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2015 Cricket World Cup
New Zealand's Ross Taylor batting a ball as South African wicketkeeper Quinton De Kock (right) watches during a Cricket World Cup semifinal in Auckland, New Zealand, March 24, 2015.
Cricket World Cup
international cricket championship
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- cricket
- world championship
- Notable Honorees:
- Imran Khan
- Andy Roberts
- Clive Lloyd
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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.
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| 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 |
| 2023 | Australia | 241–4 | India | 240 | Australia won by 6 wickets |