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| | Cricket World Cup (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04) |
 | | 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 Cricket World Cup was first held in 1975 in England, with eight teams participating (the six Test nations at the time, Australia, England, West Indies, Pakistan, India, and New Zealand, as well as Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa). |
 | | 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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