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The 1992 World Cup was the first to feature coloured player clothing, white cricket balls and black sight screens, with a number of matches being played under floodlights. [6] It was also the first Cricket World Cup to be held in the Southern Hemisphere , and the first to include South Africa , who had been allowed to re-join the International ...
By wicket Wicket Runs Team Players Opposition Ground 1st 175* West Indies: Desmond Haynes: Brian Lara Pakistan: Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Victoria: 2nd 127 India: Mohammad Azharuddin: Sachin Tendulkar New Zealand: Carisbrook, Dunedin, Otago: 3rd 145 Pakistan: Aamer Sohail: Javed Miandad Zimbabwe: Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Tasmania: 4th ...
England won by 3 wickets (revised target) Melbourne Cricket Ground , Melbourne , Australia Umpires: Brian Aldridge (New Zealand) and Dooland Buultjens (Sri Lanka)
Derek Pringle had a dream spell of 10-2-22-3, but gave away 8 extra runs in the form of 5 no balls and 3 wides, while Richard Illingworth and Ian Botham claimed one wicket each, it became the 16th victim of the latter. Chasing the target of 250 to win their maiden world cup, favourites England lost all rounder Ian Botham for no score to Wasim ...
18 January 1992 New Zealand England: 0–2 [3] 0–3 [3] — — 7 April 1992 West Indies South Africa: 1–0 [1] 3–0 [3] — — International tournaments Start date Tournament Winners 17 October 1991: 1991–92 Wills Trophy Pakistan: 6 December 1992: 1991-92 Benson & Hedges World Series Australia: 22 February 1992: 1992 Benson & Hedges ...
At the conclusion of 2019 tournament, Australia's Mitchell Starc had taken the most five-wicket hauls at the Cricket World Cup with three. [105] [106] In the first semi-final of the 2023 World Cup, Indian pace bowler Mohammed Shami took his fourth career World Cup five-wicket haul to overtake Starc. This was also his third of the tournament ...
Lord's has hosted the final five times. The inaugural ICC Cricket World Cup final was held on 21 June 1975 at Lord's, contested by Australia and the West Indies.A man of the match performance, [11] including a century, from West Indian captain Clive Lloyd, coming in to bat at number five with his team at 50/3, [12] formed the basis of a 149-run fourth-wicket partnership with Rohan Kanhai. [13]
Babar Azam scored the most runs by a Pakistan batsman in a single World Cup tournament (474). Shakib Al Hasan (Ban) equalled Sachin Tendulkar's record of making the most 50+ scores in a single World Cup tournament (7). Shaheen Afridi (Pak) became the youngest bowler to take a five-wicket haul in a World Cup match (19 years 90 days).