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The captains of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.
This is a summary of the performances of various international teams in the Cricket World Cup
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Debutant teams
Year Teams 1975 
Australia, East Africa, 
England, 
India, 
New Zealand, 
Pakistan, 
Sri Lanka, 
West Indies1979 
Canada1983 
Zimbabwe1987 none 1992 
South Africa1996 
Kenya, 
Netherlands, 
United Arab Emirates1999 
Bangladesh, 
Scotland2003 
Namibia2007 
Bermuda, 
Ireland2011 none
Here are the number of teams competing in each World Cup next to the year of the World Cup. Note: East Africa played in the 1975 Cricket world cup but no longer exists.Year Teams 1975 8 teams - East Africa still exists 1979 8 teams 1983 8 teams 1987 8 teams 1992 9 teams 1996 12 teams 1999 12 teams 2003 14 teams 2007 16 teams 2011 14 teams 2015 14 teams 2019 TBD Performance of teams
Map of nations' best results after the 2007 Cricket World CupSo far, 19 teams have competed in the Cricket World Cup finals at least once (excluding qualifying tournaments). Of these, seven teams have taken part in every competition and only five have won. The West Indies won the first two, Australia won four (1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007) and four have been won by South Asian teams (India: 1983 and 2011, Pakistan: 1992, Sri Lanka: 1996). The West Indies and Australia are also the only nations to have won consecutive titles (West Indies: 1975 and 1979; Australia: 1999, 2003 and 2007). Australia have also notably featured in 6 finals of the total 9 World Cups, including the last four in a row. England is the only country to have reached the final without ever winning it, having been runners-up three times. The furthest a non-Test playing nation has ever reached is the semi-finals, achieved by Kenya in the 2003 tournament.
India is the first host country to have won the world cup on the home ground in 2011.The only other host to reach a Final was England in the second tournament in 1979. Sri Lanka and England aside, other co-host nations which achieved or equalled their best finish in World Cups were New Zealand as semi-finalists in 1992, Zimbabwe reaching the Super Six in 2003 and Kenya as semi-finalists in 2003. In 1987, both co-hosting nations, India and Pakistan reached the semi-finals but neither managed to reach the final after losing to Australia and England respectively.
Upsets
Due to the large gap in funding and skill set between non-Test playing nations and test playing nations, it is rare for a non-test playing nation to defeat a test playing nation. Often these performances help Associate nations earn Test Status. Full member nations receive automatic qualification to the World Cup, while Associates have to qualify (with the exception of Kenya for the 2003 and 2007 World Cups). Victories by Associates over Full members have happened 13 times over 10 tournaments. Bangladesh has caused the most number of upsets with four, while England have suffered the most number of upsets with three.
Associate
NationFull member
NationYear Result Description Sri Lanka India1979 Sri Lanka won by 47 runs. The first time an Associate member of the ICC defeated a test playing nation. Sri Lanka would go onto become a test playing nation several years later. Zimbabwe Australia1983 Zimbabwe won by 13 runs. One of the greatest upsets of all time, led by future England coach Duncan Fletcher (69* and 4-42) Zimbabwe won their very first international. Zimbabwe England1992 Zimbabwe won by 9 runs. Zimbabwe earned their first win after 18 defeats since beating Australia on their World Cup début in 1983. Zimbabwe would earn test status later in 1992. Kenya West Indies1996 Kenya won by 73 runs. A team composed of 100 per cent amateurs and only accustomed to playing cricket one day a week during their cricket season stunned two time world champions West Indies. Bangladesh Pakistan1999 Bangladesh won by 62 runs. Odds of 33-1 were available against a win for Bangladesh and some bookmakers were asking for a pds 80 stake to win pds 1 on victory for Pakistan. Bangladesh would be granted test status later in the year based on this victory. Kenya Sri Lanka2003 Kenya won by 53 runs. An electric display by Collins Obuya (5/24) in Kenya's only home world cup match to date. Kenya Zimbabwe2003 Kenya won by 7 wickets. Kenya defeated Zimbabwe and qualified for the semi finals. In what is probably the greatest cinderella World Cup campaign, Kenya had no sponsor throughout the competition. Ireland Zimbabwe2007 Match tied Zimbabwe and Ireland encountered to a third ever tie in worldcup. Ireland Pakistan2007 Ireland won by 3 wickets (D/L). On St. Patrick's Day, Ireland sent Pakistan crashing out of the competition only 4 days after it began. Niall O'Brien (72) led the way in a tense run chase. Overview
The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end of the 2011 tournament. Teams are sorted by best performance, then total number of wins, then total number of games, then by alphabetical order.
Team Appearances Best result Statistics Total First Latest Played Won Lost Tie NR Australia10 1975 2011 Champions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007) 76 55 19 1 1 India10 1975 2011 Champions (1983, 2011) 67 39 26 1 1 West Indies10 1975 2011 Champions (1975, 1979) 64 38 25 0 1 Pakistan10 1975 2011 Champions (1992) 64 36 26 0 2 Sri Lanka10 1975 2011 Champions (1996) 66 31 31 1 2 New Zealand10 1975 2011 Semifinals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, 2011) 70 40 29 0 1 England10 1975 2011 Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992) 66 39 25 1 1 South Africa6 1992 2011 Semifinals (1992, 1999, 2007) 47 31 14 2 0 Kenya5 1996 2011 Semifinals (2003) 29 6 22 0 1 Zimbabwe8 1983 2011 Super Six (1999, 2003) 51 10 37 1 3 Bangladesh4 1999 2011 Super 8 (2007) 26 8 17 0 1 Ireland2 2007 2011 Super 8 (2007) 15 4 10 1 0 Canada4 1979 2011 Group Stage 18 2 16 0 0 Netherlands4 1996 2011 Group Stage 20 2 18 0 0 Scotland2 1999 2007 Group Stage 8 0 8 0 0 Namibia1 2003 2003 Group Stage 6 0 6 0 0 United Arab Emirates1 1996 1996 Group Stage 5 1 4 0 0 Bermuda1 2007 2007 Group Stage 3 0 3 0 0 East Africa (no longer exists) 1 1975 1975 Group Stage 3 0 3 0 0 Team results
Comprehensive team results of the World Cup. See below for legend.
Team 1975 1979 1983 1987 1992 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011
Australia2nd R1 R1 1st R1 2nd 1st 1st 1st QF BangladeshR1 R1 S8 R1 BermudaR1 CanadaR1 R1 R1 R1 East Africa R1 EnglandSF 2nd SF 2nd 2nd QF R1 R1 S8 QF IndiaR1 R1 1st SF R1 SF S6 2nd R1 1st IrelandS8 R1 KenyaR1 R1 SF R1 R1 NamibiaR1 NetherlandsR1 R1 R1 R1 New ZealandSF SF R1 R1 SF QF SF S6 SF SF PakistanR1 SF SF SF 1st QF 2nd R1 R1 SF ScotlandR1 South AfricaSF QF SF R1 SF QF Sri LankaR1 R1 R1 R1 R1 1st R1 SF 2nd 2nd United Arab EmiratesR1 West Indies1st 1st 2nd R1 R1 SF R1 R1 S8 QF ZimbabweR1 R1 R1 R1 S6 S6 R1 R1 -
Legend
- 1st – Champions
- 2nd – Second place
- SF – Semi-finals
- S8 – Super Eight (2007 only)
- S6 – Super Six (1999–2003)
- QF – Quarter-finals (1996 & 2011)
- R1 – First Round
References
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