Cricket is World most popular game, but many people doesn’t know much about cricket museums. In this article we bring some famous Cricket Museum list for cricket fans. In this list every cricket museum it own identity. In India cricket more popular, its dominated all sports & games, country like India, cricket treated like as religion Blades of glory Museum: Which is located in Pune, India. The museum started by Rohan Pate and museum inaugurated by Sachin Tendulkar 2012. ![]()
Few highlights in this Museum: Bradman Museum: It is located in Sydney, Australia. its the home of cricket memories here you can see. ![]()
Few highlights in Museum: MCC Museum (Marylebone Cricket Club), London: The Museum was opened by HRH the Duke of Edinburgh in year of 1953. It's most historical cricket museum in the world. MCC Museum collections included from year 1864. ![]()
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First Cricket World Cup 1975:
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The First Cricket World Cup held in 1975 at England, also called Prudential cup and scheduled between 7th June to 21 June 1975. Total 8 teams are participated. The teams from Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, West Indies, Sri Lanka, East Africa are divided into 2 groups . Tournament format is round robin and knockout style. Overs Limit each side 60 (sixty). ![]() Few Highlights of the tournament : The Indian Legend cricketer Sunil Gavaskar made 36 runs for 174 balls and played 60 overs.
The First Cricket World Cup in 1975 is won by West Indies and the Captain is Clive Lloyd. West Indies team won the finals against Australia in Lords cricket ground, England. |
Second Cricket World Cup 1979:
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The Second World cup held in 1979 at England. The Second World Cup in 1979 also called Prudential Cup. Same like 1975 World Cup, In this event total 8 teams participated, tournament scheduled from 9th June to 23rd June 1979. Total 8 teams, 2 groups, each group had 4 teams. Overs Limit each side 60 Overs. Again West Indies won the World Cup, Clive Lloyd is Captian. World Cup Finals held in 23 June 1979 between West Indies and England. ![]()
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Third Cricket ICC World Cup 1983:
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Third Cricket World Cup held in 1983 at England and also known as Prudential cup. 1983 World cup Scheduled form 9th June to 25 june 1983. Total 8 teams participated. Over limit 60 Overs each side. Teams in Group A: England, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Group B: India, West Indies, Australia, Zimbabwe. Tournament style Double round robin and Knockout. West Indies missed the third time champion ship. Surprisingly non exceptional team India won the Prudential World Cup in 1983. Kapil Dev is the capitan of Indian Team. Finals held in 25th June,1983 at lords, England. ![]()
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Fourth Cricket ICC World Cup 1987:
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The Fourth Cricket World Cup in 1987 Jointly hosted by Nations India & Pakistan. 1989 World cup dates between 8th October to 8th November 1987, tournament organized by ICC. Overs limit decreased from 60 to 50 in 1987 World Cup. The World Cup sponsored by Reliance Group. Total 8 teams into 2 groups. Group A: India, Australia, New Zealand, Zimbabwe. Group B: England, West Indies, Pakistan, Sri Lanka. Australia won the 1987 Reliance Cricket World Cup against England in finals which was held in Eden Gardens cricket grounds, Kolkata, India. ![]()
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Fifth Cricket World Cup 1992:
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The fifth World Cup hosted jointly by Countries Australia, New Zealand. 1992 World Cup was Started from 22 Febuary 1992 and finals held from 25th march 1992. Tournament format Round-robin and Knockout, This time total 9 teams participated. South Africa Cricket Team added in 1992 World Cup. Total matches Played were 39. First time dress code was introduced for all teams. Matches held under floodlights. Pakistan won the 1992 World cup against England in finals. ![]()
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Sixth Cricket World Cup 1996:
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The Sixth World Cup hosted by 3 Nations India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, World Cup Stated from 14th February to 17th March 1996. This time teams increcased. Total teams 12. Official sponsers for 1996 World Cup ITC's Wills. Winner of 1996 World Cup was Sri Lanka. Before starting the tournament some controversy started the teams West Indies, Australia refused to play in Sri Lanka due to secutrity reasons (central banking bombing by tamil tigers (LTT) in the year starting january 1996 in Sri Lanka) Teams in Group Wise: Group-A. India, Sri Lanka, Austrailia, West Indies, Zimbabwe. Group B- South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, England, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands. Four teams Sri Lanka, India, West Indies, Australia reached semi finals. India, West Indies lost in semi finals. Sri Lanka and Australia reached finals. ![]()
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Seventh Cricket World Cup 1999:
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7th World Cup in 1999 also known as ICC Cricket World Cup 1999 held in England. The World Cup 1999 Champion is Australia. Total 12 teams Participated, divided into 2 groups. The 7th Cricket World Cup scheduled from 14th May 1999 to 20th June 1999. Group A: India, Sri Lanka, England, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya Group B: Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, West Indies, Bangladesh, Scotland Teams in semi finals reached New Zealand, Pakistan, Australia, South Africa Final held 20th June 1999 between: Pakistan and Australia at lords cricket ground, London, England ![]()
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Eighth Cricket World Cup 2003:
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The 8th ICC World Cup jointly orgnized in South Africa, Zimbabwe, Kenya from 9th February to 23rd March 2003. Over Limit for each side 50 Overs. The format is Round-Robin and Knockout. Total 14 Nations Participated in this event.Two groups A and B. In Group A: India, Australia, Pakistan, England, Zimbabwe, Netherland, Namibia. Group B: Sri Lanka, South Africa, New Zealand, West Indies, Bangladesh, Canada, Kenya. Total matches played: 54. Teams reached semi finals were: Australia, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka Australia won the 2003 World Cup defeating the India in finals. Finals held 23rd march 2003 at Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa. India won the toss and team captian Ganguly selected to field first. ![]()
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Ninth Cricket World Cup 2007:
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The 9th ICC Cricket World Cup hosted in West Indies for the first time. Total 16 teams participated. total matches played are 51. The 9th ICC Cricket World cup scheduled from 13th march to 28 April 2007. Over Limit each side 50. First time in the world cup 16 teams divided in 5 Groups A,B,C,D. Group A: Australia, South Africa, Netherlands, Scotland Group B: India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Bermuda Group C: England New Zealand, Kenya, Canada Group D: West Indies, Pakistan, Zimbabwe, Ireland Top 2 teams group wise reached Super 8 berth or Stage. Australia, South Africa, Sri Lanka, New Zealand reached Semifinals Sri Lanka & Australia reached to final Australia won the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup by 4th time ![]()
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Tenth ICC Cricket World Cup 2011:
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The Tenth ICC Cricket World Cup 2011 jointly hosted India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh. Tournament Scheduled from 19th February 2011 to 2nd April 2011. Overs Limit each side 50. 14 Nations Participated in this event. Total matches Played are 49. The official mascot for Tenth World Cup is Stumpy. In the world cup history first time two Asia nations reached the final. 2 Groups in the 10th ICC Cricket World Cup Group A: Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, Canada, Kenya Group B: India, England, South Africa, West Indies, Bangladesh, Netherlands, Ireland Indian won the 2nd time World Cup. Four Nations: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, New Zealand reached the semi finals India, Sri Lanka reached the final ![]()
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Eleventh ICC Cricket World Cup 2015:
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11th ICC Cricket World Cup Jointly hosted Nations Australia and New Zealand. The Tournament Schedule from 14th February to 29th March 2015. 14 teams participated this time ICC World Cup 2015. Total 49 matches played. Overs limit for each side game is 50. The format of the game is round-robin cum knockout style. Winners Prize money for ICC Cricket World Cup 2015: US Dollar 3,975,000. Final was held in 29th March 2015 at Melbourne Cricket Grounds, Australia.
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From group A teams: New Zealand, Australia, Srilanka, Bangladesh,
From Group B teams: India, South Africa, Pakistan, West Indies teams reached quarter finals. West Indies, Pakistan, Srilanka, Bangladesh lost their quarter final matches.
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