The Fifth World Cup of Cricket (1992) was the first world cup played under lights, in colored kits, and Australia and New Zealand were the hosts. England faced the Pakistan cricket team in the final.
The Fifth World Cup of Cricket (1992) was the first world cup played under lights, in colored kits, and Australia and New Zealand were the hosts. England faced the Pakistan cricket team in the final.
The Seventh Cricket World Cup was played in 1999 in England. In this tournament, the top 3 teams from each group qualified for the super-six stages
The Ninth Cricket World Cup was played in 2007 in West Indies. Super Eight stage was introduced in this tournament and the top 4 teams of the super 8 stage went on to play the semi-finals.
The most popular One-day International cricket tournament after the Cricket World Cup is ICC Champions Trophy. This tournament was inaugurated in 1998 as the ICC Knock-Out Tournament and has been played after every two years since then.
Most believe that the first cricket world cup was held in 1975. Not really as the first-ever attempt on a cricket world cup was made in 1912, the early days of cricket.
New Zealand’s squad for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015 will be led by captain Brendon McCullum. New Zealand’s batting side boasts of experience in form of Martin Guptill, McCullum, Kane Williamson, and Ross Taylor.
The most unpredictable cricket team of Pakistan. Pakistani team squad has been announced for the 2015 ICC Cricket World Cup to be held in New Zealand and Australia.
The 11th ICC Cricket World cup will be held in Australia as well as New Zealand jointly. There will be 14 teams giving neck to neck fight to each other in the current World Cup.
Since the start of the Cricket World cup number of records have been made and registered in the history of golden words. Records such as most numbers of Runs, Wicket, and Highest Partnership have been constantly the talk of the town with fans praying and cheering for their favorite cricket superstars achieving world records.
After every four years, the ICC Cricket World Cup arrives with all the excitement and fun under its hood. The defending champions put all their efforts to reclaim their World Cup and the challengers leave no stone unturned to clinch away the title.