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1999 Cricket World
Cup
The 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, also

branded as England '99, was the seventh
edition of the Cricket World Cup,
organised by the International Cricket
Council (ICC). It was hosted primarily by
England, with selected matches also
played in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the
Netherlands. The tournament was won
by Australia, who beat Pakistan by 8
wickets in the final at Lord's in London.
1999 ICC Cricket World Cup
Logo of the ICC Cricket World Cup 1999
Dates 14 May – 20 June

1999
Administrator(s) International Cricket

Council
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament Round robin and

format(s) Knockout
Host(s) England
Scotland
Ireland
Netherlands
Wales
Champions Australia (2nd title)
Runners-up Pakistan
Participants 12
Matches 42
Player of the series Lance Klusener
Most runs Rahul Dravid (461)
Most wickets Geoff Allott (20)

Shane Warne (20)
The tournament was hosted three years

after the previous Cricket World Cup,
deviating from the usual four-year gap.[1]
Format
It featured 12 teams, playing a total of 42
matches. In the group stage, the teams
were divided into two groups of six; each
team played all the others in their group
once. The top three teams from each
group advanced to the Super Sixes, a
new concept for the 1999 World Cup;
each team carried forward the points
from the games against the other
qualifiers from their group and then
played each of the qualifiers from the
other group (in other words, each
qualifier from Group A played each
qualifier from Group B and vice versa).
The top four teams in the Super Sixes
advanced to the semi-finals.
Qualification
The 1999 World Cup featured 12 teams,
which was the same as the previous
edition in 1996. The hosts England and
the eight other test nations earned
automatic qualification to the World Cup.
The remaining three spots were decided
at the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia.
22 nations competed in the 1997 edition

of the ICC Trophy. After going through
two group stages, the semi-finals saw
Kenya and Bangladesh qualify through to
the World Cup. Scotland would be the
third nation to qualify as they defeated
Ireland in the third-place playoff.[2]
Method of Finals Last Previous best

Team Group
qualification appearances appearance performance
Runners-up (1979,
England Hosts 7th 1996 A
1987, 1992)
Australia 7th 1996 Champions (1987) B
India 7th 1996 Champions (1983) A
New Semi-finals (1975,

7th 1996 B
Zealand 1979, 1992)
Pakistan 7th 1996 Champions (1992) B
South
Full member 3rd 1996 Semi-finals (1992) A
Africa
Sri Lanka 7th 1996 Champions (1996) A
West Champions (1975,

7th 1996 B
Indies 1979)
5th 1996 Group stage (All) A

Zimbabwe
1997 ICC Trophy

1st — Debut B
Bangladesh winner
1997 ICC Trophy

Kenya 2nd 1996 Group stage (1996) A
runner-up
1997 ICC Trophy

Scotland 1st — Debut B
third place
Venues
Chester-le-
Street
Leeds
Manchester
Derby Nottingham
Birmingham Leicester
Worcester Northampton
Chelmsford
Lord's The
Canterbury Oval
Bristol
Taunton
Southampton Hove
Venues in England
England
Venue City Capacity Matches
Edgbaston Cricket Ground Birmingham, West Midlands 21,000 3
County Cricket Ground Bristol 8,000 2
St Lawrence Ground Canterbury, Kent 15,000 1
County Cricket Ground Chelmsford, Essex 6,500 2
Riverside Ground Chester-le-Street, County Durham 15,000 2
County Cricket Ground Derby, Derbyshire 9,500 1
County Cricket Ground Hove, Sussex 7,000 1
Headingley Leeds, West Yorkshire 17,500 3
Grace Road Leicester, Leicestershire 12,000 2
Lord's London, Greater London 28,000 3
The Oval London, Greater London 25,500 3
Old Trafford Manchester, Greater Manchester 22,000 3
County Cricket Ground Northampton, Northamptonshire 6,500 2
Trent Bridge Nottingham, Nottinghamshire 17,500 3
County Cricket Ground Southampton, Hampshire 6,500 2
County Cricket Ground Taunton, Somerset 6,500 2
New Road Worcester, Worcestershire 4,500 2
Outside England
Scotland played two of their Group B

matches in their home country becoming
the first associate nation to host games
in a World Cup. One Group B match was
played in Wales and Ireland respectively,
while one Group A match was played in
the Netherlands.
Venue City Capacity Matches
VRA Cricket Ground Amstelveen, Netherlands 4,500 1
Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Wales 15,653 1
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground Dublin, Ireland 3,200 1
The Grange Club Edinburgh, Scotland 3,000 2
Edinburgh
Amstelveen
Dublin
Cardiff
Venues in the Netherlands
Venues in Wales, Scotland and Ireland

Squads
Group stage
Pool A
Team Pld W L NR T NRR Pts PCF
South Africa 5 4 1 0 0 0.86 8 2
India 5 3 2 0 0 1.28 6 0
Zimbabwe 5 3 2 0 0 0.02 6 4
England 5 3 2 0 0 −0.33 6 N/A
Sri Lanka 5 2 3 0 0 −0.81 4 N/A
Kenya 5 0 5 0 0 −1.20 0 N/A
14 May 1999
Scorecard (http://www.espncricinfo.co
m/ci/engine/match/65193.html)
Sri Lanka v England
204 (48.4 overs) 207/2 (46.5 overs)
Romesh Alec Stewart 88
Kaluwitharana 57 (146)
(66) Chaminda Vaas
Alan Mullally 4/37 1/27 (10 overs)
(10 overs)
England won by 8 wickets

Lord's, London
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
(Ind)
Player of the match: Alec Stewart (Eng)
England won the toss and elected to

field.
15 May 1999
India v South Africa

253/5 (50 overs) 254/6 (47.2 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 97 Jacques Kallis 96
(142) (128)
Lance Klusener Javagal Srinath
3/66 (10 overs) 2/69 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 4 wickets

New County Ground, Hove
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David
Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
India won the toss and elected to bat.

15 May 1999
Kenya v Zimbabwe
229/7 (50 overs) 231/5 (41 overs)
Alpesh Vadher 54 Neil Johnson 59
(90) (70)
Neil Johnson 4/42 Maurice Odumbe
(10 overs) 2/39 (7 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets

County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Javed
Akhtar (Pak)
Player of the match: Neil Johnson (Zim)
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to
field.
Jimmy Kamande (Ken) made his ODI

debut.
18 May 1999
Kenya v England
203 (49.4 overs) 204/1 (39 overs)
Steve Tikolo 71 Nasser Hussain
(141) 88* (127)
Darren Gough 4/34 Thomas Odoyo
(10 overs) 1/65 (10 overs)
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury
Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Rudi
Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Steve Tikolo (Ken)

field.
19 May 1999
Zimbabwe v India
252/9 (50 overs) 249 (45 overs)
Andy Flower 68* Sadagoppan
(85) Ramesh 55 (77)
Javagal Srinath Henry Olonga 3/22
2/35 (10 overs) (4 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 3 runs

Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and Peter
Willey (Eng)
Player of the match: Grant Flower (Zim)
India won the toss and elected to field.
India were fined four overs for a slow

over rate in the first innings.
19 May 1999
South Africa v Sri Lanka

199/9 (50 overs) 110 (35.2 overs)
Lance Klusener Roshan
52* (45) Mahanama 36 (71)
Muttiah Lance Klusener
Muralitharan 3/25 3/21 (5.2 overs)
(10 overs)
South Africa won by 89 runs

County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Steve
Dunne (NZ)
Player of the match: Lance Klusener (SA)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to
field.
22 May 1999
South Africa v England

225/7 (50 overs) 103 (41 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs Neil Fairbrother 21
60 (99) (44)
Alan Mullally 2/28 Allan Donald 4/17
(10 overs) (8 overs)
The Oval, London
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and
(Ind)

field.
22 May 1999
Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka
197/9 (50 overs) 198/6 (46 overs)
Grant Flower 42 Marvan Atapattu
(69) 54 (90)
Pramodya Guy Whittall 3/35
Wickramasinghe (10 overs)
3/30 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets

New Road, Worcester
Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu
(SL)

field.
23 May 1999
India v Kenya
329/2 (50 overs) 235/7 (50 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar Steve Tikolo 58
140 (101) (75)
Martin Suji 1/26 Debashish
(10 overs) Mohanty 4/56 (10
overs)
India won by 94 runs
County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Ian
Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar
(Ind)
Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
25 May 1999
Zimbabwe v England
167/8 (50 overs) 168/3 (38.3 overs)
Grant Flower 35 Graham Thorpe 62
(90) (80)
Alan Mullally 2/16 Mpumelelo
(10 overs) Mbangwa 2/28 (7
overs)

Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Darrell
Hair (Aus)
Player of the match: Alan Mullally (Eng)

field.
26 May 1999
Kenya v South Africa

152 (44.3 overs) 153/3 (41 overs)
Ravindu Shah 50 Jacques Kallis 44*
(64) (81)
Lance Klusener Maurice Odumbe
5/21 (8.3 overs) 1/15 (7 overs)

VRA Ground, Amstelveen
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Peter
Willey (Eng)
South Africa won the toss and elected
to field.
South Africa qualified for Super Sixes

stage. Kenya eliminated.
26 May 1999
India v Sri Lanka

373/6 (50 overs) 216 (42.3 overs)
Sourav Ganguly Aravinda de Silva
183 (158) 56 (74)
Pramodya Robin Singh 5/31
Wickramasinghe (9.3 overs)
3/65 (10 overs)
County Ground, Taunton
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and David
Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly
(Ind)

field.
29–30 May 1999

India v England
232/8 (50 overs) 169 (45.2 overs)
Rahul Dravid 53 Graham Thorpe 36
(82) (57)
Mark Ealham 2/28 Sourav Ganguly

Edgbaston, Birmingham
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Javed
Akhtar (Pak)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly
(Ind)

field.
India qualified for Super Sixes stage of
tournament and Sri Lanka were
eliminated.
29 May 1999
Zimbabwe v South Africa

233/6 (50 overs) 185 (47.2 overs)
Neil Johnson 76 Lance Klusener
(117) 52* (58)
Allan Donald 3/41 Neil Johnson 3/27
Zimbabwe won by 48 runs
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and
(Ind)

bat.
Zimbabwe qualified for Super Sixes

stage and England were eliminated.
30 May 1999
Sri Lanka v Kenya
275/8 (50 overs) 230/6 (50 overs)
Marvan Atapattu Maurice Odumbe
52 (67) 82 (95)
Thomas Odoyo Chaminda Vaas
3/56 (10 overs) 2/26 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 45 runs

County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and Peter
Willey (Eng)
Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe
(Ken)
Kenya won the toss and elected to field.

Pool B
Pakistan 5 4 1 0 0 0.51 8 4
Australia 5 3 2 0 0 0.73 6 0
New Zealand 5 3 2 0 0 0.58 6 2
West Indies 5 3 2 0 0 0.50 6 N/A
Bangladesh 5 2 3 0 0 −0.52 4 N/A
Scotland 5 0 5 0 0 −1.93 0 N/A
16 May 1999
Scotland v Australia
181/7 (50 overs) 182/4 (44.5 overs)
Gavin Hamilton 34 Mark Waugh 67
(42) (114)
Shane Warne 3/39 Nick Dyer 2/43 (10
(10 overs) overs)
Australia won by 6 wickets
New Road, Worcester
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Peter
Willey (Eng)
Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)
Australia won the toss and elected to

field.
16 May 1999
Pakistan v West Indies
229/8 (50 overs) 202 (48.5 overs)
Wasim Akram 43 Shivnarine
(29) Chanderpaul 77
Courtney Walsh (96)
3/28 (10 overs) Abdul Razzaq 3/32
(10 overs)
Pakistan won by 27 runs

County Ground, Bristol
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Dave
Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood
(Pak)
Pakistan won the toss and elected to

bat.
Ricardo Powell (WI) made his ODI
debut.
17 May 1999
Bangladesh v New Zealand

116 (37.4 overs) 117/4 (33 overs)
Enamul Haque 19 Matt Horne 35 (86)
(41) Naimur Rahman
Chris Cairns 3/19 1/5 (2 overs)
(7 overs)
New Zealand won by 6 wickets
County Ground, Chelmsford
Umpires: Ian Robinson (Zim) and
(Ind)
Player of the match: Gavin Larsen (NZ)
New Zealand won the toss and elected

to field.
20 May 1999
Australia v New Zealand
213/8 (50 overs) 214/5 (45.2 overs)
Darren Lehmann Roger Twose 80*
76 (94) (99)
Geoff Allott 4/37 Damien Fleming
(10 overs) 2/43 (8.2 overs)

Sophia Gardens, Cardiff
Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and David
Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Roger Twose (NZ)

bat.
20 May 1999
Pakistan v Scotland
261/6 (50 overs) 167 (38.5 overs)
Yousuf Youhana Gavin Hamilton 76
81* (119) (111)
Gavin Hamilton Shoaib Akhtar 3/11
2/36 (10 overs) (6 overs)

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Ian
Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Yousuf Youhana
(Pak)
Scotland won the toss and elected to
field.
Ian Stanger (Sco) made his ODI debut.
Scotland conceded 59 extras, the joint

highest in an ODI.[3]
21 May 1999
Bangladesh v West Indies

182 (49.2 overs) 183/3 (46.3 overs)
Mehrab Hossain Jimmy Adams 53*
64 (129) (82)
Courtney Walsh Minhajul Abedin
4/25 (10 overs) 1/28 (7 overs)
West Indies won by 7 wickets
Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin
Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Darrell Hair
(Aus)
Player of the match: Courtney Walsh (WI)
Bangladesh won the toss and elected to

bat.
23 May 1999
Pakistan v Australia
275/8 (50 overs) 265 (49.5 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq Michael Bevan 61
81 (104) (80)
Damien Fleming Wasim Akram 4/40
2/37 (10 overs) (9.5 overs)

Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Peter
Willey (Eng)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq
(Pak)

field.
24 May 1999
Bangladesh v Scotland
185/9 (50 overs) 163 (46.2 overs)
Minhajul Abedin Gavin Hamilton 63
68* (116) (71)
John Blain 4/37 Hasibul Hossain
Bangladesh won by 22 runs

Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh
Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Dave
Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: Minhajul Abedin
(Ban)
field.
24 May 1999
New Zealand v West Indies

156 (48.1 overs) 158/3 (44.2 overs)
Craig McMillan 32 Ridley Jacobs 80*
(78) (131)
Mervyn Dillon 4/46 Chris Harris 1/19
(9.1 overs) (8 overs)
County Ground, Southampton
Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and
(Ind)
Player of the match: Ridley Jacobs (WI)
West Indies won the toss and elected to

field.
27 May 1999
Bangladesh v Australia
178/7 (50 overs) 181/3 (19.5 overs)
Minhajul Abedin Adam Gilchrist 63
53* (99) (39)
Tom Moody 3/25 Enamul Haque

Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Dave
Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: Tom Moody (Aus)

field.
27 May 1999
Scotland v West Indies

68 (31.3 overs) 70/2 (10.1 overs)
Gavin Hamilton Shivnarine
24* (82) Chanderpaul 30*
Courtney Walsh (30)
3/7 (7 overs) John Blain 2/36
(5.1 overs)

Grace Road, Leicester
Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pak) and Ian
Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Courtney Walsh (WI)
bat.
Greig Williamson (Sco) made his ODI

debut.
Scotland were eliminated as a result of

this match.
28 May 1999
Pakistan v New Zealand

269/8 (50 overs) 207/8 (50 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq Stephen Fleming
73* (61) 69 (100)
Geoff Allott 4/64 Azhar Mahmood
(10 overs) 3/38 (10 overs)
County Ground, Derby
Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Rudi
Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq
(Pak)

to field.
Pakistan qualified for Super Six stage.
30 May 1999
West Indies v Australia
110 (46.4 overs) 111/4 (40.4 overs)
Ridley Jacobs 49* Adam Gilchrist 21
(142) (36)
Glenn McGrath Curtly Ambrose
5/14 (8.4 overs) 3/31 (10 overs)

Old Trafford, Manchester
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and K. T.
Francis (SL)
Player of the match: Glenn McGrath
(Aus)

field.
Australia needed to score 111 within
47.2 overs to qualify for the Super Six
stage of the tournament. Australia
qualified for the Super Sixes and
Bangladesh were eliminated.
Ridley Jacobs (WI) became the first

cricketer to carry his bat in a World Cup
match.[4]
31 May 1999
Bangladesh v Pakistan
223/9 (50 overs) 161 (44.3 overs)
Akram Khan 42 Wasim Akram 29
(66) (52)
Saqlain Mushtaq Khaled Mahmud
5/35 (10 overs) 3/31 (10 overs)
Bangladesh won by 62 runs

County Ground, Northampton
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Darrell
Hair (Aus)
Player of the match: Khaled Mahmud
(Ban)

field.
31 May 1999
Scotland v New Zealand

121 (42.1 overs) 123/4 (17.5 overs)
Ian Stanger 27 (58) Roger Twose 54*
Chris Harris 4/7 (49)
(3.1 overs) John Blain 3/53 (7
overs)

Grange Cricket Club Ground, Edinburgh
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Ian
Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Geoff Allott (NZ)
to field.
New Zealand needed to score 122

within 21.2 overs to qualify for Super
Sixes stage. New Zealand qualified for
Super Sixes and West Indies were
eliminated.
Super Six
Teams who qualified for the Super Six
stage only played against the teams from
the other group; results against the other
teams from the same group were carried
forward to this stage. Results against the
non-qualifying teams were therefore
discarded at this point.
As a result of League match losses
against New Zealand and Pakistan, even
though Australia finished second in their
group, they progressed to the Super Six
stage with no points carried forward
(PCF). India faced similar circumstances,
finishing 2nd in their group but carrying
forward 0 points after losing to fellow
qualifiers Zimbabwe and South Africa.
During their super six clash, Pakistan and

India were officially at war at the time of
their match, the only time this has ever
happened in the history of the
sport.[5][6][7]
Points carried forward (PCF)
Results Against qualified teams
Win 2 points
No result / tie 1 points
Loss 0 point
Pakistan 5 3 2 0 0 0.65 6 4
Australia 5 3 2 0 0 0.36 6 0
South Africa 5 3 2 0 0 0.17 6 2
New Zealand 5 2 2 1 0 −0.52 5 2
Zimbabwe 5 2 2 1 0 −0.79 5 4
India 5 1 4 0 0 −0.15 2 0
Source:Cricinfo (http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIV
E/WORLD_CUPS/WC99/WC99_TABLE.html)
4 June 1999
Australia v India
282/6 (50 overs) 205 (48.2 overs)
Mark Waugh 83 Ajay Jadeja 100*
(99) (138)
Robin Singh 2/43 Glenn McGrath
Australia won by 77 runs

The Oval, London
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Peter
Willey (Eng)
Player of the match: Glenn McGrath
(Aus)
India won the toss and elected to field.

5 June 1999
Pakistan v South Africa

220/7 (50 overs) 221/7 (49 overs)
Moin Khan 63 (56) Jacques Kallis 54
Steve Elworthy (98)
2/23 (10 overs) Azhar Mahmood
3/24 (10 overs)

Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and David
Shepherd (Eng)
bat.
6–7 June 1999

Zimbabwe v New Zealand

175 (49.3 overs) 70/3 (15 overs)
Murray Goodwin Matt Horne 35 (35)
57 (90) Guy Whittall 1/9 (3
Chris Cairns 3/24 overs)
(6.3 overs)
No result
Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and
(Ind)

bat.
Rain interrupted play when 36 overs of

Zimbabwe's innings had been bowled.
No play was possible on reserve day.
8 June 1999
India v Pakistan
227/6 (50 overs) 180 (45.3 overs)
Rahul Dravid 61 Inzamam-Ul-Haq
(89) 41 (93)
Wasim Akram 2/27 Venkatesh Prasad
(10 overs) 5/27 (9.3 overs)

Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Venkatesh Prasad
(Ind)
This was the first and only time two

nations played at the world cup while
officially at war.
9 June 1999
Australia v Zimbabwe
303/4 (50 overs) 259/6 (50 overs)
Mark Waugh 104 Neil Johnson 132*
(120) (144)
Neil Johnson 2/43 Paul Reiffel 3/55
Australia won by 44 runs
Lord's, London
Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Rudi
Koertzen (SA)

field.
10 June 1999
South Africa v New Zealand
287/5 (50 overs) 213/8 (50 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs Stephen Fleming
91 (118) 42 (64)
Nathan Astle 1/29 Jacques Kallis

Umpires: Ian Robinson (Zim) and
(Ind)
Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)

to bat.
South Africa qualified for the semi-
finals.
11 June 1999
Pakistan v Zimbabwe
271/9 (50 overs) 123 (40.3 overs)
Saeed Anwar 103 Neil Johnson 54
(144) (94)
Henry Olonga 2/38 Saqlain Mushtaq
(5 overs) 3/16 (6.3 overs)
The Oval, London
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Dave
Orchard (SA)
Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (Pak)

bat.
Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals.
Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) became the

second bowler to take a hat-trick in a
World Cup match.
12 June 1999
India v New Zealand
251/6 (50 overs) 253/5 (48.2 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 76 Matt Horne 74
(103) (116)
Chris Cairns 2/44 Debashish
(10 overs) Mohanty 2/41 (10
overs)

Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and David
Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Roger Twose (NZ)
New Zealand qualified for the semi-

finals and India were eliminated.
13 June 1999
South Africa v Australia

271/7 (50 overs) 272/5 (49.4 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs Steve Waugh 120*
101 (134) (110)
Damien Fleming Steve Elworthy
3/57 (10 overs) 2/46 (10 overs)

Headingley, Leeds
Umpires: Srinivasaraghavan
Venkataraghavan (Ind) and Peter Willey
(Eng)
Player of the match: Steve Waugh (Aus)
to bat.
Australia qualified for the semi-finals

and Zimbabwe were eliminated.
Semi-finals
Semi-finals Final
16 June – Old
Trafford,
Manchester
New
241/7 20 June – Lord's,
Zealand
London
242/1
Pakistan 132
Pakistan
17 June –
Edgbaston,
133/2
Birmingham Australia
213
Australia
South
213
Africa
Australia progressed to the final
because they finished higher in the
Super Six table than South Africa due
to a superior net run rate.
16 June 1999
New Zealand v Pakistan

241/7 (50 overs) 242/1 (47.3 overs)
Roger Twose 46 Saeed Anwar 113*
(83) (148)
Shoaib Akhtar 3/55 Chris Cairns 1/33
Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Peter
Willey (Eng)
Player of the match: Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)

to bat.
Pakistan qualified for the final for

second time after 1992.
17 June 1999
Australia v South Africa
213 (49.2 overs) 213 (49.4 overs)
Michael Bevan 65 Jacques Kallis 53
(101) (92)
Shaun Pollock Shane Warne 4/29
5/36 (9.2 overs) (10 overs)
Match tied
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and
(Ind)
Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

to field.
Australia progressed to the final
because they finished higher in the
Super Six table than South Africa due to
a superior net run rate.
Australia qualified for the final for fourth

time after 1975, 1987 and 1996.
Final
20 June 1999
Pakistan v Australia
132 (39 overs) 133/2 (20.1 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 22 (46) Adam Gilchrist 54
Shane Warne 4/33 (36)
(9 overs) Saqlain Mushtaq
1/21 (4.1 overs)

Lord's, London, England
Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

bat.
Statistics
Leading run scorers
Runs Player Country
461 Rahul Dravid India
398 Steve Waugh Australia
379 Sourav Ganguly India
375 Mark Waugh Australia
368 Saeed Anwar Pakistan
Leading wicket takers
Wickets Player Country
20 Geoff Allott New Zealand
20 Shane Warne Australia
18 Glenn McGrath Australia
17 Lance Klusener South Africa
17 Saqlain Mushtaq Pakistan

List of centuries
No. Name Score Balls 4s 6s S/R Team Opposition Venue
Sourav Sri
1 183 158 17 7 115.82 India Taunton
Ganguly Lanka
Rahul Sri
2 145 129 17 1 112.40 India Taunton
Dravid Lanka
Sachin
3 140* 101 16 3 138.61 India Kenya Bristol
Tendulkar
Neil
4 132* 144 14 2 91.66 Australia Lord's
Johnson Zimbabwe
Steve South Headingle

5 120* 110 10 2 109.09
Waugh Australia Africa Leeds
Old
Saeed New
6 113* 148 9 0 76.35 Trafford,
Anwar Pakistan Zealand
Manches
Rahul
7 104* 109 10 0 95.41 India Kenya Bristol
Dravid
Mark
7 104 120 13 0 86.66 Lord's
Waugh Australia Zimbabwe
Saeed
9 103 144 11 0 71.52 The Oval
Anwar Pakistan Zimbabwe
Herschelle South Headingle

10 101 134 10 1 75.37 Australia
Gibbs Africa Leeds
Ajay
11 100* 138 7 2 72.46 India Australia The Oval
Jadeja
Match balls
A new type of cricket ball, the white
'Duke', was introduced for the first time in
the 1999 World Cup. British Cricket Balls
Ltd claimed that the balls behaved
identically to the balls used in previous
World Cups,[8] experiments showed they
were harder and swung more.[9]
Media
The host broadcasters for television
coverage of the tournament were Sky
and BBC Television.[10] In the UK, live
games were divided between the
broadcasters, with both screening the
final live.[10] This was to be BBC's last live
cricket coverage during that summer,
with all of England's home Test series
being shown on Channel 4 or Sky from
1999 onwards; the BBC did not show any
live cricket again until August 2020.[11]
References and notes

1. "Sourav Ganguly Doubtful About ICC's
Plans To Host Cricket World Cup Every
Three Years" (https://www.outlookindia.co
m/website/story/sports-news-sourav-gan
guly-doubtful-about-iccs-plans-to-host-cric
ket-world-cup-every-three-years/34058
7/) . Outlook. PTI. 16 October 2019.
Retrieved 23 November 2020.
2. "Carlsberg ICC Trophy, Malaysia
Headlines" (http://static.espncricinfo.co
m/db/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/ICCT97/IC
CT97_HEADLINES.html) . Retrieved
31 July 2019.
3. "Most extras in an ODI innings" (http://stat

s.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/2
84132.html) .
4. "Cricket World Cup 2019: Ferguson, Henry

skittle Sri Lanka for 136" (https://www.cri
cketcountry.com/news/icc-cricket-world-c
up-2019-ferguson-henry-skittle-sri-lanka-f
or-136-850586) . Cricket Country.
Retrieved 1 June 2019.
5. "1999: When Pakistan and India went to

war, on and off the field" (https://www.da
wn.com/news/1245222) . Retrieved
19 August 2022.
6. "While Our Armies Battled In Kargil, India
Faced Off Against Pakistan In A Do-Or-Die
World Cup Game" (https://www.indiatime
s.com/sports/in-1999-as-the-kargil-war-w
ent-on-india-played-a-historic-world-cup-m
atch-against-pakistan-322917.html) .
Retrieved 19 August 2022.
7. "World Cup 1999: India and Pakistan put

aside Kargil to battle on field" (https://ww
w.cricketcountry.com/articles/world-cup-
1999-india-and-pakistan-put-aside-kargil-t
o-battle-on-field-246287) . Retrieved
19 August 2022.
8. "The swinging Duke is not all it seams" (ht
tps://ghostarchive.org/archive/20220501/
https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/cric
ket-world-cupthe-swinging-duke-is-not-all-i
t-seams-1092354.html) . The
Independent. London. 9 May 1999.
Archived from the original (https://www.in
dependent.co.uk/sport/cricket-world-cupt
he-swinging-duke-is-not-all-it-seams-1092
354.html) on 1 May 2022.
9. "Why white is the thing for swing" (https://

www.theguardian.com/sport/1999/may/1
4/cricket11) . The Guardian. London. 14
May 1999.
10. ECB Media Release (10 March 1998).
"Live coverage of the Cricket World Cup –
to be staged in the UK next year" (http://w
ww.espncricinfo.com/page2/content/stor
y/76110.html) . ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved
25 November 2014.
11. "BSkyB lands England Test coverage" (htt

p://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/cricket/409
7137.stm) . BBC. 15 December 2004.
Retrieved 17 May 2014.
External links
Cricket World Cup 1999 Scorecards (ht
tps://web.archive.org/web/200610230
32322/http://www.cricketfundas.com/
worldcup1999.html) in CricketFundas
Cricket World Cup 1999 (http://www.cri
cinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1999/WC99/)
from Cricinfo
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1999 Cricket World

The 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, also

Logo of the ICC Cricket World Cup 1999

Dates 14 May – 20 June

Administrator(s) International Cricket

Cricket format One Day International

Tournament Round robin and

Champions Australia (2nd title)

Player of the series Lance Klusener

Most runs Rahul Dravid (461)

Most wickets Geoff Allott (20)

The tournament was hosted three years

22 nations competed in the 1997 edition

Method of Finals Last Previous best

Australia 7th 1996 Champions (1987) B

India 7th 1996 Champions (1983) A

New Semi-finals (1975,

Pakistan 7th 1996 Champions (1992) B

Sri Lanka 7th 1996 Champions (1996) A

West Champions (1975,

5th 1996 Group stage (All) A

1997 ICC Trophy

1997 ICC Trophy

1997 ICC Trophy

Venue City Capacity Matches

Edgbaston Cricket Ground Birmingham, West Midlands 21,000 3

County Cricket Ground Bristol 8,000 2

St Lawrence Ground Canterbury, Kent 15,000 1

County Cricket Ground Chelmsford, Essex 6,500 2

Riverside Ground Chester-le-Street, County Durham 15,000 2

County Cricket Ground Derby, Derbyshire 9,500 1

County Cricket Ground Hove, Sussex 7,000 1

Headingley Leeds, West Yorkshire 17,500 3

Grace Road Leicester, Leicestershire 12,000 2

Lord's London, Greater London 28,000 3

The Oval London, Greater London 25,500 3

Old Trafford Manchester, Greater Manchester 22,000 3

County Cricket Ground Northampton, Northamptonshire 6,500 2

Trent Bridge Nottingham, Nottinghamshire 17,500 3

County Cricket Ground Southampton, Hampshire 6,500 2

County Cricket Ground Taunton, Somerset 6,500 2

New Road Worcester, Worcestershire 4,500 2

Scotland played two of their Group B

Venue City Capacity Matches

VRA Cricket Ground Amstelveen, Netherlands 4,500 1

Sophia Gardens Cardiff, Wales 15,653 1

Clontarf Cricket Club Ground Dublin, Ireland 3,200 1

The Grange Club Edinburgh, Scotland 3,000 2

Venues in the Netherlands

Venues in Wales, Scotland and Ireland

Team Pld W L NR T NRR Pts PCF

South Africa 5 4 1 0 0 0.86 8 2

England 5 3 2 0 0 −0.33 6 N/A

Sri Lanka 5 2 3 0 0 −0.81 4 N/A

Kenya 5 0 5 0 0 −1.20 0 N/A

England won by 8 wickets

England won the toss and elected to

India v South Africa