New Delhi: After witnessing over a month-long intense cricketing action between 10 top teams in 47 thrilling matches, Cricket World Cup 2023 has finally reached its climax. The league stage is over, the semi-finals are a thing of the past and now, 1.4 Billion cricket fans are eagerly waiting for the tournament’s one last dance which will be held in Ahmadabad’s Narendra Modi Stadium this Sunday.
After outperforming their 8 Competitors in the group stage and Semi-final of the World Cup 2023, the top two most successful teams of the game India and Australia have earned themselves a ticket to the finale of the prestigious tournament.
While India has made it to the finals with complete domination and 10 back-to-back victories, 5-time champions Australia has struggled initially but somehow managed to become the second team to reach finals by performing well when it mattered the most.
With the ultimate battle for the ICC CWC Trophy Between two monsters of the game India and Australia just hours away, it’s a perfect time to have a statistical look at 11 finals of the ODI World Cup and know about the winners and numerous heroes who scripted history by lifting the title of Glory for their country.
Breaking down the World Cup stats, from 1975 – 2023
ICC ODI Cricket World Cup’s History
The history of the ICC Men’s ODI or One Day International World Cup goes way back to 1975 when the very first edition of this remarkable tournament was played in England. Ever since then, the tournament has been organized once every 4 years and hosted by different cricketing nations.
So far, 12 editions of the tournament have been played in which several top cricketing nations have battled one another to clinch the prestigious title. Over the years, the Mighty Australian team
has emerged as the powerhouse of the ODI Cricket World Cup by winning as many as 5 out of editions of the tournament.
India and West Indies, on the other hand, have earned themselves two World Cup titles each and are jointly the second most successful teams of the Cricket’s biggest tournaments. Besides these top teams, many teams have managed to win the ODI World Cup title just a single time while many have failed to win it for decades.
With all that being said, let’s get right into our list of all ICC ODI Cricket World Cup Finals.
1. The 1975 Cricket World Cup (England)
Winner: West Indies
The inaugural edition of the One Day International World Cup was hosted by England with eight teams participating in the same. In the finals, the Australian team faced the mighty West Indian team at the historical Lords Cricket Ground. The match ended in the favour of the Clive-Llyod-led West Indian team who outclassed the Aussies by 17 runs and lifted their first World title.
Brief Score: West Indies 8/291 (60 Overs) vs Australia 10/274 (58.4 Overs) Result: West Indies won by 17 runs
Player of the final: Clive-Llyod (West Indies) for scoring 102 runs
Golden Bat winner: Glenn Turner (New Zealand) for Scoring 333 Runs in 4 innings with a strike rate of 68
Golden Ball Winner: Gary Gilmour (Australia) and Bernard Julien (West Indies) for taking 11 Wickets
2. 1979 Cricket World Cup (England)
Winner: West Indies
Riding high after clinching the inaugural title of the tournament, Clive Lloyd-led West Indies repeated history and won their second consecutive World Cup title by convincingly defeating hosts England with a margin of 92 runs.
Brief Score: West Indies 9/286 (60 Overs) Vs England 10/194 (51 Overs) Result: West Indies won by 92 Runs
Player of the Final: Viv Richard for scoring an unbeaten 138 runs
Golden Bat winner: Gordon Greeninge (West Indies) for scoring 253 runs in 4 innings with a strike rate of 62.31
Golden Ball Winner: Mike Hendrick (England) for taking 11 Wickets
3. 1983 Cricket World Cup (England)
Winner: India
The third installment of the ODI World Cup was hosted by England once again. In the finals of the multinational tournament, West Indian dominance in the cricket world cup finally saw its downfall as high Spirited Kapil-Dev lead Indian team defeated them by 140 runs and became the second team to get their hands on the ODI World Cup Title in England’s Lords Cricket Stadium.
Brief Score: India 10/183 (54.4 Overs) vs West Indies 10/140 (52 Overs) Result: India won by 43 Runs
Player of the Final: Mohinder Amarnath (India) for scoring 26 runs and getting 3 wickets
Golden Bat winner: David Gower (England) for scoring 384 runs in 7 innings with a strike rate of 84.95.
Golden Ball Winner: Roger Binny (India) for taking 8 wickets
4. 1987 Cricket World Cup (England)
Winner: Australia
1987’s World Cup was the very first edition of the tournament which was held outside England and was co-hosted by India and Pakistan. After suffering a heartbreak in the finals of the inaugural World Cup edition, the mighty Australian team bounced back with a bang in the finals this time and won their first World Cup trophy by defeating the English side with 7 runs at Kolkata’s Eden Garden Stadium.
Brief Score: Australia 5/253 (50 Overs) vs England 8/246 (50 Overs) Result: Australia Won By 7 runs
Player of the final: David Boon for scoring 75 runs
Golden Bat winner: Graham Gooch (England ) for scoring 471 Runs in 8 innings with a strike rate of 70:26
Golden ball winner: Craig McDermott (Australia) for getting 18 wickets
5. 1992 Cricket World Cup (Australia & New Zeland)
Winner: Pakistan
For the first time, colorful jerseys for teams were introduced in the history of the Cricket World Cup. The World Cup of 1992, jointly hosted by Australia & New Zealand, saw Pakistan make history as they defeated England by 22 runs in The Melbourne Cricket Ground and became the only second Asian team to win the prestigious title after India.
Brief Score: Pakistan 6/249(50 overs ) vs England 10/227 (49.2 overs) Result: Pakistan won by 22 runs
Player of the final: Wasim Akram (Pakistan) for scoring 33 runs and getting 4 wickets
Player of the tournament: Martin Crowe (New Zealand) for scoring 456 runs
Golden Bat Winner: Martin Crowe for scoring 456 Runs
Golden Ball Winner: Wasim Akram (Pakistan) for taking 18 wickets
6. 1996 Cricket World Cup (India Pakistan & Sri Lanka)
Winner: Sri Lanka
The World Cup moved to the subcontinent for the second time and Sri Lanka took full advantage of the same. They faced the mighty Australian side in the final at Lahore’s Gaddafi Stadium and wrote history by defeating the Kangaroo team with 7 wickets. With this, Sri Lanka became the third Asian country to live in the ICC ODI World Cup.
Brief Score: Australia 7/241 (50 overs) vs Sri Lanka 3/245 (46.2 Overs)Result: Sri Lanka won by seven-wicket
Player of the final: Arvinda de Silva (Sri Lanka) for scoring 107 runs and taking 3 wickets
Player of the tournament: Sanatha Jayasuriya (Sri Lanka) for scoring 221 runs and taking 7 wickets
Golden Bat winner: Sachin Tendulkar: (India) for scoring 523 runs in 7 innings with a strike rate of 85.85
Golden Ball Winner: Anil Kumble (India) for taking 15 wickets
7. 1999 Cricket World Cup (England)
Winner: Australia
After years, the tournament returned to England once again in 1999. Under the brilliant leadership of Steve Waugh, Australia started the chapter of its decade-long dominance in the Cricket World Cup by crushing Pakistan with 8 wickets in the finals to lift their second ODI World Cup title.
Brief Score: Pakistan 10/132 (39 overs) vs Australia 2/133 (20.1 overs) Result: Australia Won by 8 Wickets
Player of the final: Shane Warne (Australia) for getting 4 wickets
Player of the tournament: Lance Klusener (South Africa) for scoring 281 runs and taking 17 wickets
Golden Bat winner: Rahul Dravid (India) for scoring 461 runs in 8 innings with a strike rate of 85:52
Golden Ball winners: Geoff Allot (New Zealand) and Shane Warne (Australia) for taking 20 wickets each
8. 2003 Cricket World Cup (South Africa)
Winner: Australia
For the first time in the tournament’s history, South Africa got the opportunity to host the Cricket World Cup. In the finals, Pointing let the Unbeaten Australian side meet a brilliant Indian side that was playing good cricket, but stood no match against the might of the baggy Green. Australia won its second consecutive and third overall title of the tournament by defeating the Indian team with a huge margin of 125 runs at Johannesburg Wanderers Stadium.
Brief score: Australia: 2/ 359 (50 overs) vs India 10/ 234 (39.2) overs Result: Australia won by 125 runs
Player of the final: Ricky Pointing (Australia) for scoring unbeaten 140 runs
Player of the tournament: Sachin Tendulkar (India) for scoring 673 runs and getting two wickets
Golden Bat winner: Sachin Tendulkar (India) for scoring 673 runs in 11 innings with a strike rate of 89.25
Golden Ball winner: Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) for taking 23 wickets
9. 2007 Cricket World Cup (West Indis)
Winner: Australia
The Cricket World Cup landed in the Caribbean this time and as many as 16 teams participated in the same. However, the unstoppable Australian team once again outclassed every other competitor and won their third consecutive and 4th ODI World Cup title. In the finals, played in the Kingston Oval stadium, mighty men in yellow revenged Sri Lanka for 1996’s defeat and crushed them by 53 runs (DLS)
Brief score: Australia 4/281 (38 overs) vs Sri Lanka 8/215 (36 overs)
Result: Australia won by 53 runs (DLS)
Player of the final: Adam Gilchrist (Australia) for scoring 149 runs
Player of the tournament: Glenn McGrath (Australia) for taking 26 wickets
Golden Bat winner: Matthew Hayden (Australia) for scoring 659 runs in 10 innings with a strike rate of 101.07
Golden Ball Winner: Glenn McGrath (Australia) for taking 26 wickets
10. 2011 Cricket World Cup (India, Bangladesh & Sri Lanka)
Winner: India
The tournament returned to the subcontinent one more time this year and was jointly hosted by India, Sri Lanka, and Bangladesh. In its finals’ India ended its 28-year-long draught and defeated co-host Sri Lanka with 6 wickets in hand in Mumbai’s Wankhede Stadium to win their second ODI title.
Brief score: Sri Lanka 6/274 (50 overs) vs India 4/277 (48.2 overs) Result: India won by 6 wickets
Player of the match: MS Dhoni (India) for scoring unbeaten 91 runs
Player of the tournament: Yuvraj Singh (India) for scoring 302 runs and taking 15 wickets
Golden Bat Winner: T. Dilshan (Sri Lanka) for scoring 500 runs in 9 innings with a strike rate of 90.72
Golden Ball Winner: Zaheer Khan (India) and Shahid Afridi (Pakistan) for taking 21 wickets each.
11. 2015 Cricket World Cup (Australia & New Zealand)
Winner: Australia
After missing out in 2011’s World Cup, the Aussies proved their might once again and won their 5 World Cup title by beating co-host New Zealand with 7 wickets in the final game played inside the MCG stadium.
Brief score: New Zealand 10/183 (45 overs) vs Australia 3/186 (33.1 overs) Result: Australia won by 7 wickets
Player of the final: James Faulkner (Australia) for getting 3 wickets
Player of the tournament: Michael Starc (Australia) for taking 22 wickets
Golden Bat winner: Martin Guptill (New Zealand) for scoring 547 runs in 9 innings
Golden Ball Winner: Trent Boult (New Zealand) and Mitchell Starc (Australia) for taking 22 wickets
12. 2019 Cricket World Cup (England)
Winner: England
After suffering numerous defeats in the finals of previous editions of the Cricket World Cup, the game’s inventors finally got their hands on the prestigious trophy of ICC ODI World Cup when the tournament arrived in their home one more time in the year 2019.
They won their first World Cup by defeating New Zealand in a nail-biter encounter at Lord’s Cricket Ground based on boundary count after both teams made equal runs in their innings as well as in super overs.
Brief Score: England 10/241 (50 overs) vs New Zealand 8/241 (50 overs)
Result: Match tied, super over also tied, England declared the winner based on boundary count.
Player of the final: Ben Stokes ( England) for scoring unbeaten 84 runs
Player of the tournament: Kane Williamson (New Zealand) for scoring 578 runs and getting 2 wickets
Golden Bat winner: Rohit Sharma (India) for scoring 648 runs in 9 innings with a strike rate of 98.33
Golden Ball Winner: Mitchell Starc (Australia) for getting 27 wickets
