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Cricket: The World Cup
A brief history
The first attempt at any kind of world championship was in 1912, when a three-way series was arranged between the then current Test playing nations, Australia, England and South Africa. Dogged by poor weather, the experiment was dropped and not repeated until 1975, when, following the success of domestic one-day competitions, the six Test-playing nations (England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, India and Pakistan) were joined by Sri Lanka and East Africa in the first World Cup in England. A resounding success, the tournament was repeated in 1979 and 1983 in England, before moving abroad, maintaining a four-year cycle. The next tournament takes place in Asia in 2011. A brief history of previous tournaments follows.
Martin Williamson
- 1975 World Cup in England - West Indies beat Australia
The final It was midsummer's day (June 21), and Lord's needed all the available daylight to cram the match in. It eventually finished at 8.42pm. After Roy Fredericks trod on his wicket as he hooked Lillee out of the ground, Clive Lloyd took up the fight in memorable fashion, crunching 12 fours and two sixes in his 102, and the eventual 291 for 8 looked too hot for Australia. The early batsmen kept trying quick runs to Viv Richards; he kept running them out. At 233 for 9 it seemed over, but last pair Jeff Thomson and Lillee inched the Aussies to within 18 of victory before the fifth-run-out ended the fun.
Last hurrah Only Lillee, Thomson and Marsh of this great Australian side graced another World Cup. Elegant West Indian Rohan Kanhai bowed out of international cricket with a studied 55 in the final - he helped the rampaging Lloyd put on 149. Kanhai was a late squad replacement after Garry Sobers cried off injured. For England, the Packer-bound Amiss, Knott, Greig and Snow played their only World Cup, and skipper Mike Denness lasted only one more Test.
- 1979 World Cup in England - West Indies beat England
- 1983 World Cup in England - India beat West Indies
- 1987 World Cup in India and Pakistan - Australia beat England
- 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand - Pakistan beat England
- 1996 World Cup in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka - Sri Lanka beat Australia
- 1999 World Cup in England - Australia beat Pakistan
- 2003 World Cup in South Africa - Australia beat India
- 2007 World Cup in the Caribbean - Australia beat Sri Lanka
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Football
FIFA World Cup™ Record - Organisation
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