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World Cup Cricket
ICC Cricket World Cup
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Administrator
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International Cricket Council
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Format
|
One Day International
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First
tournament
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1975, England
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Last
tournament
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2011, India, Bangladesh andSri Lanka
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Next
tournament
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2015, Australia and New Zealand
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Tournament
format
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multiple
(refer to article)
|
Number
of teams
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19
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Current
champion
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India (2nd title)
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Most
successful
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Australia (4
titles)
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Most
runs
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Sachin
Tendulkar(3,278)
|
Most
wickets
|
Glenn
McGrath (79)
|
The ICC
Cricket World Cup is the
premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is
organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification
rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. The
tournament is the world's third-most-viewed sporting event. According to the ICC, it is the most
important tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport. The first Cricket World Cup contest
was organised in England in June 1975. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since
1973.
The finals
of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing
and ODI-playing nations, together with other nations
that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier.Australia has been the most successful of the
five teams to have won the tournament, taking four titles. The West Indies and India have
won twice, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won the title once.
All the
countries except for Kenya who
have qualified for semi-finals have been full members.
The 2011
edition was the first one to not to have a "Super 6" or "Super
8", instead it had two groups and the four toppers of each group met in
the quarter-finals.
The 2011 Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka from 19 February to 2 April 2011. 14
countries participated in the tournament. India won
the cup by defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final in Mumbai on 2 April and became the first team
to win the World Cup final on home ground.
Tournament History
Nineteen nations have qualified for the
finals of the Cricket World Cup at least once (excluding qualification
tournaments). Seven teams have competed in every finals tournament, five of
which have won the title. The West Indies won the first two tournaments, and Australia has won four, India has
won two, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once. The West Indies (1975 and 1979) and Australia (1999, 2003and 2007) are the only nations to have won
consecutive titles.Australia has played in 6 of the 10 final matches (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007). England has
yet to win the World Cup, but has been runners-up three times (1979, 1987, 1992). The best result by a non-Test
playing nation is the semi-final appearance by Kenya in
the 2003 tournament; while the best result by a non-Test playing team on their
debut is the Super 8 (second round) by Ireland in
2007.
Sri Lanka,
who co-hosted the 1996 Cricket World Cup, was the first host to win the
tournament, though the final was held in Pakistan. India won the 2011 as host and was the
first team to win in a final played in their own country. Other countries which have achieved or
equalled their best World Cup results while co-hosting the tournament are New
Zealand, semi-finalists in 1992; Zimbabwe, reaching the Super Six in 2003; and
Kenya, semi-finalists in 2003. In
1987, co-hosts India and Pakistan both reached the semi-finals, but were
eliminated by Australia and England respectively.South Africa,
who co-hosted the 2003 Cricket World Cup, was the first (and to date only) team
to get out in the first round.
Nunmber of teams in tournament
| Year | Number of teams |
|---|---|
| 1975 | 10 |
| 1979 | 8 |
| 1983 | 8 |
| 1987 | 8 |
| 1992 | 9 |
| 1996 | 12 |
| 1999 | 12 |
| 2003 | 14 |
| 2007 | 16 |
| 2011 | 14 |
| 2015 | 14 |
| 2019 | yet to be known |
Winners
|
year
|
winner
|
runner-up
|
| National team | Final appearances | Winners | Runners-up | Years won | Years runners-up |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007 | 1975, 1996 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1983, 2011 | 2003 |
| West Indies | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1975, 1979 | 1983 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1996 | 2007, 2011 |
| Pakistan | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1992 | 1999 |
| England | 3 | 0 | 3 | – | 1979, 1987, 1992 |
Suresh Raina
Full name Suresh Kumar Raina
Born November 27, 1986, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad, Uttar Pradesh
Current age 26 years 188 days
Major teams India, Chennai Super Kings, India Blue,India Under-19s, Indian Board President's XI,Rajasthan Cricket Association President's XI, Uttar Pradesh,Uttar Pradesh Under-16s
Also known as Sanu
Playing role Batsman
Batting style Left-hand bat
Bowling style Right-arm offbreak
Batting and fielding averages
| Mat | Inns | NO | Runs | HS | Ave | BF | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s | Ct | St | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 17 | 29 | 2 | 768 | 120 | 28.44 | 1441 | 53.29 | 1 | 7 | 100 | 4 | 22 | 0 |
| ODIs | 159 | 138 | 28 | 4068 | 116* | 36.98 | 4443 | 91.55 | 3 | 28 | 343 | 86 | 64 | 0 |
| T20Is | 36 | 32 | 7 | 840 | 101 | 33.60 | 617 | 136.14 | 1 | 3 | 76 | 30 | 16 | 0 |
| First-class | 81 | 135 | 9 | 5380 | 204* | 42.69 | 8895 | 60.48 | 11 | 35 | 91 | 0 | ||
| List A | 209 | 187 | 33 | 5843 | 129 | 37.94 | 6305 | 92.67 | 4 | 42 | 86 | 0 | ||
| Twenty20 | 152 | 144 | 24 | 4054 | 101 | 33.78 | 2892 | 140.17 | 2 | 24 | 351 | 162 | 78 | 0 |
| Mat | Inns | Balls | Runs | Wkts | BBI | BBM | Ave | Econ | SR | 4w | 5w | 10 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tests | 17 | 20 | 921 | 532 | 13 | 2/1 | 2/1 | 40.92 | 3.46 | 70.8 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ODIs | 159 | 57 | 1076 | 918 | 19 | 2/17 | 2/17 | 48.31 | 5.11 | 56.6 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| T20Is | 36 | 8 | 96 | 141 | 5 | 2/49 | 2/49 | 28.20 | 8.81 | 19.2 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| First-class | 81 | 2447 | 1225 | 29 | 3/31 | 42.24 | 3.00 | 84.3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||
| List A | 209 | 1950 | 1624 | 38 | 4/23 | 4/23 | 42.73 | 4.99 | 51.3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | |
| Twenty20 | 152 | 60 | 794 | 973 | 33 | 4/26 | 4/26 | 29.48 | 7.35 | 24.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Recent matches
| Bat & Bowl | Team | Opposition | Ground | Match Date | Scorecard |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 34 | India | v Sri Lanka | Birmingham | 1 Jun 2013 | Other OD |
| 0 | Super Kings | v Mum Indians | Kolkata | 26 May 2013 | T20 |
| 82* | Super Kings | v Mum Indians | Delhi | 21 May 2013 | T20 |
| 0 | Super Kings | v RCB | Bangalore | 18 May 2013 | T20 |
| 7 | Super Kings | v Daredevils | Chennai | 14 May 2013 | T20 |
| 1 | Super Kings | v Royals | Jaipur | 12 May 2013 | T20 |
| 99*, 1/4 | Super Kings | v Sunrisers | Hyderabad (Deccan) | 8 May 2013 | T20 |
| 0 | Super Kings | v Mum Indians | Mumbai | 5 May 2013 | T20 |
| 100*, 0/19 | Super Kings | v Kings XI | Chennai | 2 May 2013 | T20 |
| 63* | Super Kings | v Warriors | Pune | 30 Apr 2013 | T20 |
Suresh Raina represents the new age Indian cricketer. An attacking left-hander who goes for the big shots with impunity and clears the field with a swashbuckling flourish when at the top of his game, Raina is also equally capable of attracting applause as an electric fielder in the circle. All of this, though, is tempered with an iffy technique against the short ball, which has been mercilessly exposed in Test cricket.
It took him five years to cement his place as an India regular, moving from a limited-overs specialist who played 98 ODIs to one who became the 12th Indian to make a Test century on debut. Raina made his Test debut in Sri Lanka as a replacement for injured team-mate Yuvraj Singh, who, like Raina, was a left-hander, a dasher, and in the early 2000s, India's most athletic fielder. For a while it seemed Raina might have earned a long-term Test spot, but in England in 2011 his lack of skill against pace, seam and swing again opened up debates about his ability to be a consistent Test player for India.
In the shorter versions, though, there're no doubts about his talent. The ability to split the field and discover gaps where fielders could not be placed earned him high praise when he first burst through to play for India in December 2006. The early years, however, weren't so prolific, which led to his omission from the 2007 World Cup. He forced his way back with a mountain of runs in domestic cricket, and from June 2008 was prolific in ODIs too, enhancing his stature as one of India's responsible gen-next batsmen. Also helping his cause were three supremely successful seasons for Chennai Super Kings in the IPL and in the Champions League. He was one of the four players retained by the franchise for the 2011 season.
His tenacity at the worst of times is typical of someone who has spent his teenage years living away from home in the demanding world of the Uttar Pradesh sports hostel, where a lack of facilities or grooming produces cricketers who must match talent with determination. At the under-19 level, Raina was prodigious with his run-scoring and a string of double-hundreds took him to the Indian junior team and beyond it, to India colours. For a player of his ability, though, India must hope that Raina's best innings are still to be played.
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