Cricket World Cup: A Celebration of the T20 and 50 Overs Games

A wonderful time capsule of cricket history, this is a fully illustrated history of Cricket World Cup since 1975 by acclaimed sports writer Liam Hauser.

Celebrating the sport’s peak competition since 1975, acclaimed sports writer Liam Hauser, author of The Immortals of Australian Cricket, thoroughly examines each tournament across both One Day International and Twenty20 formats, including extensive coverage of World Cup semi-finals and finals, detailing memorable moments and key performances such as hat-tricks, five-wicket hauls, and sparkling centuries. This book is a wonderful time capsule of cricket history. It illustrates how the game developed a new peak competition in limited-over formats over the past five decades-from 60-and 50-over one-day internationals in the 1970s to popular Twenty20 tournaments in the 2000s. Supported by essential stats and wonderful photos of the era, 50 Years of Cricket’s World Cup is an indispensable resource for cricket enthusiasts and will proudly occupy a place on every sporting tragic’s bookshelf.

Liam Hauser is a sports journalist and author who has written about cricket and sports for more than 15 years. His previous books include State of Origin: 30 years (Rockpool, 2010); A Century of Cricket Tests (New Holland, 2013); State of Origin: 35 Years (Rockpool, 2015); A History of Test Cricket (New Holland, 2016); The Great Grand Finals: Rugby League’s Greatest Contests (New Holland, 2017); Immortals of Australian Cricket (Rockpool, 2018); State of Origin: 40 years (Gelding Street Press, 2020); The Great Grand Finals: Rugby league’s greatest contests (New Holland 2019 and 2021); and The Immortals of Australian Rugby League (Gelding Street Press 2019).Over the years Liam has written about many sports including cricket, rugby league, rugby union, Oztag, touch football, soccer, gymnastics, campdrafting, equestrian, tennis, bowls, boxing, hockey, golf, rifle shooting, horse racing and archery. He has appeared on radio many times to speak about his in-depth knowledge of rugby league and in particular his expert opinion on the State of Origin and the history of Test cricket.