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Cricket World Cup

The Cricket World Cup is the world championship of one-day cricket, a tournament held quadrenially between all test cricket playing nations, as well as several representatives from other cricket-playing nations who qualify through a series of qualifying matches.

It was first held in 1975 in England, with eight teams participating (the six test nations at the time, Australia, England, West Indies, Pakistan, India, and New Zealand, as well as Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa).

The World Cup is held in high esteem amongst fans, players, and administrators, unlike some of the myriad one-day tournaments held around the world each year. It has been the scene of some of the major developments in the way one-day cricket is played.

The nations that play in the World Cup are:

All 10 test nations - Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe
All other countries with ODI (one-day international) status - currently Kenya
Qualifiers from the ICC Trophy[?], the 'World Cup for minor countries' - The 3 qualifiers for 2003 are: Netherlands, Namibia and Canada.

Individual World Cup Tournaments:

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