1999 Cricket World Cup
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The 1999 Cricket World Cup was held in England, Scotland and Netherlands and won by Australia. Australia beat Pakistan by 8 wickets in a one-sided final at Lord's cricket ground in London. New Zealand and South Africa were the other semifinalists.
The format of the world cup was as follows: The 12 contestants were divided into 2 groups, in each of which teams played each other in the league stage. The top three from each group advanced to the Super Sixes, a new concept brought about in this World Cup, were each qualifier from group A played with each qualifier from group B. The teams also carried forward their points got against each qualifer from their group. The top four in the Super Sixes contested the semifinals.
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Teams
The following teams contested:
- Test Nations
- Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe
- ICC Trophy Qualifiers
- Bangladesh, Kenya, Scotland
Results
The results of all the games:
Prelims
- 14 May 1999 England v Sri Lanka, Lord's, England 8 wickets
- 15 May 1999 India v South Africa, Hove, South Africa 4 wickets
- 15 May 1999 Kenya v Zimbabwe, Taunton, Zimbabwe 5 wickets
- 16 May 1999 Australia v Scotland, Worcester, Australia 6 wickets
- 16 May 1999 Pakistan v West Indies, Bristol, Pakistan 27 runs
- 17 May 1999 Bangladesh v New Zealand, Chelmsford, New Zealand 6 wickets
- 18 May 1999 England v Kenya, Canterbury, England 9 wickets
- 19 May 1999 India v Zimbabwe, Leicester, Zimbabwe 3 runs
- 19 May 1999 South Africa V Sri Lanka, Northampton, South Africa 89 runs
- 20 May 1999 Australia v New Zealand, Cardiff, New Zealand 5 wickets
- 20 May 1999 Pakistan v Scotland, Chester-I-Street, Pakistan 94 runs
- 21 May 1999 Bangladesh v West Indies, Dublin, West Indies 7 wickets
- 22 May 1999 England v South Africa, The Oval, South Africa 122 runs
- 22 May 1999 Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, Worcester, Sri Lanka 4 wickets
- 23 May 1999 India v Kenya, Bristol, India 94 runs
- 23 May 1999 Pakistan v Australia, Leeds, Pakistan 10 runs
- 24 May 1999 Scotland v Bangladesh, Edinburgh, Bangladesh 22 runs
- 24 May 1999 New Zealand v West Indies, Southampton, West Indies 7 wickets
- 25 May 1999 England v Zimbabwe, Nottingham, England 7 wickets
- 26 May 1999 Kenya v South Africa, Amsterdam, South Africa 7 wickets
- 26 May 1999 India v Sri Lanka, Taunton, India 157 runs
- 27 May 1999 Australia v Bangladesh, Chester-I-Street, Australia 7 wickets
- 27 May 1999 Scotland v West Indies, Leicester, West Indies 8wickets
- 28 May 1999 New Zealand v Pakistan, Derby, Pakistan 62 runs
- 29 May 1999 England v India, Birmingham, India 63 runs
- 29 May 1999 Zimbabwe v South Africa, Chelmsford, Zimbabwe 42 runs
- 30 May 1999 Kenya v Sri Lanka, Southampton, Sri Lanka 45 runs
- 30 May 1999 Australia v West Indies, Manchester, Australia 6 wickets
- 31 May 1999 Bangladesh v Bangladesh, Northampton, Bangladesh 62 runs
- 31 May 1999 Scotland v New Zealand, Edinburgh, New Zealand 6 wickets
Super Sixes
- 4 June 1999 Australia v India, The Oval, Australia 77 runs
- 5 June 1999 Pakistan v South Africa, Nottingham, South Africa 3 wickets
- 6 June 1999 New Zealand v Zimbabwe, Leeds, No result
- 8 June 1999 India v Pakistan, Manchester, India 47 runs
- 9 June 1999 Australia v Zimbabwe, Lord's, Australia 44 runs
- 10 June 1999 New Zealand v South Africa, Birmingham, South Africa 74 runs
- 11 June 1999 Pakistan v Zimbabwe, The Oval, Pakistan
- 12 June 1999 India v New Zealand, Nottingham, New Zealand 5 wickets
- 13 June 1999 Australia v South Africa Leeds, Australia, 5 wickets
Semi Finals
- 16 June 1999 New Zealand v Pakistan, Manchester, Pakistan 9 wickets
- 17 June 1999 Australia v South Africa, Birmingham, tied
Australia progressed to the final due to being ahead of South Africa on the Super Six points table, which in turn was decided on net run rate, since the two teams were tied with Pakistan on points and each had won one game against the other two opponents so head-to-head determination could not split them. [1] (Four years later, South Africa failed to reach the super six stage of the 2003 cricket World Cup, also due to a tie, with Sri Lanka.)
Final
Shane Warne was adjudged Man of the Match in the final as well as in the semi final. Rahul Dravid of India made the most runs while Lance Klusener of South Africa was declared the Man of the Tournament for his brilliant all round performance. Sourav Ganguly of India made the highest score by posting a mammoth 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton.
