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1 SPORTGOMAG “I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me Heavenward in Christ Jesus.” — Philippians 3:14 2 SPORTGOMAG - Cricket world Cup 2 by the numbers - Cricket world Cup 4 history - Cricket world Cup 7 preview - Cricket world Cup 9 schedule - FaF DU PLessIs 10 south africa - Carlos brathwaite 12 west indies - J.P. DUminy 14 south africa - TInu yohannan 16 india - katie perkins 18 new zealand - ruwan kalpage 20 sri lanka - wes hall 22 west indies - gospel message SPORTGOMAG 1 1 24SPORTGOMAG TEAM 417 Most runs scored in a match: Australia (over Afghanistan in 2015) 36 Fewest runs scored in a match: Canada (against Sri Lanka in 2003) 329-- 7 Highest successful run chase: Ireland BATTING (against England in 2011) 2278 275 Most all-time runs: Highest winning margin (runs): Australia Sachin Tendulkar, India over Afghanistan (2015) 673 1 Most runs in one tournament: Sachin Lowest winning margin (runs): Tendulkar, India (11 innings in 2003) Australia over India (1987, 1992) 237 75.30 Most runs in one match: Martin Guptill of Highest win percentage: Australia New Zealand against West Indies (2015) 62 6 Most wins: Australia Most all-time centuries: 42 Sachin Tendulkar, India Most losses: Zimbabwe 4 4 Most centuries in one tournament: Kumar Tied matches in World Cup history Sangakkara, Sri Lanka (2015) 27 37 Most consecutive wins: Australia Most all-time sixes: Chris Gayle, West Indies; (1999–2011) AB de Villiers, South Africa 18 26 Most consecutive defeats: Zimbabwe Most sixes in one tournament: Chris Gayle, (1983–1992) West Indies (6 innings in 2015) 2 SPORTGOMAG 2 SPORTGOMAG BOWLING 71 Most wickets: Glenn McGrath, Australia FIELDING 54 4 Most dismissals (wicketkeeper): Most wickets in consecutive balls: Kumar Sangakkara, Sri Lanka Lasith Malinga of Sri Lanka against South Africa (2007) 28 Most catches (fielder): 26 Ricky Ponting, Australia Most wickets in one tournament: Glenn McGrath, Australia (11 matches 2007) MOST APPEARANCES 6 tournaments Javed Miandad, Pakistan (1975, 1979, 1983, 1987, 1992, 1996) Sachin Tendulkar, India (1992, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007, 2011) 46 matches Ricky Ponting, Australia 3 SPORTGOMAG SPORTGOMAG 3 1975 1979 1983 1987 West Indies fans race to congratulate their team West Indies batsman Viv Richards receives the Man India celebrates at Lord’s after stunning the Australian captain Allan Border raises the after beating the Australians in the final of the Match award after defeating England. West Indies in the World Cup final. World Cup trophy after his team beat England One Day International cricket was The second Cricket World Back in England for the third time The Cricket World Cup finally still new, and the debut Cricket Cup was much like the first — (with one match in Wales), the moved away from its English home World Cup was the first major hosted by England, won by the third edition of the Cricket World in 1987, taking the tournament to limited overs ODI tournament favored West Indies. Seven Cup finally saw a new winner. India (17 matches) and Pakistan to take place. The International of the eight teams remained Seven of the nations made their (10 matches). The eight teams Cricket Conference selected the the same (Canada replaced third appearance (Zimbabwe participating remained the same six Test-playing teams at the time East Africa) and three of the made its debut), while the West from four years prior, and the (Australia, England, India, New four semifinalists made it back Indies, England and Pakistan tournament format remained the Zealand, Pakistan and the West (Pakistan beat out Australia). advanced to back-to-back same, except that each match Indies), plus leading Associate The matches again featured 60 semifinals. They were surprisingly featured 50 overs instead of 60. nations Sri Lanka and East overs per team, players wore joined by India, which failed to The West Indies’ dominance came Africa. England (the host), New traditional white clothing, and win a match in 1979. But India to an end, as they failed to reach Zealand, West Indies and Australia red balls were used. The West defeated England in the semis, the semis. While the host nations advanced to the semifinals, with Indies rode the bats of leading then met the two-time reigning were among the final four, England the pre-tournament favorite, West run scorers Gordon Greenidge champions in the final. Batting and Australia met for the final. Indies, defeating Australia in the (253) and Viv Richards (217) to a first, India compiled 183 runs, Australia prevailed in the tightest final at Lord’s by 17 runs. New second straight World Cup title, then held the mighty West Indies (seven runs, 253 to 246) and Zealand’s Glenn Turner led all run defeating England in the final by to only 140, marking one of highest-attended (95,000 people) scorers with 333. 92 runs. cricket’s most shocking upsets. final ever. 4 SPORTGOMAG 4 SPORTGOMAG Photos: 1975-Staff/Kemp/AP; 1979-Bob Thomas/Getty; 1983-Staff/Kemp/AP; 1987-Sondeep Shankar/AP 1992 1996 19992003 Pakistan’s Imran Khan hands the World Cup trophy to Sri Lanka’s Aravinda De Silva is escorted from the field by Australia’s Shane Warne celebrates against Pakistan Australian captain Ricky Ponting is carried on the Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif celebrating their World Indian commandos after the semifinal match. in the 1999 World Cup final. shoulders of his teammates in 2003. Cup victory. The 1992 Cricket World Cup Pakistan and India played hosts The tournament returned home The Cricket World Cup moved to was the first to be played in the a second time, but the 1996 to England in 1999, and for the Africa for its first tournament Southern Hemisphere, as Australia World Cup also held matches second consecutive time hosted in the new century, as the and New Zealand played hosts. It in Sri Lanka, causing much 12 teams. For the first time, it event was cohosted by South was also the first to feature South controversy. Australia and the featured the Super Sixes, a stage Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya. Africa, which had rejoined the ICC West Indies refused to play any of play after the group stage and And it featured 14 teams, the in 1991 after the end of apartheid. matches in Sri Lanka following before the semifinals. One of the tournament’s largest number The final, played at the Melbourne a January 1996 bank bombing Cricket World Cup’s most famous ever at the time. Following Cricket Ground, featured England in the country by a Sri Lankan matches took place this year in a slew of upsets (South Africa, (making its third finals appearance terrorist group. Thus, Sri Lanka the semifinals, when Australia Pakistan, West Indies and in the past four tournaments) and was awarded wins for both those and South Africa incredibly tied. England all failed to advance Pakistan (its first finals appearance games by forfeit. In its semifinal The Aussies advanced to final from the group stage), Australia after three straight semifinal against India in Calcutta, Sri on a tiebreaker, and ended up won the championship with a finishes). Led by future Cricket Hall Lanka prevailed after Indian fans needing only 20.1 overs to win dominant performance. It won all of Famer Imran Khan, Pakistan began to throw objects onto the the championship by defeating 11 of its matches, and took down took down England by 22 runs in field to show displeasure in how Pakistan. It marked Australia’s India in the final with 359 runs, an front of 87,182 fans. poorly their team was playing. second World Cup title, and the all-time World Cup final record. Sri Lanka then upset mighty first of what would become three Australia became the first nation Australia in the final. straight championships. to win three World Cups. 5 SPORTGOMAG Photos: 1996-Staff/File/AP; 1992-Subhajit Pal/AP; 1999-Alastair Grant/AP; 2003-Jon Hrusa/AP SPORTGOMAG 5 2007 2011 2015 2019 Australia’s Shaun Tait celebrates against Sri Lanka India’s players celebrate their win The Australian team celebrates its Eoin Morgan will lead England in the 2007 World Cup final. after defeating Sri Lanka. victory over New Zealand. as host of the 2019 World Cup. With a record 16 teams in 2007, The tournament returned to Australia and New Zealand Twenty years since last being the Cricket World Cup visited the India and Sri Lanka in 2011, and welcomed 14 nations for another played at the game’s home, the Caribbean for the first time, as played the first Cricket World highly-watched Cricket World Cricket World Cup returns to eight different islands/countries Cup matches in Bangladesh. The Cup in 2015, and the co-hosts England (and Wales) for a fifth hosted matches. The squads were field moved back down to 14 also met in the final. Tickets for time in 2019. Ten teams will placed into four groups of four, teams, and the top four nations the pool match between India, compete in a single round-robin from which eight teams advanced from each group moved on to the the defending champions, and format, and then the top four to the Super 8, a round-robin single-elimination quarterfinals. Pakistan reportedly sold out advance to the semifinals. stage from which four nations India became the first nation to within 12 minutes, and that Cricket’s Test-playing nations advanced to the semifinals. win the World Cup on home soil, match was estimated to have increased to 12 with the addition Australia continued its dominance, as it defeated Sri Lanka by six been seen by more than 1 billion of Ireland and Afghanistan in running its World Cup unbeaten wickets in the final.
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