subject: Cricket World Cup 2011, A Sporting Extravaganza [print this page] The Cricket World Cup 2011 is the tenth edition of the prestigious tournament which will be held in the host countries of India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh. The World Cup uses the One Day International configuration which has produced innumerable moments of exciting cricket. The national cricket teams of fourteen countries are scheduled to participate including the major cricketing nations the full members of the International Cricket Council - as well as the leading non-members.
Australia has proved most successful in the tournament, winning the coveted trophy a total of four times. West Indies have lifted the trophy twice while Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka have all won the tournament once.
The Cricket World Cup has always been a successful and engrossing tournament. The inaugural World Cup was held in England in 1975, when a masterly West Indies side easily brushed aside the competition to attain victory. In the second World Cup held four years later, the West Indies maintained their dominance to repeat their feat.
In 1983 the seemingly indomitable West Indies once again appeared set to repeat their feat when they reached the final with the unheralded Indian side. A great surprise was in store; Kapil Devs Indians dethroned the West Indies in an epic win.
India and Pakistan hosted the tournament in 1987, and the tournament saw a very close final match between England and Australia which the latter team won by a margin of only 7 runs. The 1992 World Cup in Australia and New Zealand saw a new victor in Pakistan led by Imran Khan; this was the latters swansong in an illustrious career.
The championship of 1996 conducted in the Indian subcontinent saw an amazing performance from an underrated Sri Lanka side, convincingly achieving victory in crickets most prestigious showpiece.
The next three consecutive World Cups were won by Australia in convincing fashion, during a period of continued Australian dominance in international cricket. In final matches they defeated, respectively, Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka in their unprecedented feat.
The Cricket World Cup is televised to 2.2 billion viewers in more than 200 countries, making it the third most popular sporting event in the world, exceeded only by the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics.
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