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| Dates | 19 February – 2 April |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) | India Sri Lanka Bangladesh |
| Champions | India (2nd title) |
| Runners-up | Sri Lanka |
| Participants | 14 (from 104 entrants) |
| Matches played | 49 |
| Attendance | 1,229,826 (25,098 per match) |
| Player of the series | Yuvraj Singh |
| Most runs | Tillakaratne Dilshan (500) |
| Most wickets |
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The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka, and (for the first time) Bangladesh. India won the tournament, defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, thus becoming the first country to win the Cricket World Cup final on home soil.[1][2] India's Yuvraj Singh was declared the man of the tournament.[3] This was the first time in World Cup history that two Asian teams had appeared in the final. It was also the first time since the 1992 World Cup that the final match did not feature Australia.
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Fourteen national cricket teams took part in this tournament, including 10 full members and four associate members of the ICC.[4] The opening ceremony was held on 17 February 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka,[5] and the tournament was played between 19 February and 2 April. The first match was played between India and Bangladesh at the Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka.[6]
Pakistan was also scheduled to be a co-host, but after the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) cancelled that,[7] and the headquarters of the organising committee, originally in Lahore, was transferred to Mumbai.[8] Pakistan was to have held 14 matches, including one semi-final.[9] Eight of the games (including the semi-final) were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka, and two to Bangladesh.[10]
- 3Qualification
- 4Preparations
- 4.3Media and promotion
- 10Matches
- 10.2Group stage
- 10.3Knockout stage
Host selection[edit]
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The ICC announced on 30 April 2006 which countries would host the 2011 World Cup. Australia and New Zealand had also bid for the tournament; if successful, they would have shared the hosting equally, leaving the location of the final still to be decided. The Trans–Tasman bid, Beyond Boundaries, was the only one delivered to the ICC headquarters in Dubai before the 1 March deadline, but the Asian bidders were granted an extension by the ICC.[11] The New Zealand government had given assurance that Zimbabwe would be allowed to compete in the tournament, following political discussions in the country over whether their cricket team should be allowed to tour Zimbabwe in 2005.[citation needed]
The extra time needed for the Asian bid had weakened its prospects, but when the time came to vote, Asia won the hosting rights by ten votes to three.[11] The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has revealed that the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board was decisive, as the Asian bid had the support of South Africa and Zimbabwe as well as the four bidding countries.[12] The Pakistani newspaper Dawn reported that the Asian countries had promised to hold fund-raising events for West Indian cricket during the 2007 World Cup, which may have influenced the vote.[13] However, I. S. Bindra, chairman of the Monitoring Committee of the Asian bid, said that their promise of extra profits of around US$400 million had been decisive,[14] that there 'was no quid pro quo for their support',[15] and that playing the West Indies had 'nothing to do with the World Cup bid'.[15]
Format[edit]
Late in 2007, the four host nations agreed on a revised format for the 2011 World Cup, identical to that of the 1996 World Cup, except that there would be 14 teams instead of 12. The first round of the tournament would consist of two groups of seven teams. Each team in a group would play all the others once, and the top four from each group would qualify for the quarter-finals.[16] This ensured that every team would play at least six matches.
Qualification[edit]
As per ICC regulations, all 10 full members automatically qualify for the World Cup, including Zimbabwe who have given up their Test playing status until the standard of their team improves.[17]
The ICC also organised a qualifying tournament in South Africa to determine the four Associate teams who would participate in the 2011 event. Ireland, who had been the best performing Associate nation since the last World Cup, won the tournament, beating Canada in the final. The Netherlands and Kenya also qualified by virtue of finishing third and fourth respectively.[18] All 4 associates kept their ODI status as well as Scotland who this time failed to qualify for the World Cup.
List of qualified teams[edit]
The following 14 teams qualified for the final tournament.
| Group A | Group B | ||
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| Rank | Team | Rank | Team |
| Full Members | |||
| 1 | Australia | 2 | India (co-host) |
| 3 | Pakistan | 4 | South Africa |
| 5 | New Zealand | 6 | England |
| 7 | Sri Lanka (co-host) | 8 | West Indies |
| 9 | Zimbabwe | 10 | Bangladesh (co-host) |
| Associate Members | |||
| 11 | Canada | 12 | Ireland |
| 13 | Kenya | 14 | Netherlands |
Preparations[edit]
Pakistan loses co-host status[edit]
In April 2009 the ICC announced that Pakistan had lost its right to co-host the 2011 World Cup because of concerns about the 'uncertain security situation' in the country, especially in the aftermath of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore.[19][20] The PCB estimated that this would lose them $10.5 million.[21] This figure took account only of the fees of $750,000 per match guaranteed by the ICC. The overall loss to the PCB and the Pakistani economy were expected to be much greater.
On 9 April 2009 PCB chairman Ijaz Butt revealed that they had issued a legal notice to oppose ICC's decision.[22] The ICC, however, claimed that the PCB was still a co-host, and that they had only relocated the matches out of Pakistan.[23] Pakistan proposed that South Asia host the 2015 World Cup and that Australia and New Zealand host the 2011 event, but this option did not find favour with their co-hosts and was not implemented.[24]
Allocation of matches[edit]
On 11 April 2005 PCB chairman Shaharyar Khan announced an agreement on the allocation of games,[25] under which India would host the final, Pakistan and Sri Lanka the semi-finals,[26] and Bangladesh the opening ceremony.[27] After being stripped of its status as a co-host, Pakistan proposed to host its allocated games in the United Arab Emirates as a neutral venue. They had played matches in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, and Sharjah in the preceding months.[citation needed] On 28 April 2009, however, the ICC announced that matches originally intended to be played in Pakistan would be reallocated. As a result, India hosted 29 matches across eight venues, including the final and one semi-final; Sri Lanka hosted 12 matches at three venues, including one semi-final; and Bangladesh hosted 8 matches at two grounds, as well as the opening ceremony on 17 February 2011.[28]
On 1 June 2010 the first tranche of tickets were put on sale after a meeting of the tournament's Central Organising Committee in Mumbai. The cheapest tickets cost 20 US cents in Sri Lanka.[29] In January 2011 the ICC declared the Eden Gardens ground in Kolkata, India, to be unfit and unlikely to be complete by 27 February, when it was scheduled to host a match between India and England. The match was moved to Bangalore.[30]
Media and promotion[edit]
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The World Cup has grown as a media event with each tournament.[citation needed] The ICC sold the broadcasting rights for the 2011 event to ESPN Star Sports and Star Cricket for around US$2 billion.[citation needed] For the first time, the tournament was broadcast in high-definition format, and it was to be covered by at least 27 cameras using recent technology. It was also planned to be shown across platforms such as online and mobile 3G. It was the first time that an ICC event had the Umpire Decision Review System (UDRS).[31]
The final was watched live by 135 million people in India,[32][33] as recorded by the ratings agencies TAM and aMap, including 67.6 million Indian cable and satellite viewers.[34] The final was watched by 13.6% of Indian TV-equipped households on average, with a peak of 21.44% at the end of the game,[35] thus beating the semi-final between India and Pakistan, which had an estimated 11.74% TV rating in India for the whole match.[33] The event was televised in 200 countries with over 2.2 billion viewers, highest for any edition of a Cricket World Cup.[citation needed][better source needed]
The official event ambassador was Sachin Tendulkar.[36]
Song[edit]
The official song of the 2011 Cricket World Cup has three versions, in Bengali, Hindi, and Sinhala, corresponding to the three host countries.[37] 'De Ghuma Ke' (Swing It Hard) is the Hindi version, composed by the trio of Shankar–Ehsaan–Loy.[38] It employs an array of Indian rhythms combined with elements of rock and hip hop. The Sinhala version, 'Sinha Udaane', was adapted by Sri Lankan R&B and hip hop artist Ranidu Lankage and composed by lyricist Shehan Galahitiyawa.[37] Both songs were performed at the opening ceremony. 'Sinha Udaane' was performed by Lankage.[39]
Mascot[edit]
Stumpy, a young elephant, was the official mascot for the 2011 Cricket World Cup.[40] He was unveiled at a function in Colombo, Sri Lanka, on 2 April 2010,[41] and his name was revealed on 2 August 2010 after an online competition conducted by the ICC in the last week of July.[42]
Opening ceremony[edit]
The opening ceremony was held in the Bangabandhu National Stadium in Dhaka, Bangladesh, on 17 February 2011, two days before the first match.
Prize money[edit]
The 2011 Cricket World Cup winning team would be taking home a prize money of US$3 million and US$1.5 million for runner-up, with the International Cricket Council deciding to double the total allocation for the tournament to US$8.01 million. The winning team will also take home a replica of the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy, that has been awarded since 1999. The decision was taken at the ICC Board meeting which was held in Dubai on April 20, 2010.[43]
- US$250,000 – To each team exiting after the quarter-finals (4 teams)
- US$500,000 – Third placed team & Fourth placed team
- US$1,500,000 – Runner up
- US$3,250,000 – Winner
Venues[edit]
All the Indian stadiums for the tournament had been finalised by mid-October 2009,[44] and those of Bangladesh and Sri Lanka in late October 2009. The ICC announced all the venues in Mumbai on 2 November 2009. Two new stadiums were constructed in Kandy and Hambantota, Sri Lanka, for the event.[45]
| India | ||||
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| Kolkata | Chennai | New Delhi | Nagpur | Ahmedabad |
| Eden Gardens | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Feroz Shah Kotla Ground | Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium | Sardar Patel Stadium |
| Capacity: 66,349 | Capacity: 50,000 | Capacity: 41,820 | Capacity: 45,000 | Capacity: 54,000 |
| Mumbai | Mohali | Bangalore | ||
| Wankhede Stadium | Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | ||
| Capacity: 33,108 | Capacity: 26,950 | Capacity: 40,000 | ||
| Sri Lanka | Bangladesh | |||
| Colombo | Pallekele | Hambantota | Chittagong | Dhaka |
| R. Premadasa Stadium | Pallekele International Cricket Stadium | Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium | Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium | Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium |
| Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 35,000 | Capacity: 20,000 | Capacity: 26,000 |
Venues in India | Venues in Sri Lanka | Venues in Bangladesh |
Umpires[edit]
The Umpire selection panel selected 18 umpires excluding a reserve umpire, Enamul Haque (Bangladesh) to officiate at the World Cup: 5 from Australia, 6 from Asia, 3 from England, 2 from New Zealand and 1 each from South Africa and West Indies.
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Squads[edit]
Each country chose a 30-member preliminary squad, which would then be reduced to 15. All the 14 teams announced their final squads before 19 January 2011.
Matches[edit]
Warm-up matches[edit]
The following 14 warm-up matches were played before the World Cup started.[46][47] For statistical purposes, these matches are not considered to be One Day Internationals.
West Indies 253/8 (50 overs) | Kenya 192 (45.3 overs) |
West Indieswon by 61 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Sri Lanka 351/5 (50 overs) | Netherlands 195 (47.3 overs) |
Sri Lankawon by 156 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
Canada 112 (37.3 overs) | Bangladesh 113/1 (19.2 overs) |
Bangladeshwon by 9 wickets Zahur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong |
New Zealand 311/6 (50 overs) | Ireland 279 (48.2 overs) |
New Zealandwon by 32 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur |
Zimbabwe 152 (41.5 overs) | South Africa 153/2 (23.3 overs) |
South Africawon by 8 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
India 214 (44.3 overs) | Australia 176 (37.5 overs) |
Indiawon by 38 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Zimbabwe 244/8 (50 overs) | Ireland 245/6 (49.3 overs) |
Irelandwon by 4 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur |
Kenya 263/5 (50 overs) | Netherlands 264/8 (49.1 overs) |
Netherlandswon by 2 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo |
Pakistan 285/9 (50 overs) | Bangladesh 196 (41.4 overs) |
Pakistanwon by 89 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
Australia 217 (47.1 overs) | South Africa 218/1 (44.2 overs) |
South Africawon by 9 wickets M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
West Indies 281 (50 overs) | Sri Lanka 282/6 (47.3 overs) |
Sri Lankawon by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
England 243 (49.4 overs) | Canada 227 (46.1 overs) |
Englandwon by 16 runs Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah |
India 360/5 (50 overs) | New Zealand 243 (43.1 overs) |
Indiawon by 117 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
England 273 (49.4 overs) | Pakistan 206 (46.1 overs) |
Englandwon by 67 runs Fatullah Osmani Stadium, Fatullah |
Group stage[edit]
Group A[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.758 | 10 |
| Sri Lanka | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +2.582 | 9 |
| Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | +1.123 | 9 |
| New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +1.135 | 8 |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | +0.030 | 4 |
| Canada | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −1.987 | 2 |
| Kenya | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | −3.042 | 0 |
The top four teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals (indicated in green).
Kenya 69 (23.5 overs) | New Zealand 72/0 (8 overs) |
New Zealand won by 10 wickets M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
Sri Lanka 332/7 (50 overs) | Canada 122 (36.5 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 210 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota |
Australia 262/6 (50 overs) | Zimbabwe 171 (46.2 overs) |
Australia won by 91 runs Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad |
Pakistan 317/7 (50 overs) | Kenya 112 (33.1 overs) |
Pakistan won by 205 runs Mahinda Rajapaksa International Stadium, Hambantota |
New Zealand 206 (45.1 overs) | Australia 207/3 (34 overs) |
Australia won by 7 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur |
Pakistan 277/7 (50 overs) | Sri Lanka 266/9 (50 overs) |
Pakistan won by 11 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Zimbabwe 298/9 (50 overs) | Canada 123 (42.1 overs) |
Zimbabwe won by 175 runs Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur |
Kenya 142 (43.4 overs) | Sri Lanka 146/1 (18.4 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Pakistan 184 (43 overs) | Canada 138 (42.5 overs) |
Pakistan won by 46 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Zimbabwe 162 (46.2 overs) | New Zealand 166/0 (33.3 overs) |
New Zealand won by 10 wickets Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad |
Sri Lanka 146/3 (32.5 overs) | Australia |
Kenya 198 (50 overs) | Canada 199/5 (45.3 overs) |
Canada won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi |
New Zealand 302/7 (50 overs) | Pakistan 192 (41.4 overs) |
New Zealand won by 110 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy |
Sri Lanka 327/6 (50 overs) | Zimbabwe 188 (39 overs) |

Sri Lanka won by 139 runs Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy |
New Zealand 358/6 (50 overs) | Canada 261/9 (50 overs) |
New Zealand won by 97 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Australia 324/6 (50 overs) | Kenya 264/6 (50 overs) |
Australia won by 60 runs M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Zimbabwe 151/7 (39.4 overs) | Pakistan 164/3 (34.1 overs) |
Pakistan won by 7 wickets Pallekele International Cricket Stadium, Kandy |
Canada 211 (45.4 overs) | Australia 212/3 (34.5 overs) |
Australia won by 7 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Sri Lanka 265/9 (50 overs) | New Zealand 153 (35 overs) |
Australia 176 (46.4 overs) | Pakistan 178/6 (41 overs) |
Pakistan won by 4 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Zimbabwe 308/6 (50 overs) | Kenya 147 (36 overs) |
Group B[edit]
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| South Africa | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +2.026 | 10 |
| India | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | +0.900 | 9 |
| England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | +0.072 | 7 |
| West Indies | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | +1.066 | 6 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | –1.361 | 6 |
| Ireland | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | –0.696 | 4 |
| Netherlands | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | –2.045 | 0 |
The top four teams from each group qualified for the Quarter finals (indicated in green).
India 370/4 (50 overs) | Bangladesh 283/9 (50 overs) |
India won by 87 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
Netherlands 292/6 (50 overs) | England 296/4 (48.4 overs) |
England won by 6 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur |
West Indies 222 (47.3 overs) | South Africa 223/3 (42.5 overs) |
South Africa won by 7 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi |
Bangladesh 205 (49.2 overs) | Ireland 178 (45 overs) |
Bangladesh won by 27 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
India 338 (49.5 overs) | England 338/8 (50 overs) |
West Indies 330/8 (50 overs) | Netherlands 115 (31.3 overs) |
West Indies won by 215 runs Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi |
England 327/8 (50 overs) | Ireland 329/7 (49.1 overs) |
Ireland won by 3 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
South Africa 351/5 (50 overs) | Netherlands 120 (34.5 overs) |
South Africa won by 231 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali |
Bangladesh 58 (18.5 overs) | West Indies 59/1 (12.2 overs) |
West Indies won by 9 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
England 171 (45.4 overs) | South Africa 165 (47.4 overs) |
England won by 6 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
Ireland 207 (47.5 overs) | India 210/5 (46.0 overs) |
India won by 5 wickets M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore |
Netherlands 189 (46.4 overs) | India 191/5 (36.3 overs) |
India won by 5 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, New Delhi |
West Indies 275 (50 overs) | Ireland 231 (49 overs) |
West Indies won by 44 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali |
England 225 (49.4 overs) | Bangladesh 227/8 (49 overs) |
Bangladesh won by 2 wickets Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong |
India 296 (48.4 overs) | South Africa 300/7 (49.4 overs) |
South Africa won by 3 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium, Jamtha, Nagpur |
Netherlands 160 (46.2 overs) | Bangladesh 166/4 (40.2 overs) |
Bangladesh won by 6 wickets Zohur Ahmed Chowdhury Stadium, Chittagong |
South Africa 272/7 (50 overs) | Ireland 141 (33.2 overs) |
England 243 (48.4 overs) | West Indies 225 (44.4 overs) |
England won by 18 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
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Netherlands 306 (50 overs) | Ireland 307/4 (47.4 overs) |
South Africa 284/8 (50 overs) | Bangladesh 78 (28 overs) |
South Africa won by 206 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
India 268 (49.1 overs) | West Indies 188 (43 overs) |
India won by 80 runs M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chepauk, Chennai |
Knockout stage[edit]
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | |||
| 23 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | |||||
| West Indies | 112 | ||||
| 30 March – Mohali, India | |||||
| Pakistan | 113/0 | ||||
| Pakistan | 231 | ||||
| 24 March – Ahmedabad, India | |||||
| India | 260/9 | ||||
| Australia | 260/6 | ||||
| 2 April – Mumbai, India | |||||
| India | 261/5 | ||||
| India | 277/4 | ||||
| 25 March – Dhaka, Bangladesh | |||||
| Sri Lanka | 274/6 | ||||
| New Zealand | 221/8 | ||||
| 29 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||
| South Africa | 172 | ||||
| New Zealand | 217 | ||||
| 26 March – Colombo, Sri Lanka | |||||
| Sri Lanka | 220/5 | ||||
| England | 229/6 | ||||
| Sri Lanka | 231/0 | ||||
Quarter-finals[edit]
West Indies 112 (43.3 overs) | Pakistan 113/0 (20.5 overs) |
Pakistan won by 10 wickets Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
Australia 260/6 (50 overs) | India 261/5 (47.4 overs) |
India won by 5 wickets Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad |
New Zealand 221/8 (50 overs) | South Africa 172 (43.2 overs) |
New Zealand won by 49 runs Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium, Mirpur, Dhaka |
England 229/6 (50 overs) | Sri Lanka 231/0 (39.3 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 10 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
Semi-finals[edit]
New Zealand 217 (48.5 overs) | Sri Lanka 220/5 (47.5 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo |
India 260/9 (50 overs) | Pakistan 231 (49.5 overs) |
India won by 29 runs Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali |
Final[edit]
Sri Lanka 274/6 (50 overs) | India 277/4 (48.2 overs) |
The final was played on 2 April between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai. India were crowned champions after winning by six wickets with only 10 balls remaining. India captain MS Dhoni was named man of the match after an unbeaten, match-winning innings of 91 runs off 79 balls. After the match, the Indian players paid tribute to Sachin Tendulkar, who was playing in his last World Cup. The final had a viewership of about 67 million people all over the world.[citation needed]
Statistics[edit]
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Controversies[edit]
- Bangladeshi fans threw rocks at the West Indies team bus as it returned players to their hotel after their win over Bangladesh in Dhaka on 4 March. It was later claimed that the rock-throwers had confused the bus with the Bangladesh team bus.[48] The elite Rapid Action Battalion of Bangladesh arrested 38 people after the attack, and the West Indies later received an apology.[49]
- The political party Shiv Sena threatened to disrupt the final in Mumbai if the Pakistani team qualified.[50]
- During the group stage match between India and England, Ian Bell was given not out for leg before wicket despite the ball hitting him in line with the wickets and being on a path to hit the stumps. India captain MS Dhoni referred the decision to the TV umpire, who confirmed the original decision as the ball had struck Bell at a point more than 2.5 m (8 ft 2 in) from the stumps, a point at which the reliability of the Hawk-Eye system diminishes below acceptable levels. Dhoni later complained that the rule had deprived his side of what seemed like an obvious wicket.[51] The rules were subsequently revised and the umpires were given new guidelines.[52] The Sri Lankan captain, Kumar Sangakkara, later criticised the decision to alter the 2.5-metre rule while a tournament was in progress.[53]
- In the final between India and Sri Lanka, loud crowd noise prevented match referee Jeff Crowe from hearing Sri Lankan captain Sangakkara's call as the coin was tossed by Indian captain Dhoni. The toss had to be redone – an extremely unusual event, especially at as prominent an event as the World Cup final.[54]
See also[edit]
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| Administrator | International Cricket Council (ICC) |
|---|---|
| Format | One Day International |
| First edition | 1975(England) |
| Latest edition | 2019(England, Wales) |
| Next edition | 2023(India) |
| Tournament format | ↓various |
| Number of teams | 20 (all tournaments) 14 (until 2015) 10 (current) |
| Current champion | England (1st title) |
| Most successful | Australia (5 titles) |
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (2,278) |
| Most wickets | Glenn McGrath (71) |
| Tournaments |
|---|
The ICC Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament. The tournament is one of the world's most viewed sporting events and is considered the 'flagship event of the international cricket calendar' by the ICC.[1]
The first 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 fourteen ICC members having hosted at least one match in the tournament.
The World Cup is open to all members of the International Cricket Council (ICC), although the highest-ranking teams receive automatic qualification. The remaining teams are determined via the World Cricket League and the ICC World Cup Qualifier. A total of twenty teams have competed in the eleven editions of the tournament, with fourteen teams competing in 2015; the recent 2019 tournament only had ten teams. Australia has won the tournament five 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.
England is the current champions after winning the 2019 edition. The next tournament will be held in India in 2023.
- 1History
- 2Format
- 7Tournament Summary
- 8Awards
- 11References
History[edit]
Before the first Cricket World Cup[edit]
The first international cricket match was played between Canada and the United States, on 24 and 25 September 1844.[2] 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.[3] 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.[4] 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 crowd attendances were poor, attributed to a 'surfeit of cricket'.[5] 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.[6]
The number of nations playing Test cricket increased gradually over time, with the addition of West Indies in 1928, New Zealand in 1930, India in 1932, and Pakistan in 1952. 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,[7] 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.[8]
In the late 1970s, Kerry Packer established the rival World Series Cricket (WSC) competition. It introduced many of the now commonplace features of One Day International cricket, including coloured uniforms, matches played at night under floodlights with a white ball and dark sight screens, and, for television broadcasts, multiple camera angles, effects microphones to capture sounds from the players on the pitch, and on-screen graphics. The first of the matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink, played at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979. 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.[9]
Prudential World Cups (1975–1983)[edit]
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 1975 tournament started on 7 June.[10] 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.[11]
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.[12] 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.[12] Roy Fredricks of West Indies was the first batsmen who got hit-wicket in ODI during the 1975 World Cup final.[13]
The 1979 World Cup saw the introduction of the ICC Trophy competition to select non-Test playing teams for the World Cup,[14] with Sri Lanka and Canada qualifying.[15] 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.[15]
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.[16] 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.[9][17]
Different champions (1987–1996)[edit]
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.[18] 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.[19][20]
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.[21] Pakistan overcame a dismal start in the tournament to eventually defeat England by 22 runs in the final and emerge as winners.[22]
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.[23] 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.[24] Sri Lanka went on to win their maiden championship by defeating Australia by seven wickets in the final at Lahore.[25]
Australian treble (1999–2007)[edit]
In 1999 the event was hosted by England, with some matches also being held in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands.[26][27] 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.[28] 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 batsmenLance 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.[29]
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.[30] 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.[31][32]
In 2007 the tournament was hosted by the West Indies and expanded to sixteen teams.[33] 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.[34] Jamaican police had initially launched a murder investigation into Woolmer's death but later confirmed that he died of heart failure.[35] 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.[36]
Hosts triumph (2011–2019)[edit]
India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh together hosted the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Pakistan were stripped of their 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.[37] The number of teams participating in the World Cup dropped down to fourteen.[38] 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.[39]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.[38]
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.[40]
The 2019 Cricket World Cup was hosted by England and Wales. The number of participants was reduced to 10. The first semi-final where New Zealand defeated India was pushed over to the reserve day after rain made the match unable to be completed on the original scheduled day.[41] England defeated the defending champions, Australia, in the second semi-final to play New Zealand in the final. Neither finalist had up to this point won the Cricket World Cup. In the final, the scores were tied at 241 after 50 overs and the match went to a super over. After the super over, scores were again tied at 15. Therefore the match was tied, but the World Cup was won by England, owing to a greater boundary count than New Zealand in their respective batting innings.[42][43]
Format[edit]
Qualification[edit]
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. A new qualifying format was introduced for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The top two teams of the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship qualify directly. The remaining six teams join the third and fourth-placed teams of 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two and the top two teams of the 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three in the World Cup Qualifier to decide the remaining two places.[44][45]
Qualifying tournaments were introduced for the [[1979 Cricket World Cup it can be second World Cup]], where two of the eight places in the finals were awarded to the leading teams in the ICC Trophy.[14] The number of teams selected through the ICC Trophy had varied throughout the years. 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'.[46]
Under the current qualifying process, the World Cricket League, all 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 (2011–2014):
- 2011 ICC World Cricket League Division Two: 6 Teams – Top 2 were promoted to the 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship. The third and fourth-placed teams qualified for the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. The fifth and sixth-placed teams were relegated to the Division Three for 2013.
- 2011–13 ICC World Cricket League Championship: 8 Teams – Top 2 automatically qualified for the 2015 Cricket World Cup. The remaining six teams qualified for the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier.
- 2013 ICC World Cricket League Division Three: 6 Teams – Top 2 were qualified for the 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier. The fifth and sixth-placed teams were relegated to the Division Four for 2014.
- 2014 Cricket World Cup Qualifier: 10 Teams – Top 2 qualified for the 2015 Cricket World Cup and the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship. The third and fourth-placed teams qualified for the 2015–17 ICC World Cricket League Championship. The fifth, sixth, seventh, and eighth-placed teams remained in the Division Two for 2015. The ninth and tenth-placed teams were relegated to the Division Three for 2014
Tournament[edit]
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.[47] 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.[48] The tournament was further expanded in 1996, with two groups of six teams.[49] The top four teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals and semi-finals.
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.[50] 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.[50] The top four teams from the Super 6 stage progressed to the semi-finals, with the winners playing in the final.
The format used in the 2007 World Cup involved 16 teams allocated into four groups of four.[51] 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.[52] 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.
The format used in the 2011 and 2015[53] 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.[54]
In the 2019 World Cup, the number of teams participating dropped to 10. Every team were scheduled to play against each other once in a round robin format, before entering the semifinals, a similar format to the 1992 World Cup.
Trophy[edit]
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.[55] 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 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.[56] The seam is tilted to symbolize the axial tilt of the Earth. It stands 60 centimetres 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 ICC keeps the original trophy. A replica differing only in the inscriptions is permanently awarded to the winning team.[57]
Media coverage[edit]
The tournament is one of the world's most-viewed sporting events.[58] The 2011 Cricket World Cup final was televised in over 200 countries to over 2.2 billion television viewers.[59][60][61]Television rights, mainly for the 2011 and 2015 World Cup, were sold for over US$1.1 billion,[62] and sponsorship rights were sold for a further US$500 million.[63] The 2003 Cricket World Cup matches were attended by 626,845 people,[64] while the 2007 Cricket World Cup sold more than 672,000 tickets. The 2015 World Cup Sold over 1.1 million tickets which was a Record .[65][66]
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.[67] An orange mongoose known as Mello was the mascot for the 2007 Cricket World Cup.[68]Stumpy, a blue elephant was the mascot for the 2011 World Cup.[69]
On 13 February, the opening of the 2015 tournament was celebrated with a Google Doodle.[70]
Due to England making the 2019 final, the match was domestically picked up for terrestrial broadcast by Channel 4 (with a move to More4 later in the match) in a rights share with local telecaster Sky Sports.[71]
Selection of hosts[edit]
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.[72]
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.[10] 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.[73] The 1987 Cricket World Cup was held in India and Pakistan, the first hosted outside England.[74]
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.
Results[edit]
| Year | Official Host(s) | Final venue | Final | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winners | Result | Runners-up | |||
| 1975 | England | London | West Indies 291/8 (60 overs) | West Indies won by 17 runs Scorecard | Australia 274 all out (58.4 overs) |
| 1979 | England | London | West Indies 286/9 (60 overs) | West Indies won by 92 runs Scorecard | England 194 all out (51 overs) |
| 1983 | England[a] | London | India 183 all out (54.4 overs) | India won by 43 runs Scorecard | West Indies 140 all out (52 overs) |
| 1987 | India Pakistan | Kolkata | Australia 253/5 (50 overs) | Australia won by 7 runs Scorecard | England 246/8 (50 overs) |
| 1992 | Australia New Zealand | Melbourne | Pakistan 249/6 (50 overs) | Pakistan won by 22 runs Scorecard | England 227 all out (49.2 overs) |
| 1996 | Pakistan India Sri Lanka | Lahore | Sri Lanka 245/3 (46.2 overs) | Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Scorecard | Australia 241/7 (50 overs) |
| 1999 | England Wales[b] | London | Australia 133/2 (20.1 overs) | Australia won by 8 wickets Scorecard | Pakistan 132 all out (39 overs) |
| 2003 | South Africa[c] | Johannesburg | Australia 359/2 (50 overs) | Australia won by 125 runs Scorecard | India 234 all out (39.2 overs) |
| 2007 | West Indies[d] | Bridgetown | Australia 281/4 (38 overs) | Australia won by 53 runs (D/L) Scorecard | Sri Lanka 215/8 (36 overs) |
| 2011 | India Sri Lanka Bangladesh | Mumbai | India 277/4 (48.2 overs) | India won by 6 wickets Scorecard | Sri Lanka 274/6 (50 overs) |
| 2015 | Australia New Zealand | Melbourne | Australia 186/3 (33.1 overs) | Australia won by 7 wickets Scorecard | New Zealand 183 all out (45 overs) |
| 2019 | England Wales | London | England 241 all out (50 overs) 15/0 (super over) 23 fours, 3 sixes | England won on boundary count (26-17) Scorecard | New Zealand 241/8 (50 overs) 15/1 (super over) 14 fours, 3 sixes |
| 2023 | India | Mumbai | |||
- Notes
- ^England was the sole designated host, but matches were also played in Wales.
- ^The England and Wales Cricket Board was the sole designated host, but matches were also played in Ireland, the Netherlands, and Scotland.
- ^Cricket South Africa was the sole designated host, but matches were also played in Zimbabwe and Kenya.
- ^Eight member countries of the West Indies Cricket Board 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. Seven teams have competed in every tournament, six of which have won the title.[9] The West Indies won the first two tournaments, Australia has won five, India has won two, while Pakistan, Sri Lanka and England have each won once. The West Indies (1975 and 1979) and Australia (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015) are the only teams to have won consecutive titles.[9] Australia has played in seven of the twelve finals (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015). 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.[9]
Sri Lanka as a co-host of the 1996Cricket World Cup was the first host to win the tournament though the final was held in Pakistan.[9] India won in 2011 as host and was the first team to win in a final played in their own country.[75] Australia and England repeated the feat in 2015 and 2019 respectively.[40] Other than this, England made it to the final as a host in 1979. Other countries which have achieved or equalled their best World Cup results while co-hosting the tournament are New Zealand as finalists in 2015; Zimbabwe who reached the Super Six in 2003; and Kenya as semi-finalists in 2003.[9] In 1987, co-hosts India and Pakistan both reached the semi-finals, but were eliminated by England and Australia respectively.[9]Australia in 1992, England in 1999, South Africa in 2003, and Bangladesh in 2011 have been the host teams that were eliminated in the first round.
Teams' performances[edit]
An overview of the teams' performances in every World Cup:
Team | 1975 (8) | 1979 (8) | 1983 (8) | 1987 (8) | 1992 (9) | 1996 (12) | 1999 (12) | 2003 (14) | 2007 (16) | 2011 (14) | 2015 (14) | 2019 (10) | 2023 (10) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Afghanistan | GP | GP | |||||||||||
| Australia | RU | GP | GP | W | GP | RU | W | W | W | QF | W | SF | |
| Bangladesh | GP | GP | S8 | GP | QF | GP | |||||||
| Bermuda | GP | ||||||||||||
| Canada | GP | GP | GP | GP | |||||||||
| East Africa† | GP | ||||||||||||
| England | SF | RU | SF | RU | RU | QF | GP | GP | S8 | QF | GP | W | |
| India | GP | GP | W | SF | GP | SF | S6 | RU | GP | W | SF | SF | Q |
| Ireland | S8 | GP | GP | ||||||||||
| Kenya | GP | GP | SF | GP | GP | ||||||||
| Namibia | GP | ||||||||||||
| Netherlands | GP | GP | GP | GP | |||||||||
| New Zealand | SF | SF | GP | GP | SF | QF | SF | S6 | SF | SF | RU | RU | |
| Pakistan | GP | SF | SF | SF | W | QF | RU | GP | GP | SF | QF | GP | |
| Scotland | GP | GP | GP | ||||||||||
| South Africa | SF | QF | SF | GP | SF | QF | SF | GP | |||||
| Sri Lanka | GP | GP | GP | GP | GP | W | GP | SF | RU | RU | QF | GP | |
| United Arab Emirates | GP | GP | |||||||||||
| West Indies | W | W | RU | GP | GP | SF | GP | GP | S8 | QF | QF | GP | |
| Zimbabwe | GP | GP | GP | GP | S6 | S6 | GP | GP | GP |
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The number of wins followed by Run-rate is the criteria for determining the rankings till the 1987 World Cup.
The number of points followed by, head to head performance and then net run-rate is the criteria for determining the rankings for the World Cups from 1992 onwards.
Legend
- W – Winner
- RU – Runner up
- SF – Semi-finals
- S6 – Super Six (1999–2003)
- S8 – Super Eight (2007)
- QF – Quarter-finals (1996, 2011–2015)
- GP – Group stage / First round
- Q – Qualified, still in contention
Debutant teams[edit]
| Year | Teams |
|---|---|
| 1975 | Australia, East Africa†, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies |
| 1979 | Canada |
| 1983 | Zimbabwe |
| 1987 | none |
| 1992 | South Africa |
| 1996 | Kenya, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates |
| 1999 | Bangladesh, Scotland |
| 2003 | Namibia |
| 2007 | Bermuda, Ireland |
| 2011 | none |
| 2015 | Afghanistan |
| 2019 | none |
| 2023 | TBD |
†Disbanded in 1989.
Overview[edit]
The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end of the 2019 tournament. Teams are sorted by best performance, then by appearances, total number of wins, total number of games, and alphabetical order respectively.
| Appearances | Statistics | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Team | Total | First | Latest | Best performance | Mat. | Won | Lost | Tie | NR | Win%* |
| Australia | 12 | 1975 | 2019 | Champions(1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015) | 94 | 69 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 74.73 |
| India | 12 | 1975 | 2019 | Champions(1983, 2011) | 84 | 53 | 29 | 1 | 1 | 64.45 |
| West Indies | 12 | 1975 | 2019 | Champions(1975, 1979) | 80 | 43 | 35 | 0 | 2 | 55.12 |
| England | 12 | 1975 | 2019 | Champions(2019) | 83 | 48 | 32 | 2 | 1 | 59.75 |
| Pakistan | 12 | 1975 | 2019 | Champions(1992) | 79 | 45 | 32 | 0 | 2 | 58.44 |
| Sri Lanka | 12 | 1975 | 2019 | Champions(1996) | 80 | 38 | 39 | 1 | 2 | 49.35 |
| New Zealand | 12 | 1975 | 2019 | Runners-up(2015, 2019) | 89 | 54 | 33 | 1 | 1 | 61.93 |
| South Africa | 8 | 1992 | 2019 | Semi-finals(1992, 1999, 2007, 2015) | 64 | 38 | 23 | 2 | 1 | 61.90 |
| Kenya | 5 | 1996 | 2011 | Semi-finals(2003) | 29 | 6 | 22 | 0 | 1 | 21.42 |
| Zimbabwe | 9 | 1983 | 2015 | Super 6s(1999, 2003) | 57 | 11 | 42 | 1 | 3 | 21.29 |
| Bangladesh | 6 | 1999 | 2019 | Quarter-finals(2015), Super 8s (2007) | 40 | 14 | 25 | 0 | 1 | 35.89 |
| Ireland | 3 | 2007 | 2015 | Super 8s(2007) | 21 | 7 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 35.71 |
| Netherlands | 4 | 1996 | 2011 | Group Stage(1996, 2003, 2007, 2011) | 20 | 2 | 18 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
| Canada | 4 | 1979 | 2011 | Group Stage(1979, 2003, 2007, 2011) | 18 | 2 | 16 | 0 | 0 | 11.11 |
| Scotland | 3 | 1999 | 2015 | Group Stage(1999, 2007, 2015) | 14 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Afghanistan | 2 | 2015 | 2019 | Group Stage(2015, 2019) | 15 | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 6.66 |
| United Arab Emirates | 2 | 1996 | 2015 | Group Stage(1996, 2015) | 11 | 1 | 10 | 0 | 0 | 9.09 |
| Namibia | 1 | 2003 | 2003 | Group Stage(2003) | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Bermuda | 1 | 2007 | 2007 | Group Stage(2007) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| East Africa† | 1 | 1975 | 1975 | Group Stage(1975) | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| Last Updated: 14 July 2019 Source: ESPNcricinfo | ||||||||||
† No longer exists.
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.
Awards[edit]
Man of the tournament[edit]
Since 1992, one player has been declared as 'Man of the Tournament' at the end of the World Cup finals:[76]
| Year | Player | Performance details |
|---|---|---|
| 1992 | Martin Crowe | 456 runs |
| 1996 | Sanath Jayasuriya | 221 runs and 7 wickets |
| 1999 | Lance Klusener | 281 runs and 17 wickets |
| 2003 | Sachin Tendulkar | 673 runs and 2 wickets |
| 2007 | Glenn McGrath | 26 wickets |
| 2011 | Yuvraj Singh | 362 runs and 15 wickets |
| 2015 | Mitchell Starc | 22 wickets |
| 2019 | Kane Williamson | 578 runs |
Man of the Match in the Final[edit]
There were no Man of the Tournament awards before 1992 but 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:[76]
| Year | Player | Performance details |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | Clive Lloyd | 102 |
| 1979 | Viv Richards | 138* |
| 1983 | Mohinder Amarnath | 3/12 and 26 |
| 1987 | David Boon | 75 |
| 1992 | Wasim Akram | 33 and 3/49 |
| 1996 | Aravinda de Silva | 107* and 3/42 |
| 1999 | Shane Warne | 4/33 |
| 2003 | Ricky Ponting | 140* |
| 2007 | Adam Gilchrist | 149 |
| 2011 | Mahendra Singh Dhoni | 91* |
| 2015 | James Faulkner | 3/36 |
| 2019 | Ben Stokes | 84* and 0/20 |
Tournament records[edit]
Cricket World Cup 2011 Games For Pc Free Download
| World Cup records[77] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Batting | ||
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar | 2,278 (1992–2011) |
| Highest average (min. 10 inns.) [78] | Lance Klusener | 124.00 (1999–2003) |
| Highest score | Martin Guptill v West Indies | 237* (2015) |
| Highest partnership | Chris Gayle & Marlon Samuels (2nd wicket) v Zimbabwe | 372 (2015) |
| Most runs in a single world cup | Sachin Tendulkar | 673 (2003) |
| Most hundreds | Rohit Sharma Sachin Tendulkar | 6 (2015–2019) 6 (1992–2011) |
| Most hundreds in a single world cup | Rohit Sharma | 5 (2019) |
| Bowling | ||
| Most wickets | Glenn McGrath | 71 (1996–2007) |
| Lowest average (min. 1000 balls bowled) | Glenn McGrath | 18.19 (1996–2007) |
| Best strike rate (min. 1000 balls bowled) | Lasith Malinga | 24.8 (2007–2019) |
| Best economy rate (min. 1000 balls bowled) | Andy Roberts | 3.24 (1975–1983) |
| Best bowling figures | Glenn McGrath v Namibia | 7/15 (2003) |
| Most wickets in a tournament | Mitchell Starc | 27 (2019) |
| Fastest bowler | Shoaib Akhtar | 161.3km/h (2003)[79] |
| Fielding | ||
| Most dismissals (wicket-keeper) | Kumar Sangakkara | 54 (2003–2015) |
| Most catches (fielder) | Ricky Ponting | 28 (1996–2011) |
| Team | ||
| Highest score | Australia v Afghanistan | 417/6 (2015) |
| Lowest score | Canada v Sri Lanka | 36 (2003) |
| Highest win % | Australia | 74.73% (Played 94, Won 69)[80] |
| Most consecutive wins | Australia | 27 (20 Jun 1999 – 19 Mar 2011, one N/R excluded)[81] |
| Most consecutive tournament wins | Australia | 3 (1999–2007) |
See also[edit]
Cricket World Cup 2011 Games Online
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