Cricket World Cup

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Played every four years. The Cricket World Cup happens once every four years, just like the Olympics. Countries send their best cricket teams to compete for the title of world champion.

One of the most watched sports events. Billions of people around the world watch the Cricket World Cup, making it one of the biggest sporting events on the planet, right up there with the World Cup of soccer.

One Day International format. Matches are played in a special format called One Day International, or ODI, where each team gets one day to bat and try to score as many runs as possible before running out of players.

Run by the ICC. The International Cricket Council, or ICC, is the organization that organizes and runs the Cricket World Cup to make sure all the rules are fair for every country.

The sport's biggest event. Cricket fans and players around the world consider the Cricket World Cup to be the most important cricket tournament, the one every team dreams of winning.