Cricket World Cup – A brief History

Concise history about Cricket World Cup

The most renowned championship of one day international cricket has a history of its own- few points described in this article.

The first conducted World Cup was in 1912 between the then playing only nations, Australia, England and South Africa. Because of the unfavorable weather, the idea of the world championship was dropped and not played until 1975. After domestic one-day competitions gained a lot of momentum and fans, then the eight Test-playing nations in 1975- England, Australia, New Zealand, West Indies, India and Pakistan, Sri Lanka and East Africa- played the first ever successful World Cup in England with booming success, the tournament was repeated in 1979 and 1983 in England, before moving abroad because the love for the game in the subcontinent was increasing at an alarming rate, and the first World Cup to be held away from England was also the first to feature neutral umpires maintaining a four-year cycle. Though initially the cricket World Cup captured the attention of hundreds of spectators, it has now attracted millions who are eagerly waiting to watch the next cricket world cup tournament that takes place in the sub-continent in 2011.

Most of the positive changes to make cricket livelier happened in 1992 World Cup. Colored clothing and floodlights for most of the 36 games were introduced. It was this World Cup in which white balls were first used. The fielding circle rules were defined allowing only two men outside the circle for the first 15 over. The 1996 Cricket World Cup was the first in which third empire was introduced in front of the TV monitor. And the history goes on with new changes being made and introduced making the cricketing industry growing faster than ever.