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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. 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. 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 . In the late 1970s, Kerry Packer established the rival World Series Cricket (WSC) competition. It introduced many of the features of One Day International cricket t hat are now commonplace, including colored 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

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 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.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.  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.In the late 1970s, Kerry Packer established the rival World Series Cricket (WSC) competition. It introduced many of the features of One Day International cricket that are now commonplace, including colored 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 colored 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 organizing a Cricket World Cup.India and Pakistan jointly hosted the 1987 tournament, the first time that the competition was held outside England.

World Cup records[64]

Batting

Most runs  Sachin Tendulkar

2,278 (1992–2011)

Highest average (min. 20 inns.)

 Viv Richards63.31 (1975–1987)

Highest score  Gary Kirsten v UAE

188* (1996)

Highest partnership Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid(2nd wicket) v Sri

318 (1999)

Lanka

Most runs in a tournament

 Sachin Tendulkar 673 (2003)

Bowling

Most wickets  Glenn McGrath 71 (1996–2007)

Lowest average (min. 1000 balls bowled)

 Glenn McGrath19.21 (1996–2007)

Best bowling figures

 Glenn McGrath v Namibia

7/15 (2003)

Most wickets in a tournament  Glenn McGrath 26 (2007)

Fielding

Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)  Adam Gilchrist 39 (1999–

2007)

Most catches (fielder)  Ricky Ponting 28 (1996–

2011)

Team

Highest score  India v Bermuda 413/5 (2007)

Lowest score  Canada v Sri Lanka 36 (2003)

Highest win %  Australia74% (Played 76, Won 55)

Most consecutive wins  Australia 25 (1999–

2011)

Most consecutive tournament wins  Australia 3 (1999–

2007)

ICC Cricket World Cup

Administrator

International Cricket Council(ICC)

Format One Day International

First tournament

1975 (England)

Last tournament

2011 (India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka)

Next tournament

2015 (Australia and New Zealand)

Tournament format

↓various

Number of teams

19 (all tournaments)14 (most recent)

Current champion

 India (2nd title in 2011)

Most successful

 Australia (4 titles)

Most runs

 Sachin Tendulkar(2,278)

Most wickets

 Glenn McGrath (72)

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.

The full list of winners is: ICC Cricketer of the Year (Sir Garfield Sobers Trophy) – Mitchell Johnson (Australia)ICC Test Cricketer of the Year – Mitchell Johnson (Australia)ICC Women’s ODI Cricketer of the Year – Sarah Taylor (England)         ICC ODI Cricketer of the Year – AB de Villiers (South Africa)ICC Emerging Cricketer of the Year – Gary Ballance (England)ICC Associate and Affiliate Cricketer of the Year – Preston Mommsen (Scotland)ICC Twenty20 International Performance of the Year – Aaron Finch (Australia)ICC T20I Women’s Cricketer of the Year – Meg Lanning (Australia)ICC Spirit of Cricket Award – Katherine Brunt (England)ICC Umpire of the Year (winning the David Shepherd Trophy) – Richard Kettleborough

LG People’s Choice – Bhuvneshwar Kumar (India) ICC Test Team of the Year is as follows (in batting order): David Warner (Aus)Kane Williamson (NZ)Kumar Sangakkara (SL)AB de Villiers (SA) (wicketkeeper)Joe Root (Eng)Angelo Mathews (SL) (captain)Mitchell Johnson (Aus)Stuart Broad (Eng)Dale Steyn (SA)Rangana Herath (SL)Tim Southee (NZ)Ross Taylor (NZ) (12th man) ICC ODI Team of the Year is as follows (in batting order): Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)Quinton de Kock (SA)Virat Kohli (Ind)George Bailey (Aus)AB de Villiers (SA)MS Dhoni (Ind) (wicketkeeper) (captain)Dwayne Bravo (WI)James Faulkner (Aus)Dale Steyn (SA)Mohammad Shami (Ind)

Ajantha Mendis (SL)Rohit Sharma (Ind) (12th man)

Madan lal bowled the first ball in the world cup..India was the only test playing nation which failed to win a game in a 1979 world cup.Pakistan concede 15 runs in extras in low scoring game and lost by 14 runs in 1979 wc to England.Chris old conceded fewer runs than the no. of overs in one of the games of 1979 wc and also took half as many wickets as runs conceded against Canada.

1 .Who hit the first century in the history of World Cup?Dennis Amiss(England) vs India in first match of 1975 WC.2. Which was the first wicket to fall in history of WC?John Jameson(England) vs India in first match of 1975 WC.3. Who took the first wicket of WC?

Mohinder Amarnath took wicket of John Jameson (England).4. Who hit the first six in the history of WC?Keith Fletcher.5. Where was the first match of World Cup played? Lord’s

1975---controversial batting by Sunil Gavaskar (36 from 174 balls, 1 four), who batted through the 60 overs for 36 not out as India scored 132 (3 wickets, 60 overs). This match was treated as a disgrace in India and the players were faced with much criticism.

1987--The first hat-trick in Cricket World Cup history was taken by Chetan Sharma of India during their final group match against New Zealand. He clean bowled Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield with last three balls of the 42nd over.[2]

Year Winning Captain Losing Captain1975 Clive Lloyd Ian Chapell1979 Clive Lloyd Mike Brearley1983 Kapil Dev Clive Lloyd1987 Allan Border Mike Gatting1991 Imran Khan Graham Gooch

1995 Arjuna Ranatunga Mark Taylor1999 Steve Waugh Wasim Akram2003 Ricky Ponting Sourav Ganguly2007 Ricky Ponting Mahela Jayawardene2011 M.S Dhoni Kumar Sangakkara

Navjot Singh Sidhu hit 9 sixes during the tournament – the highest number of sixes by a player during a single tournament.This world cup was the last time a sub-continent team didn't feature in the finals of a 50 over World Cup.

1999-- Big 3 of Indian batting viz. Tendulkar, Dravid and Ganguly, all of whom showed remarkable consistency. The top 3 highest scores of the tournament were from Indians, which were Ganguly's 183, Dravid's 145 and Tendulkar's 140 not out. 2003--India finished off their engagements in Group A with an 82 run victory over England at Durban and a 6 wicket victory over Pakistan at Centurion. Paceman Ashish Nehra achieved 6/23 against England to help India defend 250 as England were all out for 168. The Indian batting was bolstered by half-centuries from Tendulkar and Yuvraj. The match against Pakistan, the most anticipated match of the tournament, lived up to its billing and was a thriller. It was (and still is) noted for being a match in which Tendulkar played one of his best-ever ODI innings. Chasing 274, Tendulkar (98 from 75 balls, 12 fours, 1 six) pulled off a near century, only to get out after suffering from cramps, to guide India to an unlikely victory, maintaining India's unbeaten record against Pakistan in World Cups. Tendulkar was once again awarded the Man of the Match

2007---India next scored 413/5 against Bermuda, the highest score by India in ODIs and the highest team total in a World Cup game. 2011--The 1996 World Cup format was used for the tournament, following widespread criticism, particularly from the BCCI, over the 2007 format. India were placed in Group B in the Group stage alongside co-hosts Bangladesh, South Africa, England, West Indies and associates Holland and Ireland.

India next played England at Bangalore, which was a thriller. On a batting-friendly track at the M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, India chose to bat first. Tendulkar (120 from 115 balls, 10 fours, 5 sixes) lashed his way through the English attack, ably supported by Gambhir (51 from 61 balls, 5 fours) and Yuvraj (58 from 50 balls, 9 fours). After the 45th over, India was 305/3 and were looking to pass 350 during the batting Powerplay. Instead, English bowler Tim Bresnan (5-48) engineered a collapse with four quick wickets in 16 deliveries, as India slumped to a still-formidable total of 338 all out. England started their run chase by blasting 77 runs off the first 10 overs. Skipper Andrew Strauss (158 from 145 balls, 18 fours, 1 six) decimated the Indian bowling attack with unparalleled ferocity, and was supported by Ian Bell (69 from 71 balls, 4 fours, 1 six). At 2/280 in the 43rd over, England was cruising to an extraordinary victory. However, Zaheer responded by taking the wickets of Strauss, Bell, and Paul Collingwood in 11 deliveries, as

England were reduced to 289/6. Tailenders Bresnan, Graeme Swann, and Ajmal Shahzad each hit massive sixes in the final few overs to regain some momentum, and Swann scored 13 runs off the final over to salvage a tie with India (338/8 in 50 overs). It was only the fourth tied match in World Cup history.

Record First Second Ref(s)

Most runs

 Sachin Tendulkar

2278  Ricky Ponting 1743 [22]

Highest average (min. 20 inns.)

 Viv Richards 63.31  Rahul Dravid 61.4

2[23]

Strike rate (min. 20 inns.)

 Kapil Dev 115.14

 Virender Sehwag

106.43^

[24]

Fastest century

 Kevin O'Brien vs England(2011)

50 balls

 Matthew Hayden vs South Africa (2007)

66 balls

[25]

Fastest fifty

 Brendon McCullum vs

20 ball

 Mark 21 [26]

Canada (2007) s Boucher vs Netherlands(2007) balls

Most centuries

 Sachin Tendulkar 6  Ricky Ponting 5

[25][27]

Most 50+ scores

 Sachin Tendulkar 15  Ricky Ponting 11 [28]

Most ducks  Nathan Astle

5 out of 22

 Ijaz Ahmed 5 out of 26

[29]

Most sixes

 Ricky Ponting 31  Herschelle

Gibbs 28 [30]

Highest score

 Gary Kirsten v UAE (1996)

188*

 Sourav Ganguly v Sri Lanka(1999)

183 [31]

Most runs through boundaries in an

 Sourav Ganguly (1999)

110  Viv Richards (1987)

106 [31]

innings

Highest partnership

 Rahul Dravid & Sourav Ganguly(2nd wicket) v Sri Lanka (1999)

318

 WU Tharanga & TM Dilshan(1st wicket) v Zimbabwe (2011)

282 [32]

Sachin Tendulkar holds numerous batting records, including those for the most centuries, most fifties and most runs. He also has the most Man of the Match awards.

Record First Second Ref

(s)

Most centuries

 Mark Waugh

 Sourav Ganguly

 Matthew Hayden

3 199620032007

 Glenn Turner

 Geoff Marsh

 David Boon

 Rameez Raja

 Sachin Tendulkar

2 19751987199219921996,201119991999200320032007

[25]

Most runs in a tournament

 Sachin Tendulkar

673 (11innings)

2003

 Matthew Hayden

659 (10 innings)[35]

2007 [36]

Most sixes

 Mathew Hayden

18 (10innings)

2007

 Saurav Ganguly

15 (11 innings)

2003 [37]

Record First Ref(s)

Most consecutive centuries

 Rahul Dravid Saeed Anwar Mark Waugh Ricky Ponting Matthew

Hayden AB De Villiers

2

1999199919962003–200720072011

[38]

Most consecutive fifties

 Graeme Fowler

 Navjot Sidhu David Boon Sachin

Tendulkar

4 198319871987–199219962003

[39]

 Sachin Tendulkar

 Graeme Smith Yuvraj Singh

20072011

Most consecutive ducks

 Nicholas De Groot

 Shem Ngoche3 2003

2011[40]

Record First Second

Ref(s)

Most wickets

 Glenn McGrath 71  Muttiah

Muralitharan 68 [41]

Lowest average (min. 1000 balls bowled)

 Glenn McGrath 18.19  Imran

Khan 19.26 [42]

Economy

 Andy Roberts

3.24  Ian Botham

3.43 [43]

rate (min. 1000 balls bowled)

Strike rate (min. 1000 balls bowled)

 Zaheer Khan 27.1  Glenn

McGrath 27.5 [44]

Best bowling figures

 Glenn McGrath vNamibia (2003)

7–15 Andrew

Bichel vEngland (2003)

7–20 [45]

Most wickets in consecutive balls

 Lasith Malinga

4 v South Africa(2007)

 Chetan Sharma

 Saqlain Mushtaq

 Chaminda Vaas

 Brett Lee Lasith

Malinga

3 v New Zealand(1987)3 v Zimbabwe(1999)3 v Bangladesh(2003)3

[46]

 Kemar Roach

v Kenya(2003)3 v Kenya(2011)3 v Netherlands(2011)

One match[edit]

Record First Ref(s)

Most dismissals (wicketkeeper)

 Adam Gilchrist 6 200

3[54]

Most catches (fielder)  Mohammed Kaif 4 200

3[55]

Record First Second Ref(s)

Most extras conceded in one innings

 Scotland vs   Pakistan(1999)

59 (5 b,

 India vs   Zimbabwe(1

51 (0 b,

[56]

6 lb, 33 w, 15nb)

999)

14 lb, 21 w, 16 nb)

Grounds[edit]The World Cup has been held in England four times. As a result English grounds have hosted the most World Cup matches.

Record First Second Ref(s)

Most matches hosted by a ground

 Headingley, Leeds

12

 Trent Bridge, Nottingham

 Old Trafford, Manchester

 Edgbaston, Birmingham

11

[57]

Umpires[edit]Steve Bucknor has umpired in five finals, from 1992 to 2007, a record in World Cup history.[58] However, he has officiated in two fewer matches than David Shepherd.[59]

Record First Second Ref(s)

Most matches as umpire in World Cup

 David Shepherd

46

 Steve Bucknor

45

[59]

Most finals as umpire in World Cup

 Steve Bucknor 5

 David Shepherd

 Dickie Bird

3

List of World Cup centuries

No.

Player

Runs

Balls

4s

6s

S/R

Team

Opposition Venue Da

teResult

Ref

1Dennis Amiss

137

147

18 0 93.

19 En

gland Ind

ia

Lord's Cricket Ground, London

7 June 1975

Won

[15]

1st centuryTrophy- The trophy was designed and produced in London by a team of craftsmen from Garrard & Co over a period of two months.

The company has dealt with a number of famous jewels, such as the Cullinan diamonds (including Cullinan I, "The Great Star of Africa"), and created such pieces as the Imperial Crown of India in 1911, the crown of Queen Mary for her coronation, and the Crown of Queen Elizabethin 1937. In 1852, Garrard were given the responsibility of re-cutting the famous Koh-i-Noor diamond into a brilliant.Eknath Dhondu 'Ekky' Solkar

Solkar could bat and bowl fast as well slow, which earned him the distinction "Poor man's Sobers".[1] Solkar was renowned for his excellent close fielding, of which he once remarked, "I only watch the ball."[1][1] His catches helped India to victory against England at The Oval in 1971, the team's first Test win in England.[1] Eknath's team-mate at Sussex Tony Greig once said, "He was the best forward short leg I've ever seen."[2]

His 53 catches in only 27 matches is the best ratio for catches per test-match among non-wicket-keepers with 20 or more Tests. He is responsible for one of cricket's most celebrated quotes, directed at Geoffrey Boycott: "I will out you bloody."[3]

Last Test 1 January 1977 v England ODI debut (cap 8) 13 July 1974 v EnglandHe became the first Indian Test Cricketer to be born post independence

Srinivasa Raghavan VenkataraghavanAn off spin bowler, he was one of the famed Indian quartet of spin bowlers in the 1970s (the others being Bhagwat Chandrasekhar, Bishen Bedi and Erapalli Prasanna)The highlights of his umpiring career include six Ashes Tests and appointments to three World Cups in 1996, 1999 and 2003. In both the 1996 and 1999 tournaments he was appointed to stand in a semi-final, and was the third umpire of the 1999 World Cup final between Australia and Pakistan at Lord's. IGeoffrey BoycottBoycott's commentating career continued, however, as he was able to carry on working overseas, particularly in India. He hosted The Sunny and Boycs Show with Sunil Gavaskar and he hosted the touring Indian team at his home in August 2002Bishen Singh BediHe said that he has always washed his own clothes, calling it "the best exercise for your shoulders and fingers", when pointing out that spin bowling requires suppleness of limbsIn November 1978, he became the first captain to concede an international cricket match. In a One Day International against Pakistan at Sahiwal, India, with 8 wickets in hand, required 23 runs from 14 balls. Bedi, however, recalled the batsmen from the crease and

conceded the match in protest at the bowling of Sarfraz Nawaz who had bowled 4 bouncers in succession with not one being called wide by the umpires.[9]

Bedi holds the world record for the most economical bowling figures in a 60-over ODI match amongst the bowlers who had completed their quota of overs (12 overs). In the 1975 World Cup, when the bowlers were allowed to deliver 12 overs, Bedi finished with 12-8-6-1 (overs-maidens-runs-wickets) against East Africa at Headingley.[20]

Sunil Valson (born 2 October 1958) in Secunderabad, Andhra Pradesh is a former Indian cricketer who was selected for the 1983 Cricket World Cup but never received a chance to play in the tournament. Unfortunately, he never represented India in any international game and remains the answer to the famous trivia question as to who was the only player in India's 1983 World Cup squad who did not play a single match.Mohinder Amarnath Bhardwaj  pronunciation (help·info) (born 24 September 1950) is a former Indian cricketer (1969–1989) and current cricket analyst. He is commonly known as "Jimmy". He is the son of Lala Amarnath, the first post-independence captain of India. His brother Surinder Amarnath was a Test player. Another brother Rajinder Amarnath is a former first class cricket and current cricket coach.

He was the Man of the Series when India won its first World Cup Cricket tournament in England in 1983.Amarnath was noted for his personality, courage and determination. West Indian cricketing great Vivian Richards called him "one of the nicest men to have ever played the game" and former Australian Test opening batsman David Boon said "Concede didn't seem to be in his vocabulary"He is also the one and only Indian who has been dismissed on handling the ball. He was dismissed on 9 February 1986 also making him the first one to be dismissed for handling the ball in One-Day Internationals. He is also the only Indian to be dismissed for obstructing the field in One-Day Internationals.

He is the only International Cricketer in the world to be given out both for handling the ball and obstructing the field in his career.[2]

He displayed the unique superstition of carrying a red handkerchief visibly in his trouser pocket while batting.

Roger Michael Humphrey Binny (born 19 July 1955, Bangalore, Karnataka) is an Indian former cricket all-rounder who is best known for his impressive bowling performance in the 1983 Cricket World Cup where he was the highest wicket-taker (18 wickets), and in the 1985 World Series Cricket

Championship in Australia where he repeated this feat (17 wickets).

Kapil devKapil put on an unbeaten 126 runs for the 9th wicket – a world record that stood unbroken for 27 years (10000 days),[29] and finished not out with 175 runs off 138 balls, an innings that included 16 boundaries and 6 sixes. The innings figures in the Top 10 ODI Batting Performances compiled by Wisden in February 2002[30] at No. 4. India won the match by 31 runs.[31] Unfortunately this match was not covered by any channel due to a BBC strike. 

Syid kirmaniKirmani won the award for the best wicket keeper in the 1983 Cricket World CupHe edited the Marathi sports magazine Ekach Shatkar and wrote his autobiography Sandy storm in 1984.Chinnaswamy stdstadium has hosted One Day International (ODI) matches for all the World cups whenever India has hosted the World cups 

David Frith (Wisden Magazine Editor) famously commented that India should withdraw from the World Cup if they didn't improve. When they won it in 1983 he was pleased to (literally) eat his words, with the help of some red wine.

Chaminda Vaas took fastest hat-trick in WC, infact in One day games, taking 3 wickets on first 3 balls of the match against Bangladesh in WC 2003 .The first World Cup match to be abandoned was in 1996, because of unruly behaviour when a group of Indian fans in Calcutta began throwing bottles on the field as India was losing to Sri Lanka In 2003, Pakistan’s Shoaib Akhtar bowled cricket’s first recorded 100 mph delivery against England’s Nick Knight Canada’s John Davison smashed a 67 ball century against the West Indies in 2003, the fastest century in World Cup history Nitish Kumar of Canada is the youngest player (16yrs, 283d) to play at the World Cup in 2011

N.E. Clarke of the Netherlands is the oldest player (47yrs. 257d) to play at the World Cup in 1995/1996The venues for the World Cup finals are Lord’s (1975, 1979, 1983, 1999), Eden Gardens (1987), Melbourne Cricket Stadium (1992), Gaddafi Stadium (1996), The Wanderers (2003), Kensington Oval (2007) and Wankhede Stadium (2011)

Saurav Ganguly is the only player from India to score century in any WC knockout game. He scored century in WC 2003 Semifinal against Kenya .M Amarnath(1983), Aravinda D Silva(1996) and Shane Warne(1999 ) holds unique record of winning MOM in both semi final and final of the World Cup games .A.Gilchrist played the innings of a lifetime, smashed 149 runs. This was the highest score by any batsman in a World Cup final match.2007

Mahela Jayawardene is the only batsman to have scored centuries in both the Semi-Final and Final of a World Cup.

The England Cricket Team is the only team in ODI history to lose a 60 over ODI Final (1979 World Cup), a 50 over ODI Final (1992 World Cup and 2004 Champions Trophy) and a 20 over ODI Final (2013 Champions Trophy) in ICC tournaments.

Kepler wessels -played for both aus and SA in WC.Cup and Cover, made by Paul de Lamerie, 1736-7 Victoria and Albert Museum no. 819-1890-designes prudential cup

Toss - England, who chose to batPoints - England 4, India 0ODI debuts - M Amarnath, AD Gaekwad and KD Ghavri (India)Player of the match - DL Amiss (England)Umpires - DJ Constant and JG LangridgeKarsan Ghavri

on and David Shepherd

The match was initially reduced to 20 overs a side due to rain. A helicopter was used to dry the pitch but as play began rain fell again, washing out the game.

A notable feature of this World Cup was the innovative tactics employed by New Zealand captain Martin Crowe, who opened his team's

bowling with spin bowler Dipak Patel, rather than with a fast bowler as is usual practice. Another innovation was the then unorthodox ploy of opening the batting with "pinch hitters", such as New Zealand's Mark Greatbatch.[6] [11] These innovations reversed the immediate prior form of New Zealand who realising they lacked a team of world-beaters, turned instead to craft; England had a clean sweep of their tour of New Zealand in 1991–92. Public expectations increased but were dashed in the semi-final as young Inzamam-ul-Haq pulled off victory for Pakistan while injured Martin Crowe watched from the stand.

1996The Wills World Cup was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Controversy dogged the tournament before any games were played; Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the Central Bank bombing by the Tamil Tigers in January 1996. 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.

29 FebruaryScorec

aukat Dukanwala (UAE)

This was the first ever official ODI between two ICC Associate teams.

Semi-finals[edit]1

war

A controversial new type of cricket ball, the white ‘Duke’, was introduced for the first time in the 1999 World Cup. Despite claims from makers British Cricket Balls Ltd that the balls behaved identically to the balls used in previous World Cups,[2] they were proven to be harder and to swing significantly more.[3]

The host broadcasters for television coverage of the tournament were Sky and BBC Television.[4] In the UK, live games were divided between the broadcasters, with both screening the final live.[4] This was BBC Television's last live cricket coverage, with England home Test series being on Channel 4 or Sky from 1999 onwards.

After five legitimate balls against Sri Lanka in Pietermaritzburg in 2003, Bangladesh were looking at a scoreboard that read 5 for 4. Chaminda Vaas took a hat-trick with the first three balls of the match, then, after a four and a wide, Sanwar Hossain was trapped leg-before. Alok Kapali, who might have been expecting to put his feet up in the dressing room for a while, survived the sixth delivery: he remains the only No. 6 batsman to have been required to face a ball in the first over of any international match.

Nasser Hussain, also known asNashwanIndeed, Indian legend Sunil Gavaskar has stated that Kanhai was the greatest batsman he had ever seen, and named his son after the Caribbean master.

Fielding circle 30 yards (27 m) away from the stumps is first introduced in

which world cup?1983 World cup. Approximate weight and Height of World Cup Trophy is?11 Kg Weight, 60 cm Height.The trophy has a golden ball placed above three silver stumps.. WINNERS, RUNNERS UP, MAN OF THE MATCH AND MAN OF THE TOURNAMENT OF WORLD CUP CRICKET UPTO 2011.

1975 World Cup held in England:Winner-West Indies. (Captain -Clive Lloyd.)Runner-up: Australia (Captain-Ian Chappell)Result: WI won by 17 runs. West Indies 291/8 (60 overs), Australia 274 all out (58.4 overs).Man of the Match: Clive Lloyd (West Indies) (102 from 85 balls, 12 fours, 2 sixes).Man of the Tournament: None awarded.

1979 World Cup held in England:Winner-West Indies. (Captain -Clive Lloyd.)Runner-up: England (Captain-John Brearley)Result: WI won by 92 runs. West Indies 286/9 (60 overs), England 194 all out (51 overs).Man of the Match: Viv Richards (West Indies) (138 Runs)Man of the Tournament: None awarded.

1983 World Cup held in England:Winner-India. (Captain –Kapil Dev.)Runner-up: West Indies (Captain -Clive Lloyd)

Result: India won by 43 runs. India 183 all out (54.4 overs), West Indies 140 all out (52 overs).Man of the Match: Mohinder Amarnath (India) (3/12 and 26 runs)Man of the Tournament: None awarded.

1987 World Cup held in India, Pakistan:Winner-Australia. (Captain –Alan Border.)Runner-up: England (Captain -Michael Gatting)Result: Australia won by 7 runs. Australia 253/5 (50 overs), England 246/8 (50 overs)Man of the Match: David Boon (Australia) (75 runs)Man of the Tournament: None awarded.

1992 World Cup held in Australia, New Zealand:Winner-Pakistan. (Captain –Imran Khan.)Runner-up: England (Captain -Alec Stewart)Result: Pakistan won by 22 runs. Pakistan 249/6 (50 overs), England 227 all out (49.2 overs)Man of the Match: Wasim Akram (Pakistan) (33 and 3/49)Man of the Tournament: Martin Crowe (New Zealand), 456 runs.

1996 World Cup held in India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka:Winner-Sri Lanka. (Captain –Arjuna Ranatunga.)Runner-up: Australia (Captain -Mark Taylor)Result: Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets. Sri Lanka 245/3 (46.2 overs), Australia 241/7 (50 overs)Man of the Match: Aravinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) (107* and 3/42)Man of the Tournament: Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka), 221 runs and 7 wickets.

1999 World Cup held in England, Wales, Ireland,

Netherlands, Scotland:Winner-Australia. (Captain –Steve Waugh.)Runner-up: Pakistan (Captain –Wasim Akram)Result: Aus won by 8 wickets. Australia 133/2 (20.1 overs), Pakistan 132 all out (39 overs)Man of the Match: Shane Warne (Australia) (4/33)Man of the Tournament: Lance Klusener (South Africa), 281 runs and 17 wickets.

2003 World Cup held in South Africa, Kenya, Zimbabwe:Winner-Australia. (Captain –Ricky Ponting.)Runner-up: India (Captain –Sourav Ganguly)Result: Aus won by 125 runs. Australia 359/2 (50 overs), India 234 all out (39.2 overs)Man of the Match: Ricky Ponting (Australia) (140*)Man of the Tournament: Sachin Tendulkar (India), 673 runs and 2 wickets.)2007 World Cup held in West Indies:Winner-Australia. (Captain –Ricky Ponting.)Runner-up: Sri Lanka (Captain –Mahela Jayawardene)Result: Aus won by 53 runs. Australia 281/4 (38 overs), Sri Lanka 215/8 (36 overs)Man of the Match: Adam Gilchrist (Australia) (149)Man of the Tournament: Glenn McGrath (Australia), 26wickets.)

"I asked myself, 'Why the hell did I not walk the second ball?'" Who said this and when?a. Sunil Gavaskar during his infamous 36* against EnglandGavaskar admitted later that he had been caught behind early in his much-reviled innings, where he batted through the 60 overs.

 For the first time since the 1992 tournament, three players from a Full Member team made their ODI debuts in a World Cup. Which team?

a. West IndiesKirk Edwards, Devendra Bishoo and Andre Russell made their ODI debuts for West Indies.Early arrivalAfter five legitimate balls against Sri Lanka in Pietermaritzburg in 2003, Bangladesh were looking at a scoreboard that read 5 for 4. Chaminda Vaas took a hat-trick with the first three balls of the match, then, after a four and a wide, Sanwar Hossain was trapped leg-before. Alok Kapali, who might have been expecting to put his feet up in the dressing room for a while, survived the sixth delivery: he remains the only No. 6 batsman to have been required to face a ball in the first over of any international match.

Dublin-born Ed Joyce made his one-day international debut for England in 2006, against an Ireland team containing his brother Dominick. The following year Joyce played for England in the World Cup, and scored 1 against Ireland. He was ignored by England after that World Cup, and decided to re-qualify for the land of his birth. Given special dispensation by the ICC to play for Ireland in the 2011 World Cup, Joyce made his one-day international debut for them there - and faced England in his second match, scoring 32.

The Zimbabwe legspinner Adam Huckle faced two balls in his World Cup career - and was dismissed by both of them. Both were in 1999, and the second golden duck came as part of a Saqlain Mushtaq hat-trick. Shem Ngoche, the Kenyan slow left-armer, is threatening Huckle's record in 2011: before Kenya's match against Australia on March 13, he had faced three balls in this World Cup... and been dismissed by all three, none of which he managed to hit.

The 1992 World Cup was the first ever world cup which was hosted by the Southern Hemisphere countries.

The venues for the World Cup finals are Lord’s (1975, 1979, 1983, 1999), Eden Gardens (1987), Melbourne Cricket Stadium (1992), Gaddafi Stadium (1996), The Wanderers (2003), Kensington Oval (2007) and Wankhede Stadium (2011).

India has never defeated South Africa till now in world cup.2011-- 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.

2008--A documentary, Breaking Boundaries directed by Paul Davey recounting the story of the World Cup campaign of Ireland

was released in 2008. 2011--Ireland beat England by 3 wickets on 2 March 2011 at the World Cup with Kevin O'Brien hitting the fastest World Cup century off only 50 balls.[80] It was the highest successful run chase (329 in 49.1 overs) in World Cup history.

Jeremy Bray played grade cricket in Sydney for the St. George Cricket Club with his fellow Irish World Cup teammate David Langford-Smith, where he was well known for his aggressive batting approach. Nicknamed "Words" for his talkative nature, Bray later moved to Ireland to continue his cricketing career.

March 17, 2007--Ireland beat Pakistan (St. Patrick’s Day) to qualify for Super 8 stage at Sabina Park, Kingston.