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Thursday, February 24, 2011

ICC cricket world cup winners:



1.West indies (1975 world cup winners):

West indies was the winner of first ever 50-overs international world cup in the captaincy of Clive Lloyd.The runner up of this world cup was Australia.The host nation was England.The final match was played at Lords England.



2.West indies(Winners of world cup 1979):

West indies was the winner of  second 50-overs international world cup again in the captaincy of Clive Lloyd.The final match was played at Lords England.




3.India(Winner of 1983 world cup):

This cup is also known as also known as Prudential Cup.India won their first world cup in the captaincy of Kapil Dev.The host nation was again England.The runner up was Westindies and they were playing their continously third world cup final.India then became the first asian country to win the world cup.The final match was played at Lords London(Known as home of cricket).


4. Australia(Winner of 1987 world cup):

This fourth edition of the world cup was won first time by Australia in the captaincy of Allan Border.The runner up was England  and they were playing their continuously second final of the world cup and total third final of this event. This world cup was first time joint hosted by two Asian countries Pakistan and India.The final match was played at Eden Gardens (Kolkata) India.


5.Pakistan(Winner of world cup 1992):

The fifth edition of the world cup was won by Pakistan in the captaincy of Imran Khan.The runner up was England and they were playing their fifth final of the world cup.Pakistan then became the first country to win the world cup in color clothing.Pakistan then became the second Asian country to win this biggest cricket event.It was the first world cup played under flood lights.The special thing was that the white ball was introduced in the world cup.It was the first cup which was hosted by these two countries Australia and Newzealand.The final match was played at Melbourne cricket ground Australia.


6.Srilanka(Winners of 1996 world cup):

The sixth edition of this world cup was won by Srilanka in the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga.The runner up was Australia and they were playing the third final of the world cup.Pakistan and India hosted this world cup second time in the history of this biggest cricket event.However the Srilankan team was not considered to be as favorites but because of the blast opening of Sanath Jaysuriya,extraordinary batting of De Silva,and good captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga lead Srilanka to win the world cup for their country.The final match was played at Qaddafi Stadium Lahore Pakistan.



7.Australia(Winner of 1999 world cup):

The seventh edition of this world cup was won by Australia in the captaincy of Steve Waugh and he was playing his fourth world cup and second world cup final but the first world cup as a captain.The runner up was Pakistan and they were playing the second world cup final.However Wasim Akram was considered to be a good and fighting leader and he came up with a strong team but they were all out by just scoring 132 runs.It was one sided match and Australia won it easily by chasing it with a lost of two wickets.It was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands.The final match was played at Lords London,England.


8.Australia(Winner of 2003 world cup):

The eighth edition of the world cup was again won by Australia in the captaincy of Ricky Pointing.The runner up of this world cup was India.After winning this cup Australia became the first team to win three world cups in the history of International cricket world and they were playing their fifth world cup final.South Africa first time hosted the world cup.The final match was played at Johannesburg South Africa.


9.Australia(Winner of 2007 world cup): 

The ninth edition of the world cup was again won by Australia in the captaincy of Ricky Pointing and then he became the second captain after Clive Lloyd to bring the word cup twice for his nation.Australia were playing their sixth world cup final and and they won four out of it after winning this cup.The runner up was Srilanka.Westindies first time hosted the world cup.The final match was played at Kensington Oval, Bridgetown West indies.

10. India(Winner of 2011 world cup)

 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. The World Cup was also due to be co-hosted by Pakistan, but in the wake of the 2009 attack on the Sri Lanka national cricket team in Lahore, the International Cricket Council (ICC) decided to remove Pakistan from the hosting countries. The headquarters of the organising committee were originally situated in Lahore, but have now been shifted to Mumbai. Pakistan was supposed to hold 14 matches, including one semi-final. Eight of Pakistan's matches (including the semi-final) were awarded to India, four to Sri Lanka and two to Bangladesh.











       


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