The Prudential Cups trophy were awarded to the winners of the World Cup from 1975-1983 when Prudential plc was the primary sponsors. The trophies' designs changed when the sponsors changed until the 1999 World Cup. So the first three world cups had a similar trophy while 1987, 1992 and 1996 had different trophies because of different sponsors until the International Cricket Council decided to award its own trophy.
The ICC Cricket World Cup trophy is the prize presented to the winners of the tournament.
The current trophy was created for the 1999 event and is the first permanent prize in the tournament's history. A team of craftsmen from Garrard & Co, the British Crown jewelers, designed and produced the trophy within two months in London.
The trophy itself is 60 centimetres high, made from silver and gold and features a golden globe held up by three silver columns. The columns, shaped as stumps and balls, represent the three fundamental aspects of cricket - batting, bowling and fielding - while the globe characterizes a cricket ball. It is designed in platonic dimensions, so that it can be instantly recognized from any angle. The trophy weighs approximately 11 kilograms and has the names of the previous winners inscribed on its base. There is still room for another ten teams to have their name inscribed.
The actual trophy is always kept by the ICC in its offices in Dubai but a replica, which is identical in all aspects apart from the inscription of the previous champions, is awarded to the winning team and remains in their possession.
