Cricket World Cup teams Cricket World Cup teams This is a summary of the performances of various international teams in the Cricket World Cup (O)- Obsolete So far, 20 teams have competed in the Cricket World Cup at least once (excluding qualifying tournaments). Of these, seven teams have taken part in every competition and only five have won. Australia are the current champions, and had won four times before (1987, 1999, 2003 and 2007) The West Indies won the first two, India won two (1983 and 2011), Sri Lanka and Pakistan won one each. The West Indies and Australia are also the only nations
1987 Cricket World Cup Final 1987 Cricket World Cup Final The final of the Reliance World Cup was played in Eden Gardens, Calcutta on Sunday 8 November 1987. The match was won by the Australia who defeated England by 7 runs to lift their first ever World Cup trophy. This was the first ever Cricket World Cup final to be played outside England. Australia won the toss and chose to bat. David Boon (75 from 125 balls, 7 fours) top-scored for Australia, whose batsmen scored fluently. Australia posted 253 (5 wickets, 50 overs). Mike Veletta (45 from 31 balls, 6 fours) cut loose late in