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Cricket World Cup – Cricket Ground Hosted WC Finals

Most of the CWC tournaments have been hosted by England. The most recent World Cup edition was jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand as the 2015 World Cup. England hosted FIVE CWC out of 12 so far, England hosted World Cup 1975,1979,1983, and 1999. The upcoming World Cup is also to be hosted by England which will conclude to 5th times.

Cricket World Cup Venues Since 1975 have been hosted by all ICC members because almost all test playing nations got a chance to host the World Cup. It has been a matter of immense pleasure for all countries to host ICC Mega event at that soil. Most of the CWC has been hosted by England which has been 5th times from now including the ongoing WC 2019, except this Australia and New Zealand is a joint partner to host WC.

Hosted by England

The History of World Cup has been fantastic to know about, from the very first CWC 1975, the star cricket players including batsman, bowlers, all-rounders have placed their name on the ICC record book. Cricket became more and more interesting when the game format changed from 60 Over per side to 50 overs.

Lord’s Cricket Ground is known as “Home of Cricket” has hosted most World Cup Finals in ICC mega-events history. The stadium hosted four finals during Cricket World Cup 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999.

Lords Stadium

Lord’s hosted 1975 World Cup final between West Indies and Australia. West Indies won the first WC title by 17 runs and become a world champion. The Ground hosted the 1979 CWC final between West Indies and England. West Indies won the 2nd WC title by 92 runs and again become world champion.

The Home of Cricket Lord’s hosted 1983 World Cup final between India and West Indies. India won the first World Cup by 43 runs by defeating the defending champion. Lord’s hosted 1999 CWC final between Australia and Pakistan. Australia won the WC by 8 wickets against Pakistan and claimed their 2nd World Cup win.

The Oval Cricket Ground, London host 3 semi-finals during ICC mega event 1979, 1983 and 1983. The Stadium hosted 2nd semi-final of the 1975 World Cup between West Indies and New Zealand. Windies won the semi-final by 5 wickets and qualified for the final. The Ground hosted the first semi-final of 1979 WC between West Indies and Pakistan.

Windies won the semi-final by 43 runs and qualified for WC 1979 final. The Oval hosted 1983 World Cup 2nd semi-final between Pakistan and West Indies. Windies again won the semi-final by 8 wickets and qualified for WC 1983 final.

Manchester Ground

Old Trafford hosted 3 World Cup semi-finals during ICC mega event 1979, 1983 and 1999. The Ground hosted 2nd semi-final of CWC 1975 between England and New Zealand. England won the World Cup semi-final by 9 runs and qualified for the World Cup final. The Stadium hosted the 1st semifinal of CWC 1983 between India and England.

India won the World Cup semi-final by 6 wickets and qualified for the World Cup final. Old Trafford Manchester Ground hosted the 1st semi-final of CWC 1999 between Pakistan and New Zealand. Pakistan won the World Cup semi-final by 9 wickets and qualified for the World Cup final.

Leeds – Edgbaston

Headingley, Leeds Cricket Ground hosted one and only World Cup semi-final of the inaugural edition of ICC World Cup 1975. Leeds hosted the 1st semi-final of the 1975 World Cup between Australia and England. Australia won by 4 wickets and made their way to the final.

Edgbaston Cricket Ground Birmingham England has hosted 2nd semi-final between Australia and South Africa. Australia won the World Cup semi-final in super-over and qualified for the World Cup final for the 2nd time.

Hosted by

Australia

The very first teams who participated in CWC became part of the History of the World Cup, no other than Antarctic nations Australia and New Zealand both have hosted World Cup Twice but every time they hosted jointly. Melbourne Cricket Ground Australia hosted the 1992 1st final between Pakistan and England.

Pakistan won the first World Cup final by 22 runs. The MCG Ground Australia hosted 2015 between co-hosted Australia and New Zealand. Australia won the World Cup by 7 wickets for the 5th time. Sydney Cricket Ground Australia hosted 2nd semi-final between England and Australia.

England won the semi-final by 20 runs and qualified for the World Cup final. The Sydney Cricket Ground (SCG), Australia hosted the 2nd semi-final of 2015 between Australia and India. Australia won the World Cup final by 95 runs.

New Zealand

Eden Park Cricket Ground Auckland New Zealand hosted the 1st semi-final between Pakistan and New Zealand. Pakistan won the World Cup semi-final by 4 wickets and qualified for World Cup final. Auckland Cricket Stadium New Zealand hosted the 1st semi-final of the World Cup 2015 between New Zealand and South Africa. New Zealand won the semi-final for the very first time with the D/L method after 7 times semi-finals appearances.

India

Kolkata Eden Garden Cricket Ground, India hosted 1983 World Cup final for the between India and Australia. India won the World Cup for the first time by defeating Australia by 7 runs. Eden Garden Cricket Ground Kolkata, India hosted the 1st 1996 Cricket World Cup semi-final between Sri Lanka and India.

Sri Lanka won the semi-final by 131 runs and qualified for the World Cup final. The Punjab Cricket Association Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium Mohali, India hosted World Cup 1996 between Australia and West Indies. Australia won the World Cup semi-final by 5 runs and qualified for WC final.

Punjab Cricket Association Inderjit Singh Bindra Stadium Mohali hosted the 2nd semi-final of World Cup 2011 between India and Pakistan. India won the semi-final by 29 runs and qualified for the World Cup final. Mumbai Wankhede Stadium, India hosted 2nd semi-final between India and England.

India won the semi-final by 35 runs. The Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, India hosted the 2011 Cricket World Cup final between co-hosts India and Sri Lanka. India won the World Cup final by 6 wickets and it was their 2nd World Cup win.

Pakistan

Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Pakistan hosted the first semi-final of World Cup 1983 between Australia and Pakistan. Pakistan won the World Cup semi-final by 18 runs. Lahore Gaddafi Stadium, Pakistan hosted World Cup 1996 final between Sri Lanka and Australia. Sri Lanka won the first World Cup title by 7 wickets.

Sri Lanka

Premadasa International Cricket Stadium Colombo, Sri Lanka hosted the 1st semi-final of World Cup 2011 between the host team Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets and 3rd time qualified for World Cup final.

South Africa

The Wanderers Stadium Johannesburg, South Africa hosted the 2007 World Cup final between Australia and India. Australia won the title by 125 runs for the 4th times and 3rd-time consecutive. St George’s Park Cricket Ground, Port Elizabeth, South Africa hosted the 1st semi-final of the Cricket World Cup 2003 between Australia and Sri Lanka.

Australia won by 48 runs with D/L method due to bad weather the semi-final for the 6th time and qualified for the finals. Kingsmead is a cricket ground in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal, South Africa. Durban Cricket Ground hosted the 2nd semi-final of the World Cup 2003 between India and Kenya. India won semi-final by 91 runs for the 2nd time and qualified for the final.

West Indies

The Kensington Oval Bridgetown, Barbados hosted the 2007 World Cup final of between Australia and Sri Lanka. Australia won the by 53 runs with the D/L method. With this Australia claimed their 3rd consecutive World Cup win. The stadium.

The Darren Sammy Cricket Ground, Gros Islet, Saint Lucia hosted the 2nd semi-final of World Cup 2007 between Australia and South Africa. Australia won the World the semi-final for the 6th time and qualified for WC final.

Sabina Park is a cricket ground and the home of the Kingston Cricket Jamaica, West Indies. The Sabina Park Cricket Ground hosted the 1st semi-final of the 2007 Cricket World Cup between Sri Lanka and New Zealand. Sri Lanka won the semi-final for the 2nd time by 81 runs and qualified to WC final for the 2nd time.

Venues Hosted WC Final

Venues	Country	Semi's	Finals	CWC
Lords Cricket Ground	England	-	5	1975 1979 1983 1999 2019
The Oval Cricket Ground	England	3	-	1975 1979 1983
Old Trafford Manchester	England	4	-	1975 1979 1983 2019
Headingley Cricket Ground	England	1	-	1975
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	England	2	-	1975 2019
Sydney Cricket Ground	Australia	2	-	1992 2015
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Australia	-	2	1992 2015
Eden Park, Auckland	NZ	2	-	1992 2015
Mohali Cricket Ground, Mohali	India	2	-	1996 2011
Eden Garden Cricket Ground	India	1	1	1996 1983
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai	India	1	1	1983 2011
Gaddafi Stadium Lahore	Pakistan	1	1	1983 1996
Premadasa, Colombo	Sri Lanka	1	-	2011
The Wanderers Stadium	South Africa	-	1	2003
St Georges Park Ground	South Africa	1	-	2003
Kingsmead Cricket Ground	South Africa	1	-	2003
The Kensington Oval	West Indies	-	1	2007
DJG Sammy Cricket Ground	West Indies	1	-	2007
Sabina Park, Kingston	West Indies	1	-	2007

Semi-Final/Finals Venues

CWC	Semi-Final 1	Semi-Final 2	Final
1975	Headingley, Leeds	The Oval, London	Lord's, London, England
1979	The Oval, London	Old Trafford, Manchester	Lord's, London, England
1983	Old Trafford, Manchester	The Oval, London	Lord's, London, England
1987	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	Eden Gardens, Kolkata
1992	Auckland, New Zealand	Sydney, Australia	Melbourne, Australia
1996	Kolkata, India	Mohali, India	Lahore, Pakistan
1999	Old Trafford, Manchester	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England	Lord's, London, England
2003	Port Elizabeth, South Africa	Durban, South Africa	Johannesburg, South Africa
2007	Kingston, Jamaica	Gros Islet, Saint Lucia	Bridgetown, Barbados
2011	Colombo, Sri Lanka	Mohali, India	Mumbai, India
2015	Auckland, New Zealand	Sydney Australia	Melbourne, Australia
2019	Old Trafford, Manchester	Edgbaston, Birmingham	Lord's, London

Teams Qualified for Cricket World Cup Semi Final

ICC Mega event has been dominated by the Australian Cricket Team as they qualified most of the time by maximum times as compared to other teams. Cricket World Cup Semi-Final Team List comprises Australia qualified for the SEVEN times. That is most of the time out of a total of 11 Cricket WC editions. Australia has most Cricket World Cup Semi-Finals appearances-Only team which Never defeated in Semi-Final.

International Cricket Council ICC organized 11 World Cup editions so far since 1975 inaugural to 2015 the most recent World Cup. A total of 18 cricket nations participated in all World Cup editions 9 of them qualified. For the knockout, the semi-final stage and 5 were successive to claim the World Cup championship title.

Australia and New Zealand have most semi-finals appearances with 7. Pakistan and India joined the 2nd spot to qualify for the World Cup Semi-Finals stage with 6 times. Australia won the World cup title for the 5 times the most wins by any nation in the World Cup history. For more details visit WC Winners List.

Semi-Finals Appearances

Australia

Australia is the only team in World Cup history that remains unbeaten in a knockout stage of the WC semi-final. Team Australia made 7 times most appearances in WC semi-finals and qualified for World Cup final stage. Australia became 5 times champion after defeating India, Pakistan.

India, Sri Lanka, and New Zealand during World Cup 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 and 2015 respectively. The Cricket Team of Australia lost two semi-finals to West Indies and Sri Lanka during World Cup 1975 and 1996.

New Zealand

New Zealand qualified for the 7 times for World Cup semi-finals, lost 6 of them and just one time qualified for the World Cup final during the 2015 World Cup. Cricket Team of New Zealand lost 6 semifinals to West Indies, England, Pakistan 2 times, Sri Lanka 2 times during World Cup 1975,1979, 1992,1999, 2007 and 2011 respectively.

New Zealand qualified for the first time after defeating South Africa during ICC World Cup 2015 in a nail-biting contest at Willington, New Zealand. NZ remains unlucky to lift the World Cup Trophy for the first time after losing to Australia in the final match. NZ reached in the World Cup 2019 Final.

Pakistan

Pakistan qualified for Cricket World Cup for the 6 times of which Pakistan win just two times and qualified for the Cricket World Cup final. The Cricket Team of Pakistan contested Cricket World Cup semi-finals with West Indies 2 times in (1979,1983), Australia 1987, and India 2011.

Pakistan lost all these semi-finals from these nations. Pakistan contests two semi-finals against New Zealand during Cricket World Cup (1992, 1999) and won both to qualify for the World Cup final. PAK became champion for the first time after defeating England during World Cup 1992 under the captaincy of Imran Khan.

Australia beat Pakistan during the 1999 Cricket World Cup and claimed their 2nd World Cup win and equals the record of most World Cup wins with Windies.

India

India has six semi-final appearances to the Cricket World Cup of which India won 4 and appeared in World Cup Finals. Team India reached Cricket World Cup semi-finals and contested West Indies, England, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Pakistan, and Australia during World Cup 1983, 1987, 1996, 2003, 2011 and 2015 respectively.

India won four WC semi-finals against England 2 times, Kenya and Pakistan during ICC mega event 1983,1987, 2003 and 2011 respectively. IND became the 3rd country after Australia and West Indies to win more than One Cricket World Cup.

England

England hosted four times World Cup on their soil but couldn’t make a single Cricket World Cup title win. English Cricket Team qualified for the Cricket World Cup semi-finals for the 5 times, just won two of them and appeared in finals. The Cricket Team of England appeared in World Cup semi-finals and contested with New Zealand 2 times, India 2 times, Pakistan 1 times during ICC mega event 1975,1979,1983, 1987 and 1992 respectively.

ENG is the only country to have 5 times consecutive appearances in the first five World Cup editions. England won just two semi-finals against New Zealand and South Africa during ICC Cricket World Cup 1979 and 1992. England reached the WC 2019 Final and became champion, beating NZ in super-over.

South Africa

South Africa have four times appearance in Cricket World Cup but never qualified for the World Cup finals. SA contested four semifinals and first time appeared in WC 1992 against England, Australia 2 times, New Zealand during ICC mega event 1992, 1999,2007 and 2015 respectively.

South Africa lost 1999 WC semi-final in super over, the match was tied. A most deserving WC title nation never made their way to finals.

West Indies

West Indies qualified for the four times Cricket World Cup semi-finals. Windies made their 3 consecutive semi-finals appearances in the first three World Cup editions. Windies won two semi-finals and lost 2 as well. West Indies won the first two World Cup titles after beating Australia and England in 1975 and 1979 respectively.

West Indies lost their Two semi-finals against India and Australia during ICC mega-events 1983 and 1996 respectively. WI made their semi-finals appearance during World Cup 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1996. Won first two and became World Champion and lost two during 1983 and 1996.

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka has four times appearances in Cricket World Cup, became a world champion in the 1996 World Cup. SL appeared in World Cup semi-finals for the first time in 1996, also won the first title in this World Cup.

Sri Lanka qualified for the World Cup semi-finals and contested with India, Australia, New Zealand 2 times during Cricket World Cup 1996, 2003, 2007 and 2011 respectively. Lankan qualified for semi-finals for 3 consecutive times.

Kenya

Kenya is the only non-Test playing nation to qualify for the World Cup semi-finals. The Kenya Cricket Team Surprisingly appeared for the first time in the World Cup during ICC World Cup 2003 8th edition.

India opted to bat first and set a massive target for Kenya’s inexperience side of 270/4 in 50 overs. While chasing down target Kenya bowled for 179 runs all out in 46.2 overs.

WC Semi-Final Appearance

Teams	Appearance	Lose	Final	Lose	Won
Australia	8	1	7	2	5
New Zealand	7	7	2	2	-
Pakistan	6	4	2	1	1
India	7	3	4	2	3
England	6	3	3	2	-
South Africa	4	4	-	-	-
West Indies	4	1	3	1	2
Sri Lanka	4	1	3	2	1
Kenya	1	1	-	-	-

WC Final Appearances

Teams	Semi-Finals	WC Final
Australia	1975,1987,1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015, 2019	1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2015
NZ	1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, 2011, 2015, 2019	2015, 2019
Pakistan	1979,1983,1987,1992, 1999, 2011	1992, 2011
India	1983, 1987, 1996, 2003, 2011, 2015, 2019	1983, 1987, 2003, 2011
England	1975, 1979,1983,1987,1992,2019	1979, 1992, 2019
Sri Lanka	1996, 2003, 2007, 2011	1996, 2011
SA	1992, 1999, 2007, 2015	-
WI	1975, 1979,1983 1996	1975, 1979,1983
Kenya	2003	-

Cricket World Cup Winners List – ODI WC Winners List

Cricket World Cup Winners List consists of AUS, IND, West Indies, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka. From the very first Cricket, World Cup in 1975 to the most recent and ongoing Cricket World Cup 2019 cricket has built a craze over the years in its fans. The Cricket has a huge and craziest fan base across the globe, many teams have struggled to win the title. But only AUS dominated the mega event and won most Cricket World Cup Trophies.

Cricket World Cup Winners List has been summarized since the very first World Cup in 1975 to date. The Cricket World Cup Winners List is dominated by Australia. They have never lost WC semi-final and historically AUS has reached. Australia won World Cup for the 7 times of which became champion for the 5 times. The first two World Cup has been won by West Indies and 3rd edition of WC won by IND.

AUS won their first-ever WC title in 1987, and then Pakistan and Sri Lanka became world champions respectively. Then history witnessed and recorded Cricket World Cup, Winners List. Australia three times successive World Cup hat-trick which won against Pakistan, IND, and Sri Lanka.

Cricket World Cup Winners

Only AUS and West Indies have two or more successive World Cup wins. AUS won the consecutive World Cup (1999-2003-2007) and West Indies won the two times consecutive (1975-1979). Except for AUS, West Indies, IND, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka have won the ICC Cricket World Cup Title.

WC Year	1st Semi-Final	2nd Semi-Final	Final	Winner
1975	England v AUS	NZ v West Indies	WI v AUS	West Indies
1979	WI v Pakistan	England v NZ	WI v England	West Indies
1983	England v IND	Pakistan v NZ	WI v IND	IND
1987	AUS v Pakistan	England v IND	Australia v IND	AUS
1992	NZ v Pakistan	England v SA	PAK v England	Pakistan
1996	Sri Lanka v India	AUS v West Indies	SL v Australia	Sri Lanka
1999	NZ v Pakistan	AUS v South Africa	AUS v Pakistan	AUS
2003	AUS v Sri Lanka	India v Kenya	AUS v India	AUS
2007	Sri Lanka v NZ	AUS v South Africa	Australia v SL	AUS
2011	NZ v Sri Lanka	India v Pakistan	India v SL	IND
2015	SA v New Zealand	AUS v India	NZ v Australia	AUS
2019	NZ vs India	Australia vs England	NZ vs England	England

WC 2019

2019 Cricket World Cup hosted and won by England and the team with the maiden title clinched the victory in super over from New Zealand. Ben Stokes superbly batted and got England on the line and England got the first choice to become a winner.

In super over, Jimmy Neesham and Martin Guptill were supposed to chase the target in super over and surprisingly at last ball Guptill got run out by Jos Buttler. Both teams were for the first time in the final but England stayed a winner.

WC 2015

The WC was jointly hosted by AUS and New Zealand for the 2nd time. Both hosts qualified for the World Cup final. New Zealand qualified for the World Cup for the very first time but AUS qualified for the World Cup final for the 7th time.

The final match of the World Cup 2015 held at Melbourne Cricket Ground for the 2nd time and match restricted to 45 overs due to rain. New Zealand scored 183 runs in 45 overs all out with the highest 83 runs of Grant Elliot for 82 balls.

The man who helps New Zealand to qualify for the World Cup final for the first time against South Africa. In return, AUS completed target quiet easily 186/3 in 33.1 overs, with skipper Michael Clarke 74 runs for 72 balls. Kangaroos won the World Cup title for the 5th time, with most wins in World Cup history.

WC 2011

The Cricket WC 2011 was jointly hosted by the IND Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. Both Asian cricket teams made their way to finals. Sri Lanka and IND both qualified for the World Cup final for the 3rd time. The final game of WC held at Wankhede Stadium in Mumbai, Sri Lanka scored 274/6. Mahela Jayawardene smashed century unbeaten 103 runs.

Virender Sehwag and Sachin Tendulkar got out earlier but 97-Gautam Gambhir. And 91-MS Dhoni saw his team to win first World Cup on home soil. Team IND completed the 274 runs target with 10 balls to spare. IND won the World Cup for the 2nd time by joining the most World Cup wins record with West Indies for the 2nd position.

WC 2007

The Cricket WC was hosted by West Indies for the first time. Sri Lanka qualified for the 2nd time for World Cup Final and AUS qualified for the 5th time for the World Cup final. World Cup final was restricted to 38 overs due to two hours of the rain delay.

Adam Gilchrist scored his fastest World Cup century at the strike rate of 143 and helped Kangaroos to reach a massive total of 281/4 runs. In return, Sanath Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara accumulated 116 runs at 2nd wicket partnership.

Sri Lanka scored 215/8 runs in their allotted 38 overs. AUS won the World Cup by 53 runs for the 4th time and claimed World Cup win hat-trick 1999, 2003,2007.

WC 2003

It was the first time co-hosted by South Africa, Zimbabwe, and Kenya. World Cup final held at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa between IND and AUS. For the first time, both worlds champion qualified for the Cricket World Cup final.

Ricky Ponting and Damien Martin scored 234 runs unbeaten highest ever World Cup final partnership and helped AUS to score the highest ever World Cup final score of 359/2.

In Chase, down little master Sachin Tendulkar dismissed in very first over and IND got all out for 234 runs. AUS won the World Cup by 125 runs for the 3rd time, 2 times consecutive win and defended the championship title.

WC 1999

The Cricket WC 1999 hosted by England for the 4th time. Pakistan qualified for the 2nd time in World Cup final after winning 1992 WC and AUS qualified for World Cup for the 3rd time including 1975,1987 and 19999. The final contest remained “one-sided”.

Legendary spinner Shane Warne picked up Pakistan 4 wickets and destroyed top order a restricted Pakistan to just 132 runs all out. AUS won the World Cup title for the 2nd time by 8 wickets and chased down the target within 20 overs.

WC 1996

The Cricket World Cup was hosted by Pakistan, IND, and Sri Lanka, a final match played between Sri Lanka and 1987 WC champion AUS. The final match was held at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Sri Lanka won the toss. Australia skipper Arjuna Ranatunga opted to bowl first.

SL Won the Cricket World Cup Title. AUS made its total of 241/7 in 50 overs match. Man of the Mach, Arvinda de Silva scored a century while chasing down 241 runs target with 22 balls and 7 wickets to spare.

WC 1992

It was co-hosted by AUS and New Zealand for the first time. The final match held at Melbourne Cricket Ground in AUS between Pakistan and England. This was the first time for Pakistan to qualify for mega event final but England made their way to final for the 2nd time.

In the first-ever day/night match Pakistan opted to bat first after winning the toss, despite early wickets fall, skipper Imran Khan and Javed Miandad formed 3rd wicket partnership of 139, and with the help of this Pakistan gave a reasonable total of 249/6 in 50 overs.

England bowled out at 227 runs all out, Pakistan won their first-ever World Cup title by 22 runs. King of Swing became a man of the match who picked up 3 major wickets including Ian Botham for duck and Graeme Hickwas “baffled by the googly”.

WC 1987

The Cricket World Cup 4th edition was the first time hosted by Pakistan and IND after 3 times consecutive hosted by England. World Cup final played between England and AUS at Eden Garden in Kolkata.

AUS chose to bat first and scored 253/5 but England couldn’t make it become a world championship and fell short of just 7 runs. AUS claimed their maiden World Cup title.

WC 1983

It was hosted by England for the 3rd time and WC final contest held at Lord’s Cricket Ground “Home of Cricket” between IND and World Cup 2 times defending champion West Indies. IND batted first and scored only 183 runs and got all out but West Indies could make it chase down the target and collapsed at 140 runs only.

IND won its first-ever Cricket World Cup title by 43 runs. The captain Kapil Dev lift the world cup trophy as youngest players.

WC 1979

The Cricket WC 1979 final was hosted by England and played at Lord’s Cricket Stadium between title defender West Indies and England. West Indies won the World Cup for the second time by defeating England with 92 runs.

Man of the match performance by Sir Viv Richards who scored his century an unbeaten 138 runs. West Indies scored 287 runs in 60 overs but England couldn’t chase down the target. England got all out at 194 and lost the chance to become a world champion. West Indies Won the WC.

WC 1975

Final match hosted by England and played at Lord’s Cricket Ground on June 21, 1975, between AUS and West Indies. The cricket ODI format was 60 overs per side. West Indies won the World Cup first title by 17 against runner up to AUS.

West Indies were at 50/3 when captain Clive Lloyd scored a century and formed a solid partnership of 149 runs. With Rohan Kanhai, a man of the match performance by Windies captain.

Most Centuries in Cricket World Cup by Top Batsman

The Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International ODI of 50 overs cricket. That is organized by the International Cricket Council (ICC) after every four years. When a batsman scores 100 runs it’s called century or tons by a batsman. Total 11 World Cup editions have been held so far. A total of 165 centuries has been scored by 103 batsmen from 15 different teams.

Australian Cricket Team is leading with most centuries scored with 26 by a team followed by the Indian Cricket Team with 25. The first century was scored by English batsman Dennis Amiss during the inaugural 1975 World Cup. On the same day, Glenn Turner New Zealand’s batsman scored 171 runs unbeaten.

That remained the highest individual score till the 3rd World Cup edition in 1983. When Kapil Dev (India) scored 175 runs against Zimbabwe. And India became first-time Cricket World Cup Champion and 2nd team after West Indies to win World Cup.

Most Centuries

ODI highest individual runs score record broken by Sir Viv Richards (West Indies) when he scored 181 runs during World Cup 1987. Gary Kirsten (South Africa) scored 188* in World Cup 1996, which was the highest World Cup individual runs.

Later during the 2015 World Cup, the 11th and recent edition records were broken by Chris Gayle 215 runs, which not remained so long, in the same World Cup, Martin Guptill scored 237* runs unbeaten. Indian legendary little master Sachin Tendulkar holds the record for most centuries scored by a batsman with 6.

followed by Australia’s Ricky Ponting and Sri Lanka’s Kumar Sangakkara with five for each. Mark Waugh, Mahela Jayawardene, AB de Villiers, Tillakaratne Dilshan. Most Centuries in Cricket World Cup – Sourav Ganguly has joined the third position with four centuries.

Adam Gilchrist holds a record of scoring the highest individual runs in World Cup final with 149 runs during World Cup 2007 against Sri Lanka. He scored his 100 off 72 balls, making it the fastest century in World Cup. All players from 15 different teams who scored century given below with their highest individual runs.

WC Centuries by Batsman

List of players with “Most Centuries In Cricket” especially during the Cricket World Cup.

Player	Country	Mat	Runs	HS	Ave	SR	100	50
Rohit Sharma	India	17	978	140	65.2	95.97	6	3
Sachin Tendulkar	India	45	2278	152	56.95	88.98	6	15
Kumar Sangakkara	Sri Lanka	37	1532	124	56.74	86.55	5	7
Ricky Ponting	Australia	46	1743	140*	45.86	79.95	5	6
David Warner	Australia	18	992	178	62	98.12	4	3
Saurov Ganguly	India	21	1006	183	55.88	77.5	4	3
AB de Villiers	South Africa	23	1207	162*	63.52	117.29	4	6
Mark Waugh	Australia	22	1004	130	52.84	83.73	4	4
Tilakratne Dilshan	Sri Lanka	27	1112	161*	52.95	92.97	4	4
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	40	1100	115*	35.48	85.93	4	5
Shikhar Dhawan	India	10	537	137	53.7	94.21	3	1
Rameez Raja	Pakistan	16	700	119*	53.84	64.1	3	2
Joy Root	England	17	758	121	54.14	88.03	3	3
Aaron Finch	Australia	18	787	153	43.72	98.25	3	4
Matthew Hayden	Australia	22	987	158	51.94	92.93	3	2
Viv Richards	West Indies	23	1013	181	63.31	85.05	3	5
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	21	915	113*	53.82	79.08	3	3
Sanath Jayasuriah	Sri Lanka	38	1165	120	34.26	90.66	3	6
Ran ten Doeschate	South Africa	9	435	119	62.14	88.41	2	3
Jonny Bairstow	England	11	532	111	48.36	92.84	2	2
Geoff Marsh	Australia	13	579	126*	48.25	58.66	2	2
Kevin Pietersen	England	13	575	104	47.91	84.06	2	4
Glenn Turner	Australia	14	612	171*	61.2	64.01	2	2
Marvin Atapattu	Sri Lanka	15	521	124	43.41	79.29	2	3
Gordon Greenidge	West Indies	15	591	106*	45.46	59.15	2	4
Mahmudullah	Bangladesh	17	616	128*	51.33	81.58	2	2
Brendon Taylor	New Zealand	15	690	138	46	88.68	2	3
Aamer Sohail	Pakistan	16	598	114	37.37	70.6	2	4
David Boon	Australia	16	815	100	54.33	72.96	2	5
Rahul Dravid	India	22	860	145	61.42	74.97	2	6
Faf du Plessis	South Africa	23	926	109	57.87	86.54	2	7
Uppal Tharanga	Sri Lanka	21	697	133	36.68	75.51	2	4
Hashim Amla	South Africa	22	842	159	42.1	83.2	2	5
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	22	403	102*	20.15	70.45	2	1
Virender Sehwag	India	22	843	175	38.31	106.17	2	3
Scott Styris	New Zealand	26	909	141	53.47	88.59	2	6
Kane Williamson	New Zealand	23	911	148	56.93	78.33	2	3
Harchell Gibbs	South Africa	25	1067	143	56.15	87.38	2	8
Virat Kohli	India	26	1030	107	46.81	86.7	2	6
Martin Guptil	New Zealand	27	995	237*	43.26	88.36	2	4
Shakib Al Hasan	Bangladesh	29	1146	124*	45.84	82.26	2	10
Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	35	1064	145	36.68	86.57	2	6
Stephen Fleming	New Zealand	33	1075	134*	35.83	76.89	2	5
Brian Lara	West Indies	34	1225	116	42.24	86.26	2	7
Chris Gayle	West Indies	35	1186	215	35.93	90.53	2	6
Babar Azam	Pakistan	8	474	101	67.71	87.61	1	3

Most Cricket World Cup Appearances by any Player

Only a few cricket players in the world have a long cricket career. They have appeared in the ICC mega-events as well. Most World Cup Appearances By Player in Cricket World Cup has been surprising. For the six times of maximum or have five times as well. Some of the former cricketers from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka have maximum appearances in the cricket WC which comprises the great names in the cricket history.

Non-other than little master blaster and former Pakistani cricketer has dominated the list of most appearances. Few of the cricket players from all cricket playing nations have a career more than twenty years of which they have appeared most of the Cricket World Cup as well. There are 18 players from all cricket nations who appeared five or more than five Cricket World Cup. Most Cricket World Cup Appearances by any Player – Javed Miandad (Pak) and Sachin Tendulkar (India) have participated in six World Cup mega-events.

Sachin Tendulkar is the only Indian player to appear in five or more than five World Cup. Five Pakistani players including Javed Miandad, Imran Khan, Wasim Akram, Inzamam-ul-Haq and Shahid Afridi are who appeared in more than five or more Cricket World Cup. Sachin Tendulkar and Javed Miandad both have 6 times appearance in ICC World Cup. Chris Gayle is the only player on this list who just completed his five WC.

Interestingly, the current Prime Minister of Pakistan, Imran Khan the former Test cricket have five WC appearances. Pakistan became champion under his captaincy in 1992 and he got retired from cricket. The entire list contains the number of appearances at least five times more. The co-partner who made his debut appeared in the first World Cup, Javed Miandad he went to play the 1996 World Cup.

Most Appearances

Player	Team	Appearance	World Cup
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	6	1975-to-1996
Sachin Tendulkar	India	6	1992-to-2011
Imran Khan	Pakistan	5	1975-to-1972
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	5	1987-to-2003
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	5	1996-to-2011
Shahid Afridi	Pakistan	5	1999-to-2015
Arjuna Ranatunga	Sri Lanka	5	1983-to-1999
Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	5	1992-to-2007
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	5	1992-to-2007
Muttiah Muralitharan	Sri Lanka	5	1999-to-2015
Mahela Jayawardene	Sri Lanka	5	1999-to-2015
Brian Lara	West Indies	5	1992-to-2007
S Chanderpaul	West Indies	5	1996-to-2011
Chris Gayle	West Indies	5	2003-to-2019
Steve Tikolo	Kenya	5	1999-to-2015
Thomas Odoyo	Kenya	5	1999-to-2015
Daniel Vettori	New Zealand	5	1999-to-2015
Ricky Ponting	Australia	5	1996-to-2011
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	5	1996-to-2011

World Cup Hat Tricks – Lasith Malinga has Most Hat-Tricks

Maling is an outstanding bowler with most “World Cup Hat Tricks”. He upset his opposition and gave Sri Lanka a winning knock. Separamadu Lasith Malinga, (Sinhala: සෙපරමාදු ලසිත් මාලිංග; born 28 August 1983) is a professional Sri Lankan cricketer and current Limited Overs Cricket Captain for Sri Lanka. He is best known for his distinctive round-arm action. He is mostly used and called specialist death overs bowler.

Lasith bowls at 140km/h – best known for his ability to take consecutive wickets, especially with his in-swinging yorkers. Malinga has taken 4 international cricket hat-tricks, which is most by a Sri Lankan bowler and equals with King of Swing Wasim Akram, Pakistani bowler and former captain. Lasith Malinga is the second-highest wicket-taker in all T20 international cricket after Pakistan’s Shahid Afridi leading wicket-taker.

Lasith Malinga picked up his 1st One Day International hat-trick against South Africa during World Cup 2007. Not only hat-trick he picked four consecutive wickets on four balls. Malinga picked up his 2nd ODI hat-trick against Kenya, during World Cup 2011. He is at the number one position that has most hat-tricks in ODI records.

Lasith Malinga has most hat-tricks in World Cup. He also picked up 4 wickets in consecutive four balls. Two Sri Lankan players have hat-tricks including Lasith Malinga and Chaminda Vaas. Total nine hat-tricks have been so far of which 8 teams bowler picked up 1 hat-trick, whilst Malinga has 2 hat-tricks. Lasith has been very influential throughout his cricket career.

In the most recent World Cup 2019, Mohammad Shami and Trent Boult took a hat-trick. Shami recorded his best bowling figure against New Zealand while Trent Boult picked up against Australia. During the group stage match between India and Afghanistan at Southampton, Shami has been successful. Trent Boult took his hat-trick against Australia at Lord’s.

List of all players – Hat-Tricks

Player	Team	Opposition	Hat-Tricks	World Cup
Lasith Malinga	Sri Lanka	v SA & v Kenya	2	2007-2011
Chaminda Vaas	Sri Lanka	v Bangladesh	1	2003
Chetan Sharma	India	v New Zealand	1	1987
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	v Zimbabwe	1	1999
Brett Lee	Australia	v Kenya	1	2003
Kemar Roach	West Indies	v Netherlands	1	2011
Steven Smith	England	v Australia	1	2015
JP Duminy	South Africa	v Sri Lanka	1	2015
Mohammad Shami	India	v Afghanistan	1	2019
Trent Boult	New Zealand	v Australia	1	2019

10 Best Bowling Figures in ODI – Most Wickets in World Cup

Cricket fans have enjoyed several times the best performances by the bowlers who turned a cricket match into a one-sided contest between both. In a One Day International between Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe in 2011, Chaminda Vaas recorded the Best Bowling Figures in ODI With 8 – 3 – 19 – 8 when he picked up eight wickets in eight overs by with three maiden overs and just conceded 19 runs in his in an incomplete bowling spell.

Cricket history recorded the best bowling figures by the name of Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka), Shahid Afridi (Pakistan), Glenn McGrath (Australia), Rashid Khan (Afghanistan) and Andy Bichel (Australia). All these cricket stars have done something great for their country. A number of great bowlers from different countries failed to take hat-tricks in their entire career. Although they got the massive potential of taking breakthroughs in early overs.

In the most recent Cricket World Cup 2019, many bowlers took two consecutive wickets but failed to mark hat-trick. New Zealand Trent Boult and Indian striking bowler Mohammad Shami took a hat-trick in the world cup. Few bowlers took five wickets-haul, But I can’t count them in top-five best bowling figures. A lot of things going positive for renowned bowlers but they haven’t taken five-wickets haul.

Best Bowling Figures

No.	Player	Opposition	Figures	Year
1	Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka)	Zimbabwe	8-3-19-8	2001
2	Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)	West Indies	9-3-12-7	2013
3	Glenn McGrath (Australia)	Namibia	7-4-15-7	2003
4	Rashid Khan (Afghanistan)	West Indies	8.4-1-18-7	2017
5	Andy Bichel (Australia)	England	10-0-20-7	2003
6	Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka)	India	10-1-30-7	2000
7	Tim Southee (New Zealand)	England	9-0-33-7	2015
8	Waqar Younis (Pakistan)	England	10-0-36-7	2001
9	Aaqib Javed (Pakistan)	India	10-1-37-7	1991
10	Imran Tahir (South Africa)	West Indies	9-0-45-7	2016

Top 5 Bowling Figures

Glenn McGrath (Aus) and Tim Southee (NZ) Best bowling performances during ICC Cricket World Cup who picked up 7/15 and 7/33 respectively. Glenn McGrath is a leading wicket-taker in the World Cup. He played four world cup, 39 matches and picked up 71 wickets. Glenn has an outstanding bowling figure with an economy rate of 3.99 and an average of 18.19.

In the 10 Best Bowling Figures in ODI -He has been outstanding with his best bowling performances and helped Australia to win the World Cup. McGrath was the part of Australia squad when his team won three consecutive Cricket World Cup and recorded World Cup win hat-trick. His outstanding performances helped Australia to win the title 3 times during his 4 world cup span.

Player	Wkts	Mat	Inns	Overs	Maiden	Runs	Span
Glenn McGrath (AUS)	71	39	39	325.5	42	1292	1996-2007
Tim Southee (NZ)	33	17	17	153.2	16	784	2011-2015
Shane Bond (NZ)	30	16	16	147.4	21	518	2003-2007
Chaminda Vaas (SL)	49	31	31	261.4	39	1040	1996-2007
Lasith Malinga (SL)	43	22	21	170.4	7	908	2007-2015

10 Leading Wicket Taker In ODI – WC Leading Wicket-Takers

Cricket dominated by Asian bowlers so far 10 Leading Wicket Taker In ODI – as the top two names for Sri Lanka and Pakistan Cricket Team. They are leading wicket-takers in One Day International have recorded their name and became part of history. Highest Wicket Taker In ODI is Muttiah Muralitharan with 534 and Wasim Akram with 502 who only joined the 500 wicket clubs.

The big names from Asian cricketing nations Waqar Younis and Chaminda Vaas have 400. More than these wickets in One Day International Cricket. At the top five positions, only Pakistani and Sri Lankan bowlers are dominating. Shahid Afridi retired from international cricket before joining his 400 ODI Wickets Club and fall just short of 5 Wickets only.

Leading Wicket Takers

Bowler	Mat	Wkts	5wl	Period
Muttiah Muralitharan	350	534	10	1993/2011
Wasim Akram	356	502	6	1984/2003
Waqar Younis	262	416	13	1989/2003
Chaminda Vaas	322	400	4	1994/2008
Shahid Afridi	398	395	9	1996/2015
Shaun Pollock	303	393	5	1996/2008
Glenn McGrath	250	381	7	1993/2007
Brett Lee	221	380	9	2000/2012
Anil Kumble	271	337	2	1990/2007
Lasith Malinga	220	326	8	2004/present
Sanath Jayasuriya	445	323	4	1989/2011
Javagal Srinath	229	315	3	1991/2003
Daniel Vettori	295	305	2	1997/2015

Leading Wicket-Takers in World Cup

Glenn McGrath is top of the list, best bowling figure, and leading wicket-taker in World Cup. 10 Leading Wicket Taker In ODI;

1st Position; Glenn McGrath (Aus) is a leading wicket-taker during Cricket World Cup, he took 71 wickets in 39 matches with his career-best bowling figure 7/15 at an economy rate of 3.96.
2nd Position; Sri Lankan magician bowler Muttiah Muralitharan joins the 2nd position as leading wicket-taker in World Cup who picked up 68 wickets in 39 innings with his career bet 4/19 at an economy rate of 3.88.
3rd Position; King of Swing Wasim Akram (Pak) joins the third position for leading wicket-taker during the Cricket World Cup, who picked up 49 wickets in 31 matches with his career-best 6/25 at an economy rate of 3.79 per over.
4th Position; Former Sri Lankan medium-pacer Chaminda Vaas has most wickets in World Cup and leading with 49. He got retired in 2007 starting his journey from World Cup 2007. He has the economy of just 32, considerably low in his career.
5th Position; All these players got retired except for Zaheer Khan and Lasith Malinga. Zaheer Khan took 44 wickets in his 31 matches. He ranked at 5th position of leading wicket-takers in ICC Cricket World Cup.

Player	Wkts	Mat	Runs	Ave	Econ	SR	Span
Glenn McGrath (AUS)	71	39	1292	18.19	3.96	27.5	1996/2007
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)	68	40	1335	19.63	3.88	30.3	1996/2011
Wasim Akram (PAK)	55	38	1311	23.83	4.04	35.4	1987/2003
Chaminda Vaas (SL)	49	31	1040	21.22	3.97	32	1996/2007
Zaheer Khan (INDIA)	44	23	890	20.22	4.47	27.1	2003/2011
Javagal Srinath (INDIA)	44	34	1224	27.81	4.32	38.6	1992/2003
Lasith Malinga (SL)	43	22	908	21.11	5.32	23.8	2007-2015
Allen Donald (SA)	38	25	913	24.02	4.17	34.5	1992/2003
Jacob Oram (NZ)	36	23	768	21.33	4.21	30.3	2003/2011
Daniel Vettori (NZ)	36	32	1168	32.44	4.14	46.9	2003/2015

Five Wicket Hauls in ODI – Most Five Wicket Hauls

Former Pakistani captain and attack bowler Waqar Younis is leading with the Five Wicket Hauls in One Day Internationals. As cricket has been exciting with the presence of quality bowling attack and in the early nineties, Asian Cricketers have been so influential the who marked their name the history of cricket. In the One Day International Waqar Younis, Muttiah Muralitharan, Brett Lee, and Shahid Afridi.

Lasith Malinga are the top five bowlers with five wickets hauls in ODI. Waqar Younis is leading with a total of 13 five-wicket hauls and dominated the record list. 1st Position; Glenn McGrath (Aus) is a leading wicket-taker during Cricket World Cup, he took 71 wickets in 39 matches with his career-best bowling figure 7/15 at an economy rate of 3.96.

The 2nd Position; King of Swing Wasim Akram (Pak) joins the third position for leading wicket-taker during the Cricket World Cup, who picked up 49 wickets in thirty-one matches with his career-best 6/25 at an economy rate of 3.79 per over. There are 17 different players who claimed five wickets haul during the ICC Cricket World Cup all editions.

Glenn McGrath (Australian) “King of Seam” is top of the list, who picked up 71 wickets in 39 matches with an economy of 3.96. Glenn McGrath has bowled most maiden overs during his World Cup career span from 1996 to 2007. In recent times Lasith Malinga, Wahab Riaz, Rashid Khan, Jasprit Bumrah are doing something great with their consistent bowling performances.

List of 5 Wickets Hauls

Player	Matches	Wickets	5-wicket hauls
Waqar Younis (PAK)	262	416	13
Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)	350	534	10
Brett Lee (AUS)	221	380	9
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	378	378	9

Five Wicket Hauls in WC

Player	Wkts	Mat	Runs	BBI	Span
Glenn McGrath (AUS)	71	39	1292	7/15	1996-2007
Wasim Akram (PAK)	55	38	1311	5/28	1987-2003
Chaminda Vaas (SL)	49	31	1040	6/25	1996-2007
Lasith Malinga (SL)	43	22	908	6/38	2007-2015
Brett Lee (AUS)	35	17	629	5/42	2003-2011
Tim Southee (NZ)	33	17	784	7/33	2011-2015
Shaun Pollock (SA)	31	31	970	5/36	1996-2007
Shane Bond (NZ)	30	16	518	6/23	2003-2007
Shahid Afridi (PAK)	30	27	831	5/16	1999-2015
Imran Tahir (SA)	29	13	473	5/45	2011-2015
Kapil Dev (INDIA)	28	26	892	5/43	1979-1992
Craig McDermott (AUS)	27	17	599	5/44	1987-1996
DW Fleming (AUS)	26	16	583	5/36	1996-1999
Abdul Qadir (PAK)	24	13	506	5/44	1983-1987
Wahab Riaz (PAK)	24	12	526	5/46	2011-2015
Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)	23	14	494	5/35	1996-2003
Dale Steyn (SA)	23	14	538	5/50	2011-2015

Fastest World Cup Century – Quickest Century in World Cup

Australian all-rounder Glenn Maxwell has scored the fastest World Cup century at just 53 balls with 4 sixes and 10 fours against Sri Lanka during Cricket World Cup 2015, at Sydney Australia. Glenn is a destructive hitter and smasher of the ball if he got an opportunity to set earlier at the crease, he doesn’t miss hardly a chance to hit boundaries if got loose delivery. English skipper Eoin Morgan has recently recorded his name.

During the ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 with his came 57 balls century against WC qualifier. Morgan scored 148 runs as his career-best with just 71 balls. He smashed record number of 17 sixes and placed at number 1 position for hitting maximum sixes in an ODI inning. Eoin Morgan has also recorded his name in another record and became the only batsman to score the fastest century in the Cricket World Cup by England batsman.

The Irish Cricketer Kevin O’Brien Irish cricket player joins the fastest World Cup century. He scored against England 113 runs for 63 balls with the help of 6 sixes and 13 fours against England during World Cup 2011, at Bengaluru, India. South African Star Batsman AB de Villiers scored his fastest 162* runs at 63 balls only, with a strike rate of 245.45. He is the only player to score 150 runs at less than 70 balls.

Eoin Morgan and AB de Villiers have equal sixes records in the history of the World Cup. Former legendary cricketer, Kumar Sangakkara smashed the fastest century during the Cricket World Cup 2015. He came up with 105* unbeaten against Bangladesh at the group stage of the tournament. Virat Kohli has the least number of boundaries in Cricket World Cup 2011 with his 100* unbeaten for 83 balls.

List of Fastest Centuries

Player	Runs	Balls	6s/4s	SR	Vs	Venue	WC
Glenn Maxwell	102	53	10/4	192.45	SL	Sydney	2015
Eoin Morgan	148	71	17/4	208.45	Afgh	Manchester	2019
Kevin O'Brien	113	63	13/6	179.36	ENG	Bangalore	2011
AB de Villiers	162*	66	17/8	245.45	WI	Sydney	2015
Matthew Hayden	101	68	14/4	148.52	SA	Basseterre	2007
Paul Stirling	101	72	14/2	140.27	NLD	Kolkata	2011
John Davison	111	76	8/6	146.05	WI	Centurion	2003
K Sangakkara	105*	76	13/1	138.15	BNGD	Melbourne	2015
M Jayawardene	100	81	9/1	123.45	CAN	Hambantota	2011
Virat Kohli	100*	83	8/2	120.48	BAN	Dhaka	2011
Shaiman Anwar	106	83	10/1	127.71	IRL	Brisbane	2015