World cup cricket is one tournament that keeps all fans at the edge of their seats. This is one of the most keenly awaited and widely competed tournaments in the history of the game. A team can take part and win all other major tournaments, but world cup cricket is the only tournament in the field of cricket that will give them the tag of being world champions. World cup cricket event that is held after every four years is organized by cricket governing body, International Cricket council better known in cricketing circles as ICC.

The first world cup tournament was organized in the year 1975. The event was organized by ICC and was held in England, the country that is considered to be the home of cricket. The world cup cricket that year was won by the West Indies and Australia finished as the runners up. Till date, 8 world cup tournaments have been held and each world cup cricket threw up some surprise or the other for fans. The 9th ICC world cup cricket will be held in the West Indies in the month of March in 2007.

Already a buzz has begun in cricketing circles about who will win the title and who will not. Well, all of us have our own favorites and like to believe that only our team is fully equipped to lift the world cup cricket. England has hosted the event more than two times, but has never managed to win the title. This time around, the English team like all other teams will be putting their efforts towards winning the title. After all, every team likes to be called the world champions and there is no exception to this fact.

Australia is the only team to have won the world cup cricket three times. On the two previous occasions, they have been crowned champions and they are eager to win it this time and make it three in a row. This would be a huge achievement for the team and the record can go on to stay for a long time, if they do manage it. Right now, everyone is predicting Australia to win the tournament based on their recent player and team performance. All ardent supporters of Australia will surely like their team to win the event and once again become world cup cricket champions.

India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka are the three teams that have won world cup cricket only once. These teams would certainly like to change the records and win the coveted trophy once gain this time in the West Indies. All these countries have players of world class quality in their line up and if all of them perform to their potential in the tournament, no on can stop them from winning the title. However, we all know that it is crucial for every team member to perform consistently well to win the cup and this is what is found to be lacking in most of the teams.

West Indies being the host of world cup cricket has many advantages to its name like crowd support, favorable weather and ground conditions. We will have to wait and see if the team is able to make full use of these advantages and win the trophy. Only time will tell.