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As the ICC Cricket World Cup trophy is on a World Tour, with only a mere 9 months left for the big tournament, the cricket fans surely cannot hold their excitement. But there’s a pretty common question amongst the cricket fans who wonder, “Where the ICC CWC Trophy is kept after a team wins it?”. Before finding this out, let us go back to a little history of the Cricket World Cup Trophy.
Since the inception of the Cricket World Cup, there has been a number of five different World Cup trophies from 1975 to date, With different designs and names. The very first Cricket World Cup Trophy was the Prudential Cup Trophy, named after the main sponsors of the World Cup, Prudential PLC, A British insurance, and Finance Company. This trophy was further used for the next three Cricket World Cups from 1975-1983 with the West Indies winning it twice and India getting hands on the last one after an iconic knock by Kapil Dev against Zimbabwe.
Moving on, when Reliance Industries became the primary sponsors of the 1987 World Cup, The Trophy was redesigned as the ‘Reliance World Cup’. The trophy was conquered by the might Aussies after thrashing the English team. The 1992 edition of the World Cup trophy, The Benson and Hedges Cup Trophy, is trophy which most of the Pakistanis might be aware of and still have that pictures in their minds of our Kaptaan holding the Crystal beauty. The ’92 CWC was sponsored by Benson and Hedges. Maybe there’s no need to tell any details of this company to fellow Pakistanis.
Wills, A tobacco company, took the sponsor’s hat of the 1996 World Cup and with that, the new trophy, The Wills World Cup Trophy, was introduced. The eye-pleasing trophy was won by the Sri Lankans in an amazing final playoff.
Finally, in 1999, ICC decided to award its own trophy, The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy, which would be permanent. The eye-catching beautiful Trophy was designed by Paul Marsden of Garrard & Co. And produced in a period of two months by a team of craftsmen from Garrard & Co. It’s made of Gold and Silver and stands 60 cm high. Since the ’99 World Cup, the same trophy has been used until now.
Now coming back to the question as of where the trophy is kept after a team wins it, what actually happens is that the original trophy is kept by the ICC in its UAE headquarters and a replica of the trophy is given to the winning team. There’s no big difference between the Original and the Replica. The only difference is that the replica does not have the inscriptions of the previous champions as the original does. Also, the original trophy has the ICC logo on it whereas the replica has the event logo on it.
The ICC CWC Trophy is currently on a tour. Its last destination was Srilanka and will arrive in Pakistan in the month of October. How excited are you for the trophy to come to your country?
