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Cricket World Cup is a former featured article. Please see the links under Article milestones below for its original nomination page (for older articles, check the nomination archive) and why it was removed.

This article appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page as Today's featured article on March 13, 2007.

Article milestones
Date	Process	Result
February 17, 2006	Peer review	Reviewed
February 17, 2006	Featured article candidate	Not promoted
December 13, 2006	Good article nominee	Listed
January 16, 2007	Peer review	Reviewed
February 22, 2007	Featured article candidate	Promoted
November 19, 2022	Featured article review	Demoted
Facts from this article were featured on Wikipedia's Main Page in the "On this day..." column on June 7, 2012, June 7, 2015, and June 7, 2021.
Current status: Former featured article

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