1987 - New Zealand - David Kirk 1991 - Australia - Nick Farr-Jones 1995 - South Africa - Francois Pienaar 1999 - Australia - John Eales 2003 - England - Martin Johnson 2007 - South Africa - John Smit
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(Winning captain first)
1975
Clive Lloyd (West Indies)
Ian Chappell (Australia)
1979
Clive Lloyd (West Indies)
John Michael Brearley (England)
1983
Kapil Dev (India)
Clive Lloyd (West Indies)
1987
Allan Border (Australia)
Mike Gatting (England)
1992
Imran Khan (Pakistan)
Graham Gooch (England)
1996
Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka)
Mark Taylor (Australia)
1999
Steve Waugh (Australia)
Wasim Akram (Pakistan)
2003
Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Sourav Ganguly (India)
2007
Ricky Ponting (Australia)
Mahela Jayawardene (Sri Lanka)
2011
Mahendra Singh Dhoni (India)
Kumar Sangakarra (Sri Lanka)
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The inaugural Cricket World Cup was held in England, 1975 and won by the West Indies, who were captained by Clive Lloyd.