ICC Cricket World Cup 1975-2015 Quiz

Answer: West Indies

The West Indies won the first two World Cups played in England. They beat Australia beat 17 runs in 1975 and England in 1979 by 92 runs. The third World Cup of 1983 was also played in England. These first three World Cups played with a maximum of 60 overs per innings.

Answer: Glen Turner (NZ)

Glen Turner (NZ) made 171 not out against East Africa at Birmingham. On this same day Dennis Amiss (ENG) made 137 against India at Lord's, Roy Fredericks (WI) made 33 against Sri Lanka at Manchester and Majid Khan (PAK) made 65 against Australia at Leeds.

Answer: Joel Garner (WI)

The West Indies won the final by 92 runs and collected their second World Cup trophy. The pace attack of the West Indies of Garner ( 5/38), Croft (3/42 off 10 overs) and Holding (2/16 off 8 overs) completely destroyed the English batting line up. Edmonds was the most successful English bowler with 2/40 off 12 overs.

Answer: K. Srikkanth (IND)

K. Srikkanth was the top scorer between the both teams in a low scoring game. I.V.A. Richards top scored for the West Indies with 33. M. Amarnath scored 26 runs and took 3/22 off 7 overs and was awarded Man of the Match. P.J.L. Dujon the West Indies wicketkeeper scored 25.

Answer: Chetan Sharma (India)

Chetan Sharma (India) achieved the first hat-trick in World Cup history when he bowled Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield in the group match against New Zealand.
Chaminda Vaas (Sri Lanka) in the World Cup in 2003 against Bangladesh he took a hat-trick with the first three balls of the innings. This was the first time in ODI history this had been achieved.
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pakistan) achieved a hat-trick against Zimbabwe in the World Cup in 1999.
Craig McDermott ((Australia) took the most wickets of 18 in the World Cup tournament in 1987.
Lasith Malinga (Sri Lanka) has achieved a hat-trick twice in World Cups, firstly in 2007 ( against South Africa) and than again in 2011( against Kenya).

Answer: Graham Gooch (ENG)

Graham Gooch (ENG) scored a total of 471 runs for the tournament and made 35 in the final. David Boon (AUS) scored 447 runs during the tournament and 75 in the final. He was also awarded the Player of the Match in the final. Geoff Marsh (AUS) scored 428 runs during the tournament with 24 runs in the final. Mike Gatting (ENG) the Captain of England scored 354 runs during the tournament and scored 41 runo in the final. Viv Richards scored 391 runs during the tournament.

Answer: All three of these

The 1992 World Cup facilities were shared between Australia and New Zealand. South Africa played their first game in a World Cup against Australia in Sydney and won by 9 wickets. Pakistan won the final beating England at the MCG (Melbourne) by 22 runs with Wasim Akram winning Player of the Match with 33 runs and 3/49 off 10 overs.

Answer: Martin Crowe (NZ)

Martin Crowe (NZ) was the Captain of New Zealand and lead them to a semi-final and he was the leading run scorer for the tournament with 456 runs. Imran Khan (PAK) captained Pakistan to their first World Cup victory and the final was the last of his 175 ODI appearances for Pakistan.
Wasim Akram (PAK) was the Player of the Match in the final against England. David Boon (AUS) scored two centuries during the tournament, but that was not enough for Australia to not participste in the final.

Answer: Match was awarded to Sri Lanka by default

In front of 100,000 spectators Sri Lanka made 251/8 from their allotted 50 overs. When India were 120/8 after 34.1 overs sections of the crowd began throwing fruit and bottles onto the playing surface. The players left the field for 20 minutes but on their return there were more objects thrown onto the field and some fires were lit in the stands.

The Referee on the match, Clive Lloyd, had to award the match by default to Sri Lanka. This was the first time in Test and ODI cricket that a match had resulted in a match being awarded by default. Sri Lanka went onto defeat Australia in the final by 7 wickets, thus winning their first World Cup trophy.

Answer: Match was tied at 213 runs to each team

The match was tied st 213 runs for each team. However, Australia was awarded the victory due to a higher ranking and superior run rate on the super six table. Steve Waugh and Herschelle Gibbs made those runs in the match prior to the semi-final when the two teams met. Shane Wayne (AUS) was the Player of the Match in the semi-final but Lance Klusener won Player of the Series with 281 runs and 17 wickets.

Answer: They were all eliminated in the group stages

It was amazing that these four test playing countries never made it to the finals. England did forfeit their match by not travelling to Zimbabwe.

Answer: Adam Gilchrist (AUS)

Adam Gilchrist (AUS) scored 149 runs in the final which to date is the highest individual score in a World Cup final. Australia won the final by 53 runs and held the trophy aloittaa for the Fourth time. Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri) scored 63 runs in the final. Ricky Ponting (AUS) scored 37 runs in the final. Kumar Sangakkara (Sri) scored 54 runs in the final.

Answer: All of these

India won the final beating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets with 10 balls remaining. It was India's second World Cup victory.

Answer: Kumar Sangakkara (SRI)

Kumar Sangakkara(Sri) scored four centuries during the 2015 World Cup series in Australia and New Zealand. Martin Guptill (NZ) scored 237 not out which is to date the highest individual score in World Cup history against the West Indies in 263 balls which included 24 x 4 and 11 x 6.
Tillakarante Dilshan(IND) scored two centuries during the tournament. Shekhar Dhawan (IND) also scored two centuries during th3 tournament.

Answer: Sachin Tendulkar (IND)

Sachin Tendulkar(IND) scored 673 runs in 2003 and 513 in 1996 and has accumulated 2,278 runs in World Cups from 1992-2011. Matthew Hayden(AUS) made 659 runs in the World Cup in 2007. Martin Guptill (NZ) made 547 runs in the 2015 tournament. Kumar Sangakkara(Sri) made 541 runs during the 2025 tournament.