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ICC World Cup Cricket Facts, TriviaThe ICC Cricket World Cup is the major international championship of one-day cricket. The event is contested by all Test-playing nations plus some qualifiers. The inaugural championship was held in 1975, and has been held approximately every four years since. The ICC Cricket World Cup is the major international championship of one-day cricket. The event is contested by all Test-playing nations plus some qualifiers. The inaugural championship was held in 1975, and has been held approximately every four years since. At the first 4 World Cups, all players wore the traditional white uniform and red balls were used.The first three world cups were held in England. The only person to have played both World Cup Football and World Cup cricket is Viv Richards - Antigua at football and West Indies at cricket. See more: England ( 1975 )The first ball in the World Cup history was bowled by India's Madan Lal to England's Denis Amiss at Lord's on June 7, 1975.India's opener Sunil Gavaskar batted through the full 60 overs in the opening match against England at Lord's to score just 36 runs. England ( 1979 )Viv Richard's 139 not out is the highest score in a World Cup Final.Sri Lanka became the first nation to boycott a match in the World Cup when they refused to play Israel on political grounds in the mini tournament. England ( 1983 )One of the all-time great innings, 175 not out by Kapil Dev against Zimbabwe was lost to posterity. BBC had gone on strike that day with the result that it was never recorded on video. In 1999, the trophy won by the Indian Cricket Team at the 1983 World Cup was damaged during a violent rampage on the Indian cricket board's headquarters by the Hindu nationalist group Shiv Sena.India and Pakistan ( 1987 )For the first time World Cup shifted from England to the Indian sub-continent.Graham Gooch of England became the only player to win three consecutive man-of-match awards. Australia and New Zealand ( 1992 )The first World Cup to use white cricket balls and coloured team uniformsThe first World Cup to have day/night matches New Zealand opening with spin bowlers to confuse the higher order batsmen who are used to fast bowlers trying to extract speed and bounce with the new ball Man of the Tournament Martin Crowe New Zealand 456 runs India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka ( 1996 )Javed Miandad became the first and only player to take part in all six World Cup's.Mark Waugh became the only batsman to hit three centuries in one World Cup. At the World Cup in 1996, Australia and West Indies refused to play their matches against Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka due to security concerns, causing both matches to be awarded to Sri Lanka by default. Also, Sri Lanka were awarded a victory for their semi-final by default against India because of crowd riots. This aided their campaign which eventually led to them winning the final. Man of the Tournament Sanath Jayasuriya Sri Lanka 221 runs and 7 wickets England ( 1999 )Australia crushed Pakistan with ease in 20.1 overs, replying to Pakistan's mere score of 132 (all out in 39 overs).The semi-final between South Africa and Australia was one one of the finest one-day matches in history and maybe regarded as the real final. Australia lifted the title after a run of seven games without defeat. Man of the Tournament Lance Klusener South Africa 281 runs and 17 wickets South Africa ( 2003 )South Africa got their calculations wrong in the rain and were kicked out of the tournament without qualifying for the second round.Australia became the only team so far in history to remain undefeated throughout the whole tournament. Australian Shane Warne was banned for substance abuse raising the awareness of the tournament to new levels. Man of the Tournament Sachin Tendulkar India 673 runs and 2 wickets Cricket World Cup 2007 in West Indies News Archives
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Cricket World Cup 2007 Related News, Videos and Links2007 Tournament FormatThe 2007 Cricket World Cup was hosted by the West Indies from March 11 to April 28, 2007. It was contested by 16 nations.The ten Test Match-playing countries qualified for the World Cup automatically, along with Kenya, which had ODI status and five further teams qualified via the 2005 ICC Trophy. The field of sixteen teams was the largest ever for the Cricket World Cup. The teams were divided into 4 groups, with each group playing its matches at one ground. The top two teams from each group competed in a Super 8 format, similar to the previous "Super 6" format, from which the semi-finalists were decided. Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka and South Africa won through to the semi-finals, with Australia defeating Sri Lanka in the final to win their third consecutive World Cup. There were 51 matches overall, spread over eight venues across the West Indies, which were selected to host the World Cup final tournament. 
Notable events of the tournament included the death of Bob Woolmer, the Pakistan coach, which happened one day after his team's defeat to Ireland, which put them out of the running for the World Cup. India scored 413-5 in 50 overs against Bermuda, breaking the World Cup record for the highest team total. Herschelle Gibbs hit six sixes in one Daan van Bunge over for South Africa against the Netherlands, becoming the first player to achieve the feat in ODI cricket. Australia became the first team to win 3 consecutive World Cups. ICC World Cup 2007 Super Eight - Standings
ICC 2007 World Cup News by CountryGroup A - St. Kitts & NevisAll matches start at 13.30 GMT
Group B - Trinidad & TobagoAll matches start at 13.30 GMT
Group C - Saint LuciaAll matches start at 13.30 GMT
Group D - JamaicaAll matches start at 14.30 GMT
Cricket World Cup Quotes.. I fully expect us to win every game we play, it doesn't matter what the make-up of the team is.  Ricky Ponting, Australian skipper. Is this a resignation issue? I'll have to talk with my superiors on that. former New Zealand captain and Match referee Jeff Crowe on the blunder by him and the umpires which caused the farcical scenes at the end of the World Cup final. I guess it was nice to finish off with a catch behind with Gilly. McGrath on Gilchrist catching Arnold to give him his last ODI wicket. He is the tournament's leading wicket-taker with a record haul of 25 wickets and the most successful World Cup bowler of all-time. It was really pleasing to do it on an important day. I've been getting a lot of starts but hadn't converted. Adam Gilchrist who smashed a final record 149 off 104 balls to set up the victory. It was simply a brilliant innings from Gilchrist, unfortunately I was the opposition captain watching it. Sri Lanka captain Mahela Jayawardene about Adam Gilchrist's 149 off just 104 balls. My learned commentary is, my commentary is congratulations to Ricky and the boys, but to Glenn McGrath, that lanky bloke from Narromine, thanks for a wonderful contribution to Australian cricket.
Prime Minister "cricket tragic" John Howard. We listen to criticism, and there has been a lot of it from people saying it's been too long - so we'll look to make it shorter. ICC chief executive Malcolm Speed.
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