1996 Cricket World Cup

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West Indies vs Australia 1996 World Cup Semi Final

1996 Cricket World Cup - India Route To Quarter Final

Australia vs India 1996 World Cup Match Highlights

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Ahmedabad
Ahmedabad () is the largest city in Gujarat, India. It is the seventh largest city and eighth largest metropolitan area of India, with a city population of approximately 3.96 million and metropolitan population of 5.41 million. Located on the banks of the River Sabarmati, the city is the administrative centre of Ahmedabad district and was the capital of Gujarat from 1960 to 1970; the capital was shifted to Gandhinagar thereafter. In the middle of 1990's it was the fifth largest city in India.In colloquial Gujarati, the city is commonly called Amdavad.
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Andhra Pradesh
Andhra Pradesh (, ), abbreviated A.P., is a state situated on the southeastern coast of India. It is India's fourth largest state by area and fifth largest by population. Its capital and largest city is Hyderabad. The State has the second longest coastline among all the States in India. The official language of Andhra Pradesh is Telugu, while other languages spoken in Andhra Pradesh are Urdu, English, Tamil, and Hindi.
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Arbab Niaz Stadium
Arbab Niaz Stadium is a Test cricket ground in Peshawar, North West Frontier Province, Pakistan. It replaced the Peshawar Club Ground as the home ground for the Peshawar cricket team in 1985. The ground has hosted 17 ODIs since 1984 (including two where no play was possible), and seven Test matches since 1995, most recently in 2003. The ground has a seating capacity of 20,000.
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Bangalore
Bangalore , known as Bengaluru (), is the capital of the Indian state of Karnataka. Bangalore is nicknamed the Garden City and was once called a pensioner's paradise. Located on the Deccan Plateau in the south-eastern part of Karnataka, Bangalore is India's third most populous city and fifth-most populous urban agglomeration. As of 2009, Bangalore was inducted in the list of Global cities and ranked as a "Beta World City" alongside Geneva, Copenhagen, Boston, Cairo, Riyadh, Berlin, to name a few, in the studies performed by the Globalization and World Cities Study Group and Network in 2008.
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Baroda
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Bengaluru
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Bihar
{{Infobox Indian Jurisdiction
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Central Bank bombing
The Central Bank bombing was one of the deadliest terrorist attacks carried out by the LTTE during the Separatist civil war in Sri Lanka between the government and the Tamil Tigers.
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Chennai
Chennai (Tamil: ), formerly known as Madras (Tamil: AKA ), is the capital city of the Indian state of Tamil Nadu. Chennai is the fourth most populous metropolitan area and the fifth most populous city in India. Located on the Coromandel Coast of the Bay of Bengal, Chennai city had a population of 4.34 million in the 2001 census within the area administered by the Corporation of Chennai and an extended Metropolitan Population of 6.5 million. The urban agglomeration of metropolitan Chennai has an estimated population over 8.2 million people.
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Colombo
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Delhi
Delhi, known locally as Dilli (, , {{Lang-ur| '), and by the official name National Capital Territory of Delhi''' (NCT), is the largest metropolis by area and the second-largest metropolis by population in India. It is the eighth largest metropolis in the world by population with more than 12.25 million inhabitants in the territory and with nearly 22.2 million residents in the National Capital Region urban area (which also includes Noida, Gurgaon, Greater Noida, Faridabad and Ghaziabad). The name Delhi is often also used to include some urban areas near the NCT, as well as to refer to New Delhi, the capital of India, which lies within the metropolis. The NCT is a federally administered union territory.
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Faisalabad
(Punjabi, {{lang-ur|) is a city in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. It was formerly known as Lyallpur. Faisalabad is the third largest city in Pakistan after Karachi and Lahore. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has risen from 9,171 in 1901 to 179,000 in 1951 and to 2,009,000 in 1998. The larger Faisalabad district had a population of about 5.4 million in 1998.
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Gujarat
Gujarat (, , , ) is a state in India. Its capital is Gandhinagar, while its largest city is Ahmedabad. Gujarat is home to the Gujarati speaking people of India. The state encompasses major sites of the Indus Valley Civilization such as Lothal and Dholavira. Gujarat played an important role in the economic history of India throughout the history of India. It is home to major ports in India's ancient and modern history, leading it to become one of the main trade and commerce center of India. Lothal, one of the world's first ports, is located in Gujarat. Mohandas Gandhi, considered as India's "father of the nation", was a Gujarati who led the Indian Independence Movement against the British rule. Even today, Gujarat has one of the fastest growing economies in India.
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Gujranwala
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Gujrat
Gujrat (Urdu/Punjabi: ) is a city in Pakistan. It is the capital of Gujrat District and the Gujrat Tehsil subdivision in the Punjab Province. People living in Gujrat refer to themselves as Gujratis, which sometimes leads to confusion with people from the Indian state of Gujarat which neighbors Pakistan. The major sources of livelihood among the Gujrat populace are agriculture and small industries.
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Hyderabad (India)
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Hyderabad, India
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India
India (), officially the Republic of India ( ; see also official names of India), is a country in South Asia. It is the seventh-largest country by geographical area, the second-most populous country with over 1.18 billion people, and the most populous democracy in the world. Mainland India is bounded by the Indian Ocean on the south, the Arabian Sea on the west, and the Bay of Bengal on the east; and it is bordered by Pakistan to the west; Bhutan, the People's Republic of China and Nepal to the north; and Bangladesh and Burma to the east. In the Indian Ocean, mainland India and the Lakshadweep Islands are in the vicinity of Sri Lanka and the Maldives, while India's Andaman and Nicobar Islands share maritime border with Thailand and the Indonesian island of Sumatra in the Andaman Sea. India has a coastline of .
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Kandy
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Kanpur
Kanpur (, {{lang-ur|), spelled as Cawnpore before 1948, is the tenth most populous city in India and the largest within the state of Uttar Pradesh. It is the second largest city of the Hindi-speaking belt after Delhi. It remains one of the oldest industrial townships of North India, although it has not kept pace with IT industry growth in the rest of India due to political indifference. It has a metropolitan area of over and a city area of around 829 km2 with a population of approximately 5 million,. With this huge population city also has lot of problems with traffic
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Karachi
Karachi (: , {{lang-ur|) is the largest city, main seaport and financial centre of Pakistan, and the capital of the province of Sindh. With an estimated population of about 18 million, Karachi is one of the world's largest cities in terms of population, the 13th largest urban agglomeration, the 4th largest metropolitan area in the world, and the 2nd largest city within the Organisation of the Islamic Conference. It is Pakistan's premier centre of banking, industry, and trade and is home to Pakistan's largest corporations, including those involved in textiles, shipping, automotive industry, entertainment, the arts, fashion, advertising, publishing, software development and medical research. The city is a major hub of higher education in South Asia and the wider Islamic world.
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Karnataka
Karnataka (, pronounced ) is a state in South West India. It was created on 1 November 1956, with the passing of the States Reorganisation Act. Originally known as the State of Mysore, it was renamed Karnataka in 1973.
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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa ({{lang-ps|), previously known as the North-West Frontier Province (see names of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa), is one of the four provinces of Pakistan, located in the north west of the country. It borders Afghanistan to the north-west, Gilgit-Baltistan to the north-east, Azad Jammu and Kashmir to the east, the Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) to the west and south, Balochistan to the south and Punjab and the Islamabad Capital Territory to the south-east.
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Kolkata
Kolkata (Bengali: ; ), is the capital of the Indian state of West Bengal. Kolkata is the cultural capital of India and the commercial capital of Eastern India. It is located in eastern India on the east bank of the Hooghly River. The Kolkata metropolitan area including suburbs has a population exceeding 15 million, making it the third most populous metropolitan area in India and one of the most populous urban areas in the world. The city is also classified as the eighth largest urban agglomeration in the world.
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Lahore
Lahore ({{lang-pa|, {{lang-ur|, ) is the capital of the Pakistani province of Punjab and the second largest city in Pakistan after Karachi. The city lies along the Ravi River and is situated approximately from Wagah (the only road border crossing between India and Pakistan). Historically the main city of the undivided Punjab, Lahore has been a center of Muslim heritage since the Data Durbar is located here. It is often called the Garden of Mughals because of its rich Mughal heritage. It successively served as provincial/regional capital of the empires of the Shahi kingdoms in the 11th century, the Ghaznavids in the 12th century, the Ghurid State in the 12th and 13th century, the Mughal Empire in the 16th century, the Sikh Empire in the early 19th century, and it was the capital of the Punjab region under the British Raj in the mid 19th and early 20th century. Mughal structures such as the Badshahi Mosque, the Lahore Fort, Shalimar Gardens, and the mausolea of Jehangir and Nur Jehan are popular tourist attractions for the city. Lahore is also home to many British colonial structures built in the Mughal-Gothic style, such as the Lahore High Court, the General Post Office (GPO), the Lahore Museum, and many older universities including the University of the Punjab. Lahore is often referred to as the cultural heart of Pakistan, as it is the center of Pakistani arts, films and intelligentsia.
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Madhya Pradesh
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Madras
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Maharashtra
Maharashtra (Marathi: , ) is a state located in West India. The word Maharashtra comes from the words Maha meaning Great and Rashtra meaning Nation, thus rendering the name Maharashtra (Great Nation). It is the second most populous after Uttar Pradesh and third largest state by area in India. It is the richest state in India, contributing to 15% of the country's industrial output and 13.2% of its GDP in year 2005-06.
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Mumbai
Mumbai (; , ', ), previously known as Bombay' (), is the capital of the Indian state of Maharashtra. It is the most populous city in India, and the second most populous city in the world, with a population of approximately 14 million. The official language of Mumbai is Marathi. But many other languages are also widely used, particularly the Mumbaiian Hindi''. Along with the neighbouring urban areas, including the cities of Navi Mumbai and Thane, it is one of the most populous urban regions in the world. Mumbai lies on the west coast of India and has a deep natural harbour. As of 2009, Mumbai was named an Alpha world city. Mumbai is also the richest city in India, and has the highest GDP of any city in South or Central Asia.
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Nagpur
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Orissa
Odisha (), or Orissa, is a state of India, located on the east coast of India, by the Bay of Bengal. It is the modern name of the ancient nation of Kalinga, which was invaded by the Maurya Emperor Ashoka in 261 BC. The modern state of Odisha was established on 1 April 1936 at Kanika Palace, Cuttack, as a province in India, and consists predominantly of Odia speakers. 1 April is therefore celebrated as Utkal Divas (Odisha Day).
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Pakistan
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Patna
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Peshawar
( Pekhawar/Peshawar, Hindko: Pishor, {{lang-ur|), is the capital of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and the administrative centre (but not the capital) for the Federally Administered Tribal Areas of Pakistan. The Kushan king Kanishka, moved the capital from Pushkalavati (now called Charsadda in the Peshawar valley) to Purushapura in the 2nd century AD. The current name "Peshawar" may derive from the Sanskrit Purushapura (meaning "city of men") and is known as Pekhawar or Peshawar in Pashto and Pishor in Hindko. The area originally belonged to Gandhara and the eastern Iranian tribes of Scythian origin and later became part of the Kushan Empire empire. It gave its name to the Peshwari naan bread, one of the diverse genres of naan common in the curry houses of Great Britain. Briefly it also witnessed some Greek influence after which it saw the Arab conquest and rise of [[Islam]. Today it is one of the prime cities of Pakistan west of the river Indus.
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Punjab C.A. Stadium
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Punjab, Pakistan
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Rajasthan
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Rawalpindi
::For the British Navy ship see HMS Rawalpindi
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Sindh
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Sri Lanka
The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka (commonly known as Sri Lanka (, , or ); ; , ) is a country and a sovereign state off souther coast of the Indian subcontinent. A island nation in South Asia, it was till 1972 known as Ceylon (, , or ). Sri Lanka is surrounded by the Indian Ocean, the Gulf of Mannar and the Palk Strait.
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Tamil Nadu
Tamil Nadu (, ) is one of the 28 states of India. Its capital and largest city is Chennai (formerly known as Madras). Tamil Nadu lies in the southernmost part of the Indian Peninsula and is bordered by the States of Puducherry, Kerala, Karnataka and Andhra Pradesh. It is bound by the Eastern Ghats in the north, the Nilgiri, the Anamalai Hills, and Palakkad on the west, by the Bay of Bengal in the east, the Gulf of Mannar, the Palk Strait in the south east, and by the Indian Ocean in the south.
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Uttar Pradesh
Uttar Pradesh (, {{Lang-ur|), pronounced , "Northern Province"), often referred to as U.P., is a state located in the northern part of India. With a population of over 190 million people,
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Vadodara
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Visakhapatnam
Visakhapatnam ( ) (also Vizag, shortened and anglicised: Visakha/Vizag or Vasaka) is a major port and the second largest city in the state of Andhra Pradesh on the east coast of India with a population of approximately 1.3 million. The city is nestled among the hills of the Eastern Ghats and faces the Bay of Bengal to the east. It is the administrative headquarters of Visakhapatnam district and is also home to the Eastern Naval Command of the Indian Navy. Visakhapatnam is often referred to as The Jewel of The East Coast or The City of Destiny.
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Vishakapatnam
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Wankhede Stadium
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West Bengal
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Aamer Sohail
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Ajay Jadeja
Ajaysinhji Daulatsinhji Jadeja was born on 1 February 1971 in Jamnagar, Gujarat in a Rajput family. He was a regular in the Indian cricket team between 1992 and 2000, playing in 15 Test matches and 196 One Day Internationals. His cricketing achievements were overshadowed by a 5 year ban for match-fixing. The ban was later quashed by the Delhi High Court on 27 January 2003, making Jadeja eligible to play domestic and international cricket.
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Andrew Hudson
Andrew Charles Hudson (born 17 March 1965 in Eshowe, Natal) was a South African Test and ODI cricketer. The right-handed batsman played 35 Tests and 89 One Day Internationals for South Africa in the 1990s. His career spanned 16 consecutive summers, playing for both his country and his province KwaZulu-Natal. Although his career statistics do not match up to the best, he was a treat to watch as he played the square cut, cover drive and pull exceptionally well.
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Anil Kumble
Anil Kumble () (born 17 October 1970 in Bangalore, Karnataka) is a former Indian cricketer and captain of the Indian Test cricket team. He is a right-arm leg spin (legbreak googly) bowler and a right-hand batsman. He is currently the leading wicket-taker for India in both Test and One Day International matches. At present he is the third highest wicket-taker in Test cricket and one of only three bowlers to have taken more than 600 Test wickets. Kumble has had success bowling with other spinners, notably Venkatapathy Raju and Rajesh Chauhan in the 1990s and Harbhajan Singh since 2000.
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Aravinda de Silva
Pinnaduwage Aravinda de Silva (born 17 October 1965 in Colombo) is a former Sri Lankan cricketer, who is considered one of the finest batsmen produced by the country. He is currently the head of the national selection committee.
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Aravinda De Silva
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Arjuna Ranatunga
Arjuna Ranatunga (born 1 December 1963) is a retired Sri Lankan cricketer and politician. He was the captain of Sri Lankan cricket team, and led them to an unbeaten title-winning campaign at the 1996 Cricket World Cup. Ranatunga was the chief of Sri Lanka Cricket until December 24, 2008.
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Arshad Laeeq
Arshad Laeeq (also sometimes known as Arshad Laiq) (born 28 November 1970 in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan) is a former cricketer who played international cricket for the United Arab Emirates. He played two first-class cricket games for Pakistan Steel in 1986-87 and was a stand-by selection for Pakistan for the 1988 Youth World Cup. He also represented Pakistan at Under-19 level in a three-day match against India. He emigrated to the UAE in 1989, making his international debut in the ICC Trophy in 1993-94. He went on to play in the 1997 ICC Trophy too. Arshad Laeeq has played six One Day International, two in the Pepsi Ausral-Asia Cup of 1993-94 in Sharjah and then four in the 1996 Cricket World Cup. His brother Athar Laeeq and his uncle Saeed Azad were successful cricketer in domestic Pakistani cricket.
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Azhar Saeed
Syed Azhar Saeed (born 25 December 1970 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan) is a former cricketer who played international cricket for the United Arab Emirates. Azhar Saeed played five first-class cricket games for Lahore City Whites and Lahore City from 1984-85 to 1987-88 before later emigrating to the Emirates, which he first represented in the 1994 ICC Trophy, where he was named joint man-of-the-tournament.
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Brian Lara
The Hon Brian Charles Lara, TC, OCC, AM (born 2 May 1969, in Santa Cruz, Trinidad and Tobago) is a West Indian international cricket player. He topped the Test batting rankings on several occasions and holds several cricketing records, holds the record for the highest individual score in first-class cricket, with 501 not out for Warwickshire against Durham at Edgbaston in 1994, which is the only quintuple hundred in first-class cricket history. The BBC radio commentary on the final day of the innings (June 6, 1994), by Dave Roberts, was being broadcast around the world live via the BBC World Service network, and in the UK on BBC Radios 1, 2 & 4 as well as the majority of BBC Local radio stations. That evening, as Lara neared the all-time batting record,a huge surge of fans crowded to enter the grounds.
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Brian McMillan
Brian Mervin McMillan (born 22 December 1963 in Welkom and grew up in Carletonville, South Africa) played 38 Tests and 78 One Day Internationals for South Africa from 1991 to 1998. He was rated by many as the best allrounder in the world in the mid-1990s, and won South African Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year awards in 1991 and 1996.
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Chaminda Vaas
Warnakulasuriya Patabendige Ushantha Joseph Chaminda Vaas, (born 27 January 1974 in Mattumagala), usually known as Chaminda Vaas, is a Sri Lankan cricketer who was regarded as being the best fast bowler to come out of the country. In 2004 he gained recognition for his talent when he was selected for the World Test and one-day XI at the inaugural ICC Awards. He was once again selected for the World Test XI at the 2005 awards.
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Charlie Lock
Alan Charles Ingram Lock (born September 10, 1962, Marondera, Mashonaland) is a former Zimbabwean cricketer who played in one Test and 8 ODIs in 1995.
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Courtney Walsh
Courtney Andrew Walsh (born October 30, 1962 in Kingston, Jamaica) is a former international cricketer (fast bowler) who represented the West Indies from 1984 to 2001, captaining the West Indies in 22 Test matches. He is best known for a remarkable opening bowling partnership along with fellow West Indian Curtly Ambrose for several years and holding the record of most Test wickets from 2000, after he broke the record of Kapil Dev. This record was later broken in 2004 by Muttiah Muralitharan.
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Craig Spearman
Craig Murray Spearman (born 4 July 1972 in Auckland) played 19 Tests and 51 One Day Internationals for New Zealand from 1995 - 2001.
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Curtley Ambrose
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Curtly Ambrose
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Damien Fleming
Damien William Fleming (born 24 April 1970, Bentley, Western Australia) is a former Australian cricketer who played in 20 Tests and 88 ODIs from 1994 to 2001.
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Daryll Cullinan
Daryll John Cullinan (born 4 March 1967 in Kimberley, Cape Province) is a former South African cricketer, who played Test cricket and One Day Internationals for South Africa as a specialist batsman.
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Dion Nash
Dion Joseph Nash (born 20 November 1971 in Auckland, New Zealand) played for the New Zealand cricket team, captaining the team in 1999 with the injury of regular captain Stephen Fleming. On the 1995 tour to South Africa, Nash was suspended for smoking Cannabis along with captain Stephen Fleming and team-mate Matthew Hart.
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Dipak Chudasama
Dipak Nanalal Chudasama, born 20 May 1963 in Mombasa, was a Kenyan cricketer. He was a right-handed batsman. (Perhaps mistakenly) known as "The Doc", Chudasama was, as well as being a cricketer, a fully-qualified orthodontist.
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Eric Gouka
Eric L Gouka (born 29 January 1970 in Schiedam, Zuid-Holland) was a Dutch cricketer. He played three One Day Internationals for The Netherlands.
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Faisalabad
(Punjabi, lang-ur|) is a city in the province of Punjab, Pakistan. It was formerly known as Lyallpur. Faisalabad is the third largest city in Pakistan after Karachi and Lahore. Before the foundation of the city in 1880, the area was very thinly populated. The population has risen from 9,171 in 1901 to 179,000 in 1951 and to 2,009,000 in 1998. The larger Faisalabad district had a population of about 5.4 million in 1998.
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Flavian Aponso
Goniamalimage John Anthony Flavian Aponso (born 28 October 1952 in Colombo, Sri Lanka) was a Sri Lankan and Dutch cricketer, who played five One-day Internationals for The Netherlands during the 1996 World Cup.
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Gary Kirsten
Gary Kirsten (born 23 November 1967 in Cape Town) is a former South African cricketer, and current coach of the Indian cricket team. He played 101 Test matches and 185 One-day internationals for South Africa between 1993 and 2004, mainly as an opening batsman. His half brother Peter, also played provincial cricket for Western Province, and then later for the South African Cricket team which included the highlight of the Cricket World Cup in 1992.
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Glenn McGrath
Glenn Donald McGrath AM (pronounced ) (born 9 February 1970 in Dubbo, New South Wales), nicknamed "Pigeon" is a former Australian cricket player. He is one of the most highly regarded fast-medium pace bowlers in cricketing history , and a leading contributor to Australia's domination of world cricket since the mid-1990s to the early 21st century. He holds the world record for the highest number of Test wickets by a fast bowler and is fourth on the all time list, with the top three wicket takers Muttiah Muralitharan, Shane Warne and Anil Kumble all being spin bowlers. McGrath announced his retirement from Test cricket on 23 December 2006. His Test career came to an end after the 5th Ashes test in Sydney, whilst the 2007 World Cup marked the end of his one-day career. Known throughout his career for maintaining a remarkably accurate line and length, McGrath's consistency enabled him to be one of the most economical fast bowlers of his time. McGrath also played for the Indian Premier League team of Delhi DareDevils and was one of the tournaments most economical bowlers during its first season. On January 5, the franchise announced that it had bought out the remaining year of his contract.
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Graeme Hick
Graeme Ashley Hick MBE (born 23 May 1966) is a Zimbabwean-born cricketer who played 65 Test matches and 120 One Day Internationals for England. He played county cricket for Worcestershire for his entire English domestic career, a period of well over twenty years, and in 2008 he surpassed Graham Gooch's record for the most matches in all forms of the game combined. He scored more than 40,000 first-class runs, mostly from number three in the order, and he is one of only three players to have passed 20,000 runs in List A cricket (Graham Gooch and Sachin Tendulkar are the others).
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Graham Thorpe
Graham Paul Thorpe MBE (born 1 August 1969 in Farnham, Surrey) is a former English cricketer who played for Surrey and England. A left-handed middle-order batsman and slip fielder, he appeared in exactly 100 Test matches.
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Grant Flower
Grant William Flower (born 20 December 1970) is a Zimbabwean cricketer. He is rated among the best Zimbabwean cricketers in history for his handy left arm spin and fine batting skills. He was a fitness fanatic who spends hours in the gym, and was also regarded as a brilliant fielder who was usually seen in the gully. "Flower Power", the combination of Grant and his brother Andy Flower, was the mainstay of Zimbabwean batting for a decade. He was his team's most successful opening batsman who played the role of anchorman, with strokeplayers coming in down the order. He played a lead role in, arguably, Zimbabwe's finest Test victory, against a strong Pakistan side. He would show a liking for the Pakistani side over his career, averaging over 40 against them and scoring 3 centuries including an unbeaten 201.
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Hansie Cronje
Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje (25 September 1969 - 1 June 2002) was a South African cricketer and captain of the South African national cricket team in the 1990s. He was voted the 11th greatest South African in 2004 despite having been banned for life from professional cricket for his role in a match-fixing scandal.
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Heath Streak
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Javagal Srinath
Javagal Srinath () (born August 31, 1969 in Mysore, Karnataka) is a former Indian cricketer. He was a frontline fast bowler for the Indian cricket team until his retirement, being the only Indian pace bowler apart from Kapil Dev to take 200 Test wickets, until Zaheer Khan achieved that milestone. At his peak, he was arguably one of the world's fastest bowlers. One ball that he bowled during the 1996 tour of South Africa measured 156kph. He also clocked 154.5 km/h at the 1999 World Cup
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Johanne Samarasekera
Johanne Abeyratne Samarasekera (born 22 February 1968 in Colombo, Sri Lanka) is a former cricketer. After playing twelve first-class games for his native Colombo in 1988-89 to 1989, Samarasekera emigrated to the United Arab Emirates. He made the national side for the 1994 Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup in Sharjah, where he played in his first two One Day Internationals, and he also competed for the UAE in the 1994 ICC Trophy, where he was named best bowler of the tournament, having taken 18 wickets. After playing in the 1995-96 Interface Cup, a List A competition also involving A sides from India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, he was selected for the UAE in the 1996 World Cup. Samarasekera fared poorly in that competition and was not selected for the national side again.
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Jonty Rhodes
Jonathan Neil "Jonty" Rhodes (born 27 July 1969) is a former South African Test and One Day International cricketer who played for the South African cricket team between 1992 and 2003.
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K. T. Francis
K. T. Francis, full name Kandiah Thirugnansampandapillai Francis (born October 15, 1939, Kegalle, Sri Lanka), is a former cricket umpire. Francis officiated in 25 Tests and 56 One Day Internationals between 1982 and 1999, mostly in his own country. He has since retired.
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K.T. Francis
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Kennedy Otieno
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1996 Wills World Cup

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Dates

14 February – 17 March

Administrator(s)

International Cricket Council

Cricket format

One Day International

Tournament format(s)

Round robin and Knockout

Host(s)

Pakistan

India

Sri Lanka

Champions

Sri Lanka (1st title)

Participants

Matches played

Man of the Series

Sanath Jayasuriya

Most runs

Sachin Tendulkar (523)

Most wickets

Anil Kumble (15)

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The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup after its official sponsors, was the sixth Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was the second World Cup to be hosted by Pakistan and India, and for the first time by Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

1 Hosts
2 Host cities and venues
3 Squads
4 Teams
5 Overview
6 Group stage
- 6.1 Group A
- 6.2 Group B
7 Knockout stage
- 7.1 Quarter-finals
8 Semi-finals
9 Final
10 Statistics
11 Allegations on 1996 WC Semi-Final
12 Notes and references
13 External links

Hosts [link]

The 1996 World Cup was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Controversy dogged the tournament before any games were played, however, when Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the Central Bank bombing by the Tamil Tigers in January, citing security concerns. Sri Lanka, in addition to offering maximum security to the teams, questioned the validity of citing security concerns when the International Cricket Council had determined it was safe. After extensive negotiations, the ICC ruled that Sri Lanka would be awarded both games on forfeit. As a result of this decision, Sri Lanka automatically qualified for the quarter-finals before playing a game.

Host cities and venues [link]

India hosted 17 matches at 17 different venues, while Pakistan hosted 16 matches at 6 venues and Sri Lanka hosted 4 matches at 3 venues.

India [link]

Cities	Venues	Capacity	Matches
Kolkata, West Bengal	Eden Gardens	90,000	1
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh	Green Park	45,000	1
Mohali, Punjab	Punjab Cricket Association Stadium	40,000	1
Bengaluru, Karnataka	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	55,000	1
Chennai, Tamil Nadu	M. A. Chidambaram Stadium	50,000	1
Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	30,000	1
Cuttack, Orissa	Barabati Stadium	25,000	1
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh	Roop Singh Stadium	25,000	1
Vishakapatnam, Andhra Pradesh	Indira Priyadarshini Stadium	25,000	1
Patna, Bihar	Moin-ul-Haq Stadium	25,000	1
Pune, Maharashtra	Nehru Stadium	25,000	1
Mumbai, Maharashtra	Wankhede Stadium	45,000	1
Ahmedabad, Gujrat	Sardar Patel Stadium	48,000	1
Vadodara (Baroda), Gujarat	Moti Bagh Stadium	18,000	1
Jaipur, Rajasthan	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	30,000	1
Nagpur, Maharashtra	Vidarbha C.A. Ground	40,000	1
Delhi	Feroz Shah Kotla	48,000	1

Pakistan [link]

Cities	Venues	Capacity	Matches
Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa	Arbab Niaz Stadium	30,000	2
Lahore, Punjab	Gaddafi Stadium	60,000	4
Faisalabad, Punjab	Iqbal Stadium	25,000	3
Gujranwala, Punjab	Jinnah Stadium	12,000	1
Karachi, Sindh	National Stadium	30,000	3
Rawalpindi, Punjab	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium	15,000	3

Sri Lanka [link]

Cities	Venues	Capacity	Matches
Kandy	Asgiriya Stadium	10,000	1
Colombo	R. Premadasa Stadium	35,000	2
Colombo	Sinhalese Sports Club Ground	10,000	1

1996 Cricket World Cup is located in India

Venues in India

Venues in Pakistan

Venues in Sri Lanka

Squads [link]

Main article: 1996 Cricket World Cup squads

Teams [link]

Three teams made their World Cup debuts in 1996: the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands and Kenya. The Netherlands lost all of their five matches while the U.A.E. only beat the Dutch. Kenya, however, recorded a surprise victory over the West Indies in Pune.

Overview [link]

The Sri Lankans, coached by Dav Whatmore and captained by Arjuna Ranatunga, used Man of the Series Sanath Jayasuriya^[1] and Romesh Kaluwitharana as opening batsmen to take advantage of the fielding restrictions during the first 15 overs of each innings. At a time when 50 or 60 runs in the first 15 overs was considered adequate, Sri Lanka scored 117 runs in those overs against India, 123 against Kenya, 121 against England in the quarter-final and 86 against India in the semi-final. Against Kenya, Sri Lanka made 398 for 5, a new record for the highest team score in a One Day International that stood until April 2006.

Sri Lanka won the first semi-final over India at Eden Gardens, Kolkata in front of a crowd unofficially estimated at 110 000. Chasing Sri Lanka's innings of 251 for 8, India had slumped to 120 for 8 in the 35th over when sections of crowd began to throw fruit and plastic bottles onto the field. The players left the field for 20 minutes in an attempt to quieten the crowd. When the players returned for play, more bottles were thrown onto the field and fires were lit in the stand. Match referee Clive Lloyd awarded the match to Sri Lanka, the first default ever in a Test or One Day International (as of 2012, there has only been two defaults in a Test or One Day International).

In the second semi-final in Mohali, Australia recovered from 15 for 4 to reach 207 for 8 from their 50 overs. The West Indians had reached 165 for 2 in the 42nd over before losing their last 8 wickets for 37 runs in 50 balls.

Sri Lanka won the toss in the final and sent Australia in to bat despite the team batting first having won all five previous World Cup finals. Mark Taylor top scored with 74 in Australia's total of 241 for 7. After Australia had put down no fewer than five catches, Sri Lanka won the match in the 47th over with Aravinda de Silva following his 3 for 42 with an unbeaten 107 to win the Player of the Match award. It was the first time a tournament host or co-host had won the cricket World Cup.

Group stage [link]

Group A [link]

Main article: 1996 Cricket World Cup Group A

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NRR
Sri Lanka	10	5	5	0	1.60
Australia	6	5	3	2	0.90
India	6	5	3	2	0.45
West Indies	4	5	2	3	−0.13
Zimbabwe	2	5	1	4	−0.93
Kenya	2	5	1	4	−1.00

16 February Scorecard	Zimbabwe 151/9 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 155/4 (29.3 overs)	West Indies won by 6 wickets Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Steve Dunne and Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Curtley Ambrose (WI)
	Grant Flower 31 (54) Curtley Ambrose 3/28 (10 overs)		Sherwin Campbell 47 (88) Paul Strang 4/40 (7.3 overs)

17 February Scorecard	Sri Lanka	v	Australia	Sri Lanka won by a walkover R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Cyril Mitchley

Australia forfeited the match due to safety concerns, and were in Bombay at the time of the match.

18 February Scorecard	Kenya 199/6 (50 overs)	v	India 203/3 (41.5 overs)	India won by 7 wickets Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: K. T. Francis and David Shepherd Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
	Steve Tikolo 65 (83) Anil Kumble 3/28 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 127* (138) Steve Tikolo 1/26 (3 overs)

21 February Scorecard	Zimbabwe 228/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 229/4 (37 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Steve Dunne and Mahboob Shah Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
	Alistair Campbell 75 (102) Chaminda Vaas 2/30 (10 overs)		Aravinda de Silva 91 (86) Heath Streak 3/60 (10 overs)

21 February Scorecard	West Indies 173 (50 overs)	v	India 174/5 (39.4 overs)	India won by 5 wickets Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
	Richie Richardson 47 (70) Anil Kumble 3/35 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 70 (91) Roger Harper 2/34 (9 overs)

23 February Scorecard	Australia 304/7 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 207/7 (50 overs)	Australia won by 97 runs Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and David Shepherd Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)
	Mark Waugh 130 (128) Rajab Ali 3/45 (10 overs)		Kennedy Otieno 85 (137) Paul Reiffel 2/18 (7 overs)

26 February Scorecard	Sri Lanka	v	West Indies	Sri Lanka won by a walkover Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Mahboob Shah and V.K. Ramaswamy

West Indies forfeited the match due to safety concerns.

26 February Scorecard	Kenya 134 (49.4 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 137/5 (42.2 overs)	Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Cyril Mitchley Player of the match: Paul Strang (Zim)
	Dipak Chudasama 34 (66) Paul Strang 5/21 (9.4 overs)		Grant Flower 45 (112) Rajab Ali 3/22 (8 overs)
This game was scheduled to be played on 25 February. That game started but was abandoned after 15.5 overs in the Zimbabwe innings.

27 February Scorecard	Australia 258 (50 overs)	v	India 242 (48 overs)	Australia won by 16 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Steve Dunne and David Shepherd Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)
	Mark Waugh 126 (135) Venkatapathy Raju 2/48 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 90 (84) Damien Fleming 5/36 (9 overs)

29 February Scorecard	Kenya 166 (49.3 overs)	v	West Indies 93 (35.2 overs)	Kenya won by 73 runs Nehru Stadium, Pune Umpires: Khizer Hayat and V.K. Ramaswamy Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Ken)
	Steve Tikolo 29 (50) Courtney Walsh 3/46 (9 overs)		Shivnarine Chanderpaul 19 (48) Maurice Odumbe 3/15 (10 overs)

1 March Scorecard	Zimbabwe 154 all out (45.3 overs)	v	Australia 158/2 (36 overs)	Australia won by 8 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: Steve Dunne and David Shepherd Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)
	Andrew Waller 67 (101) Shane Warne 4/34 (9.3 overs)		Mark Waugh 76* (109) Paul Strang 2/33 (10 overs)

2 March Scorecard	India 271/3 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 272/4 (48.4 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
	Sachin Tendulkar 137 (137) Ravindra Pushpakumara 1/53 (8 overs)		Sanath Jayasuriya 79 (76) Anil Kumble 2/39 (10 overs)

4 March Scorecard	Australia 229/6 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 232/6 (48.5 overs)	West Indies won by 4 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Mahboob Shah and David Shepherd Player of the match: Richie Richardson (WI)
	Ricky Ponting 102 (112) Courtney Walsh 2/35 (9 overs)		Richie Richardson 93* (133) Mark Waugh 3/38 (10 overs)

6 March Scorecard	India 247/5 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 207 all out (49.4 overs)	India won by 40 runs Green Park, Kanpur Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Cyril Mitchley Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)
	Vinod Kambli 106 (110) Charlie Lock 2/57 (10 overs)		Heath Streak 30 (39) Venkatapathy Raju 3/30 (10 overs)

6 March Scorecard	Sri Lanka 398/5 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 254/7 (50 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 144 runs Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Steve Dunne and V.K. Ramaswamy Player of the match: Aravinda De Silva (SL)
	Aravinda De Silva 145 (115) Tito Odumbe 2/34 (5 overs)		Steve Tikolo 96 (95) Arjuna Ranatunga 2/31 (5 overs)

Group B [link]

Main article: 1996 Cricket World Cup Group B

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NRR
South Africa	10	5	5	0	2.04
Pakistan	8	5	4	1	0.96
New Zealand	6	5	3	2	0.55
England	4	5	2	3	0.08
United Arab Emirates	2	5	1	4	−1.83
Netherlands	0	5	0	5	−1.92

14 February Scorecard	New Zealand 239/6 (50 overs)	v	England 228/9 (50 overs)	New Zealand won by 11 runs Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Umpires: B.C. Cooray and Steve Randell Player of the match: Nathan Astle (NZ)
	Nathan Astle 101 (132) Graeme Hick 2/45 (9 overs)		Graeme Hick 85 (102) Dion Nash 3/26 (7 overs)

16 February Scorecard	South Africa 321/2 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 152/8 (50 overs)	South Africa won by 169 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Steve Bucknor and V.K. Ramaswamy Player of the match: Gary Kirsten (SA)
	Gary Kirsten 188* (159) Johanne Samarasekera 1/39 (9 overs)		Arshad Laeeq 43 (79) Brian McMillan 3/11 (8 overs)

17 February Scorecard	New Zealand 307/8 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 188/7 (50 overs)	New Zealand won by 119 runs Moti Bagh Stadium, Baroda Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Craig Spearman (NZ)
	Craig Spearman 68 (59) Steven Lubbers 3/48 (9 overs)		Roland Lefebvre 45 (64) Chris Harris 3/24 (10 overs)

18 February Scorecard	United Arab Emirates 136 (48.3 overs)	v	England 140/2 (35 overs)	England won by 8 wickets Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Umpires: B.C. Cooray and V.K. Ramaswamy Player of the match: Neil Smith (Eng)
	Mazhar Hussain 33 (59) Neil Smith 3/29		Graham Thorpe 44* (66) Arshad Laeeq 1/25 (7 overs)

20 February Scorecard	New Zealand 177/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 178/5 (37.3 overs)	South Africa won by 5 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Steve Randell and Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)
	Stephen Fleming 33 (79) Allan Donald 3/34 (10 overs)		Hansie Cronje 78 (64) Nathan Astle 2/10 (3 overs)

22 February Scorecard	England 279/4 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 230/6 (50 overs)	England won by 49 runs Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Umpires: Steve Bucknor and K.T. Francis Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Eng)
	Graeme Hick 104* (133) Roland Lefebvre 1/40 (10 overs)		Klaas van Noortwijk 64 (82) Phil DeFreitas 3/31 (10 overs)

24 February Scorecard	United Arab Emirates 109/9 (33 overs)	v	Pakistan 112/1 (18 overs)	Pakistan won by 9 wickets Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala Umpires: B.C. Cooray and Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)
	Shaukat Dukanwala 21* (19) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/16 (7 overs)		Ijaz Ahmed 50* (57) Johanne Samarasekera 1/17 (3 overs)

25 February Scorecard	South Africa 230 all out (50 overs)	v	England 152 all out (44.3 overs)	South Africa won by 78 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Steve Randell and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Jonty Rhodes (SA)
	Gary Kirsten 38 (60) Peter Martin 3/33 (10 overs)		Graham Thorpe 46 (69) Shaun Pollock 2/16 (8 overs)

26 February Scorecard	Netherlands 145/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 151/2 (30.4 overs)	Pakistan won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: K.T. Francis and Steve Bucknor Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)
	Flavian Aponso 58 Waqar Younis 4/26		Saeed Anwar 83* Peter Cantrell 1/18 (4 overs)

27 February Scorecard	New Zealand 276/8 (47 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 167/9 (47 overs)	New Zealand won by 109 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: B.C. Cooray and Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Roger Twose (NZ)
	Roger Twose 92 (112) Azhar Saeed 3/45 (7 overs)		Johanne Samarasekera 47 (59) Shane Thomson 3/20
Match reduced to 47 overs a side due to heavy fog at the start of the match.

29 February Scorecard	Pakistan 242/6 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 243/5 (44.2 overs)	South Africa won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: K.T. Francis and Steve Bucknor Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)
	Aamir Sohail 111 (139) Hansie Cronje 2/20 (5 overs)		Daryll Cullinan 65 (76) Waqar Younis 3/50 (8 overs)
Bucknor replaced Ian Robinson as an umpire in this match after protests by Pakistan.

1 March Scorecard	Netherlands 216/9 (50 overs)	v	United Arab Emirates 220/3 (44.2 overs)	United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Steve Randell Player of the match: Shaukat Dukanwala (UAE)
	Peter Cantrell 47 (106) Shaukat Dukanwala 5/29 (10 overs)		Saleem Raza 84 (68) Roland Lefebvre 1/24 (8 overs)
This was the first ever official ODI between two ICC Associate teams.

3 March Scorecard	England 249/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 250/3 (47.4 overs)	Pakistan won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: B.C. Cooray and Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (Pak)
	Robin Smith 75 (92) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/53 (10 overs)		Saeed Anwar 71 (72) Dominic Cork 2/59 (10 overs)

5 March Scorecard	South Africa 328/3 (50 overs)	v	Netherlands 168/8 (50 overs)	South Africa won by 160 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Steve Randell Player of the match: Andrew Hudson (SA)
	Andrew Hudson 161 (132) Eric Gouka 1/32 (2 overs)		Nolan Clarke 32 (46) Allan Donald 2/21 (6 overs)

6 March Scorecard	Pakistan 281/5 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 235 (47.3 overs)	Pakistan won by 46 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: K.T. Francis and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Saleem Malik (Pak)
	Saeed Anwar 62 (67) Robert Kennedy 1/32 (5 overs)		Stephen Fleming 42 (43) Mushtaq Ahmed 2/32 (10 overs)

Knockout stage [link]

Main article: 1996 Cricket World Cup knockout stage

Quarter-finals		Semi-finals		Final

9 March - Faisalabad, Pakistan

England	235/8
		13 March - Calcutta, India
Sri Lanka	236/5
		Sri Lanka	251/8
9 March - Bangalore, India
		India	120/8
India	287/8
				17 March - Lahore, Pakistan
Pakistan	248/9
				Sri Lanka	245/3
11 March - Karachi, Pakistan
				Australia	241/7
West Indies	264/8
		14 March - Mohali, India
South Africa	245
		West Indies	202
11 March - Madras, India
		Australia	207/8
New Zealand	286/9

Australia	289/4

Quarter-finals [link]

9 March Scorecard	England 235/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 236/5 (40.4 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
	Phil DeFreitas 67 (64) Kumar Dharmasena 2/30 (10 overs)		Sanath Jayasuriya 82 (44) Dermot Reeve 1/14 (4 overs)

9 March Scorecard	India 287/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 248/9 (49 overs)	India won by 39 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd Player of the match: Navjot Sidhu (Ind)
	Navjot Sidhu 93 (115) Mushtaq Ahmed 2/56 (10 overs)		Aamer Sohail 55 (46) Venkatesh Prasad 3/45 (10 overs)
Pakistan was fined 1 over for a slow over rate

11 March Scorecard	West Indies 264/8 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 245 (49.3 overs)	West Indies won by 19 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: K.T. Francis and Steve Randell Player of the match: Brian Lara (WI)
	Brian Lara 111 (94) Brian McMillan 2/37 (10 overs)		Daryll Cullinan 69 (78) Roger Harper 4/47 (10 overs)

11 March Scorecard	New Zealand 286/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 289/4 (47.5 overs)	Australia won by 6 wickets MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Srinivas Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)
	Chris Harris 130 (124) Glenn McGrath 2/50 (9 overs)		Mark Waugh 110 (112) Nathan Astle 1/21 (3 overs)

Semi-finals [link]

13 March Scorecard	Sri Lanka 251/8 (50 overs)	v	India 120/8 (34.1 overs)	Sri Lanka was awarded the match Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: Steve Dunne and Cyril Mitchley Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
	Aravinda de Silva 66 (47) Javagal Srinath 3/34 (7 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 65 (88) Sanath Jayasuriya 3/12 (7 overs)
The match was awarded to Sri Lanka by match referee Clive Lloyd when play could not continue due to the rioting crowd.

14 March Scorecard	Australia 207/8 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 202 all out (49.3 overs)	Australia won by 5 runs Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali Umpires: B.C. Cooray and S Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)
	Stuart Law 72 (105) Curtly Ambrose 2/26 (10 overs)		Shivnarine Chanderpaul 80 (126) Shane Warne 4/36 (9 overs)

Final [link]

Main article: 1996 Cricket World Cup Final

17 March Scorecard	Australia 241/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 245/3 (46.2 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
	Mark Taylor 74 (83) Aravinda de Silva 3/42 (9 overs)		Aravinda de Silva 107 (124) Damien Fleming 1/43 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. Mark Taylor (74 from 83 balls, 8 fours, 1 six) and Ricky Ponting (45 from 73 balls, 2 fours) shared a second-wicket partnership of 101 runs. When Ponting and Taylor were dismissed, however, Australia fell from 1/137 to 5/170 as the famed 4-pronged spin attack of Sri Lanka took its toll. Despite the slump, Australia struggled on to 241 (7 wickets, 50 overs).

Statistics [link]

Main article: 1996 Cricket World Cup statistics

Sachin Tendulkar, the leading run scorer in the tournament.

Anil Kumble, the leading wicket taker in the tournament.

**Leading run scorers**
Runs	Player	Country
523	Sachin Tendulkar	India
484	Mark Waugh	Australia
448	Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka
391	Gary Kirsten	South Africa
329	Saeed Anwar	Pakistan

Leading wicket takers
Wickets	Player	Country
15	Anil Kumble	India
13	Waqar Younis	Pakistan
12
	Paul Strang	Zimbabwe
	Roger Harper	West Indies
	Damien Fleming	Australia
	Shane Warne	Australia

Allegations on 1996 WC Semi-Final [link]

Vinod Kambli made one of the most shocking allegations in world cricket that he suspected the 1996 World Cup first semi-final played between India and Sri Lanka which India lost due to the rioting crowd, was fixed.^[2] Kambli then said that he was surprised when Indian Captain decided to field first after winning the toss while we were already collectively agreed on that we would bat first if India won the toss.^[3]

Former Indian captain Mohammed Azharuddin said that the allegations are absolutely rubbish that it was made by a person who lacks character.^[4] ICC President Sharad Pawar said that the allegations statement made by Kambli is irresponsible and he would rather believe on players like Sachin Tendulkar and Saurav Ganguly have to say.^[5]

The team manager Ajit Wadekar and several Kambli's team-mates during that semi-final including team captain have denied the allegations.^[3] Sourav Ganguly said that Kambli should come up with solid proof. Senior BCCI official Rajeev Shukla said Kambli's claims were not worth investigating and BCCI refused to give importance to the whole issue.^[6]

Notes and references [link]

^ "Wills World Cup, 1995/96, Final". Cricinfo. http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC96/WC96-MATCHES/AUS_SL_WC96_ODI-FINAL_17MAR1996.html. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
^ "Vinod Kambli Allegations: 1996 India-Sri Lanka WC semifinal was fixed". 18 November 2011. http://www.youngkingdom.com/2011/11/vinod-kambli-allegations-1996-india-sri-lanka-wc-semifinal-was-fixed/. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
^ ^a ^b "Team-mates deny Kambli allegation". ESPN Info. 18 November 2011. http://www.espncricinfo.com/india/content/story/541119.html. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
^ "Kambli's claim that 1996 World Cup semifinal was fixed rubbished". Times of India (TOI). 18 November 2011. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-18/top-stories/30414282_1_vinod-kambli-world-cup-semifinal-cricketer. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
^ "Kambli allegations irresponsible: Pawar". The Hindu. 19 November 2011. http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article2642444.ece. Retrieved 26 November 2011.
^ "BCCI refused to give importance to Kambli’s allegations". Times of India(TOI). 19 November 2011. http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2011-11-19/top-stories/30419218_1_vinod-kambli-sharad-pawar-icc-president. Retrieved 26 November 2011.

External links [link]

Cricket World Cup 1996 Scorecards in CricketFundas
Cricket World Cup 1996 from ESPNCricinfo

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ICC Cricket World Cup
Administrator	International Cricket Council
Format	One Day International
First tournament	1975, England
Last tournament	2011, Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka
Next tournament	2015, Australia and New Zealand
Tournament format	multiple (refer to article)
Number of teams	19
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The ICC Cricket World Cup is the premier international championship of men's One Day International (ODI) cricket. The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament which is held every four years. The tournament is the world's fourth-largest and fourth-most-viewed sporting event.^[1]^[2] According to the ICC, it is the most important tournament and the pinnacle of achievement in the sport.^[3]^[4] The first Cricket World Cup contest was organised in England in 1975. A separate Women's Cricket World Cup has been held every four years since 1973.

The finals of the Cricket World Cup are contested by all ten Test-playing and ODI-playing nations, together with other nations that qualify through the World Cup Qualifier. Australia has been the most successful of the five teams to have won the tournament, taking four titles. The West Indies and India have won twice, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once.

The 2011 ICC Cricket World Cup was co-hosted by Bangladesh, India, and Sri Lanka from February 19 to April 2, 2011. 14 countries participated in the tournament. India won the cup by defeating Sri Lanka by 6 wickets in the final in Mumbai on 2 April and became the first team to win the World Cup final on home soil.^[5]

History [link]

Main article: History of the Cricket World Cup

Before the first Cricket World Cup [link]

The first ever international cricket match was played between Canada and the United States, on the 24 and 25 September 1844. However, the first credited Test match was played in 1877 between Australia and England, and the two teams competed regularly for The Ashes in subsequent years. South Africa was admitted to Test status in 1889.^[6] Representative cricket teams were selected to tour each other, resulting in bilateral competition. Cricket was also included as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Paris Games, where Great Britain defeated France to win the gold medal.^[7] This was the only appearance of cricket at the Summer Olympics.

The first multilateral competition at international level was the 1912 Triangular Tournament, a Test cricket tournament played in England between all three Test-playing nations at the time: England, Australia and South Africa. The event was not a success: the summer was exceptionally wet, making play difficult on damp uncovered pitches, and attendances were poor, attributed to a "surfeit of cricket".^[8] In subsequent years, international Test cricket has generally been organised as bilateral series: a multilateral Test tournament was not organised again until the quadrangular Asian Test Championship in 1999.

The number of nations playing Test cricket increased gradually over the years, with the addition of West Indies in 1928, New Zealand in 1930, India in 1932, and Pakistan in 1952, but international cricket continued to be played as bilateral Test matches over three, four or five days.

In the early 1960s, English county cricket teams began playing a shortened version of cricket which only lasted for one day. Starting in 1962 with a four-team knockout competition known as the Midlands Knock-Out Cup,^[9] and continuing with the inaugural Gillette Cup in 1963, one-day cricket grew in popularity in England. A national Sunday League was formed in 1969. The first One-Day International event was played on the fifth day of a rain-aborted Test match between England and Australia at Melbourne in 1971, to fill the time available and as compensation for the frustrated crowd. It was a forty over match with eight balls per over.^[10] In the late 1970s, Kerry Packer established the rival World Series Cricket (WSC) competition, and it introduced many of the features of One Day International cricket that are now commonplace, including coloured uniforms, matches played at night under floodlights with a white ball and dark sight screens, and, for television broadcasts, multiple camera angles, effects microphones to capture sounds from the players on the pitch, and on-screen graphics. The first of the matches with coloured uniforms was the WSC Australians in wattle gold versus WSC West Indians in coral pink, played at VFL Park in Melbourne on 17 January 1979. It was credited[by whom?] with making cricket a more professional sport. The success and popularity of the domestic one-day competitions in England and other parts of the world, as well as the early One-Day Internationals, prompted the ICC to consider organising a Cricket World Cup.^[11]

Prudential World Cups [link]

The Prudential Cup trophy

The inaugural Cricket World Cup was hosted in 1975 by England, the only nation able to put forward the resources to stage an event of such magnitude at that time. The 1975 tournament started on 7 June.^[12] The first three events were held in England and officially known as the Prudential Cup after the sponsors Prudential plc. The matches consisted of 60 six-ball overs per team, played during the daytime in traditional form, with the players wearing cricket whites and using red cricket balls.^[13]

Eight teams participated in the first tournament: Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, and the West Indies (the six Test nations at the time), together with Sri Lanka and a composite team from East Africa.^[14] One notable omission was South Africa, who were banned from international cricket due to apartheid. The tournament was won by the West Indies, who defeated Australia by 17 runs in the final at Lord's.^[14]

The 1979 World Cup saw the introduction of the ICC Trophy competition to select non-Test playing teams for the World Cup,^[15] with Sri Lanka and Canada qualifying.^[16] West Indies won a second consecutive World Cup tournament, defeating the hosts, England, by 92 runs in the final. At a meeting which followed the World Cup, the International Cricket Conference agreed to make the competition a quadrennial event.^[16]

The 1983 event was hosted by England for a third consecutive time. By this time, Sri Lanka had become a Test-playing nation, and Zimbabwe qualified through the ICC Trophy. A fielding circle was introduced, 30 yards (27 m) away from the stumps. Four fieldsmen needed to be inside it at all times.^[17] India, an outsider quoted at 66–1 to win by bookmakers before the competition began, were crowned champions after upsetting the West Indies by 43 runs in the final.^[11]^[18]

1987–1996 [link]

The 1987 tournament, named the Reliance World Cup after their Indian sponsors, was held in India and Pakistan, the first time that the competition was held outside England. The games were reduced from 60 to 50 overs per innings, the current standard, because of the shorter daylight hours in the Indian subcontinent compared with England's summer.^[19] Australia won the championship by defeating England by 7 runs in the final, the closest margin in World Cup final history.^[20]^[21]

The 1992 World Cup, held in Australia and New Zealand, introduced many changes to the game, such as coloured clothing, white balls, day/night matches, and an alteration to the fielding restrictions. The South African cricket team participated in the event for the first time, following the fall of the apartheid regime and the end of the international sports boycott.^[22] Pakistan overcame a dismal start to emerge as winners, defeating England by 22 runs in the final.^[23]

The 1996 championship was held in the Indian subcontinent for a second time, with the inclusion of Sri Lanka as host for some of its group stage matches.^[24] In the semi-final, Sri Lanka, heading towards a crushing victory over India at Eden Gardens (Calcutta) after their hosts lost eight wickets while scoring 120 runs in pursuit of 254, were awarded victory by default after crowd unrest broke out in protest against the Indian performance.^[25] Sri Lanka went on to win their maiden championship by defeating Australia by seven wickets in the final, which was held in Lahore.^[26]

Australian treble [link]

In 1999 the event was hosted by England, with some matches also being held in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands.^[27]^[28] Australia qualified for the semi-finals after reaching their target in their Super 6 match against South Africa off the final over of the match.^[29] They then proceeded to the final with a tied match in the semi-final (also against South Africa) where a mix-up between South African batsmen Lance Klusener and Allan Donald saw Donald drop his bat and stranded mid-pitch to be run out. In the final, Australia dismissed Pakistan for 132 and then reached the target in less than 20 overs, with eight wickets in hand.^[30]

A large crowd of over 10,000 fans welcome the Australian team on completing the first World Cup hat-trick – Martin Place, Sydney.

South Africa, Zimbabwe and Kenya hosted the 2003 World Cup. The number of teams participating in the event increased from twelve to fourteen. Kenya's victories over Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe, among others – and a forfeit by the New Zealand team, which refused to play in Kenya because of security concerns – enabled Kenya to reach the semi-finals, the best result by an associate. In the final, Australia made 359 runs for the loss of two wickets, the largest ever total in a final, defeating India by 125 runs.^[31]^[32]

In 2007 the tournament was hosted by the West Indies; the Cricket World Cup became the first such tournament to be hosted on all six populated continents.^[33] Bangladesh progressed to the second round for the first time, after defeating India, and they later went on to defeat South Africa in the second round.^[34] Ireland making their World Cup debut tied with Zimbabwe and defeated Pakistan to progress to the second round, where they went on to defeating Bangladesh to get promoted to the main ODI table.^[35] Following their defeat to Ireland, the Pakistani coach Bob Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room; it was later found out that he died of heart failure,^[36] though his death may not have been a direct result of the match's outcome. Australia defeated Sri Lanka in the final by 53 runs (D/L), in farcical light conditions, extending their undefeated run in the World Cup to 29 matches and winning three straight World Cups.^[37]

2011 [link]

Main article: 2011 Cricket World Cup

The 2011 Cricket World Cup was jointly hosted by India, Bangladesh and Sri Lanka. Pakistan were stripped of their hosting rights following the terrorist attack on the Sri Lankan cricket team, with the games originally scheduled for Pakistan redistributed to the other host countries.

The 2011 World Cup was the tenth edition of the tournament. Fourteen teams participated, split into two pools of seven teams each. The top four teams from each group qualified for the quarter-finals. India won their second World Cup title by beating Sri Lanka in the finals.

Future [link]

Main article: 2015 Cricket World Cup

Main article: 2019 Cricket World Cup

The next World Cups will be hosted by Australia and New Zealand in 2015, and England and Wales in 2019.

Format [link]

Qualification [link]

Main article: Cricket World Cup qualification

The Test-playing nations qualify automatically for the World Cup main event, while the other teams have to qualify through a series of preliminary qualifying tournaments. The One Day International playing nations automatically enter the final qualification tournament, the World Cup Qualifier, along with other nations who have qualified through separate competitions.

Qualifying tournaments were introduced for the second World Cup, where two of the eight places in the finals were awarded to the leading teams in the ICC Trophy.^[15] The number of teams selected through the ICC Trophy has varied throughout the years; currently, six teams are selected for the Cricket World Cup. The World Cricket League (administered by the International Cricket Council) is the qualification system provided to allow the Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC more opportunities to qualify.The name "ICC Trophy" has been changed to "ICC World Cup Qualifier".^[38]

Under the current qualifying process, the World Cricket League, all 91 Associate and Affiliate members of the ICC are able to qualify for the World Cup. Associate and Affiliate members must play between two and five stages in the ICC World Cricket League to qualify for the World Cup finals, depending on the Division in which they start the qualifying process.

Process summary in chronological order:

Regional tournaments: Top teams from each regional tournaments will be promoted to a division depending on the teams' rankings according to the ICC and each division's empty spots.
Division One: 6 Teams – All automatically qualify for the World Cup Qualifier.
Division Three: 6 Teams – Top 2 promoted to Division Two.
Division Two: 6 Teams – Top 4 qualify for the World Cup Qualifier.
Division Five: 6 Teams – Top 2 promoted to Division Four.
Division Four: 6 Teams – Top 2 promoted to Division Three.
Division Three (second edition): 6 Teams – Top 2 qualify for the World Cup Qualifier.
World Cup Qualifier: 12 Teams – Top 6 are awarded ODI status and Top 4 qualify for the World Cup.

Tournament [link]

The captains of the 2007 Cricket World Cup.

The format of the Cricket World Cup has changed greatly over the course of its history. Each of the first four tournaments was played by eight teams, divided into two groups of four.^[39] There, competition comprised two stages, a group stage and a knock-out stage. The four teams in each group played each other in the round-robin group stage, with the top two teams in each group progressing to the semi-finals. The winners of the semi-finals played against each other in the final. With the return of South Africa in 1992 after the ending of the apartheid boycott, nine teams played each other once in the group phase, and the top four teams progressed to the semi-finals.^[40] The tournament was further expanded in 1996, with two groups of six teams.^[41] The top four teams from each group progressed to quarter-finals and semi-finals.

A new format was used for the 1999 and 2003 World Cups. The teams were split into two pools, with the top three teams in each pool advancing to the Super 6.^[42] The "Super 6" teams played the three other teams that advanced from the other group. As they advanced, the teams carried their points forward from previous matches against other teams advancing alongside them, giving them an incentive to perform well in the group stages.^[42] The top four teams from the "Super 6" stage progressed to the semi-finals, with winners playing in the final.

The last format used in the 2007 World Cup, features 16 teams allocated into four groups of four.^[43] Within each group, the teams play each other in a round-robin format. Teams earn points for wins and half-points for ties. The top two teams from each group move forward to the Super 8 round. The "Super 8" teams play the other six teams that progressed from the different groups. Teams earned points in the same way as the group stage, but carrying their points forward from previous matches against the other teams who qualified from the same group to the "Super 8" stage.^[44] The top four teams from the "Super 8" round advance to the semi-finals, and the winners of the semi-finals play in the final.

The current format, approved by ICC to be used in 2011 World Cup, features 14 teams allocated. Within each group, the teams will play in a round-robin format. The top four teams from each group will proceed to the knock out stage playing quarter-finals. Winners of the quarter-finals will play semi-finals and the winning semi-finalists will play in the final.

Trophy [link]

The Cricket World Cup trophy which is kept by the ICC.

Main article: Cricket World Cup Trophy

The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy is presented to the winners of the World Cup finals. The current trophy was created for the 1999 championships, and was the first permanent prize in the tournament's history; prior to this, different trophies were made for each World Cup.^[45] The trophy was designed and produced in London by a team of craftsmen from Garrard & Co over a period of two months.

The current trophy is made from silver and gild, and features a golden globe held up by three silver columns. The columns, shaped as stumps and bails, represent the three fundamental aspects of cricket: batting, bowling and fielding, while the globe characterises a cricket ball.^[46] It stands 60 cm high and weighs approximately 11 kilograms. The names of the previous winners are engraved on the base of the trophy, with space for a total of twenty inscriptions.

The original trophy is kept by the ICC. A replica, which differs only in the inscriptions, is permanently awarded to the winning team.

Media coverage [link]

Mello

The tournament is the world's third largest (with only the FIFA World Cup and the Summer Olympics exceeding it), being televised in over 200 countries to over 2.2 billion television viewers.^[1]^[2]^[47]^[48] Television rights, mainly for the 2011 and 2015 World Cup, were sold for over US$1.1 billion,^[49] and sponsorship rights were sold for a further US$500 million.^[50] The 2003 Cricket World Cup matches were attended by 626,845 people,^[51] while the 2007 Cricket World Cup sold more than 672,000 tickets and recorded the highest ticketing revenue for a Cricket World Cup.^[52]^[53]

Successive World Cup tournaments have generated increasing media attention as One-Day International cricket has become more established. The 2003 World Cup in South Africa was the first to sport a mascot, Dazzler the zebra. An orange raccoon-like creature known as Mello was the mascot for the 2007 Cricket World Cup. Stumpy, a blue elephant was the mascot for the 2011 World Cup.^[54]

Selection of hosts [link]

Civic Centre, South Africa honours the 2003 World Cup.

Main article: Cricket World Cup hosts

The International Cricket Council's executive committee votes for the hosts of the tournament after examining the bids made by the nations keen to hold a Cricket World Cup.^[55]

England hosted the first three competitions. The ICC decided that England should host the first tournament because it was ready to devote the resources required to organising the inaugural event.^[12] India volunteered to host the third Cricket World Cup, but most ICC members believed England to be a more suitable venue because the longer period of daylight in England in June^[56] meant that a match could be completed in one day.^[57] The 1987 Cricket World Cup was the first hosted outside England, held in Pakistan and India.

Many of the tournaments have been jointly hosted by nations from the same geographical region, such as South Asia in 1987, 1996 and 2011, Australasia in 1992, Southern Africa in 2003 and West Indies in 2007.

Tournament history [link]

Main article: List of ICC Cricket World Cup finals

Performances by teams [link]

Map of each nation's best results

Nineteen nations have qualified for the finals of the Cricket World Cup at least once (excluding qualification tournaments). Seven teams have competed in every finals tournament, five of which have won the title.^[11] The West Indies won the first two tournaments, and Australia has won four, India has won two, while Pakistan and Sri Lanka have each won once. The West Indies (1975 and 1979) and Australia (1999, 2003 and 2007) are the only nations to have won consecutive titles.^[11] Australia has played in 6 of the 10 final matches (1975, 1987, 1996, 1999, 2003, 2007). England has yet to win the World Cup, but has been runners-up three times (1979, 1987, 1992). The best result by a non-Test playing nation is the semi-final appearance by Kenya in the 2003 tournament; while the best result by a non-Test playing team on their debut is the Super 8 (second round) by Ireland in 2007.^[11]

Sri Lanka, who co-hosted the 1996 Cricket World Cup, was the first host to win the tournament, though the final was held in Pakistan.^[11] India won the 2011 as host and was the first team to win in a final played in their own country.^[58] Other countries which have achieved or equalled their best World Cup results while co-hosting the tournament are New Zealand, semi-finalists in 1992; Zimbabwe, reaching the Super Six in 2003; and Kenya, semi-finalists in 2003.^[11] In 1987, co-hosts India and Pakistan both reached the semi-finals, but were eliminated by Australia and England respectively.^[11]

Entrants [link]

Year	Teams
1975	8 teams
1979	8 teams
1983	8 teams
1987	8 teams
1992	9 teams
1996	12 teams
1999	12 teams
2003	14 teams
2007	16 teams
2011	14 teams
2015	14 teams
2019	16

Debutant teams [link]

Year	Teams
1975	Australia, East Africa^†, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies
1979	Canada
1983	Zimbabwe
1987	none
1992	South Africa
1996	Kenya, Netherlands, United Arab Emirates
1999	Bangladesh, Scotland
2003	Namibia
2007	Bermuda, Ireland
2011	none

†No longer exists.

Overview [link]

The table below provides an overview of the performances of teams over past World Cups, as of the end of the 2011 tournament. Teams are sorted by best performance, then total number of wins, then total number of games, then by alphabetical order.

Team	Appearances			Best result	Statistics
Team	Total	First	Latest	Best result	Played	Won	Lost	Tie	NR
Australia	10	1975	2011	Champions (1987, 1999, 2003, 2007)	76	55	19	1	1
India	10	1975	2011	Champions (1983, 2011)	67	39	26	1	1
West Indies	10	1975	2011	Champions (1975, 1979)	64	38	25	0	1
Pakistan	10	1975	2011	Champions (1992)	64	36	26	0	2
Sri Lanka	10	1975	2011	Champions (1996)	66	31	31	1	2
England	10	1975	2011	Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992)	66	39	25	1	1
New Zealand	10	1975	2011	Semifinals (1975, 1979, 1992, 1999, 2007, 2011)	70	40	29	0	1
South Africa	6	1992	2011	Semifinals (1992, 1999, 2007)	47	31	14	2	0
Kenya	5	1996	2011	Semifinals (2003)	29	6	22	0	1
Zimbabwe	8	1983	2011	Super Six (1999, 2003)	51	10	37	1	3
Bangladesh	4	1999	2011	Super 8 (2007)	26	8	17	0	1
Ireland	2	2007	2011	Super 8 (2007)	15	4	10	1	0
Canada	4	1979	2011	Group Stage	18	2	16	0	0
Netherlands	4	1996	2011	Group Stage	20	2	18	0	0
United Arab Emirates	1	1996	1996	Group Stage	5	1	4	0	0
Bermuda	1	2007	2007	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	0
Namibia	1	2003	2003	Group Stage	6	0	6	0	0
Scotland	2	1999	2007	Group Stage	8	0	8	0	0
East Africa^†	1	1975	1975	Group Stage	3	0	3	0	0

†No longer exists.

Team results [link]

Comprehensive team results of over past World Cups.

Team	1975	1979	1983	1987	1992	1996	1999	2003	2007	2011
Team
Australia	2nd	R1	R1	1st	R1	2nd	1st	1st	1st	QF
Bangladesh							R1	R1	S8	R1
Bermuda									R1
Canada		R1						R1	R1	R1
East Africa^†	R1
England	SF	2nd	SF	2nd	2nd	QF	R1	R1	S8	QF
India	R1	R1	1st	SF	R1	SF	S6	2nd	R1	1st
Ireland									S8	R1
Kenya						R1	R1	SF	R1	R1
Namibia								R1
Netherlands						R1		R1	R1	R1
New Zealand	SF	SF	R1	R1	SF	QF	SF	S6	SF	SF
Pakistan	R1	SF	SF	SF	1st	QF	2nd	R1	R1	SF
Scotland							R1		R1
South Africa					SF	QF	SF	R1	SF	QF
Sri Lanka	R1	R1	R1	R1	R1	1st	R1	SF	2nd	2nd
United Arab Emirates						R1
West Indies	1st	1st	2nd	R1	R1	SF	R1	R1	S8	QF
Zimbabwe			R1	R1	R1	R1	S6	S6	R1	R1

†No longer exists.

Legend [link]

Looser
SF – Semi-finals
S8 – Super Eight (2007 only)
S6 – Super Six (1999–2003)
QF – Quarter-finals (1996 & 2011)
R1 – First Round

Awards [link]

Man of the Tournament [link]

Main article: Cricket World Cup awards

Since 1992, one player has been declared as "Man of the Tournament" at the end of the World Cup finals:^[59]

Year	Player	Performance details
1992	Martin Crowe	456 runs
1996	Sanath Jayasuriya	221 runs and 7 wickets
1999	Lance Klusener	281 runs and 17 wickets
2003	Sachin Tendulkar	673 runs and 2 wickets
2007	Glenn McGrath	26 wickets
2011	Yuvraj Singh	362 runs and 15 wickets

Man of the Match in the World Cup Final [link]

Previously, there was no tournament award, although Man of the Match awards have always been given for individual matches. Winning the Man of the Match in the final is logically noteworthy, as this indicates the player deemed to have played the biggest part in the World Cup final. To date the award has always gone to a member of the winning side. The Man of the Match award in the final of the competition has been awarded to:^[59]

Year	Player	Performance details
1975	Clive Lloyd	102 runs
1979	Viv Richards	138*
1983	Mohinder Amarnath	3/12 and 26
1987	David Boon	75 runs
1992	Wasim Akram	33 and 3/49
1996	Aravinda de Silva	107* and 3/42
1999	Shane Warne	4/33
2003	Ricky Ponting	140*
2007	Adam Gilchrist	149
2011	Mahendra Singh Dhoni	91*

Tournament records [link]

Main individual and team records [link]

Main article: List of Cricket World Cup records

Sachin Tendulkar, the leading run-scorer in World Cup history.

World Cup records^[60]
Batting
Most runs	Sachin Tendulkar	2278 (1992–2011)
Highest average (min. 20 inns.)	Viv Richards	63.31 (1975–1987)
Highest score	Gary Kirsten v UAE	188* (1996)
Highest partnership	Sourav Ganguly & Rahul Dravid (2nd wicket) v Sri Lanka	318 (1999)
Most runs in a tournament	Sachin Tendulkar	673 (2003)
Bowling
Most wickets	Glenn McGrath	71 (1996–2007)
Lowest average (min. 1000 balls bowled)	Glenn McGrath	19.21 (1996–2007)
Best bowling figures	Glenn McGrath v Namibia	7/15 (2003)
Most wickets in a tournament	Glenn McGrath	26 (2007)
Fielding
Most dismissals (wicket-keeper)	Adam Gilchrist	39 (1999–2007)
Most catches (fielder)	Ricky Ponting	28 (1996–2011)
Team
Highest score	India v Bermuda	413/5 (2007)
Lowest score	Canada v Sri Lanka	36 (2003)
Highest win %	Australia	74% (Played 76, Won 55)
Most consecutive wins	Australia	26 (1999–2011)
Most consecutive tournament wins	Australia	3 (1999–2007)^[61]

References [link]

Browning, Mark (1999). A complete history of World Cup Cricket. Simon & Schuster. ISBN 0-7318-0833-9.

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Tournaments	England 1975 England 1979 England 1983 India/Pakistan 1987 Australia/New Zealand 1992 Pakistan/India/Sri Lanka 1996 England/Ireland/Netherlands/Scotland 1999 South Africa/Zimbabwe/Kenya 2003 West Indies 2007 India/Sri Lanka/Bangladesh 2011 Australia/New Zealand 2015 England 2019

Finals	1975 1979 1983 1987 1992 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011

Squads	1975 1979 1983 1987 1992 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011

Qualification	1975 1979 1983 1987 1992 1996 1999 2003 2007 2011

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