Cricket World Cup awards 132) and 7 wickets Batsman Sanath Jayasuriya played in 6 matches in the 1996 Cricket World Cup, of which Sri Lanka won them all. After a score of just 6 against Zimbabwe. Jayasuriya performed better against India, helping Sri Lanka to victory with 79 off 76 balls. He went on to score 44 runs against Kenya and 82 against England. In the semi-final against India, Jayasuriya was out for 1 but contributed with the ball taking the wickets of Sachin Tendulkar, Sanjay Manjrekar and Ajay Jadeja. His wickets triggered a collapse which reduced India from 1/98 to 8/120 and took
England at the Cricket World Cup date. They have never won the competition, but their best performances were losing finalists in 1979, 1987 and 1992; they have also been eliminated in the Group stage of the competitions on 3 occasions: 1999, 2003 and 2015. England have hosted the World Cup more than any other team, 4 times in total, including the first 3 World Cups in 1975, 1979 and 1983. They are also scheduled to host the 2019 Cricket World Cup, from 30 May to 15 July 2019. White: Group/Round-Robin Stage The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able