Twelve days, and fifteen matches, including the washout at the Ageas Bowl today (Monday 10 June) seems a good time to see where we are … Read More

Although T20 franchise cricket, and in particular the IPL, was well under way at the time of the previous World Cup, in 2011, it was … Read More

1979 is the forgotten World Cup. It’s a bit harsh but that’s just the way it is. There were some very good games, in fact … Read More

The fourth men’s World Cup, the Reliance Cup, the first to be held outside England, was a great success in every way. Staged in India … Read More

Despite the undoubted romance and popularity of the result – a win for previously unheralded Sri Lanka – the Wills World Cup of 1996 was … Read More

2019 promises to be a tremendous summer of cricket in England: the men’s World Cup, the men’s Ashes, the women’s Ashes; surely we’ve never seen … Read More

The dream of the organisers of the eighth men’s World Cup was that it would be a pan-African affair, hosted by three countries – principally … Read More

England are about to stage the twelfth men’s World Cup, and many shrewd judges rate them favourites to win it. England staged the first three … Read More

Nobody thought it at the time – though the result of the final was surprising, almost sensational – but the 1983 Prudential World Cup was … Read More

The fifth men’s World Cup, staged in Australia and New Zealand in February and March 1992, was in some ways the first recognisably “modern” version. … Read More

In a very real sense the 2011 edition of the Men’s World Cup, held jointly in India, Sri Lanka and Bangladesh, was the perfect competition. … Read More

Which has been the most unsatisfactory of the eleven Men’s World Cups held so far? Everybody might have a different view of course. A lot … Read More