Interesting Facts:ICC World Cup 2015

Fancy Facts – (Cricket World Cup)

So season is here of cricket world cup 2015!, just 12 days more to go in this hustle. Before this all going to start let’s share some interesting facts about World Cup history.

•                The Inaugural ICC World Cup Final was held in England on 21 June, 1975, 
•           This was the first ever Cricket world cup in the history.
•            England is the nation which introduced Cricket to world.
•            England hosted maximum number of World Cup which is 4.
•            Year 1987 was the year when World Cup hosted outside of England.
•            Chetan Sharma (India) was the first bowler to claim a hat-trick in 1987.
•            South Africa first participated in year 1992 in 5^th edition because of racial                 policy at that time.
•            Sri Lanka became the host for the first time in 1996.
•            South Hemisphere countries first started to host World CUP from year 1992.
•           Australia won maximum number of Cup that is 4, in which 3 came in a row         (1997, 2003,  2007).
•          In 1975 and 1979 Clive Lloyd was the first captain to won 2 successive World Cups, in        2003 and 2007 Ricky Ponting reminded the same history once again!     

               The venues for the World Cup finals are Lord’s (1975, 1979, 1983, 1999), Eden Gardens (1987), Melbourne Cricket Stadium (1992), Gaddafi Stadium (1996), The Wanderers (2003), Kensington Oval (2007) and Wankhede Stadium (2011)

ICC WORLD CUP 2015

This Year New Zealand and Australia both are jointly going to host the World Cup 2015. As it is known that the two countries will see this action together after a long time 23 years since 1992. The main high lights of game this time is as follows-:

 .      It will be held on from 14 Feb. 2014 to March 29, 2015.

 .      14 Teams will be participated and 44 matches will be played over 49 days.

 .      14 Venues are decided (7 of each Australia and New Zealand)

 .      Melbourne Cricket Ground will be the host of finals. It also was the host of final in 1992.

               For more information and schedule of Cup is on ICC official site- http://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/fixtureshttp://www.icc-cricket.com/cricket-world-cup/fixtures

So bring up your popcorn to the stadium or turn on your T.V. for live action this year and stay tuned with us for more amazing facts and info articles.

        

Enjoy The World Cup!