All you need to know about the World Cup

In a three part series, Rajneesh Gupta highlights all the important numbers from cricket World Cups held between 1975 to 2015.

Tournament Results

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Country	Years	Played	Winner	Finalist	Semi-finalist
Australia	1975 to 2015	11	5	7	7
India	1975 to 2015	11	2	3	6
West Indies	1975 to 2015	11	2	3	4
Pakistan	1975 to 2015	11	1	2	6
Sri Lanka	1975 to 2015	11	1	3	4
England	1975 to 2015	11	0	3	5
New Zealand	1975 to 2015	11	0	1	7
Zimbabwe	1983 to 2015	9	0	0	0
South Africa	1992 to 2015	7	0	0	4
Bangladesh	1999 to 2015	5	0	0	0
Kenya	1996 to 2011	5	0	0	1
Canada	1975,2003,2007 and 2011	4	0	0	0
Netherlands	1996,2003,2007 and 2011	4	0	0	0
Ireland	2007-2015	3	0	0	0
Scotland	1999, 2007 and 2015	3	0	0	0
UAE	1996 and 2015	2	0	0	0
East Africa	1975	1	0	0	0
Namibia	2003	1	0	0	0
Bermuda	2007	1	0	0	0
Afghanistan	2015	1	0	0	0

Team Results

Team	Played	Won	Lost	Tied	NR	Win%
Australia	84	62	20	1	1	74.69
South Africa	55	35	18	2	0	63.63
India	75	46	27	1	1	62.16
New Zealand	79	48	30	0	1	61.53
West Indies	71	41	29	0	1	58.57
Pakistan	71	40	29	0	2	57.97
England	72	41	29	1	1	57.74
Sri Lanka	73	35	35	1	2	49.29
Bangladesh	32	11	20	0	1	35.48
Ireland	21	7	13	1	0	33.33
Kenya	29	6	22	0	1	21.42
Zimbabwe	57	11	42	1	3	20.37
Afghanistan	6	1	5	0	0	16.66
Canada	18	2	16	0	0	11.11
Netherlands	20	2	18	0	0	10.00
United Arab Emirates	11	1	10	0	0	9.09
Bermuda	3	0	3	0	0	0.00
East Africa	3	0	3	0	0	0.00
Namibia	6	0	6	0	0	0.00
Scotland	14	0	14	0	0	0.00
TOTAL	400	389	389	4	7

The matches abandoned or cancelled or forfeited are not included.

Result of Finals

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Year	Teams	How	Venue
1975	WEST INDIES (291/8) beat Australia (274)	by 17 runs	Lord's
1979	WEST INDIES (286/9) beat England (194)	by 92 runs	Lord's
1983	INDIA (183) beat West Indies (140)	by 43 runs	Lord's
1987	AUSTRALIA (253/5) beat England (246/8)	by 7 runs	Calcutta
1992	PAKISTAN (249/6) beat England (227)	by 22 runs	Melbourne
1996	SRI LANKA (245/3) beat Australia (241/7)	by 7 wickets	Lahore
1999	AUSTRALIA (133/2) beat Pakistan (132)	by 8 wickets	Lord's
2003	AUSTRALIA (359/2) beat India (234)	by 125 runs	Johannesburg
2007	AUSTRALIA (281/4) beat Sri Lanka (215/8)	by 53 runs	(D/L method) Bridgetown
2011	INDIA (277/4) beat Sri Lanka (274/6)	by 6 wickets	Mumbai
2015	AUSTRALIA (186/3) beat New Zealand (183)	by 7 wickets	Melbourne

Scoring pattern for each World Cup

Year	Games	Runs	Wickets	Runs/ wkt	Overs	Runs/ over
1975	15	6162	208	29.62	1573.2	3.91
1979	14	5168	202	25.58	1457.4	3.54
1983	27	12046	408	29.52	2952	4.08
1987	27	12522	385	32.52	2568.5	4.87
1992	39	15107	514	29.39	3416.2	4.42
1996	36	15225	474	32.12	3259.2	4.66
1999	42	16963	597	28.41	3786.5	4.48
2003	52	20441	734	27.85	4293.5	4.76
2007	51	21333	725	29.42	4308.4	4.95
2011	49	21333	731	29.18	4237.3	5.03
2015	48	23531	715	32.91	4163.2	5.65
TOTAL	400	169,831	5,693	29.83	36,017.4	4.72

Highest innings totals

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Total	Overs	Teams	Venue	Year
417/6	(50 overs)	Australia v Afghanistan	Perth	2015
413/5	(50 overs)	India v Bermuda	Port-of-Spain	2007
411/4	(50 overs)	South Africa v Ireland	Canberra	2015
408/5	(50 overs)	South Africa v West Indies	Sydney	2015
398/5	(50 overs)	Sri Lanka v Kenya	Kandy	1996
393/6	(50 overs)	New Zealand v West Indies	Wellington	2015
377/6	(50 overs)	Australia v South Africa	Basseterre	2007
376/9	(50 overs)	Australia v Sri Lanka	Sydney	2015
373/6	(50 overs)	India v Sri Lanka	Taunton	1999
372/2	(50 overs)	West Indies v Zimbabwe	Canberra	2015
370/4	(50 overs)	India v Bangladesh	Mirpur	2011

Highest totals by a team batting second

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Total	Overs	Teams	Venue	Year
338/8	(50 overs)	England v India	Bangalore	2011
329/7	(49.1 overs)	Ireland v England	Bangalore	2011 +
326	(49.3 overs)	Zimbabwe v Ireland	Hobart	2015
322/4	(48.1 overs)	Bangladesh v Scotland	Nelson	2015 +
313/7	(49.2 overs)	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	New Plymouth	1992 +
312/1	(47.2 overs)	Sri Lanka v England	Wellington	2015 +

+ winning totals

Highest match aggregates

Total	Overs	Teams	Venue	Year
688/18	(96.2 overs)	Aus (376/9) v Sri Lanka (313/9)	Sydney	2015
676-18	(99.5 overs)	India (338) v England (338/8)	Bengaluru	2011
671/16	(98 overs)	Australia (377/6) v South Africa (294)	Basseterre	2007

Lowest innings totals
(Completed Innings only)

Total	Overs	Teams	Venue	Year
36	(18.4 overs)	Canada v Sri Lanka	Paarl	2003
45	(40.3 overs)	Canada v England	Manchester	1979
45	(14 overs)	Namibia v Australia	Potchefstroom	2003
58	(18.5 overs)	Bangladesh v West Indies	Mirpur	2011
68	(31.3 overs)	Scotland v West Indies	Leicester	1999
69	(23.5 overs)	Kenya v New Zealand	Chennai	2011
74	(40.2 overs)	Pakistan v England	Adelaide	1992
77	(27.4 overs)	Ireland v Sri Lanka	St.George's	2007
78	(24.4 overs)	Bermuda v Sri Lanka	Port-of-Spain	2007
78	(28 overs)	Bangladesh v South Africa	Mirpur	2011

Lowest match aggregates
(in result-oriented games)

Total	Overs	Teams	Venue	Year
73/11	(23.2 overs)	Canada v Sri Lanka	Paarl	2003
91/12	(54.2 overs)	England v Canada	Manchester	1979
117/11	(31.1 overs)	Bangladesh v West Indies	Mirpur	2011
138/12	(41.4 overs)	Scotland v West Indies	Leicester	1999

Largest margins of victory
By wickets

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Wickets	Teams	Venue	Year
10 wickets	India beat East Africa	Leeds	1975
10 wickets	West Indies beat Zimbabwe	Birmingham	1983
10 wickets	West Indies beat Pakistan	Melbourne	1992
10 wickets	South Africa beat Kenya	Potchefstroom	2003
10 wickets	Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh	Pietermaritzburg	2003
10 wickets	South Africa beat Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	2003
10 wickets	Australia beat Bangladesh	North Sound	2007
10 wickets	New Zealand beat Kenya	Chennai	2011
10 wickets	New Zealand beat Zimbabwe	Ahmedabad	2011
10 wickets	Pakistan beat West Indies	Mirpur	2011
10 wickets	Sri Lanka beat England	Colombo RPS	2011

By Runs

Runs	Teams	Venue	Year
275 runs	Australia beat Afghanistan	Perth	2015
257 runs	India beat Bermuda	Port-of-Spain	2007
257 runs	South Africa beat West Indies	Sydney	2015
256 runs	Australia beat Namibia	Potchefstroom	2003
243 runs	Sri Lanka beat Bermuda	Port-of-Spain	2007
231 runs	South Africa beat Netherlands	Mohali	2011
229 runs	Australia beat Netherlands	Basseterre	2007

Narrowest margins of victory

	Teams	Venue	Year
1 wicket	West Indies beat Pakistan	Birmingham	1975	(with two balls to spare)
1 wicket	Pakistan beat West Indies	Lahore	1987	(off the last ball)
1 wicket	South Africa beat Sri Lanka	Providence	2007	(with 10 balls to spare)
1 wicket	England beat West Indies	Bridgetown	2007	(with one ball to spare)
1 wicket	Afghanistan beat Scotland	Dunedin	2015	(with three balls to spare)
1 wicket	New Zealand beat Australia	Auckland	2015	(with 161 balls to spare)
2 wickets	New Zealand beat England	Birmingham	1983	(with one ball to spare)
2 wickets	England beat West Indies	Gujranwala	1987	(with three balls to spare)
2 wickets	Australia beat England	Port Elizabeth	2003	(with two balls to spare)
2 wickets	Bangladesh beat England	Chittagong	2011	(with six balls to spare)
2 wickets	Ireland beat UAE	Brisbane	2015	(with four balls to spare)
1 run	Australia beat India	Madras	1987	(with two balls to spare)
1 run	Australia beat India	Brisbane	1992	(off the last ball)
2 runs	Sri Lanka beat England	North Sound	2007	(off the last ball)
3 runs	New Zealand beat Zimbabwe	Hyderabad (Ind)	1987	(with two balls to spare)
3 runs	Australia beat New Zealand	Indore	1987	(off the last ball)
3 runs	Zimbabwe beat India	Leicester	1999	(with six balls to spare)
3 runs	West Indies beat South Africa	Cape Town	2003	(off the last ball)

Tied Matches

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Teams	Venue	Year
Austalia (213) v South Africa (213)	Birmingham	1999
Sri Lanka (268/9) v South Africa (229/6) (D/L)	Durban	2003
Ireland (221/9) v Zimbabwe (221)	Kingston	2007
India (338) v England (338/8)	Bangalore	2011

Quickest Victories (batting second)

Overs	Score	Teams	Venue	Year
4.4	37/1	Sri Lanka v Canada	Paarl	2003
8.0	72/0	New Zealand v Kenya	Chennai	2011
10.0	81/2	Sri Lanka v Ireland	St.George's	2007
10.1	70/2	West Indies v Scotland	Leicester	1999
12.0	109/0	South Africa v Bangladesh	Bloemfontein	2003
12.2	92/1	Australia v Ireland	Bridgetown	2007
12.2	59/1	West Indies v Bangladesh	Mirpur	2011
12.2	125/2	New Zealand v England	Wellington	2015
13.5	46/2	England v Canada	Manchester	1979
13.5	106/0	Australia v Bangladesh	North Sound	2007

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