Cricket World Cup

The 2011 Cricket World Cup, which is governed by the International Cricket Council, will be held in Mumbai.

Sixteen teams will be divided into four groups of four. The teams in each group will play each other in a round-robin format and the top two teams will advance to the “Super Eight” round. Those eight teams will again play a round-robin, except that they will not play the other team that advanced from their group. The final four teams will move  onto the semi-finals and those winners will compete for the World Cup.

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The first Cricket World Cup was held in 1912 was not very successful. The three-way series between Australia, England and South Africa was interrupted by poor weather and the next attempt at such a tournament was not until 1975.

The six test playing nations, England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, India and Pakistan, were joined by Sri Lanka and East Africa to make up the 1975 field. That tournament was dubbed a “resounding success” and since then the cup has been contested every four years.

Fourteen teams competed in the 2003 World Cup, which was held in South Africa. Australia was crowned champion after beating India by 125 runs, 359 to 234. There were 54 matches that year and was viewed by an estimated 1.3 billion spectators.

In eight previous tournaments, five teams have won the title. Australia has had the most success in the World Cup, winning in 1987, 1999 and 2003. The West Indies won the first two tournaments, in 1975 and 1979. India, 1983, Pakistan, 1992, and Sri Lanka, 1996, have been the other winners.

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