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The Cricket World Cup was first held in 1975 in England because it was the only nation at the time that had the resources to stage an event of such magnitude.
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The Cricket World Cup is the world championship of one-day cricket, a tournament held quadrenially between all test cricket playing nations, as well as several representatives from other cricket-playing nations who qualify through a series of qualifying matches.
The World Cup is held in high esteem amongst fans, players, and administrators, unlike some of the myriad one-day tournaments held around the world each year.
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 Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of one-day cricket.
The inaugural World Cup was contested in 1975, and the championship is held every four years.
The most recent Cricket World Cup was held between 9 February and 24 March 2003, in Southern Africa, where Australia were crowned champions after beating India by 125 runs.
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 Cricket World Cup 1987, 1987 Cricket World Cup Results, 1987 Cricket World Cup, ICC Cricket World Cup 1987, ICC World ...
The first World Cup to be held outside England, it was the fourth edition of this quadrennial event.
Jointly hosted by India and Pakistan, Cricket World Cup 1987 was held between October 9 and November 8, 1987.
It was in the 1987 Cricket World Cup that the number of overs per team was reduced to 50 from the original practice of 60.
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The first attempt at a World Championship of cricket was in 1912, when a three-way series was arranged between the current Test playing nations, Australia, England and South Africa.
Between this and the previous World Cup, the Packer "circus" had torn cricket asunder, and despite a "peace" agreement signed shortly before, England and Australia chose not to field their Packer players, whereas the other teams were at full strength.
1987 and the Cricket World cup was hosted outside England for the first time with India and Pakistan the choosen hosts.
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 Reliance Cricket World Cup 1987 in India & Pakistan ICC Cricket Championship
The fourth World Cup saw a move away from England, with India and Pakistan co-hosting the event, which saw the same cast of teams as in 1983, Zimbabwe having emerged victorious from the ICC trophy once again.
If the rest of the Reliance Cup, as it was officially known and seldom called, could not quite live up to such a start, the experiment of an oriental World Cup was still acknowledged to have been a great success.
One especial virtue in staging the World Cup in India and Pakistan was that spin had a full part to play, whereas previous competitions in England had been dominated by repetitive seamers.
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 Sporting Life - Cricket World Cup
Australia's dominance of all cricket for the past decade has turned the one-day game full circle since the World Cup's inception in 1975.
When the cup began its journey around the world in 1987, a new limit of 50 overs was set thanks initially to the troublesome dew on the subcontinent.
By the time Australia defended their trophy on home soil in the fifth World Cup coloured clothing, white balls and day/night matches were the norm.
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The Cricket World Cup was first held in 1975 in England, with eight teams participating: Australia, England, the West Indies, Pakistan, India, and New Zealand (the six Test nations at the time), with Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa).
Since 1987, the hosting of the World Cup been shared by the major cricket playing regions of the world - England, the Indian subcontinent, Australasia, Southern Africa and the West Indies.
The World Cup is held in high esteem amongst fans, players, and administrators, unlike many of the myriad of one-day tournaments held around the world each year.
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The Cricket World Cup in 1987 (aka Reliance Cup) was the fourth edition of the tournament.
It was held from October 9 to November 8, 1987 in India and Pakistan - the first held outside England.
Zimbabwe (Group A) The 1987 World Cup was lifted by Allan Border, captain of Australia who won against arch-rivals England by 7 runs in the most closely fought World Cup final to date in the Eden Gardens stadium in Calcutta.
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 1987: Cricket - Archive Article - MSN Encarta
1987: Cricket - Archive Article - MSN Encarta
West Indies could still be considered the world's strongest cricket team certainly in the traditional game of five-day Test matches but its performances in late 1986 and in 1987 were less convincing than usual.
Having drawn a Test series in Pakistan, 1-1, it was beaten in two limited-over...
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In 1983 when India stunned the world by beating the mighty West Indies in the final of the Prudential World Cup, the match was beamed live to a massive audience through the state-run Doordarshan network.
But it would be a good bet that at least half the population watches some cricket and a good portion of that plays cricket at some level.
While cricket is the most popular sport without a doubt, English touring sides have traditionally been the most unpopular.
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 RTÉ.ie Sport - Quartet bid for 2011 Cricket World Cup
The presidents of the Indian and Pakistan cricket boards told a news conference on Saturday the four countries would submit a signed bid to the International Cricket Council (ICC) in the next few days.
Pakistan and India hosted the 1987 World Cup and Sri Lanka jointly hosted it with the pair in 1996.
Pakistan Cricket Board chief Shaharyar Khan said although Australia was due to host the 2011 World Cup it had given an understanding it would withdraw in favour of a joint South Asia bid.
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 Ahmedabad - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The world's first Swaminarayan Temple was built in Ahmedabad by the instructions of Bhagwan Swaminarayan.
The stadium has frequently served as venue for matches during major tournaments as the 1987 Cricket World Cup, the 1996 Cricket World Cup and the 2006 ICC Champions Trophy.
Ahmedabad has a second cricket stadium at the Ahmedabad Municipal Corporation's Sports Club of Gujarat, which as the home ground of the Gujarat cricket team, is the venue for domestic tournaments such as the Ranji Trophy, the Duleep Trophy and many inter-school and collegiate tournaments.
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India were represented by their senior Cricket Board functionary Inderjit Singh Bindra at the meeting in the absence of BCCI chief Sharad Pawar.
The result came as a boost to the Asian countries who had all along wanted that every third edition of the World Cup should be held in the sub-continent since it accounted for four of the 10 Test playing nations.
Melbourne: Cricket Australia on Sunday said it was disappointed that Australia and New Zealand had missed out on the right to host the 2011 World Cup.
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In May and June of 1999, the 7th World Cup was played in England, Scotland, Ireland, and the Netherlands.
Second World Cup: The second World Cup was held in 1979 in England.
Fourth World Cup: For the first time the World Cup was held in the sub-continent, jointly hosted by India and Pakistan.
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ICC Cricket World Cup champions in 1987 and 1999, Australia are rightly viewed as pre-eminent in the modern game.
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The ICC Cricket World Cup is the world championship of one-day cricket, a tournament held quadrenially between all Test -playing nations (currently 10 nations), plus qualifiers.
The 2007 Cricket World Cup will be hosted by the West Indies from March 11 to April 28, 2007.
Many people expected that some of the games would be played in the United States at a newly built cricket ground in Lauderhill, Florida, specifically to help promote and develop cricket in that country, but the International Cricket Council decided to award all matches to Caribbean nations.
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 Sporting Life - Cricket World Cup
But their victory over the West Indies in the final remains one of the sport's great shocks, and the confidence of their 1987 side was based largely on home advantage.
That trio are undoubtedly world class, and the supporting cast is not far behind either.
Ganguly may not be everyone's cup of cha - just ask any of his Lancashire team-mates from the 2000 season - but his captaincy has proved surprisingly uplifting.
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 ICC Cricket World Cup 2007 :: Key People :: Directors
When the world cup is staged in the Caribbean, it would have been a ten year odyssey for Dehring at the helm of the regional effort; from concept and bidding stage in 1997 to final execution and delivery in 2007.
In his role as Cricket Operations Director, Michael Hall oversees all Cricket related activity in the host venue countries, including the logistical movements of all teams and officials during ICC Cricket World Cup 2007, and the management of Cricket operations for all venues on match day and all training days.
She brings world-class experience and exposure to the job having coordinated the delivery and exploitation of all aspects of the Global Partner designation on behalf of Pepsi during the last ICC Cricket World Cup held in South Africa.
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 ABC Sport - Cricket World Cup 2003 - Australia
Australia head into next month's World Cup knowing they will be regarded as failures if they do not return with the trophy.
Australia won the last World Cup after an incredible sequence of results went their way including a tie with South Africa in the semi-finals which saw Australia go through on a countback.
Australia's meticulous planning for the World Cup began more than a year ago when the national selectors made the monumental decision to sack Steve and Mark Waugh, two of their greatest servants, after the team failed to make the finals of a triangular series with South Africa and New Zealand.
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 USATODAY.com - Australia wins Cricket World Cup again   (Site not responding. Last check: )
Australia's 359 for two was a record total for a title match in cricket's quadrennial showpiece.
India, which won the 1983 World Cup, had made it to the finals for the first time in 20 years.
Rain that had threatened to force the final to another day finally began as the Aussies were presented with the Cup and the $2 million winners' check.
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The World Cup matches officially began in the year 1975 in England, with eight teams; the 6 Test playing nations England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, India, Pakistan along with Srilanka and East Africa.
The permanent prize for the game adopted from 1999 by the International Cricket Council is the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy designed and manufactured in London by Garrard, the Crown Jewellers.
The globe is presented in the form of a stylised cricket ball while the columns, styled as stumps and bails, represent the three essential pillars of the game - batting, bowling and fielding.
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 CNN/SI - Cricket World Cup '99 - Australia thrashes Pakistan to win World Cup - Monday September 06, 1999 02:46 PM
Waugh, who became the first Australian to complete 1,000 runs in World Cup cricket was unbeaten on 37 while Lehmann was 13 not out.
In what probably will be Waugh's last World Cup the 34-year old put behind the disappointment of losing in '96 when he was the vice-captain to Taylor as he led from front when it really mattered.
The strong-willed Australian captain had promised to go all the way and win the World Cup for the country and lived-up to his promise.
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 1987 Cricket Cup World
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 Cricket World Cup,ICC Cricket World Cup Schedule,Cricket World Cup Winners,Cricket World Cup Highlights
International Cricket Council organizes ICC Cricket World Cup, premier international championship of one-day cricket, in every four years.
The first three World Cup was hosted by England but thereafter it is shared by the major cricket playing regions - England, the Indian subcontinent, Australasia, Southern Africa and the West Indies.
This section will brief you about all the World Cups that has made history along with the forthcoming ICC Cricket World Cup West Indies 2007.
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 2011 Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The 2011 Cricket World Cup will be the tenth time this tournament has been held, and will be held in the four Asian Test cricket playing countries Bangladesh, India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The International Cricket Council announced its decision on which countries would host the 2011 World Cup on April 30, 2006.
The Pakistan Cricket Board has revealed that it was the vote of the West Indies Cricket Board that swung the matter, as the Asian bid had the support of the four bidding countries along with South Africa and Zimbabwe
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