ICC Cricket World Cup 2019: Things to know about past winners and losers

As 10 best teams in world cricket prepare to meet for the world's biggest cricketing extravaganza, we take you down memory lane to look at the winners and losers of past cricket world cups

The 12th edition of one-day international (ODI) cricket world cup — ICC Cricket World Cup 2019 — is scheduled to start from May 30, with hosts England taking on South Africa at London’s The Oval in the inaugural match. The world’s biggest limited-overs cricket tournament will this time see 10 teams — Australia, India, Pakistan, South Africa, England, Windies, Afghanistan, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and New Zealand — battling it out for the trophy. 

Cricket has changed a lot since 1975, when the International Cricket Council (ICC) started this marquee event, and so have the formats and playing conditions.