<h1>Cricket World Cup History and Timeline</h1>

Time Line
1844 : First Cricket match between Canada and United States
1877 : First credited test match between Australia and England
1889 : South Africa given test status
1900 : Cricket admitted to Olympics (The only Olympics for cricket)
1912 : Triangular Tournament between England, Australia and South-Africa

1928 : West Indies given test status
1930 : New Zealand given test status
1932 : India given test status
1952 : Pakistan given test status
1962 : Midlands Knock-out cup
1975 : First cricket world cup - Prudential World Cup (West Indies winner)
1979 : Second cricket world cup - Prudential World Cup (West Indies winner)
1983 : Third cricket world cup – Prudential World Cup (India winner)
1987 : Fourth cricket world cup – Reliance World Cup (Australia winner)

1992 : Fifth cricket world cup – Bensen & Hedges World Cup (Pakistan winner)
1996 : Sixth cricket world cup – Wills World Cup (Sri Lanka winner)
1999 : Seventh world cup (Australia winner)
2003 : Eighth world cup (Australia winner)
2007 : Ninth world cup (Australia winner)
2011 : Tenth world cup (India Winner)

Overview : Courtesy Wikipedia

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end of the 2011 tournament. Teams are sorted by best performance, then total number of wins, then total number of games, then by alphabetical order.

Team	Appearances			Best result	Statistics
	Total	First	Latest		Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
Australia	10	1975	2011	Champions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007)	76	55	19	1	1
India	10	1975	2011	Champions (1983, 2011)	67	39	26	1	1
West Indies	10	1975	2011	Champions (1975, 1979)	64	38	25	0	1
Pakistan	10	1975	2011	Champions (1992)	64	36	26	0	2
Sri Lanka	10	1975	2011	Champions (1996)	66	31	31	1	2
England	10	1975	2011	Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992)	66	39	25	1	1
New Zealand	10	1975	2011	Semifinals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, 2011)	70	40	29	0	1
South Africa	6	1992	2011	Semifinals (1992, 1999, 2007)	47	31	14	2	0
Kenya	5	1996	2011	Semifinals (2003)	29	6	22	0	1
Zimbabwe	8	1983	2011	Super Six (1999, 2003)	51	10	37	1	3
Bangladesh	4	1999	2011	Super 8 (2007)	26	8	17	0	1
Ireland	2	2007	2011	Super 8 (2007)	15	4	10	1	0
Canada	4	1979	2011	Group Stage	18	2	16	0	0
Netherlands	4	1996	2011	Group Stage	20	2	18	0	0
United Arab Emirates	1	1996	1996	Group Stage	5	1	4	0	0
Bermuda	1	2007	2007	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	0
Namibia	1	2003	2003	Group Stage	6	0	6	0	0
Scotland	2	1999	2007	Group Stage	8	0	8	0	0
East Africa†	1	1975	1975	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	0

†No longer exists.

Awards : Courtesy Wikepedia

Man of the Tournament

Main article: Cricket World Cup awards

Since 1992, one player has been declared as "Man of the Tournament" at the end of the World Cup finals:

Year	Player	Performance details
1992	Martin Crowe	456 runs
1996	Sanath Jayasuriya	221 runs and 7 wickets
1999	Lance Klusener	281 runs and 17 wickets
2003	Sachin Tendulkar	673 runs and 2 wickets
2007	Glenn McGrath	26 wickets
2011	Yuvraj Singh	362 runs and 15 wickets

Man of the Match in the World Cup Final : Courtesy wikipedia

Previously, there was no tournament award, although Man of the Match awards have always been given for individual matches. Winning the Man of the Match in the final is logically noteworthy, as this indicates the player deemed to have played the biggest part in the World Cup final. To date the award has always gone to a member of the winning side. The Man of the Match award in the final of the competition has been awarded to:

Year	Player	Performance details
1975	Clive Lloyd	102 runs
1979	Viv Richards	138*
1983	Mohinder Amarnath	3/12 and 26
1987	David Boon	75 runs
1992	Wasim Akram	33 and 3/49
1996	Aravinda de Silva	107* and 3/42
1999	Shane Warne	4/33
2003	Ricky Ponting	140*
2007	Adam Gilchrist	149
2011	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	91*