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The Prudential Cup trophy, which was awarded to the winning team in 1975, 1979, and 1983.
TheICC Men's Cricket World Cup is an internationalcricket tournament organised by theInternational Cricket Council (ICC). It was first played in 1975, and takes place every four years.Australia are the titleholders, having won the2023 edition in India. That was Australia's sixth title, and they are the most successful team in the tournament's history. The2027 edition will be played across Namibia, South Africa, and Zimbabwe.[1]
The first three tournaments were hosted by England in 1975, 1979, and 1983. They were all sponsored by thePrudential insurance company, and the original trophy was called the Prudential Cup. Matches in these years were played 60overs per team during daytime only, and with redballs. The players wore traditional white clothing.[4] There were eight teams in each tournament.
In 1975 and 1979, the only teams playingTest cricket wereAustralia,England,India,New Zealand,Pakistan, and theWest Indies.Sri Lanka became a Test team in 1982. Those seven teams took part in all the Prudential Cup tournaments, and were joined by a composite East Africa team in 1975,Canada in 1979, andZimbabwe in 1983.South Africa was banned from international cricket because of its government'sapartheid policy. All three Prudential Cup finals were played atLord's, and were won by the West Indies (1975 and 1979), and India (1983).[source?]
The2013 tournament was the 13th edition of the competition. This table summarises the host nations and the results of each final. Australia have won the title six times, India and the West Indies twice. Other winners have been Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and England (once apiece). England has been the sole or co-host nation five times, and India four times.
In all matches played since the first tournament began in 1975, one player has always been chosen as the "man of the match". In 1992, a "Man of the Tournament" award was introduced, and has been won by the following players:[5]
