Every Cricket Fan Wants To Know The World Cup History

World cup tournament has a tremendous history. Ittournament was held outside England. World cup 1987
started in 1975 in England. It's the biggest tournamentintroduced impartial umpires to give more fair decision.
in the world of cricket. The first three tournaments inWorld cup matches have contributed more and more
the world cup were known as Prudential Cup withrecords in the cricket's History. The records in the
the sponsorship of prudential plc, a known pecuniaryworld cup history consist of most excellent batting
services company. It's a privilege for the players tostrike rate, most run-scorers, top bowlers, best
play for the world cup and players feel proud andbowling, finest bowling strike rate, main
lucky to be a part of world cup tournament. Theywicket-takers, team totals, lowest team totals, all
put their best effort to win the glorious cup andmajor catches and maximum individual scores, and
hence to be called world champions.actually the most dismissals.
World cup history says that the earlier matchesInitially the world cup confined the attention of only
consisted of 60 overs per players and it was playedfew spectators, but gradually it has mesmerized
in white uniform with red balls. Earlier the matchesmillions of viewers who keenly wait for the
were held only during day. Till 1992 World Cup, only 8tournament. Australia has won the world cup thrice,
teams participated in the tournament.Afterwards,West Indies twice and India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan
cricket became more and more famous and graduallyhave won once. Ever since in the world cup history,
it was considered a good sport by many countries.Australia has been one of the toughest contenders
Now, in world cup 2007, 16 teams have participatedfor the world cup. World cup history has many
to battle for the cup. In 1975, England, New Zealand,fascinating records. This is the ninth world cup being
India, East Africa, Australia, West Indies, Pakistan andheld in a caribbean nation called West Indies. Many
Sri Lanka participated in world cup tournament.arrangements have been done to welcome the
In 1979, East Africa was part of the world cup teamteams who will again make some new records.
while in 1983, Zimbabwe made an entry. The sameThe history of cricket has many more things to
teams took part in the 1987 World Cup. In 1992,unveil which is yet to be known by the fans. You can
South Africa entered in the group to play the worldfind many more interesting facts and figures about
cup and that year 9 teams took part in theworld cup history from the various sources. Some
tournament. By 1996, the number of teams havesources are cricket dedicated sites which will provide
increased to 12 with the participation of three moreyou the complete information of this tournament's
teams in the group. They were UAE, Netherlands andhistory. This history contains many achievements and
Kenya. But in 1999 world cup, UAE and Netherlandslandmarks made by the players. Some players like
played for the world cup.Brain Lara, Sachin Tendulkar, Steve Waugh, Imran
As we all know that cricket was born in England andkhan etc are the best players in cricket and the
the first three world cup was played here. In 1987,records made by them are very fascinating.
for the first time in the world cup history the