Facts about the International Cricket Council’s World Cup tournaments

Firsts in World Cup

•    A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973.
•    The first ever international cricket match was played between Canada and the United States, on the 24 and 25 September 1844.
•    The first multilateral competition at international level was the 1912 Triangular Tournament, a Test cricket tournament played in England between all three Test-playing nations at the time: England, Australia and South Africa.
•    The 1975 tournament started on June 7.
•    The first three events of the World Cup were held in England which were officially called as the Prudential Cup.
•    The quadrangular Asian Test Championship took place in 1999.

Upcoming World Cup Schedule
World Cup: 2015
Host Nation(s):  Australia, New Zealand (yet to be decided if any other country also hosts)
World Cup: 2019
Host Nation(s):  England (yet to be decided if any other country also hosts)