The Journal.

Thirty-two teams, 106 matches, six cities and a champion chasing a fifth straight title. The first world championship of 2027 starts on 13 January.

Australia hosts from 1 October to 13 November. South Africa arrive as back-to-back champions with a record four titles.

64 matches in eight cities, and a final at the Maracanã on 25 July. Spain defend the title they won in Sydney.

2019, 2021, 2023, 2025. No men's team had won four straight world titles. Germany 2027 is next.

The first team to defend the T20 title, at home in Ahmedabad, with the highest total ever made in a final.

A 1–0 overtime final in Zurich, a first-ever medal for Norway, and a host nation that lost a third final in a row.

A ninth-inning double in Miami beat Team USA 3–2 and gave Venezuela the title.

How England won a Cricket World Cup final without scoring more runs, and how the rules changed afterwards.

One goal in Wavre, a fourth world title, and a women's final won by Argentina in a shoot-out.

From 70 in 1930 to 172 in 2022. What the totals tell you, and what they hide.

Sixteen extra places, a round of 32 and 104 matches. How the 2026 format reshaped the road to the trophy.

Sydney in 2023, New Jersey in 2026. Three years apart, the same flag on both trophies.