The ICC-Cricket-World Cup
The first ever
international cricket match was played between Canada and the United State, on
the 24 and 25 September 1844. However, the first credited Test match was played
in 1877 between Australia and England. The First Cricket Word Cup contest was
organized in England in 1975 whereas a separate women’s Cricket World Cup has
been held every four years since 1973. The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier
international championship of men’s One Day International (ODI) cricket. The
event is organized by the sport’s governing body, the International Cricket
Council (ICC).
The 2011 ICC Cricket
World Cup was the tenth Cricket World Cup. It was played in India, Sri Lanka,
and Bangladesh. It was Bangladesh's first time co-hosting a World Cup. All
matches in the World Cup were accorded One Day International status, with all
matches being played over 50 overs. Fourteen national cricket teams competed in
the tournament, including ten full members and four associate members.
The World Cup took
place between 19 February and 2nd April, 2011. The first match played on 19
February 2011 with co-hosts India and Bangladesh facing off at the
Sher-e-Bangla National Stadium in Mirpur, Dhaka. The opening ceremony was held
on 17 February 2011 at Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka. The final match was
played on 2nd April, 2011 between India and Sri Lanka at Wankhede Stadium,
Mumbai. India won the tournament defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final.
India became the first nation to win a World Cup final on home soil. India's Yuvraj
Singh was declared the man of the tournament.
History of ICC World-Cup
|
Year
|
Host Nations
|
Final Venue
|
Winner
|
Runners-up
|
|
1975
|
England
|
Lords-London
|
West Indies (291/8,
60 over)
|
Australia
|
|
1979
|
England
|
Lords-London
|
West Indies
|
England
|
|
1983
|
England
|
Lords-London
|
India
|
West Indies
|
|
1987
|
India, Pakistan
|
Eden Garden-Kolkata
|
Australia
|
England
|
|
1992
|
Australia, New
Zealand
|
MCG-Melbourne
|
Pakistan
|
England
|
|
1996
|
India, Pakistan,
Sri Lanka
|
Gaddafi
Stadium-Lahore
|
Sri Lanka
|
Australia
|
|
1999
|
England
|
Lords-London
|
Australia
|
Pakistan
|
|
2003
|
South Africa
|
Wanderers-Johannesburg
|
Australia
|
India
|
|
2007
|
West Indies
|
Kensington Oval-
Bridgetown
|
Australia
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
2011
|
India, Bangladesh,
Sri Lanka
|
Wankhede
Stadium-Mumbai
|
India (277/4, 48.2
over)
|
Sri Lanka
|
|
2015
|
Australia, New
Zealand
|
|
|
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