Cricket World Cup to 29 matches and winning three straight championships. India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh together hosted the 2011 Cricket World Cup. Pakistan were stripped of their hosting rights following the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team in 2009, with the games originally scheduled for Pakistan redistributed to the other host countries. The number of teams participating in the World Cup dropped down to fourteen. Australia lost their final group stage match against Pakistan on 19 March 2011, ending an unbeaten streak of 35 World Cup matches, which had begun on 23 May 1999. India won their second World Cup
1999 Cricket World Cup Final of the bowlers was Shane Warne who took 4 wickets for 33 runs from nine overs. When the Australians came out to bat, Adam Gilchrist made a mockery of the Pakistani bowlers scoring 54 off 36 balls. Australia won the match after 20.1 overs, losing just two wickets. Warne won the man of the match award and Steve Waugh lifted the World Cup. 1999 Cricket World Cup Final The final of the 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup was played at Lord's, London on 20 June 1999. This was the fourth time Lord's had hosted the final of an ICC Cricket