Cricket world cup facts

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.