Monday 13 January 2014

Cricket world cup facts



ICC Cricket world cup trophy
ICC Cricket world cup trophy
ICC cricket world was being held by International cricket council for every 4 years since 1975. Some of the interesting facts about the world cup are listed below.

  • The ICC cricket world cup was formerly known as Prudential Cup.
  • The inaugural world cup was hosted in 1975 by England.
  • Australia is the only country to win the world cup for 3 consecutive times.
  • Sachin Tendulkar is the leading run scorer in world cup history.
  • West Indies won the inaugural championship.
  • The current world cup was created for the 1999 championship.
  •  Australia's Mark Waugh, Matthew Hayden, India's Sourav Ganguly hold the record of scoring 3 centuries in world cups.
  • Glenn McGrath is the leading wicket taker in world cups.
  • Highest score (413-5) in a world cup game was scored by India against Bermuda.
  • Sachin Tendulkar has the most man of the match awards in world cup.