Cricket

Cricket

The most successful country in Cricket world cup history is Australia with 4 titles and is the current world champion. The Cricket world cup is ran by the governing body of cricket which is the International Cricket Council. Just like the world cup of soccer, the cricket world cup is held every 4 years and has qualifications rounds during the 4 year period to see which nations qualify to participate in the event. The cricket world cup is the third biggest sporting event world wide. The sport originated in England and is now played in over 100 countries around the world.

The 2007 Cricket world cup was held in the West Indies in which 16 teams participated in a round robin. After the round robin was completed a super eight stage was completed in which the semi finals commenced and then a final. Sri Lanka lost to Australia in the final.

To host a cricket world cup just like in soccer's world cup, countries must submits bids to the ICC in which the ICC then votes on the host based upon the bids presented. Most of the tournaments hosted have been shared between nations in the same area. England hosted the first three tournaments mostly due in part that England at that time was willing to put in the funds required to host such an event. In 1987, the event was hosted by both India and Pakistan. In 1992 Australia and New Zealand were the hosts, 1996 was hosted in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, 1999 was hosted in England, Holland and Scotland. The next world cup will be held in the year 2011 in the countries of India, Sri Lanka, Pakistan, and Bangladesh.