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The first World Cup was organised in England in June 1975, with the first ODI cricket match having been played only four years earlier.
The inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup final was held on 21 June 1975 at Lord's, contested by Australia and the West Indies.
The Cricket World Cup, the top-level and the most important [citation needed] competition in One Day International cricket, was first played in 1975. This tournament, known as The Prudential World Cup, was played in England and was won by the West Indies.
Jun 10, 2024 · Cricket World Cup, international cricket championship held at four-year intervals that is the premier contest in one-day cricket and one of the most-watched sporting events in the world. In 1975 the first Cricket World Cup was contested in England as a series of one-day matches of 60 overs per side.
Oct 1, 2023 · When was the first ODI Cricket Word Cup? England hosted the inaugural ODI World Cup back in 1975, and held the event the following three times too.
The first men's cricket World Cup was held in England in 1975, four years after the first recognised one-day international had been played in 1971, on the fifth day of a washed out test between Australia and England in Melbourne.
Apr 16, 2023 · The 1999 Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Cricket World Cup ’99) was the seventh edition of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted primarily by England, with Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands acting as co-hosts. The tournament was
Jun 7, 2021 · With dwindling crowds for Test cricket, the then International Cricket Conference decided to hold a "World Cup as soon as practicable" in the annual meeting in 1972. Eventually, the tournament...
May 23, 2019 · Venturing outside England for the very first time, the World Cup was held in India and Pakistan and the innings were reduced to 50 overs. It was in that competition that the closest final of all was played, as Australia claimed a first title with a seven-run success at the expense of England.
Jan 25, 2011 · 25-Jan-2011. Clive Lloyd lifts the inaugural World Cup at Lord's • Patrick Eagar. By the middle of the 1970s, a grandiose World Cup was an inevitability. There had been quite sufficient...
