How did the idea of the World Cup come to existence?

How did the idea of the World Cup come to existence?

The first ‘World Championship’ at international level was the 1912 Triangular Tournament, a Test cricket tournament played in England between all three Test playing nations at the time: England, Australia and South Africa. The event was not a success because the summer was exceptionally wet, making play difficult on damp uncovered pitches, and attendances were poor.


In the early 1960’s English county cricket teams began playing a shortened version of cricket, which only lasted for one day. The first One-day International even was played on the fifth day of a rain-aborted Test match between England and Australia at Melbourne in 1971, to fill the time available, and as compensation for the frustrated crowd. The success and popularity of the domestic One-day competitions in England and other parts of the world as well as the early One-day Internationals prompted the ICC to consider organizing a Cricket World Cup.