This event is organised by International Cricket Council (ICC) after every four years. Top international teams compete with each other to win ICC trophy.
All the matches played in this event are one day (50 overs) matches. This tournaments consists of two stages - group and knockout. In first Stage, teams are divided into
even number of groups and matches are played within group teams to decide top teams in each group. Then in second stage, top teams play against each other
in quater final, semi finals and ultimately deciding a winner in final.
Most successful team - Australia (5 wins)
Latest Winners - Australia (2015 World Cup)
Next World Cup - England and Wales (2019 World Cup)
ICC World Twenty20
This tournament is based on twenty over format of cricket. Organised by ICC, it started in 2007 and has been held every two years but there is four years difference
in next two scheduled tournaments. This tournaments consists of three stages- group stage, super group and knockout. In 2014, 16 teams were divided into two groups.
Top five teams from each group were advanced to super 10 group and then top teams were advanced to knonckout stage which ultimately leaded to a winner team. In previous editions,
there were 4 groups and two teams were advanced to super 8 group and rest of the tournament was same.
Most successful team - Sri Lanka (1 win, 2 runner ups)
Current Champion - Sri Lanka (2014 Champions)
Next Tournament - India (2016 Tournament)
The Ashes
The Ashes is a name given to tournament played between England and Australia after every two years. It usually consists of five match Test series but sometimes,
it has been changed to 4 or 6 match series. Whichever team wins more matches than other team is called the winner of the series and get to keep the replica of
ashes urn (the trophy). Trophy is kept by previous champions, if series are drawn.
Australia has won 130 matches and 32 series
England have won 106 matches and 32 series
Current Champions - England (2015)
Next Tournament - Australia (2017/2018)
ICC Champions Trophy
Organised by International Cricket Council, it started in 1998 as a knockout championship which was held after every two years. Over time the
pattern changed and now it is played between top 8 eight international teams every four years. It is based on one day cricket format and is most
important cricket tournament after world cup. Two pools of four teams are formed and each team plays two matches in group stage. Top two teams
from each group are advanced to knockout stage of semi finals. Final match is played between winnings teams of semi finals. It is a short tournament
because every team can only play two matches in group stage, so elimination is almost certain if a team loses a match.
Most Successful Team - Australia & India (2 wins)
Current Champion - India (2013)
Next Tournament - England and Wales (2017)
Indian Premier League
Indian Premier League (IPL) is based on T20 cricket format and organised by Board of Control for Cricket (BCCI) in India every year generally in April and May. This tournament is
played between 8 teams which are named after major cities in India. Every team has one or multiple sponsors who pays money to form a team and auction
is held and services from players from different countries are bought. Each team competes twice with every other team and top four teams from the group
are advanced to playoffs. If two or more teams have won same number of matches then the top team is decided by net run rate.
In playoffs, Semi-final one is played between team 1 and team 2. Loser team has one more chance to qualify for finals as they play against the winner team of
second semi-final. Winner is decided by winner.
If a match in IPL ties, the winner is decided by super over. Both teams are given a chance to play one over and whichever team scores more runs in super over wins.
Most Successful Team - Chennai Super Kings(2 wins, 4 runner ups)
