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Chasing the target of 250 to win their maiden world cup, favourites England lost all rounder Ian Botham for no score to Wasim Akram. Alec Stewart soon fell to Aaquib Javed reeling England at 21/2. In form batsman Greame Hick and Graham Gooch slowly pushed the score, but Hick was dismissed by a beauty from Mushtaq Ahmed, a Googly that Hick ...
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 Cricket Council as a Test-playing nation after the end of apartheid in 1990. For the first time, the World Cup was not held after a four-year gap, but after a five-year gap.
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]
Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground Rameez Raja Pakistan 119* 155: 16: 0 New Zealand AMI Stadium, Christchurch, New Zealand: Andy Flower Zimbabwe 115* 152: 8: 1 Sri Lanka Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, New Zealand
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Australia won the match by seven wickets, however neither of them would make the semi-finals. India quickly showed that it was on track to repeat its World Cup success with comfortable wins in each of its group matches, while Pakistan found a new hero in 18-year-old left-arm fast bowler Wasim Akram who took 5 for 21 against Australia.
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Round 3 saw Woods shoot the worst 18 hole of his career at any major, let alone at Augusta, with the legend bogeying four of his final five holes to finish at 10-over 82 and 11-over through three ...