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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 ...
The final of the 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 25 March 1992. [1] The match was won by Pakistan, under the captaincy of Imran Khan, as they defeated England by 22 runs to lift their first ever World Cup trophy.
South Africa made a triumphant return to international cricket with a win over Australia at the SCG in their first match. They and England had solid campaigns and easily qualified for the semis, despite upset losses to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe respectively.
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
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]
The Cricket World Cup (officially known as ICC Men's Cricket World Cup) [3] is the quadrennial international championship of One Day International (ODI) cricket.The event is organised by the sport's governing body, the International Cricket Council (ICC), every four years, with preliminary qualification rounds leading up to a finals tournament.
This is a list of the final 14 man squads named for the 1992 Cricket World Cup held in Australia and New Zealand which took place from 22 February 1992 to 25 March 1992. The oldest player at the 1992 Cricket World Cup was John Traicos (44) of Zimbabwe while the youngest player was Zahid Fazal (18) of Pakistan.
Pakistan won the 1992 Cricket World Cup, beating England by 22 runs in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 25 March 1992. Notable Pakistan players in this period include Javed Miandad, Imran Khan, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mushtaq Ahmed, Waqar Younis, Wasim Akram and Saqlain Mushtaq.