Cricket World Cup
History, Winners, & Facts
Cricket World Cup, international cricket championship held at four-year intervals that is the premier contest in one-day cricket and one of the most-watched sporting events in the world.
In 1975 the first Cricket World Cup was contested in England as a series of one-day matches of 60 overs per side. It was held outside England, in India and Pakistan, for the first time in 1987. The 1987 contest also saw the number of overs per side reduced to 50. In 2007 Australia became the first team to win three consecutive World Cup tournaments.
Results of the Cricket World Cup are provided in the table.
year
winner
score
runner-up
score
result
1975
West Indies
291–8
Australia
274
West Indies won by 17 runs
1979
West Indies
286–9
England
194
West Indies won by 92 runs
1983
India
183
West Indies
140
India won by 43 runs
1987
Australia
253–5
England
246–8
Australia won by 7 runs
1992
Pakistan
249–6
England
227
Pakistan won by 22 runs
1996
Sri Lanka
245–3
Australia
241
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
1999
Australia
133–2
Pakistan
132
Australia won by 8 wickets
2003
Australia
359–2
India
234
Australia won by 125 runs
2007
Australia
281–4
Sri Lanka
215–8
Australia won by 53 runs
2011
India
277–4
Sri Lanka
274–6
India won by 6 wickets
2015
Australia
186–3
New Zealand
183
Australia won by 7 wickets
2019
England
241
New Zealand
241–8
Match tied after regular play and super over; England won on boundary count
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