Indoor Cricket World Cup

Indoor Cricket World Cup

Administrator	World Indoor Cricket Federation
Format	Indoor Cricket
First edition	1995
Latest edition	2017
Tournament format	Round-robin and Knockout
Current champion	Australia (Men & Women)
Most successful	Australia 21 collective titles (11 men's titles, 10 women's titles)

The Indoor Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of both men's and women's Indoor Cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the World Indoor Cricket Federation (WICF) and is held every two or three years. ^[1] The first Indoor Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1995. Separate world championships are held for both junior and masters age groups with the Junior World Series of Indoor Cricket and the Masters World Series of Indoor Cricket held at similar intervals. ^[2]

The World Cup is contested by the members of the WICF (though member nations have not always entered teams) and beyond being an affiliated member of that body there are no formal qualifications for entry. Australia have been the most successful side having won every world title in both divisions to date. ^[3]

The 2017 Indoor Cricket World Cup was held in Dubai in United Arab Emirates, with Insportz Club serving as the host venue.

Tournament Format

Whilst the precise nature of the tournament has varied slightly over the years, each tournament usually follows a simple round robin format followed by finals contested by the highest placed sides. The semi finals are contested by the top four sides. ^[4]

The tournament usually takes place over the course of 7 to 10 days and is sometimes run in conjunction with the Masters World Series or the Junior World Series.

Results

Year	Host Nation(s)	Venue	Final
			Men	Women
1995 Details	England	Birmingham	Australia def. New Zealand 130 to 61	Not contested
1998 Details	Australia	Melbourne	Australia def. New Zealand 142 to 35	Australia def. South Africa 147 to 59
2000 Details	South Africa	Johannesburg	Australia def. New Zealand 92 to 53	Australia def. South Africa 96 to 54
2002 Details	New Zealand	Wellington	Australia def. New Zealand 97 to 58	Australia def. New Zealand 160 to 64
2004 Details	Sri Lanka	Colombo	Australia def. Sri Lanka 70 to 48	Australia def. South Africa 92 to 76
2007 Details	England	Bristol	Australia def. South Africa 74 to 51	Australia def. South Africa 138 to 89
2009 Details	Australia	Brisbane	Australia def. New Zealand 55 to 44	Australia def. South Africa 120 to 96
2011 Details	South Africa	Gauteng	Australia def. South Africa 94 to 55	Australia def. South Africa 66 to 33
2014 Details	New Zealand	Wellington	Australia def. New Zealand 149 to 55	Australia def. New Zealand 131 to 61
2017 Details	United Arab Emirates	Dubai	Australia def. New Zealand 94 to 48	Australia def. South Africa 121 to 52
2022 Details	Australia	Melbourne	Australia def. New Zealand 120 to 57	Australia def. New Zealand 117 to 111

References

1. None. "International Indoor Cricket Tri-series gets underway". Khaleej Times. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
2. "Easterns Indoor Cricket caps players". Benoni City Times. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
3. "Indoor Cricket South Africa heads to Dubai in hopes to win tournament". Sandton Chronicle. 2022-03-29. Retrieved 2022-03-31.
4. "Super Rugby Pacific, Cricket World Cup open gates to fans after Government lifts outdoor crowd restrictions". Newshub . Archived from the original on March 23, 2022. Retrieved 2022-03-31.