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| Cricket
World Cup 1975 "West Indies" |
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COUNTRY : |
England |
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Lords, England |
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West Indies beat Australia |
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West Indies won by 17 runs. Scored 291 runs in 60
overs for 8 wickets. Australia scored 274 in 58.4
overs all out. |
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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.
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| Cricket
World Cup 1979 "West Indies" |
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COUNTRY : |
England |
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Lords, England |
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West Indies beat England |
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West Indies won by 92 Runs & scored 286 runs in 60
overs for 9 Wickets. England scored 191 in 50 overs
all out. |
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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.
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| Cricket
World Cup 1983 "India" |
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COUNTRY : |
England |
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Lords, England |
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India beat West Indies |
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India beat West Indies by 43 runs and scored 183 in
54.4 overs all out. West Indies scored 140 in 52
overs all out. |
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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.
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| Cricket
World Cup 1987 "Australia" |
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COUNTRY : |
India
and Pakistan |
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Calcutta, India |
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Australia beat England |
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Australia won by 7 runs and scored 253 in 50 overs
for 5 Wickets. England scored 246 in 50 overs for
8 wickets. |
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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.
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| Cricket
World Cup 1992 "Pakistan" |
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COUNTRY : |
Australia |
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Melbourne, Australia |
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Pakistan beat England |
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Pakistan won by 22 runs and scored 249 in 50 overs
for 6 wickets. England scored 227 runs for 49.2
overs all out. |
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| Cricket
World Cup 1996 "Sri Lanka" |
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COUNTRY : |
India,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka |
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Lahore, Pakistan |
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Sri Lanka beat Australia |
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Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets and scored 245 in 46.2
overs for 3 wickets. Australia scored 241 in 50
overs for 7 wickets. |
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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.
The semi-final
between India and Sri Lanka at Eden Gardens was
the first to be awarded to a team by default,
the crowd disturbance that forced match referee
to award the match to Sri Lanka.
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World Cup 1999 "Australia" |
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COUNTRY : |
England |
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Lords, England |
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Australia beat Pakistan |
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Australia won 8 wickets and scored 133 in 20.1 for
2 wickets. Pakistan scored 132 in 39 overs all out. |
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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 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.
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| Cricket
World Cup 2003 "Australia" |
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COUNTRY : |
South
Africa and Zimbabwe |
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The Wanderers, Johannesburg, South Africa |
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Australia beat India |
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Australia crushed India by 125 runs. After being asked to bat first Australia amassed a huge mammoth total of 359 runs which was a huge ask for the Indians.
Australia defended the title after a win of 11 consecutive matches in the World Cup Tournament.
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