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England was the champion of the first Women’s Cricket World Cup. The 1973 Women’s Cricket World Cup was the first tournament of its kind, held two years before the first limited-overs World Cup for men in 1975. The competition was won by the hosts, England. The competition was the brainchild of businessman Sir Jack Hayward. England topped the group, including five victories and one defeat, while Australia were runners up with four wins.

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New Zealand will host the 2022 Women’s Cricket World Cup. The 2022 ICC Women’s Cricket World Cup will be the twelfth edition of the Women’s Cricket World Cup and is scheduled to be held in New Zealand in early 2022.

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The 1900 Paris Games witnessed the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics. Cricket was included as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Games, where Great Britain defeated France to win the gold medal. This was the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics.

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The 1912 Triangular Tournament was a cricket competition. The 1912 Triangular Tournament was a Test cricket competition played between Australia, England and South Africa, the only Test-playing nations at the time. The tournament was the first tournament in Test history to be played between more than two nations.

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Sachin Tendulkar holds the current record for most runs in a single Cricket World Cup. He scored a total of 673 runs in the  2003 cricket world cup.

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Mitchell Starc of Australia holds the record for the most wickets in a single Cricket World Cup tournament. In 2019, Starc took 27 wickets in the World Cup in England. This is the most wickets by any bowler in World Cup history.
Starc is one of the best pacers in modern cricket. In 2015, he took 22 wickets in just 8 games when Australia won.
Glenn McGrath previously held the record for the most wickets in a single ODI World Cup. In 2007, McGrath was the leading wicket-taker and contributed significantly to Australia’s championship victory.

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Ricky Ponting holds the current record for most catches (fielder) in all the Cricket World Cup tournaments. He got a total of 28 catches between the cricket world cups of 1996 and 2011.

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The “Allan Border Medal” is given for excellence in the sport of cricket. Awarded during the Australian Cricket Awards, the Allan Border Medal is considered to be the most prestigious individual prize in Australian men’s cricket. First awarded in 2000, the medal is named after former Australian men’s captain Allan Border and recognises the most outstanding male Australian cricketer of the past season as voted by his peers, the media and umpires.

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In the 1908 Summer Olympics, “Field Hockey” was introduced for the first time. Men’s field hockey has been played at each Summer Olympic Games since 1908 except for 1912 and 1924, while women’s field hockey has been played at the Summer Olympic Games since 1980.

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Russia won the most number of Bandy World Championship titles.