Venues !! Capacity !! Matches
Kolkata, West Bengal	Eden Gardens
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh	Green Park
	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium
Bangalore, Karnataka	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium
Chennai, Tamil Nadu	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium
	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium
Cuttack, Orissa	Barabati Stadium
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh	Roop Singh Stadium
Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh	Indira Priyadarshini Stadium
Patna, Bihar	Moin-ul-Haq Stadium
Pune, Maharashtra
Mumbai, Maharashtra	Wankhede Stadium
Ahmedabad, Gujrat	Sardar Patel Stadium
Vadodara (Baroda), Gujarat	Moti Bagh Stadium
Jaipur, Rajasthan	Sawai Mansingh Stadium
Nagpur, Maharashtra	Vidarbha C.A. Ground
Delhi	Feroz Shah Kotla

Pakistan

!Cities !! Venues !! Capacity !! Matches
Peshawar, North West Frontier Province	Arbab Niaz Stadium
	Gaddafi Stadium
	Iqbal Stadium
	Jinnah Stadium
Karachi, Sindh
	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium

Sri Lanka

!Cities !! Venues !! Capacity !! Matches
Kandy	Asgiriya Stadium
Colombo	R. Premadasa Stadium
Colombo	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground

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Teams

Three teams made their World Cup debuts in 1996: the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands and Kenya. The Netherlands lost all of their five matches while the U.A.E. only beat the Dutch. Kenya, however, recorded a surprise victory over the West Indies in Pune.

Overview

The Sri Lankans, coached by Dav Whatmore and captained by Arjuna Ranatunga, used Man of the Series Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana as opening batsmen to take advantage of the fielding restrictions during the first 15 overs of each innings. At a time when 50 or 60 runs in the first 15 overs was considered adequate, Sri Lanka scored 117 runs in those overs against India, 123 against Kenya, 121 against England in the quarter-final and 86 against India in the semi-final. Against Kenya, Sri Lanka made 398 for 5, a new record for the highest team score in a One Day International that stood until April 2006.

Sri Lanka won the first semi-final over India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in front of a crowd unofficially estimated at 110 000. Chasing Sri Lanka's innings of 251 for 8, India had slumped to 120 for 8 in the 35th over when sections of crowd began to throw fruit and plastic bottles onto the field. The players left the field for 20 minutes in an attempt to quieten the crowd. When the players returned for play, more bottles were thrown onto the field and fires were lit in the stand. Match referee Clive Lloyd awarded the match to Sri Lanka, the first default ever in a Test or One Day International.

In the second semi-final in Mohali, Australia recovered from 15 for 4 to reach 207 for 8 from their 50 overs. The West Indians had reached 165 for 2 in the 42nd over before losing their last 8 wickets for 37 runs in 50 balls.

Sri Lanka won the toss in the final and sent Australia in to bat despite the team batting first having won all five previous World Cup finals. Mark Taylor top scored with 74 in Australia's total of 241 for 7. After Australia had put down no fewer than five catches, Sri Lanka won the match in the 47th over with Aravinda de Silva following his 3 for 42 with an unbeaten 107 to win the Player of the Match award. It was the first time a tournament host or co-host had won the cricket World Cup.

Group Stage Results

Group A

5 5 5 5 5 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR
style="text-align:left;"		10	|	5	0	0	0	1.60
style="text-align:left;"		6	|	3	2	0	0	0.90
style="text-align:left;"		6	|	3	2	0	0	0.45
style="text-align:left;"		4	|	2	3	0	0	−0.13
style="text-align:left;"		2	|	1	4	0	0	−0.93
style="text-align:left;"		2	|	1	4	0	0	−1.00

Results

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Group B

5 5 5 5 5 5

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR
style="text-align:left;"		10	|	5	0	0	0	2.04
style="text-align:left;"		8	|	4	1	0	0	0.96
style="text-align:left;"		6	|	3	2	0	0	0.55
style="text-align:left;"		4	|	2	3	0	0	0.08
style="text-align:left;"		2	|	1	4	0	0	−1.83
style="text-align:left;"		0	|	0	5	0	0	−1.92

Results

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Knockout stage

Quarter finals

---- ---- ----

Semi finals

Final

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. Mark Taylor (74 from 83 balls, 8 fours, 1 six) and Ricky Ponting (45 from 73 balls, 2 fours) shared a second-wicket partnership of 101 runs. When Ponting and Taylor were dismissed, however, Australia fell from 1/137 to 5/170 as the famed 4-pronged spin attack of Sri Lanka took its toll. Despite the slump, Australia struggled on to 241 (7 wickets, 50 overs).

Statistics

{| |-valign="top" |

+'''Leading run scorers
!Runs !!Player !!Country
	Sachin Tendulkar
align=center	484	Mark Waugh
align=center	448	Aravinda de Silva
align=center	391	Gary Kirsten
align=center	329	Saeed Anwar

|} {| |-valign="top" |

+Leading wicket takers
!Wickets !!Player !!Country
	Anil Kumble
align=center	13	Waqar Younis
align=center rowspan=5	12
Paul Strang
Roger Harper
Damien Fleming
Shane Warne

|}

Notes and references

External links

Cricket World Cup 1996 Scorecards in CricketFundas

Cricket World Cup 1996 from Cricinfo

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name	ICC Cricket World Cup
administrator	International Cricket Council
cricket format	One Day International
tournament format	multiple (refer to article)
first	1975, England
last	2011, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka
next	2015, Australia and New Zealand
participants	19
champions	(2 titles)
most successful	(4 titles)
most runs	Sachin Tendulkar (2,278)
most wickets	Glenn McGrath (71)
current	}}

The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. The tournament is the world's fourth-largest and fourth-most-viewed sporting event. According to the ICC, it is the most important tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport. The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973.

The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing nations, together with other nations that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier. Australia has been the most successful of the five teams to have won the tournament, taking four titles. The West Indies and India have won twice, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once.

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup started on 19 February 2011 and commenced on 2 April 2011. The tournament was co-hosted by Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka with the participation of 14 countries. India won the cup by defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final, thus becoming the first team to win a World Cup final on home soil.

From 1992 to 2011, at least one team from the Indian subcontinent has reached the World Cup final, Pakistan (winner) in 1992, Sri Lanka (winner) in 1996, Pakistan (runner up) in 1999, India (runner up) in 2003, Sri Lanka (runner up) in 2007, India (winner) and Sri Lanka (runner up) in 2011.

History

Before the first Cricket World Cup

The first ever international cricket match was played between Canada and the United States, on the 24 and 25 September 1844. 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. 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. This was the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics.

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 attendances were poor, attributed to a "surfeit of cricket". In subsequent years, international Test cricket has generally been organised as bilateral series: a multilateral Test tournament was not organised again until the quadrangular Asian Test Championship in 1999.

The number of nations playing Test cricket increased gradually over the years, with the addition of West Indies in 1928, New Zealand in 1930, India in 1932, and Pakistan in 1952, but 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, 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 event 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 match with eight balls per over.

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 organising a Cricket World Cup.

Prudential World Cups

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 that time. The 1975 tournament started on 7 June. The first three events 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 the daytime in traditional form, with the players wearing cricket whites and using red cricket balls.

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. 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.

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 Canada qualifying. 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.

The 1983 event was hosted by England for a third consecutive time. By this time, Sri Lanka had become a Test-playing nation, and Zimbabwe qualified through the ICC Trophy. A fielding circle was introduced, away from the stumps. Four fieldsmen needed to be inside it at all times. India, an outsider quoted at 66–1 to win by bookmakers before the competition began, were crowned champions after upsetting the West Indies by 43 runs in the final.

1987–1996

The 1987 tournament, named the Reliance World Cup after their Indian sponsors, was held in India and Pakistan, 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. Australia won the championship by defeating England by 7 runs in the final, the closest margin in World Cup final history.

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 an alteration to the fielding restrictions. 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. Pakistan overcame a dismal start to emerge as winners, defeating England by 22 runs in the final.

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. In the semi-final, Sri Lanka, heading towards a crushing victory over India at Eden Gardens (Calcutta) after their hosts lost eight wickets while scoring 120 runs in pursuit of 254, were awarded victory by default after riots 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, which was held in Lahore.

Australian treble

In 1999 the event was hosted by England, with some matches also being held in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands. 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 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, with eight wickets in hand. 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. 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.

In 2007 the tournament was hosted by the West Indies; the Cricket World Cup became the first such tournament to be hosted on all six populated continents. Bangladesh progressed to the second round for the first time, after defeating India, and they later went on to defeat South Africa in the second round. Ireland making their World Cup debut tied with Zimbabwe and defeated Pakistan to progress to the second round, where they went on to defeating Bangladesh to get promoted to the main ODI table. Following their defeat to Ireland, the Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room; it was later found out that he died of heart failure, though his death may not have been a direct result of the match's outcome. Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final by 53 runs (D/L), in farcical light conditions, extending their undefeated run in the World Cup to 29 matches and winning three straight World Cups.

2011

Format

Qualification

The Test-playing nations qualify automatically for the World Cup main event, while the other teams have to qualify through a series of preliminary qualifying tournaments. The One Day International playing nations automatically enter the final qualification tournament, the World Cup Qualifier, along with other nations who have qualified through separate competitions.

Qualifying tournaments were introduced for the second World Cup, where two of the eight places in the finals were awarded to the leading teams in the ICC Trophy. The number of teams selected through the ICC Trophy has varied throughout the years; currently, six teams are selected for the Cricket World Cup. The World Cricket League (administered by the International Cricket Council) is the qualification system provided to allow the Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC more opportunities to qualify.The name "ICC Trophy" has been changed to "ICC World Cup Qualifier".

Under the current qualifying process, the World Cricket League, all 91 Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC are able to qualify for the World Cup. Associate and Affiliate members must play between two and five stages in the ICC World Cricket League to qualify for the World Cup finals, depending on the Division in which they start the qualifying process.

Process summary in chronological order: #Regional tournaments: Top teams from each regional tournaments will be promoted to a division depending on the teams' rankings according to the ICC and each division's empty spots. #Division One: 6 Teams – All automatically qualify for the World Cup Qualifier. #Division Three: 6 Teams – Top 2 promoted to Division Two. #Division Two: 6 Teams – Top 4 qualify for the World Cup Qualifier. #Division Five: 6 Teams – Top 2 promoted to Division Four. #Division Four: 6 Teams – Top 2 promoted to Division Three. #Division Three (second edition): 6 Teams – Top 2 qualify for the World Cup Qualifier. #World Cup Qualifier: 12 Teams – Top 6 are awarded ODI status and Top 4 qualify for the World Cup.

Tournament

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. There, competition comprised 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 the return of South Africa in 1992 after the ending of the apartheid boycott, nine teams played each other once in the group phase, and the top four teams progressed to the semi-finals. The tournament was further expanded in 1996, with two groups of six teams. The top four teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals and semi-finals.

A new 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. 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. The top four teams from the "Super 6" stage progressed to the semi-finals, with winners playing in the final.

The last format used in the 2007 World Cup, features 16 teams allocated into four groups of four. Within each group, the teams play each other in a round-robin format. Teams earn points for wins and half-points for ties. The top two teams from each group move forward to the Super 8 round. The "Super 8" teams play the other six teams that progressed from the different groups. Teams earned points in the same way as the group stage, but carrying their points forward from previous matches against the other teams who qualified from the same group to the "Super 8" stage. The top four teams from the "Super 8" round advance to the semi-finals, and the winners of the semi-finals play in the final.

The current format, approved by ICC to be used in 2011 World Cup, features 14 teams allocated. Within each group, the teams will play in a round-robin format. The top four teams from each group will proceed to the knock out stage playing quarter-finals. Winners of the quarter-finals will play semi-finals and the winning semi-finalists will play in the final.

Trophy

thumb|100px|The Cricket World Cup trophy which is kept by the ICC. The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy is presented to the winners of the World Cup finals. 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. The trophy was designed and produced in London by a team of craftsmen from Garrard & Co over a period of two months.

The current trophy is made from silver and gild, 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. It stands 60 cm high and weighs approximately 11 kilograms. The names of the previous winners are engraved on the base of the trophy, with space for a total of twenty inscriptions.

The original trophy is kept by the ICC. A replica, which differs only in the inscriptions, is permanently awarded to the winning team.

Media coverage

thumb|right|65px|Mello

The tournament is the world's third largest (with only the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics exceeding it), being televised in over 200 countries to over 2.2 billion television viewers. Television rights, mainly for the 2011 and 2015 World Cup, were sold for over US$1.1 billion, and sponsorship rights were sold for a further US$500 million. The 2003 Cricket World Cup matches were attended by 626,845 people, while the 2007 Cricket World Cup sold more than 672,000 tickets and recorded the highest ticketing revenue for a Cricket World Cup.

Successive World Cup tournaments have generated increasing media attention as One-Day International cricket has become more established. The 2003 World Cup in South Africa was the first to sport a mascot, ''Dazzler'' the zebra. An orange raccoon-like creature known as ''Mello'' was the mascot for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. ''Stumpy'', a blue elephant was the mascot for the 2011 World Cup.

Selection of hosts

thumb|Civic Centre, South Africa honours the 2003 World Cup. 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.

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. India volunteered to host the third Cricket World Cup, but most ICC members believed England to be a more suitable venue because the longer period of daylight in England in June meant that a match could be completed in one day. The 1987 Cricket World Cup was the first hosted outside England, held in Pakistan and India.

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 1992, Southern Africa in 2003 and West Indies in 2007.

Tournament history

Year	Host Nation(s)	Final Venue	Final
Winner	Result	Runner-up
1975''1975 ICC Cricket World Cup	Details''	England		291/8 (60 overs)	WI won by 17 runs Scorecard	274 all out (58.4 overs)
	England		286/9 (60 overs)	WI won by 92 runs Scorecard	194 all out (51 overs)
	England		183 all out (54.4 overs)	Ind won by 43 runs Scorecard	140 all out (52 overs)
	India, Pakistan	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	253/5 (50 overs)	Aus won by 7 runs Scorecard	246/8 (50 overs)
	Australia, New Zealand		249/6 (50 overs)	Pak won by 22 runs Scorecard	227 all out (49.2 overs)
	India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	245/3 (46.2 overs)	SL won by 7 wickets Scorecard	241/7 (50 overs)
	England		133/2 (20.1 overs)	Aus won by 8 wickets Scorecard	132 all out (39 overs)
	South Africa		359/2 (50 overs)	Aus won by 125 runs Scorecard	234 all out (39.2 overs)
	West Indies	Kensington Oval, Bridgetown		281/4 (38 overs)		215/8 (36 overs)
	India, Bangladesh, Sri Lanka	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	277/4 (48.2 overs)	Ind won by 6 wickets Scorecard	274/6 (50 overs)
	Australia, New Zealand	Not designated	TBD	TBD	TBD
	England	Not designated	TBD	TBD	TBD

Year !! Teams
1975	8 teams
1979	8 teams
1983	8 teams
1987	8 teams
1992	9 teams
1996	12 teams
1999	12 teams
2003	14 teams
2007	16 teams
2011	14 teams
2015	14 teams
2019	TBD

Performances by Teams

Nineteen nations have qualified for the finals of the Cricket World Cup at least once (excluding qualification tournaments). Seven teams have competed in every finals tournament, five of which have won the title. The West Indies won the first two tournaments, and Australia has won four, India has won two, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once. The West Indies (1975 and 1979) and Australia (1999, 2003 and 2007) are the only nations to have won consecutive titles. Australia has played in 6 of the 9 final matches (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007) including the finals in the four most recent tournaments. England has yet to win the World Cup, but has been runners-up three times (1979, 1987, 1992). 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.

Sri Lanka, who co-hosted the 1996 Cricket World Cup, was the first host to win the tournament, though the final was held in Pakistan. India won the 2011 as host and was the first team to win in a final played in their own country. Other countries which have achieved or equalled their best World Cup results while co-hosting the tournament are New Zealand, semi-finalists in 1992; Zimbabwe, reaching the Super Six in 2003; and Kenya, semi-finalists in 2003. In 1987, co-hosts India and Pakistan both reached the semi-finals, but were eliminated by Australia and England respectively.

Debutant teams

!Year	!Teams
1975
1979
1983
1987	''none''
1992
1996	, ,
1999	,
2003
2007	,
2011	''none''

†No longer exists.

Overview

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end of the 2011 tournament. Teams are sorted by best performance, then total number of wins, then total number of games, then by alphabetical order. 1975 Cricket World Cup Champions (1987 Cricket World Cup Champions (1983 Cricket World Cup Champions (1975 Cricket World Cup

Team	Appearances	Best result	Statistics
Total	First	Latest	Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
style="text-align:left;"		10	1975||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	1987, 1999, 2003, 2007)||	76	55	19	1	1
style="text-align:left;"		10	1975||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	1983, 2011)||	67	39	26	1	1
style="text-align:left;"		10	1975||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	1975, 1979)||	64	38	25	0	1
style="text-align:left;"		10	1975||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	1992 Cricket World Cup>1992)	64	36	26	0	2
style="text-align:left;"		10	1975||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	1996 Cricket World Cup>1996)	66	31	31	1	2
style="text-align:left;"		10	1975||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992)	66	39	25	1	1
style="text-align:left;"		10	1975||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	Semifinals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, 2011)	70	40	29	0	1
style="text-align:left;"		6	1992||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	Semifinals (1992, 1999, 2007)	47	31	14	2	0
style="text-align:left;"		5	1996||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	Semifinals (2003)	29	6	22	0	1
style="text-align:left;"		8	1983||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	Super Six (1999, 2003)	51	10	37	1	3
style="text-align:left;"		4	1999||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	Super 8 (2007)	26	8	17	0	1
style="text-align:left;"		2	2007||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	Super 8 (2007)	15	4	10	1	0
style="text-align:left;"		4	1979||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	Group Stage	18	2	16	0	0
style="text-align:left;"		4	1996||	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011	Group Stage	20	2	18	0	0
style="text-align:left;"		1	1996||	1996 Cricket World Cup>1996	Group Stage	5	1	4	0	0
style="text-align:left;"		1	2007||	2007 Cricket World Cup>2007	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	0
style="text-align:left;"		1	2003||	2003 Cricket World Cup>2003	Group Stage	6	0	6	0	0
style="text-align:left;"		2	1999||	2007 Cricket World Cup>2007	Group Stage	8	0	8	0	0
style="text-align:left;"	East Africa†	1	1975||	1975 Cricket World Cup>1975	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	0

†No longer exists.

Team results

Comprehensive team results of over past World Cups. {| |-valign="top" | bgcolor=silver R1 SF R1 SF R1 R1 bgcolor=gold

Team	1975 Cricket World Cup>1975	1979 Cricket World Cup>1979	1983 Cricket World Cup>1983	1987 Cricket World Cup>1987	1992 Cricket World Cup>1992	1996 Cricket World Cup>1996	1999 Cricket World Cup>1999	2003 Cricket World Cup>2003	2007 Cricket World Cup>2007	2011 Cricket World Cup>2011
!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!	!
align="left"		2nd||	R1	R1	1st	R1	2nd	1st	1st	1st	QF
align="left"		|						R1	R1	S8	R1
align="left"		|								R1
align="left"		|	R1						R1	R1	R1
align="left"	East Africa†	|
align="left"		|	2nd	SF	2nd	2nd	QF	R1	R1	S8	QF
align="left"		|	R1	1st	SF	R1	SF	S6	2nd	R1	1st
align="left"		|								S8	R1
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align="left"		|	SF	R1	R1	SF	QF	SF	S6	SF	SF
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Legend

1st – Champions

2nd – Runners Up

SF – Semi-finals

S8 – Super Eight (2007 only)

S6 – Super Six (1999–2003)

QF – Quarter-finals (1996 & 2011)

R1 – First Round

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Awards

Man of the Tournament

Since 1992, one player has been declared as "Man of the Tournament" at the end of the World Cup finals:

Year	Player	Performance details
1992 Cricket World Cup	1992	Martin Crowe
1996 Cricket World Cup	1996	Sanath Jayasuriya
1999 Cricket World Cup	1999	Lance Klusener
2003 Cricket World Cup	2003	Sachin Tendulkar
2007 Cricket World Cup	2007	Glenn McGrath
2011 Cricket World Cup	2011	Yuvraj Singh

Man of the Match in the World Cup Final

Previously, there was no tournament award, although Man of the Match awards have always been given for individual matches. Winning the Man of the Match in the final is logically noteworthy, as this indicates the player deemed to have played the biggest part in the World Cup final. To date the award has always gone to a member of the winning side. The Man of the Match award in the final of the competition has been awarded to:

Year	Player	Performance details
1975 Cricket World Cup	1975	Clive Lloyd
1979 Cricket World Cup	1979	Viv Richards>
1983 Cricket World Cup	1983	Mohinder Amarnath
1987 Cricket World Cup	1987	David Boon
1992 Cricket World Cup	1992	Wasim Akram
1996 Cricket World Cup	1996	Aravinda de Silva>
1999 Cricket World Cup	1999	Shane Warne
2003 Cricket World Cup	2003	Ricky Ponting>
2007 Cricket World Cup	2007	Adam Gilchrist
2011 Cricket World Cup	2011	Mahendra Singh Dhoni>

Tournament Records

Main individual and team records

World Cup records
Batting
Most runs	Sachin Tendulkar	2278^ (1992 Cricket World Cup
	[[Viv Richards	63.31 (1975 Cricket World Cup
Highest score
Most runs in a tournament	[[Sachin Tendulkar
Bowling
Most wickets	Glenn McGrath	71 (1996 Cricket World Cup
	[[Glenn McGrath	19.21 (1996 Cricket World Cup
Best bowling figures
Most wickets in a tournament	[[Glenn McGrath
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)	Adam Gilchrist	39 (1999 Cricket World Cup
	[[Ricky Ponting	28 ( Team
Highest score
Lowest score
Highest win %	Australia	74% (Played 76, Won 55)
Most consecutive wins	Australia	26 ([[1999 Cricket World Cup
Most consecutive tournament wins	Australia	3 ([[1999 Cricket World Cup

See also

[[U/19 Cricket World Cup">1996 Cricket World Cup

Team Highest score Lowest score Highest win % Australia 74% (Played 76, Won 55) Most consecutive wins Australia 26 ([[1999 Cricket World Cup Most consecutive tournament wins Australia 3 ([[1999 Cricket World Cup

See also

[[U/19 Cricket World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup

References

Notes

External links

Official ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 website

Official ICC website

* Category:World championships Category:Recurring sporting events established in 1975 *

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A World Cup is a type of sporting competition.

World Cup commonly refers to:

FIFA World Cup (men's association football)

ICC Cricket World Cup

Rugby World Cup (rugby union)

World Cup can also refer to:

Athletics

IAAF World Cup in Athletics

ITU Triathlon World Cup

Baseball and softball

Baseball World Cup

Women's Baseball World Cup

World Cup of Softball

Cricket

ICC World Twenty20 (cricket)

Indoor Cricket World Cup

Women's Cricket World Cup

Equestrian

Dubai World Cup (horse racing)

Show Jumping World Cup (equestrian)

Football

Association football

FIFA Club World Cup (men's association football)

FIFA Women's World Cup (women's association football)

FIFA U-20 World Cup

FIFA U-17 World Cup

FIFA U-20 Women's World Cup

FIFA U-17 Women's World Cup

FIFA Beach Soccer World Cup

FIFA Futsal World Cup (indoor association football)

FIFI Wild Cup

VIVA World Cup (non-FIFA nations football)

Australian Rules football

Australian Football International Cup

American football

IFAF World Cup

Hockey

Hockey World Cup (field hockey)

Women's Hockey World Cup (field hockey)

World Cup of Hockey (ice hockey)

Rugby

Rugby League World Cup

Rugby World Cup Sevens (rugby union)

Touch Football World Cup

Women's Rugby League World Cup

Women's Rugby World Cup (rugby union)

Tennis

Davis Cup (tennis)

Fed Cup (women's tennis)

World Team Cup (tennis)

Water sports

FINA Diving World Cup

FINA Swimming World Cup

FINA Water Polo World Cup

Winter sports

Alpine Skiing World Cup

Biathlon World Cup

Bobsleigh World Cup

FIS Cross-Country World Cup

FIS Nordic Combined World Cup

FIS Ski Jumping World Cup

FIS Snowboard World Cup

Luge World Cup

Short Track Speed Skating World Cup

Skeleton World Cup (toboggan)

Speed Skating World Cup

World Cup in Ski Orienteering

Other sports

AMF World Cup (ten-pin bowling)

Artistic Gymnastics World Cup

Boxing World Cup

ISSF World Cup (shooting)

Orienteering World Cup

Paralympic World Cup (multiple sports)

Paralympic Winter World Cup (multiple sports)

PBR World Cup (bull riding)

PDC World Cup of Darts

Rowing World Cup

Speedway World Cup (motorcycle)

UCI World Cup (various cycling world cups)

Volleyball World Cup

Women's Lacrosse World Cup

Women's World Cup of Golf

World Cup (men's golf)

World Cup of Pool

See also

World championship

World Cup trophy (disambiguation)

Category:World championships

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