15 Great cricket teams of all time

     Cricket has grown a lot since originating in England during medieval times. Today, the game has 2.5 billion fans. That makes cricket the second-most popular sport in the world, beyond only football (or soccer). 

    Over the years, cricket has had many popular teams, from a team that played in front of 110,000 fans and started a riot to a team that had a televised game watched by almost 1 billion people (five times more people than ever watched a Super Bowl) to a team of legends who played a five-day game in front of 200,000 fans.

These are the greatest cricket teams of all time.

15. New Zealand 2019

Coach/manager: Gary Stead

Captain: Kane Williamson

Key players: Kane Williamson, Lockie Ferguson, Alex Carie, Trent Bolt

ICC World Cup: England 241, New Zealand 241, England wins 15-0 in Super Over by boundary count (championship)

14. Australia 2015

Coach/manager: Darren Lehmann

Captain: Michael Clarke

Key players: Steve Smith, Michael Clarke, Mitchell Starc, David Warner

ICC World Cup: Australia 186, New Zealand 183 (championship)

13. Sri Lanka 1996

Coach/manager: Dav Whatmore

Captain: Arjuna Ranatunga

Key players: Arjuna Ranatunga, Sanath Jayasuriya, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Asanka Gurusinha, Aravinda De Silva.

ICC World Cup: Sri Lanka 245, Australia 241 (championship)

12. Australia 1987

Coach/manager: Bob Simpson

Captain: Allan Border

Key players: David Boon, Geoff Marsh, Craig McDermott, Eddie Hemmings, Charles Dyer

ICC World Cup: Australia 253, England 246 (championship)

11. Australia 2007

Coach/manager: John Buchanan

Captain: Ricky Ponting

Key players: Glenn McGrath, Matthew Hayden, Ricky Ponting, Adam Gilchrist

ICC World Cup: Australia 281, Sri Lanka 215 (championship)

10. West Indies 1975

Coach/manager: Clyde Walcott

Captain: Clive Lloyd

Key players: Bernard Julien, Keith Boyce, Andy Roberts, Viv Richards, Gordon Greenidge, Clive Lloyd

ICC World Cup: West Indies 291, Australia 274 (championship)

9. Australia 2003

Coach/manager: John Buchanan

Captain: Ricky Ponting

Key players: Adam Gilchrist, Ricky Ponting, Shane Warne 

ICC World Cup: Australia 359, India 234 (championship)

8. Pakistan 1992

Coach/manager: Intikhab Alam

Captain: Imran Khan

Key players: Wasim Akram, Javed Miandad, Rameez Raja, Mushtaq Ahmed

ICC World Cup: Pakistan 249, England 227 (championship)

7. South Africa 1970

Coach/manager: Mickey Stewart

Captain: Ali Bacher

Key players: Graeme Pollock, Barry Richards, Mike Procter, Eddie Barlow

ICC World Cup: N/A

6. India 2011

Coach/manager: Gary Kirsten

Captain: Mahendra Singh Doni

Key players: Sachin Tendulkar, Mahendra Singh Doni, Yuvraj Singh

ICC World Cup: India 277, Sri Lanka 274 (championship)

5. England 2019

Coach/manager: Trevor Bayliss

Captain: Eoin Morgan

Key players: Ben Stokes, Jofra Archer, Joe Root, Jason Roy

ICC World Cup: England 241, New Zealand 241, England wins 15-0 in Super Over (championship)

4. Australia 1999

Coach/manager: Geoff Marsh

Captain: Steve Waugh

Key players: Steve Waugh, Shane Warne, Adam Gilchrist, Glenn McGrath, Mark Waugh

ICC World Cup: Australia 133, Pakistan 132 (championship)

3. West Indies 1979

Coach/manager: Clyde Walcott

Captain: Clive Lloyd

Key players: Gordon Greenidge, Viv Richards, Michael Holding

ICC World Cup: West Indies 286, England 194 (championship)

2. India 1983

Coach/manager: PR Manh Singh

Captain: Kapil Dev

Key players: Kapil Dev, Mohinder Amarnath, Roger Binny, Madan Lal,

ICC World Cup: India 183, West Indies 140 (championship)

1. Australia 1948

Coach/manager: Keith Johnson

Captain: Don Bradman

Key players: Don Bradman, Arthur Morris, Lindsay Hassett, Neil Harvey, Sid Barnes, Ray Lindwall, Keith Miller, Bill Johnston

ICC World Cup: N/A