A glimpse of the past World Cups.

World Cup 1975

Venue : Lords, England
Teams : England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, India, Pakistan, Srilanka and East Africa
Finals  : Between West Indies led by Clive Lloyd and Australia led by Ian Chappell on June 21, 1975.
Winner : West Indies beat Australia for 17 runs
Score :   291 for 8 off 60 Overs
Man of the match : Clive Lloyd scoring 102 runs off just 85 balls
Sponsors : Prudential Insurance Company, hence called the Prudential World Cup

World Cup 1979

Venue : Lords, England
Teams : Australia, Canada, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Srilanka and West Indies
Finals  : Between West Indies led by Clive Lloyd and England led by Mike Brearley on June 23, 1979.
Winner : West Indies beat England by 92 runs
Score :    286 runs for 9 wickets
Man of the match : Vivian Richards scoring an unbeaten 138 runs
Sponsors : Prudential Insurance Company, hence called the Prudential World Cup

World Cup 1983

Venue : Lords, England
Teams : Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Srilanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe
Finals  : Between West Indies led by Clive Lloyd and India led by Kapil Dev on June 25, 1983.
Winner : India beat West Indies by 43 runs
Score :  183 runs all out off 54.4 Overs
Man of the match : Indian Vice Captain Mohinder Amarnath for picking 3 wickets for 12 balls. Also took 26 runs
Sponsors : Prudential Insurance Company, hence called the Prudential World Cup

World Cup 1987

Venue : Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
Teams : Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Srilanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe
Finals  : Between Australia led by Allan Border and England led by Mike Gatting on November 8, 1987.
Winner : Australia beat England by 7 runs
Score :   253 runs for 7 wickets off 50 Overs
Man of the match : David Boon scoring 75 runs 
Sponsors : Reliance company, hence called the Reliance World Cup. Jointly hosted by India and Pakistan.

World Cup 1992

Venue : Australia
Teams : Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Srilanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe and South Africa
Finals  : Between Pakistan led by Imran Khan and England led by Graham Gooch on March 25, 1992.
Winner : Pakistan beat England by 22 runs
Score :   249 runs for 6 wickets off 50 overs
Man of the match : Wasim Akram, who picked up three important wickets late in the England innings
Player of the tournament : New Zealand captain Martin Crowe for scoring 456 runs
Sponsors : Jointly hosted by Australia and New Zealand called the Benson and Hedges World Cup.

World Cup 1996

Venue : Lahore, Pakistan
Teams : Australia, England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Netherlands, Pakistan, South Africa, Srilanka, United Arab Emirates, West Indies and Zimbabwe
Finals  : Between Srilanka led by Arjuna Ranatunga and Australia led by Mark Taylor on March 17, 1996.
Winner : Srilanka beat Australia by 7 wickets. For the first time in the history of the tournament, the team chasing won.
Score :   241 runs with 22 deliveries to spare off 50 overs
Man of the match : Aravinda da Silva for his unbeaten 107 runs
Player of the Tournament : Sanath Jayasurya for aggressive batman ship with runs at the amazing rate of 1.32 per ball faced.
Sponsors : Jointly hosted by India, Pakistan and Srilanka called the Wills World cup

World Cup 1999

Venue : Lords, England
Teams : Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Scotland, Srilanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe
Finals  : Between Australia led by Steve Waugh and Pakistan led by Wasim Akram on June 20, 1999.
Winner : Australia beat Pakistan by 8 wickets.
Score :   133 runs in 29.5 overs to spare
Man of the match : Shane Warne for picking 4 wickets for 33 balls
Player of the tournament : South Africa's All rounder, Lance Klusener for scoring 281 runs at an average of 140.50, with his strike rate an amazing 1.22 runs per ball faced. He also captured 17 wickets, just three off the tournament’s leading wicket-taker, at an average of just over 20.
Sponsors : ICC World Cup hosted by England

World Cup 2003

Venue : Johannesburg, South Africa
Teams : Australia, Bangladesh, Canada, England, India, Kenya, Namibia, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Scotland, Srilanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe
Finals  : March 23
Winner : Australia beat India by 125 runs.
Score : 359 runs for 2 wickets off 50 Overs
Man of the match : RT Ponting for scoring 140 runs from 121 balls
Player of the tournament : Sachin Tendulkar, for his demolition of bowling attacks and scoring 673 runs in the tournament.
Sponsors : ICC World Cup jointly hosted by South Africa, Zimambwe and Kenya

World Cup 2007

Venue : Antigua and Barbuda, Barbados, Grenada, Guyana, Jamaica, St Kitts and Nevis, Saint Lucia, St. Vincent and the Grenadines and Trinidad and Tobago.
Teams : Australia, Bangladesh, Bermuda, Canada, England, The Netherlands, India, Ireland, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, Scotland, South Africa, Srilanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe.
Finals  : April 18.
Winner : Australia beat Sri Lanka by 53 runs
Score : 281 runs for 4 wickets off 38 Overs
Man of the match : Adam Gilchrist (Australia) for scoring 149 runs from 104 balls
Player of the tournament : Australian fast bowler Glenn McGrath; for taking most wickets (26wickets) in the tournament
Sponsors : ICC World Cup jointly hosted by, LG Electronics, Pepsi, Hutch & Hero Honda (Official Global Partners). Indian Oil, Cable & Wireless and Scotia Bank (Official Sponsors) .

Welcome to the ninth World Cup Cricket 2011 !!!

Welcome to the ninth World Cup Cricket 2011 !!! The ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 will be the tenth Cricket World Cup with 14 nations participating in the event. Hosted by India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, the initial preliminary rounds held in the three countries will lead up to the finals in Mumbai. The event will start off with an opening ceremony on 17th February 2011 at 5:30 p.m. IST in Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh. The opening match will be on 19th February between India and Bangladesh at Shere BanglaNational stadium at Mirpur, Bangladesh.

SCOREBOARD ICC World Cup 2011  South Africa 284/8(50 over) won by 206 runs  Bangladesh 78/10(28 over) scorecard  Australia 136/5(36over)       Pakistan (50 over)		VENUES » Shere Bangla National Stadium » MA Chidambaram Stadium » Sardar Patel Gujarat Stadium » Feroz Shah Kotla

TEAM STANDINGS

Group A	Group B
Team P W L TIE PTS NRR Australia 5 4 0 0 9 +1.693 Pakistan 5 4 1 0 8 +0.729 New Zealand 6 4 2 0 8 +1.135 Sri Lanka 6 4 1 0 9 +2.582 Zimbabwe 5 1 4 0 2 -0.669 Canada 6 1 5 0 2 -1.987 Kenya 5 0 4 0 0 -3.005	Team P W L TIE PTS NRR India 5 3 1 1 7 +0.768 South Africa 5 4 1 0 8 +1.606 England 6 3 2 1 7 +0.072 West Indies 5 3 2 0 6 +1.650 Bangladesh 5 3 2 0 6 -0.765 Ireland 6 2 4 0 4 -0.696 Netherlands 6 0 6 0 0 -2.045

Cricket World Cup

The World Cup matches officially began in the year 1975 in England, with eight teams; the 6 Test playing nations England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, India, Pakistan along with Srilanka and East Africa. A huge success the first time round, the tournament has been taking place every four years since then, participated by major teams all over the world. However much earlier, an attempt at a World triangular tournament was made way back in 1912 between Australia, England and South Africa where all the matches were Test matches. The hosts England won.
The prize
The permanent prize for the game adopted from 1999 by the International Cricket Council is the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy designed and manufactured in London by Garrard, the Crown Jewellers. The 60-cm high trophy cup crafted in silver and gilt, features a golden globe held aloft by three silver columns. The globe is presented in the form of a stylised cricket ball while the columns, styled as stumps and bails, represent the three essential pillars of the game - batting, bowling and fielding. Valued at over £40,000 and weighing in excess of 11 kilos, the trophy has been designed in platonic dimensions for instant recognition from any angle it is viewed. The six previous Champions have been acknowledged on inscription plates on its base.
Apart from the trophy the winning team will receive fabulous cash prizes.

Birthday's of the Indian Cricket Players

Name	Date of Birth
Aakash Chopra	19 September, 1977
Ajit Agarkar	04 December, 1977
Anil Kumble	17 October, 1970
Ashish Nehra	29 April, 1979
Arun Lal	1 August 1955
Dilip Balwant Vengsarkar	6 April , 1956
Harbhajan Singh	03 July, 1980
Hemang Badani	14 November, 1976
Javagal Srinath	31 August 1969
Irfan Pathan	27 October, 1984
Kapil Dev	6 January, 1959
L Balaji	27 September, 1981
Lala Amarnath	11 September , 1911
Mohammad Kaif	01 December, 1980
Mohammad Azharuddin	08 February 1963
Mohinder Amarnath	24 September 1950
Murali Kartik	11 September, 1976
Parthiv Patel	09 March, 1985
Rahul Dravid	11 January, 1973
Ravishankar Jayadritha Shastri	27 May, 1962
Robin Singh	14 September 1963
Sachin Tendulkar	24 April, 1973
Sanjay Vijay Manjrekar	12 July 1965
Sourav Ganguly	8 July, 1972
Sunil Manohar Gavaskar	10 July , 1949
VVS Laxman	01 November, 1974
Virender Sehwag	20 October, 1978
Yuvraj Singh	12 December, 1981
Zaheer Khan	07 October, 1978

Test Match Grounds in India

Name	Place
Barabati Stadium	Cuttack
Brabourne Stadium	Mumbai
Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Gandhi Stadium	Jalandhar
Green Park	Kanpur
Gymkhana Ground	Mumbai
K.D Singh Babu Stadium	Lucknow
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	Hyderabad, Deccan
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bangalore
MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai
Nehru Stadium	Madras
Punjab C.A. Stadium	Chandigarh
Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium	Ahmedabad
Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Jaipur
Sector 16 Stadium	Chandigarh
University Ground	Lucknow
Vidarbha C.A. Ground	Nagpur
Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai

One -Day International Grounds in India

Name	Place
Barabati Stadium	Cuttack
Barkatullah Khan Stadium	Jodhpur
Brabourne Stadium	Mumbai
Captain Roop Singh Stadium	Gwalior
Eden Gardens	Kolkata
Feroz Shah Kotla	Delhi
Gandhi Sports Complex Ground	Amritsar
Gandhi Stadium	Jalandhar
Green Park	Kanpur
I.P.C.L. Sports Complex Ground	Vadodara
Indira Gandhi Stadium	Vijayawada
Indira Priyadarshini Stadium	Visakhapatnam
Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium	New Delhi
K.D Singh Babu Stadium	Lucknow
Keenan Stadium	Jamshedpur
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	Hyderabad, Deccan
M.Chinnaswamy Stadium	Bangalore
MA Chidambaram Stadium	Chennai
Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground	Rajkot
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium	Patna
Moti Bagh Stadium	Vadodara
Nahar Singh Stadium	Faridabad
Nehru Stadium	Margao
Nehru Stadium	Guwahati
Nehru Stadium	Indore
Nehru Stadium	Kochi
Nehru Stadium	Poona
Punjab C.A. Stadium	Chandigarh
Sardar Patel (Gujarat) Stadium	Ahmedabad
Sardar Vallabhai Patel Stadium	Ahmedabad
Sawai Mansingh Stadium	Jaipur
Sector 16 Stadium	Chandigarh
Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium	Srinagar
University Stadium	Trivandrum
Vidarbha C.A. Ground	Nagpur
Wankhede Stadium	Mumbai

Captaincy Records in Test Matches

Name	Tests	First Match	Last Match	Won	Lost	Drawn
Nayudu, C K	4	25/06/1932	10/02/1934	-	3 (75.00%)	1 (25.00%)
Vizianagram, Mah	3	27/06/1936	15/08/1936	-	2 (66.67%)	1 (33.33%)
Nawab of Pataudi Sr	3	22/06/1946	17/08/1946	-	1 (33.33%)	2 (66.67%)
Amarnath, L	15	28/11/1947	12/12/1952	2 (13.33%)	6 (40.00%)	7 (46.67%)
Hazare, V S	14	02/11/1951	28/03/1953	1 (7.14%)	5 (35.71%)	8 (57.14%)
Mankad, M H	6	01/01/1955	21/01/1959	-	1 (16.67%)	5 (83.33%)
Ghulam Ahmed	3	19/11/1955	31/12/1958	-	2 (66.67%)	1 (33.33%)
Umrigar, P R	8	02/12/1955	28/11/1958	2 (25.00%)	2 (25.00%)	4 (50.00%)
Adhikari, H R	1	06/02/1959	06/02/1959	-	-	1 (100.00%)
Gaekwad, D K	4	04/06/1959	20/08/1959	-	4 (100.00%)	-
Roy, P	1	18/06/1959	18/06/1959	-	1 (100.00%)	-
Ramchand, G S	5	12/12/1959	23/01/1960	1 (20.00%)	2 (40.00%)	2 (40.00%)
Contractor, N J	12	02/12/1960	07/03/1962	2 (16.67%)	2 (16.67%)	8 (66.67%)
Nawab of Pataudi Jr	40	23/03/1962	23/01/1975	9 (22.50%)	19 (47.50%)	12 (30.00%)
Borde, C G	1	23/12/1967	23/12/1967	-	1 (100.00%)	-
Wadekar, A L	16	18/02/1971	04/07/1974	4 (25.00%)	4 (25.00%)	8 (50.00%)
Venkataraghavan, S	5	11/12/1974	30/08/1979	-	2 (40.00%)	3 (60.00%)
Gavaskar, S M	47	24/01/1976	31/01/1985	9 (19.15%)	8 (17.02%)	30 (63.83%)
Bedi, B S	22	05/02/1976	14/11/1978	6 (27.27%)	11 (50.00%)	5 (22.73%)
Viswanath, G R	2	29/01/1980	15/02/1980	-	1 (50.00%)	1 (50.00%)
Kapil Dev	33	23/02/1983	13/03/1987	4 (11.76%)	7 (20.59%)	22 (64.71%)
Vengsarkar, D B	10	25/11/1987	28/04/1989	2 (20.00%)	5 (50.00%)	3 (30.00%)
Shastri, R J	1	11/01/1988	11/01/1988	1 (100.0%)	-	-
Srikkanth, K	4	15/11/1989	09/12/1989	-	-	4 (100.00%)
Azharuddin, M	47	02/02/1990	24/02/1999	14 (29.79%)	14 (29.79%)	19 (40.43%)
Tendulkar, S R	25	10/10/1996	02/03/2000	4 (16.00%)	9 (36.00%)	12 (48.00%)
Ganguly, S C	49	10/11/2000	20/09/2005	21 (42.86%)	13 (26.53%)	15 (30.61%)
Dravid, R	17	16/10/2003	30/06/2006	5 (29.41%)	4 (23.53%)	8 (47.06%)
Sehwag, V	1	18/12/2005	18/12/2005	1 (100.00%)	-	-

Captaincy Records in ODI

Name	Matches	First ODI as Captain	Last ODI as Captain	Won	Lost	Draw
Wadekar, A L	2	13/07/1974	15/07/1974	-	2 (100.00%)	-
Venkataraghavan, S	7	07/06/1975	16/06/1979	1 (14.29%)	6 (85.71%)	-
Bedi, B S	4	21/02/1976	03/11/1978	1 (25.00%)	3 (75.00%)	-
Gavaskar,SM	38	06/12/1980	22/11/1985	14 (36.84%)	22 (57.89%)	-
Viswanath,GR	1	15/02/1981	15/02/1981	-	1 (100.00%)	-
Kapil Dev	74	12/09/1982	04/03/1993	40 (54.05%)	32 (43.24%)	-
Kirmani,SMH	1	17/12/1983	17/12/1983	-	1 (100.00%)	-
Amarnath,M	1	31/10/1984	31/10/1984	-	-	-
Shastri, R J	11	27/01/1987	14/11/1991	4 (36.36%)	7 (63.64%)	-
Vengsarkar,DB	18	08/12/1987	21/03/1989	8 (44.44%)	10 (55.56%)	-
Srikkanth,K	13	13/10/1989	22/12/1989	4 (30.77%)	8 (61.54%)	-
Azharuddin,M	174	01/03/1990	12/06/1999	89 (51.15%)	77 (44.25%)	2 (1.15%)
Tendulkar,SR	72	28/08/1996	30/01/2000	23 (31.94%)	42 (58.33%)	1 (1.39%)
Jadeja, AD	13	20/05/1998	03/10/1999	8 (61.54%)	5 (38.46%)	-
Ganguly,SC	147	05/09/1999	06/09/2005	76 (51.70%)	66 (44.90%)	-
Dravid, R	52	14/12/2000	19/11/2006	27 (51.92%)	22 (42.31%)	-
Kumble, A	1	25/01/2002	25/01/2002	1 (100.00%)	-	-
Sehwag, V	7	16/04/2003	12/04/2006	4 (57.14%)	3 (42.86%)	-
M S Dhoni	82	29/09/2007	24/06/2010	47(57.32%)	28(34.15%)	-
SK Raina	4	28/05/2010	05/06/2010	1 (25%)	3  (75%)

Test Cricket Rankings

Ranking	Team	Matches	Point	Rating
1	India	38	4719	124
2	South Africa	38	4572	120
3	Australia	42	4979	119
4	Sri Lanka	31	3574	115
5	England	50	5417	108
6	Pakistan	25	20084	80
7	New Zealand	33	2632	80
8	West Indies	29	2224	77
9	Bangladesh	29	272	9

ODI Cricket Rankings

Ranking	Team	Matches	Point	Rating
1	Australia	53	7051	133
2	South Africa	34	4041	119
3	India	53	6261	118
4	New Zealand	33	3773	114
5	England	36	3965	110
6	Sri Lanka	45	4828	107
7	Pakistan	33	3420	104
8	West Indies	36	2548	71
9	Bangladesh	38	1987	52
10	Zimbabwe	42	1413	34
11	Ireland	7	167	24
12	Kenya	14	28	2