Cricket World Cup finals

Order by the year each men's Cricket World Cup or T20 World Cup final was played. You place all 23 cards on one timeline, one at a time. You start with three lives, and ten right in a row wins a lost one back.

Cricket World Cup finals
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Order by the year each men's Cricket World Cup or T20 World Cup final was played. Drag or tap it onto the line
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How to play the Cricket World Cup finals timeline game

These cards are men's World Cup finals, from both the fifty-over tournament and the T20 version, each written as winner over beaten finalist. The ground where the final was played is printed below. Put them in order of the year each final took place, starting from one already on the timeline. Choose a gap for each new card: a correct choice uncovers the year, and a wrong one still sends the card to its true slot but takes away one of your three lives.

The two formats interleave, so a T20 final can land between two fifty-over finals; the tag in the title tells you which is which. Some sides reach final after final, which turns repeat matchups into close calls. The ground is a strong hint if you can recall where each tournament was hosted, though a few famous venues stage more than one final. Shorter-format finals played close together are where most runs come apart.

Want a longer game? On the deck tree you can tick this deck alongside any other one measured in release years and dates, and they shuffle into a single timeline together.

What's in the deck

Here are 23 of the 23 cards you might be dealt. Their values stay hidden until you place them.

  • West Indies over Australia Lord's, London
  • West Indies over England Lord's, London
  • India over West Indies Lord's, London
  • Australia over England Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
  • Pakistan over England Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
  • Sri Lanka over Australia Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
  • Australia over Pakistan Lord's, London
  • Australia over India (Johannesburg) Wanderers Stadium, South Africa
  • Australia over Sri Lanka Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
  • India over Sri Lanka Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
  • Australia over New Zealand Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
  • England over New Zealand Lord's, London
  • Australia over India (Ahmedabad) Narendra Modi Stadium, India
  • India over Pakistan (T20) Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa
  • Pakistan over Sri Lanka (T20) Lord's, London
  • England over Australia (T20) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
  • West Indies over Sri Lanka (T20) R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka
  • Sri Lanka over India (T20) Sher-e-Bangla Stadium, Dhaka, Bangladesh
  • West Indies over England (T20) Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India
  • Australia over New Zealand (T20) Dubai International Cricket Stadium, UAE
  • England over Pakistan (T20) Melbourne Cricket Ground, Australia
  • India over South Africa (T20) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados
  • India over New Zealand (T20) Narendra Modi Stadium, Ahmedabad, India

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