History
In this section of our website will give you a brief history of Cricket World Cup. Cricket World Cup history was fascinating and has seen some computers to get transformed from minnows Majors and vice versa. The rich history of the Cricket World Cup includes some interesting facts, figures and memorabilia.
Cricket World Cup history starts from 1975, when the first World Cup was held in England. Eight teams participated in this World Cup and was a great success. Antilles were the winner in the inaugural World Cup. The final was between West Indies and Australia. West Indies won the match by 18 runs.
Cricket World Cup history after he witnessed the second World Cup championship in 1979, once again in England. Once again the eight teams participated in this event and once again the West Indies emerged as the winners. The format was the same as 1975. Final was between West Indies and England. West Indies beat England by 92 runs.
History of Cricket World Cup then includes one of the most remarkable chapters in the history of Cricket World Cup - Spain defeated the mighty West Indies. Of the eight teams, only Zimbabwe was the minnows, Sri Lanka already had the state test in 1982. Zimbabwe defeated the mighty Australians, but India was the real star of the tournament, coming out of a position of 17-5 against minnows Zimbabwe and then he defeated West Indies by 43 runs.
The history of the Cricket World Cup took a step outside England since the tournament was organized for the first time outside of England. Indian and Pakistan are the joint hosts of the tournament. The final was between Australia and England and the former managed to escape with the title for just seven runs. This is even more World Cup final, considering the World Cup ODIs.
Cricket World Cup history became richer and richer, as the world entered the fifth World Cup. This time, the hosts were Australia and New Zealand. With this, he added another place in the history of Cricket World Cup. Pakistan was the world champion again, nailing England in a tense final that ended in a 22 run victory for Pakistan. Imran Khan got retired after winning the World Cup for his team. This time, the number of teams was nine.
With the 1996 World Cup, the history of Cricket World Cup was again made in the courts of the subcontinent, including India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka were the joint hosts of the World Cup. This World Cup has a new winner in Sri Lanka. The minnows of world cricket will soon grew to the levels of the party bigwigs. Remained unbeaten throughout the tournament, and he got an easy win against Australia and West Indies, as both teams refused to play at home on the island for security reasons. Sri Lanka, but what was needed to defeat the best team in the tournament, winning the final by six wickets against the Australians.
The Cricket World Cup history was another twist in U, when the World Cup returned to England after a lapse of 16. As the trend started after the last World Cup that Australia would be playing against a team of Sub continent, Pakistan was the runner-up this time. Although this was not their day, as they were bundled out a mere 123 by the powerful Australians. This World Cup marks the victory of the reign of Cricket in Australia on the world of Cricket, which lasted for nearly a decade.
In 2003, the history of Cricket World drama unfolds elsewhere - South Africa. The World Cup was the reform of India in one of the strongest parts of the world, which was only defeated Australia twice, once in League games and the second was the final. India lost the final to Australia by a wide margin of 122 runs.
History of Cricket World Cup final chapter deployed to date in another place - the West Indies. The group of island countries of the reign of another Australian victory in the final of the World Cup. Again, the trend established in 1996 with the World Cup final between Australia and one in the subcontinent, continued as the finalists on this occasion was Sri Lanka. Australia defeated Sri Lanka by 53 tracks to complete their third straight World Cup victory and fourth win of the World Cup in general.
Tuesday, August 3, 2010
