ICC Cricket World Cup: --------------------------------------------------------------- The ICC Cricket World Cup is the international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket. It is organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). The world cup is held once in every four years. So far ten ICC Cricket World Cup have taken place. The eleventh Cricket World Cup will be jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand in February and March 2015. 14 teams will be participating in World Cup 2015. These are England, Australia, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Afghanistan, Scotland, South Africa, India, Pakistan, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Ireland and UAE. The first match will be played in Christchurch, New Zealand and Melbourne, Australia on 14 February 2015, while the final match will be played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 29 March 2015. List of Cricket World Cup Year Winner Runner-Up Host ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 1975 West Indies Australia England 1979 West Indies England England 1983 India West Indies England &Wales 1987 Australia England India & Pakistan 1992 Pakistan England Australia and New Zealand 1996 Sri Lanka Australia Pakistan, India & Sri Lanka 1999 Australia Pakistan Eng, Wales, Scot,Ireland & Netherlands 2003 Australia India S.A, Zimbabwe & Kenya 2007 Australia Sri Lanka West Indies 2011 India Sri Lanka India, SL & Bangladesh
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