The International Cricket Council (ICC) conducts different cricket events and tournaments throughout the year. This article thoroughly talks about the men’s cricketing teams that have won ICC trophies at some point in time. Let’s take a look at the teams with the most CC Trophy wins.
Australia | 8
Australia’s sheer dominance over other cricketing teams is nothing new. For decades, Australia is executing out-of-ordinary performances and winning trophies for the country. Out of all the cricketing countries, Australia has the most ICC trophy wins. Till now the Aussies won 8 ICC trophies. Australia is the only team to win 5 ICC World Cups. The most successful team in the cricket world cup clinched the trophy in 1987, 1999, 2003, 2007, and 2015. Interestingly Australia made a record of being the only team to win the trophy in all the countries that hosted the world cup till 2019. Australia won the ICC Champions Trophy twice in 2006 and 2009 against West Indies and New Zealand respectively. Lastly, Australia cleans their first-ever ICC T20 World Cup trophy after defeating New Zealand in the 2021 T20 World Cup.
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India | 5
India sits in the second position on this prestigious list of most ICC Trophy wins by any team. India won their first-ever ICC World Cup in 1983 under the captaincy of Kapil Dev. Later again 28 years, the men in blue won the world cup for the second time under the captaincy of Mahendra Singh Dhoni in 2011. The Indian cricket team also reached the semifinals four times in 1987, 1996, 2015, and 2019. The Indian cricket team won the Champions Trophy twice. First, in 2002, both the finalist India and Sri Lanka were declared the co-champions of the 2002 Champions Trophy. And in the 2013 edition, India defeated England by 5 runs and won the Champions Trophy for the second time in Birmingham. Lastly, India won the inaugural edition of the ICC T20 World Cup in 2007 after defeating Pakistan in Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg.
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West Indies | 5
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Next on this list is West Indies with a total of 5 ICC trophies. The first-ever ICC World Cup final was won by West Indies in 1975. West Indies once again continued their reign in the next edition of the World Cup as well, in 1979. The Caribbean team also won the Champions Trophy in 2004. Lastly, West Indies became the winner of the ICC T20 World Cup twice; once against Sri Lanka and the other time against England.
England | 3
Till 2010, the England team has not had any ICC Tournament. But, it was in 2010, when they won their first ICC T20 World Cup against arch-rival Australia. Craig Kieswetter guided them home in the final for their first-ever ICC Trophy. Post that, they have been a phenomenal white-ball team and won two ICC World Cups since then.
In 2019, they won their first ICC Men’s ODI World Cup as Ben Stokes made all the difference in the final against England in a match where boundary count helped England to win the world cup. England’s latest ICC Trophy triumph came under Jos Buttler as they became the first-ever team in Cricket history to hold the ODI and T20 World Cup at the same time. Jos Buttler and company won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2022 as Sam Curran won the player of the tournament after taking 13 wickets with the ball. Curran also was the player of the match in the final as well.
Pakistan | 3
Pakistan sits in the fourth position on the list of most ICC Trophy wins by any team with 3 ICC trophies. The first-ever ICC trophy won by Pakistan was during the 1992 cricket World Cup. Pakistan defeated England in the final and won by 22 runs. The next ICC trophy won by Pakistan was in the 2009 T20 World Cup where they beat Sri Lanka in the final and won the title by 8 wickets. The most recent and last ICC win of Pakistan is the 2017 Champions Trophy where they defeated India by 180 runs.
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Sri Lanka | 3
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With 3 ICC trophies, Sri Lanka sits in 5th position on this list. Sri Lanka won their first-ever ICC World Cup in 1996 where they played against Australia in the final hosted in Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore. They went ahead to win their next ICC trophy in the 2002 Champions Trophy. The winner of the tournament is actually both India and Sri Lanka as both the finalist teams were declared as co-champions. And the last time Sri Lanka won an ICC Trophy was when they defeated India in the 2014 T20 World Cup hosted in Sher-e-Bangla National Cricket Stadium Dhaka.
New Zealand | 2
The New Zealand cricket team has won a total of 2 ICC trophies since they started competing in tournaments conducted by ICC. The Kiwis won their first-ever ICC Trophy in the 2000 Champions Trophy. Nairobi hosted the final of New Zealand vs India where New Zealand won the match by 4 wickets. The next ICC Trophy won by the Kiwis was the ICC World Test Championship. Once again, New Zealand played against India in the final of an ICC event and clinched the trophy in the inaugural edition of the World Test Championship final.
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South Africa | 1
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With a team of talented and world-renowned cricketers, South Africa won only one ICC trophy throughout its entire history. In the 1998 ICC Champions Trophy hosted in Bangladesh, South Africa beat West Indies in the final and won the title. Jacques Kallis was exceptional and contributed the most behind the team reaching and winning the final and was awarded the player of the tournament. He hit a century and picked up a five wickets haul as well.
Note: The stats include shared trophies. The article was first written by Shreya Ghosh, and then got edited by Koushik Biswas.
