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Champions So
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The first attempt at any kind of world
championship was in 1912, when a
three-way series was arranged between the
then current Test playing nations, Australia, England and South
Africa. Dogged by poor weather, the experiment was dropped and not
repeated until 1975, when, following the success of domestic one-day
competitions, the six Test-playing nations (England, Australia, New
Zealand, West Indies, India and Pakistan) were joined by Sri Lanka
and East Africa in the first World Cup in England. A resounding
success, the tournament was repeated in 1979 and 1983 in England,
before moving abroad, maintaining a four-year cycle. The next
tournament takes place in the Caribbean in 2007. A brief history of
previous tournaments follows. |
