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Cricket World Cup Winners List

COMPLETE LIST OF CRICKET WORLD CUP WINNERS

Facts about Cricket World Cup

• The 1987 world cup was the first ever world cup which was held outside England. It was held in India and Pakistan.
• The women’s world cup (from 1973) is older than men’s world cup (1975).
• Nolan Clarke from Netherlands is the oldest player to play the tournament. His age was 47, when he played the 1996 World Cup.
• India is the only team to win 60 over world cup and 50 over world cup.
• The 1992 World Cup was the first to have white cricket balls, colour jerseys, and day night matches.
• Australia is the only team to have won 3 consecutive world cups (1999, 2003, 2007).
• Shoaib Akhtar bowled the fastest ball in World cup history, which was recorded at 100.2 mph or 161.3 km.
• The Test-playing nations qualify automatically for the World Cup main event, while the other teams have to qualify through a series of preliminary qualifying tournaments.
• The World Cup Trophy was designed and produced in London by a team of craftsmen from Garrard & Co over a period of two months.
• The first century in the championship was scored by Dennis Amiss of England when he made 137 against India in the 1975 World Cup.
• Rohit Sharma’s five centuries in the 2019 tournament are the most by a player in a single tournament.
• Kumar Sangakkara scored four consecutive centuries, a record in ODIs, in the 2015 tournament.
• Martin Guptill (237 runs against West Indies in 2015 World Cup) holds the record for the highest individual score in the tournament’s history.
• Kevin O’Brien (113 runs from 63 balls) holds the record for the fastest century in the history of the tournament.