Cricket World Cup Winners

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The International Cricket Council (ICC) started contesting the world cup for the One Day International (ODI) format game in 1975. This contest held for every 5 years and it is organized by ICC.

In the 12th ICC Cricket World Cups held so far, five different teams have won the tournament. Australia is the most successful World Cup team having won the tournament five times, and were runner up another two times.

West Indies won the first two tournaments, and India have also won it two times. Pakistan and Sri Lanka have won one tournament each. Sri Lanka (1996) and India (2011) are the only hosts to win, when they co-hosted the tournament.

ICC Cricket World Cup Winners List

The following is a list of the winning country and runner up for each Cricket World Cup. Click on the country names for more country information, or click on the year for more information about the tournament for that year.

 YEARHOST COUNTRYWINNERRUNNER UPPLAYER OF THE TOURNAMENTHIGHEST RUN SCORERHIGHEST WICKET TAKER
1975ENGLANDWEST INDIESAUSTRALIACLIVE LLOYDGLENN TURNERGARY GILMOUR
1979ENGLANDWEST INDIESENGLANDVIV RICHARDSGORDON GREENIDGEMIKE HENDRICK
1983ENGLANDINDIAWEST INDIESMOHINDER AMARNATHDAVID GOWERROGER BINNY
1987INDIA & PAKISTANAUSTRALIAENGLANDDAVID BOONGRAHAM GOOCHCRAIG McDERMOTT
1992AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALANDPAKISTANENGLANDWASIM AKRAMMARTIN CROWEWASIM AKRAM
1996INDIA, PAKISTAN & SRI LANKASRI LANKAAUSTRALIAARAVINDA de SILVASACHIN TENDULKARANIL KUMBLE
1999ENGLANDAUSTRALIAPAKISTANSHANE WARNERAHUL DRAVIDSHANE WARNE
2003SOUTH AFRICA, ZIMBABWE & KENYAAUSTRALIAINDIARICKY PONTINGSACHIN TENDULKARCHAMINDA VAAS
2007WEST INDIESAUSTRALIASRI LANKAADAM GILCHRISTMATTHEW HAYDENGLENN McGRATH
2011BANGLADESH, INDIA & SRI LANKAINDIASRI LANKAYUVRAJ SINGHTILLAKARATNE DILSHANZAHEER KHAN & SHAHID AFRIDI
2015AUSTRALIA & NEW ZEALANDAUSTRALIA NEW ZEALANDJAMES FAULKNERMARTIN GUPTILLMITCHELL STARC

List of World Cup Winners Infographics

Cricket World Cup Winners List

Updated: March 15, 2019 — 4:36 pm

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