History of ICC Cricket World Cup Final Matches
year - 1975 (Prudential Cup)
Teams - West indies Vs Australia
Venue - Lord's (London)
Result - West Indies Won by 17 Runs
Man of the Match - Clive Lloyd(WI)
There was no 'Man of the Series' awarded
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Year - 1979 (Prudential Cup)
Teams - West indies Vs England
Venue - Lord's (London)
Result - West Indies Won by 92 Runs
Man of the Match - Viv Richards (WI)
There was no 'Man of the Series' awarded
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Year - 1983 (Prudential Cup)
Teams - India Vs West indies
Venue - Lord's (London)
Result - India won by 43 runs
Man of the Match - M Amarnath (IND)
There was no 'Man of the Series' awarded
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Year - 1987 (Reliance World Cup)
Teams - Australia Vs England
Venue - Eden Gardens / Kolkata(IND)
Result - Aus won by 7 Runs
Man of the Match - David Boon (AUS)
There was no 'Man of the Series' awarded
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Year - 1992 (Benson & Hedges World Cup)
Teams - Pakistan Vs England
Venue - MCG / Melbourne
Result - Pakistan won by 22 runs
Man of the Match - Wasim Akram (PK)
Man of the Series - Martin Crowe (NZ)
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Year - 1996 (Wills World Cup)
Teams - Sri Lanka Vs Australia
Venue - Gaddafi Stadium / Lahore
Result - SL won by 7 wickets
Man of the Match - Aravinda de Silva(SL)
Man of the Series - Sanath Jayasuriya(SL)
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Year - 1999
Teams - Australia Vs Pakistan
Venue - Lord's / London
Result - Australia won by 8 wickets
Man of the Match - Shane Warne(Aus)
Man of the Series - Lance Klusener(SA)
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Year - 2003 (ICC Cricket World Cup 2003)
Teams - Australia Vs India
Venue - Wanderers, Johannesburg
Result - Australia won by 125 Runs
Man of the Match - RT Ponting (AUS)
Man of the Series - Sachin Tendulkar(IND)
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Year - 2007 (ICC Cricket World Cup 2007)
Teams - Australia Vs Sri Lanka
Venue - Kensington Oval, Bridgetown (WI)
Result - Aus won by 53 runs
Man of the Match - Adam Gilchrist (AUS)
Man of the Series - Glenn McGrath(Aus)
Note - With this victory Australia became the first team to win 3 consecutive World Cups.
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Additional Info.
Next ICC Cricket World Cup - 2011
Venue - Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
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