The International Cricket Council (ICC) Cricket World Cup is an international association cricket competition established in 1975. It is contested by the men 's national teams of the members of the ICC. The tournament generally takes place every four years. Most recently, the 2011 Cricket World Cup, jointly hosted by Bangladesh, India and Srilanka in 2011, was won by India, who beat Srilanka. The current trophy was instituted in 1999. It always remains with the ICC, and a replica is awarded to the winning team.

The inaugural or first ICC Cricket World Cup final was held on 21 June 1975 at Lords,England. It was contested by Australia and the West Indies. A man of the match performance from West Indian captain Clive Lloyd coming in to bat at number five with his team 50/3, formed the basis of a 149-run fourth-wicket partnership with Rohan Kanhai. The Australians were set a target of 292 to win in a 60-over encounter. Australia has "contributed to their own destruction" in an innings with five run outs, and the West Indies were crowned the first cricket world champions, winning by 17 runs.

World Cup Winners

1975  -  West indies under the captaincy of Clive Llyod, win by 17 runs against Australia
1979  -  West indies under the captaincy of Clive Llyod, win by 92 runs against England
1983  -  India under the captaincy of Kapil Dev, win by 43 runs against West indies
1987 - Australia under the captaincy of Allan Border, win by 7 runs against England
1992  - Pakistan_under the captaincy of Imran Khan, win by 22 runs against England
1996  - Srilanka_under the captaincy of Arjuna Ranatunga, win by 7 wickets against Australia  
1999  - Australia_under the captaincy of Steve Waugh,win by 8 wickets against Pakistan
2003  - Australia_under the captaincy of Ricky Ponting, win by 125 runs against India
2007  - Australia_under the captaincy of Ricky Ponting,win by 53 runs against Srilanka
2011  - India_under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni,win by 6 wickets against Srilanka
2015 - Australia under the captaincy of Michael Clarke, win by 7 wickets against New Zealand.

The 2019 Cricket World Cup is scheduled to be hosted by England and Wales from 30 May to 15 July 2019.This will be the 12th Cricket World Cup competition, and the fifth time it will be held in England and Wales, following the World Cups in 1975, 1979, 1983 and 1999.