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World Cup Cricket

This tournament is the world-championship of one-day cricket and it is held quadrennially. The first World Cup was held in 1975 in England.
The nations that play in the World Cup are:
All 10 test nations - Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe
All other countries with ODI (one-day international) status - currently Kenya
Qualifiers from the ICC Trophy, the 'World Cup for minor countries' - The 3 qualifiers for 2003 are: Netherlands, Namibia and Canada.


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World Cup Winners from 1975-2011

1975 West Indies Clive Lyod
1979 West Indies Clive Lyod
1983 India Kapil Dev
1987 Australia Allan Border
1992 Pakistan Imran Khan
1996 Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga
1999 Australia Steve Waugh
2003 Australia Ricky Ponting
2007 Australia Ricky Ponting
2011 India Mahendra Singh Dhoni

10 World Cups have been held till now. Australia leads the tally having won 3 times followed by West Indies which won the first two.
In 2003 World Cup which was held in South Africa, Australia emerged winners with India as the Runners-up.
In 2011 Cricket World Cup India emerged winners with Sri-Lanka as the Runners-up. 



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