History of the ICC Cricket World Cup a composite team from East Africa. One notable omission was the South African cricket team who were not competing due to the international sports boycott. West Indies won the first Cricket World Cup by defeating Australia by 17 runs in the final. The next two World Cups held in 1979 and 1983 were again hosted by England. The 1979 Cricket World Cup saw the introduction of the ICC Trophy, a competition used to select non-Test playing teams for the World Cup. Sri Lanka and Canada qualified through the ICC Trophy in 1979. West Indies again won the World Cup tournament,
2011 Indoor Cricket World Cup 2011 Indoor Cricket World Cup The 2011 Indoor Cricket World Cup was the tenth edition of Indoor Cricket World Cup which took place between 9 and 15 October 2011 in Gauteng, South Africa. Some divisions comprising the Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket took place alongside this event. The World Cup was awarded to South Africa by the WICF at the conclusion of the previous World Cup. As a result South Africa became the third nation to host the World Cup twice, having previously hosted the 2000 Indoor Cricket World Cup in Johannesburg. South African administrators determined that Fourways Action