7 Interesting Facts About the ICC Cricket World Cup

The 1983 ODI Cricket World Cup was the final one with a 60-over format, making India the sole nation to win both 60-over and 50-over ODI World Cups.

In 1996, Nolan Clarke from the Netherlands, aged 47 years and 257 days, became the oldest World Cup player

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England has hosted the highest number of World Cup tournaments, a total of 4 times.

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The highest World Cup score is 428-5 (South Africa vs. Sri Lanka, 2023).

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The coin had to be tossed twice at the 2011 World Cup final.

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The 2023 ODI World Cup will mark the first occurrence of the tournament being conducted without the participation of the West Indies

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The Original trophy is kept at ICC headquarters in Dubai and a replica is kept by board of winning team.

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