Cricket World Cup won by the West Indies, who defeated Australia by 17 runs in the final at Lord's. The 1979 World Cup saw the introduction of the ICC Trophy competition to select non-Test playing teams for the World Cup, with Sri Lanka and Canada qualifying. The West Indies won a second consecutive World Cup tournament, defeating the hosts England by 92 runs in the final. At a meeting which followed the World Cup, the International Cricket Conference agreed to make the competition a quadrennial event. The 1983 event was hosted by England for a third consecutive time. By this stage, Sri Lanka
2009 Indoor Cricket World Cup the World Cup Finals. Both the Australian Men and Australian Women won their respective finals in close matches and kept Australia's flawless World Cup title record intact. Men's Division Women's Division 2009 Indoor Cricket World Cup The 2009 Indoor Cricket World Cup was the ninth edition of the tournament and took place between 11 and 17 October 2009 in Brisbane, Australia. The event is notable as the first international indoor cricket event to take place there since the merger of Indoor Cricket Australia and Cricket Australia. Australian Cricket hall of fame member and former test cricketer Ian Healy served as