The International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup is the major international championship of one-day cricket, and the world’s fourth-largest sporting event. The event is contested by all Test-playing nations plus some qualifiers.

The inaugural championship was held in 1975, and the event has been held approximately every four years since (see list of hosts).

The last Cricket World Cup held between 14 February to 29 March 2015 and co-hosted by Australia and New Zealand, was won by Australia.

More Information

• Information from each event and about each country that has participated.
• World Cup Trivia, History, Awards, Firsts and list of winners.
• About the trophy cup.
• buy books about the Cricket World Cup, and read about getting tickets to games.
• Women’s Cricket World Cup.