1992 Cricket World Cup

The 1992 Cricket World Cup (officially the Benson & Hedges World Cup 1992)
Benson & Hedges W orld
was the fifth staging of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International
Cup 1992
Cricket Council (ICC). It was held in Australia and New Zealand from 22 February
to 25 March 1992, and finished withPakistan beating England by 22 runs in the final
to become the World Cup champions for the first time.

Contents
Firsts
Format
Teams
Venues
Australia Dates 22 February–25
New Zealand March
Officials Administrator(s) International
Umpires
Cricket Council
Referees
Cricket format One Day
Squads
International
Round-robin stage
Points table Tournament Round-robin and
Match scores format(s) Knockout
Knockout stage Host(s) Australia
Summary New
Bracket
Zealand
Semi finals
Champions Pakistan
Final
(1st title)
Statistics
Man of the Series Runners-up England
Tactical innovations Participants 9
Notes and references Matches played 39
External links Player of the Martin
series Crowe
Most runs Martin
Firsts Crowe (456)
The 1992 World Cup was the first to feature coloured player clothing, white cricket Most wickets Wasim
balls and black sightscreens with a number of matches being played under Akram (18)
floodlights.[1] The 1992 World Cup was also the first to be held in the Southern
Hemisphere. It was also the first World Cup to include South Africa, who had been allowed to re-join the International Cricket
Council as a Test-playing nation after the end ofapartheid.

Format
The format was changed from previous tournaments, with a complete round-robin replacing the former two qualifying groups. The
initial draw was released with eight competing countries and 28 round-robin matches, plus two semi-finals and a final. In late 1991,
South Africa were re-admitted to the International Cricket Council after 21 years of exclusion due to apartheid, and the draw was
amended to include them, adding another eight matches to the round-robin.

The rule for calculating the target score for the team batting second in rain-affected matches was also changed. The previous rule (the
Average Run Rate method) simply multiplied the run rate of the team batting first by the number of overs available to the team
batting second, but this rule had been deemed to give an unfair advantage to the team batting second.

In an attempt to rectify this, the target score would now be calculated by the Most Productive Overs method. In this system, if the
team batting second had 44 overs available, their target score would be one greater than the 44 highest scoring overs of the team
batting first.

While the reasoning behind the system was sound, the timing of rain interruptions remained problematic: as the semi-final between
England and South Africa demonstrated, where a difficult but eminently reachable 22 runs off 13 balls was reduced to 22 runs off 7
(the least productive over, a maiden, being deducted) and finally, a preposterous 21 off 1 ball (the next least productive over having
given 1 run). It was seen that, if the interruption came during the second innings, the side batting second was at a significant
disadvantage – one which was only overcome once, in fact, in England's group-stage victory over South Africa.

Teams
The 1992 World Cup featured the sevenTest teams at that time.

For the first time, South Africa competed as the eighth full member of the ICC, and would play their first Test in 22 years in the West
Indies a month after the World Cup. Zimbabwe appeared for the third time, having qualified by winning the 1990 ICC Trophy
defeating the Netherlands in the final for the second time. Zimbabwe would gain full member status following the tournament and
play their first Test match later in 1992. Teams who entered were:[2]

Full Members
Australia

England

India

New Zealand

Pakistan

South Africa

Sri Lanka

West Indies

Associate Member
Zimbabwe

Venues

Australia
 Venue City Matches
Adelaide Oval Adelaide, South Australia 3
Lavington Sports
Albury, New South Wales 1
Oval
Eastern Oval Ballarat, Victoria 1 Mackay

Berri Oval Berri, South Australia 1

Brisbane
The Gabba Brisbane, Queensland 3
Canberra, Australian Perth
Manuka Oval 1
Capital Territory Berri Sydney
Adelaide Canberra
Albury
Bellerive Oval Hobart, Tasmania 2 Ballarat Melbourne
Ray Mitchell Oval Mackay, Queensland 1
Hobart
Melbourne Cricket
Melbourne, Victoria 5
Ground Venues in Australia
WACA Ground Perth, Western Australia 3
Sydney Cricket Sydney, New South
4
Ground Wales

New Zealand

Venue City Matches

Eden Park Auckland, Auckland 4
Auckland
Lancaster Park Christchurch, Canterbury 2 Hamilton

Carisbrook Dunedin, Otago 1 New

Plymouth Napier
Trust Bank Park Hamilton, Waikato 2
Wellington
McLean Park Napier, Hawke's Bay 1
Pukekura Park New Plymouth, Taranaki 1 Christchurch

Basin Reserve Wellington, Wellington 3

Dunedin

Officials
Venues in New Zealand

Umpires
Eleven umpires were selected to officiate at the World Cup: two from each of the host nations, Australia and New Zealand, and one
from each of the other participating nations.

West Indies' Steve Bucknor and England's David Shepherd were chosen as the umpires for the first semi-final,[3] while New
Zealand's Brian Aldridge and Australia's Steve Randell were chosen for the second.[4] Bucknor and Aldridge were chosen for the
final.[5]
 Umpire Country Matches

Steve Bucknor West Indies 9

Brian Aldridge New Zealand 9

David Shepherd England 8

Steve Randell Australia 8

Khizer Hayat Pakistan 7

Piloo Reporter India 7

Dooland Buultjens Sri Lanka 6

Peter McConnell Australia 6

Steve Woodward New Zealand 6

Ian Robinson Zimbabwe 6

Karl Liebenberg South Africa 6

Referees
Two match referees were also selected to supervise the semi-finals and final. Australia's Peter Burge supervised the first semi-final
and the final,[3][5] while New Zealand'sFrank Cameron supervised the second semi-final.[4]

Referee Country Matches 1992 WC

Peter Burge Australia 63 2

Frank Cameron New Zealand 5 1

Squads

Round-robin stage
Co-hosts New Zealand proved the surprise packet of the tournament, winning their first seven games to finish on top of the table after
the round-robin. The other hosts, Australia, one of the pre-tournament favourites lost their first two matches. They recovered
somewhat to win four of the remaining six, but narrowly missed out on the semi-finals. The West Indies also finished with a 4–4
record, but were just behind Australia on run-rate. South Africa made a triumphant return to international cricket with a win over
Australia at the Sydney Cricket Groundin their first match. They and England had solid campaigns and easily qualified for the semis,
despite upset losses to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe respectively. India had a disappointing tournament and never looked likely to
progress beyond the round-robin. Sri Lanka were still establishing themselves at the highest level and beat only Zimbabwe (who did
not yet have Test status) and South Africa.

New Zealand were defeated only twice in the tournament, both times by Pakistan, in their final group match and in the semi-final.
Some held Pakistan to be lucky to be in the semi-finals at all: following only one victory in their first five matches, they were also
fortunate to scrape a point from the washed-out match against England which appeared to be heading for a heavy English victory,
after Pakistan had been bowled out for 74. However, the Pakistanis and their captain, Imran Khan, would point to the controversial
rain rule handing a game against South Africa to the Proteas when the game had been evenly balanced when the rain hit. They
finished the group stage one point ahead of Australia with a superior run-rate.

Points table
 Team Pld W L NR T RD RR Pts
New Zealand 8 7 1 0 0 0.59 4.76 14

England 8 5 2 1 0 0.47 4.36 11

South Africa 8 5 3 0 0 0.14 4.36 10

Pakistan 8 4 3 1 0 0.17 4.33 9

Australia 8 4 4 0 0 0.20 4.22 8

West Indies 8 4 4 0 0 0.07 4.14 8

India 8 2 5 1 0 0.14 4.95 5

Sri Lanka 8 2 5 1 0 −0.68 4.21 5

Zimbabwe 8 1 7 0 0 −1.14 4.03 2

Match scores
22 February New Zealand v Australia New Zealand won by 37
1992 248/6 (50 overs) 211 (48.1 overs) runs
Scorecard Martin Crowe 100* (134) David Boon 100 (133) Eden Park , Auckland , New
Craig McDermott 2/43 (10 Gavin Larsen 3/30 (10 Zealand
overs) overs) Attendance: 30,000
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and David
Shepherd
Player of the match: Martin Crowe
(NZ)

22 February England v India England won by 9 runs

1992 236/9 (50 overs) 227 (49.2 overs) WACA Ground , Perth, Australia
Scorecard Robin Smith 91 (108) Ravi Shastri 57 (112) Umpires: Dooland Buultjens and
Manoj Prabhakar 2/34 (10 Dermot Reeve 3/38 (6 Peter McConnell
overs) overs) Player of the match: Ian Botham
(Eng)

23 February Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets

1992 312/4 (50 overs) 313/7 (49.2 overs) Pukekura Park , New Plymouth ,
Scorecard Andy Flower 115* (152) Arjuna Ranatunga 88* (61) New Zealand
Pramodya Eddo Brandes 3/70 (10 Umpires: Piloo Reporter and Steve
Wickramasinghe 2/50 (10 overs) Woodward
overs) Player of the match: Andy Flower
(Zim)

23 February Pakistan v West Indies West Indies won by 10

1992 220/2 (50 overs) 221/0 (46.5 overs) wickets
Scorecard Rameez Raja 102* (158) Desmond Haynes 93* Melbourne Cricket Ground ,
Roger Harper 1/33 (10 (144) Melbourne , Australia
overs) Wasim Akram 0/37 (10 Umpires: Steve Randell and Ian
overs) Robinson
Player of the match: Brian Lara
(WI)

25 February Sri Lanka v New Zealand New Zealand won by 6

1992 206/9 (50 overs) 210/4 (48.2 overs) wickets
Scorecard Roshan Mahanama 80 Ken Rutherford 65* (71) Trust Bank Park , Hamilton , New
Zealand
 (131) Ruwan Kalpage 2/33 (10 Umpires: Piloo Reporter and David
Willie Watson 3/37 (10 overs) Shepherd
overs) Player of the match: Ken
Rutherford (NZ)

26 February Australia v South Africa South Africa won by 9

1992 170/9 (49 overs) 171/1 (46.5 overs) wickets
Scorecard David Boon 27 (31) Kepler W essels 81* (148) Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney,
Allan Donald 3/34 (10 Peter Taylor 1/32 (10 Australia
overs) overs) Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve
Bucknor
Player of the match: Kepler
Wessels (SA)

27 February Pakistan v Zimbabwe Pakistan won by 53 runs

1992 254/4 (50 overs) 201/7 (50 overs) Bellerive Oval , Hobart, Australia
Scorecard Aamir Sohail 114 (136) Andy Waller 44 (36) Umpires: Dooland Buultjens and
Iain Butchart 3/57 (10 Wasim Akram 3/21 (10 Steve Randell
overs) overs) Player of the match: Aamir Sohail
(Pak)

27 February West Indies v England England won by 6 wickets

1992 157 (49.2 overs) 160/4 (39.5 overs) Melbourne Cricket Ground ,
Scorecard Keith Arthurton 54 (101) Graham Gooch 65 (101) Melbourne , Australia
Chris Lewis 3/30 (8.2 Winston Benjamin 2/22 Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and
overs) (9.5 overs) Steve Woodward
Player of the match: Chris Lewis
(Eng)

28 February India v Sri Lanka No result

1992 1/0 (0.2 overs) Ray Mitchell Oval , Mackay ,
Scorecard Australia
Umpires: Ian Robinson and David
Shepherd
The match was initially reduced to 20 overs a side due to rain. A helicopter was used to dry the pitch but as play
began, rain fell again and the match was abandoned.

29 February South Africa v New Zealand New Zealand won by 7

1992 190/7 (50 overs) 191/3 (34.3 overs) wickets
Scorecard Peter Kirsten 90 (129) Mark Greatbatch 68 (60) Eden Park , Auckland , New
Willie Watson 2/30 (10 Peter Kirsten 1/22 (7 Zealand
overs) overs) Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Piloo
Reporter
Player of the match: Mark
Greatbatch (NZ)

29 February West Indies v Zimbabwe West Indies won by 75 runs

1992 264/8 (50 overs) 189/7 (50 overs) Brisbane Cricket Ground ,
Scorecard Brian Lara 72 (71) Ali Shah 60* (87) Brisbane , Australia
Eddo Brandes 3/45 (10 Winston Benjamin 3/27 Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and
overs) (10 overs) Steve Woodward
Player of the match: Brian Lara
(WI)

1 March 1992 Australia v India Australia won by 1 run

 Scorecard 237/9 (50 overs) 234 (47 overs) (revised target)
Dean Jones 90 (108) Mohammed Azharuddin Brisbane Cricket Ground ,
Kapil Dev 3/41 (10 overs) 93 (102) Brisbane , Australia
Tom Moody 3/56 (9 overs) Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Ian
Robinson
Player of the match: Dean Jones
(Aus)
Rain interrupted play after 16.2 overs in the Indian innings (45/1). India's target recalculated to 236 off 47 overs.

1 March 1992 Pakistan v England No result

Scorecard 74 (40.2 overs) 24/1 (8 overs) Adelaide Oval , Adelaide , Australia
Saleem Malik 17 (20) Ian Botham 6* (22) Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Peter
Derek Pringle 3/8 (8.2 Wasim Akram 1/7 (3 McConnell
overs) overs)

2 March 1992 South Africa v Sri Lanka Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
Scorecard 195 (50 overs) 198/7 (49.5 overs) Basin Reserve , Wellington , New
Peter Kirsten 47 (81) Roshan Mahanama 68 Zealand
Don Anurasiri 3/41 (10 (121) Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Steve
overs) Allan Donald 3/42 (9.5 Woodward
overs) Player of the match: Arjuna
Ranatunga (SL)

3 March 1992 New Zealand v Zimbabwe New Zealand won by 48

Scorecard 162/3 (20.5 overs) 105/7 (18 overs) runs (revised target)
Martin Crowe 74* (43) Andy Flower 30 (28) McLean Park , Napier, New
Kevin Duers 1/17 (6 overs) Chris Harris 3/15 (4 overs) Zealand
Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and
Dooland Buultjens
Player of the match: Martin Crowe
(NZ)
New Zealand innings interrupted at 9/1 (2.1 overs). Match reduced to 35 overs per side. Further interruption at 52/2
(11.2 ov). Match reduced to 24 overs per side. Innings ended by a third interruption after 20.5 overs. Zimbabwe set a
target of 154 from 18 overs.

4 March 1992 India v Pakistan India won by 43 runs

Scorecard 216/7 (49 overs) 173 (48.1 overs) Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney,
Sachin Tendulkar 54* (62) Aamir Sohail 62 (95) Australia
Mushtaq Ahmed 3/59 (10 Manoj Prabhakar 2/22 (10 Umpires: Peter McConnell and
overs) overs) David Shepherd
Player of the match: Sachin
Tendulkar (Ind)
Match reduced to 49 overs per side due to a slow over rate by Pakistan.

5 March 1992 South Africa v West Indies South Africa won by 64 runs
Scorecard 200/8 (50 overs) 136 (38.4 overs) Lancaster Park , Christchurch , New
Peter Kirsten 56 (91) Gus Logie 61 (69) Zealand
Malcolm Marshall 2/26 (10 Meyrick Pringle 4/11 (8 Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve
overs) overs) Randell
Player of the match: Meyrick
Pringle (SA)

5 March 1992 Australia v England England won by 8 wickets

Scorecard 171 (49 overs) 173/2 (40.5 overs) Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney,
Tom Moody 51 (88) Graham Gooch 58 (112) Australia
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and
 Umpires: Steve Bucknor and
Ian Botham 4/31 (10 Mike Whitney 1/28 (10 Khizer Hayat
overs) overs) Player of the match: Ian Botham
(Eng)

7 March 1992 India v Zimbabwe India won by 55 runs

Scorecard 203/7 (32 overs) 104/1 (19.1 overs) (revised target)
Sachin Tendulkar 81 (88) Andy Flower 43 (56) Trust Bank Park , Hamilton , New
John Traicos 3/35 (6 Sachin Tendulkar 1/35 (6 Zealand
overs) overs) Umpires: Dooland Buultjens and
Steve Randell
Player of the match: Sachin
Tendulkar (Ind)
After rain forced the early close of the Indian innings, the target was recalculated to 159 runs in the 19 overs.

7 March 1992 Sri Lanka v Australia Australia won by 7 wickets

Scorecard 189/9 (50 overs) 190/3 (44 overs) Adelaide Oval , Adelaide , Australia
Aravinda de Silva 62 (83) Geoff Marsh 60 (113) Umpires: Piloo Reporter and Ian
Peter Taylor 2/34 (10 Pramodya Robinson
overs) Wickramasinghe 2/29 (10 Player of the match: Tom Moody
overs) (Aus)

8 March 1992 West Indies v New Zealand New Zealand won by 5

Scorecard 203/7 (50 overs) 206/5 (48.3 overs) wickets
Brian Lara 52 (81) Martin Crowe 81* (81) Eden Park , Auckland , New
Gavin Larsen 2/41 (10 Winston Benjamin 2/34 Zealand
overs) (9.3 overs) Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and
Peter McConnell
Player of the match: Martin Crowe
(NZ)
This was Malcolm Marshall's last ODI.

8 March 1992 South Africa v Pakistan South Africa won by 20 runs

Scorecard 211/7 (50 overs) 173/8 (36 overs) (revised target)
Andrew Hudson 54 (77) Inzamam-ul-Haq 48 (44) Brisbane Cricket Ground ,
Imran Khan 2/34 (10 Adrian Kuiper 3/40 (6 Brisbane , Australia
overs) overs) Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve
Bucknor
Player of the match: Andrew
Hudson (SA)
When Pakistan was 74/2 after 21.3 overs, rain halted the play for an hour and the target was revised to 194 in 36
overs.

9 March 1992 England v Sri Lanka England won by 106 runs

Scorecard 280/9 (50 overs) 174 (44 overs) Eastern Oval , Ballarat, Australia
Neil Fairbrother 63 (70) Arjuna Ranatunga 36 (51) Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Piloo
Asanka Gurusinha 2/67 Chris Lewis 4/30 (8 overs) Reporter
(10 overs) Player of the match: Chris Lewis
(Eng)

10 March India v West Indies West Indies won by 5

1992 197 (49.4 overs) 195/5 (44 overs) wickets (revised target)
Scorecard Mohammed Azharuddin Keith Arthurton 58 (99) Basin Reserve , Wellington , New
61 (84) Javagal Srinath 2/23 (9 Zealand
Anderson Cummins 4/33 overs) Umpires: Steve Randell and Steve
(10 overs) Woodward
 Player of the match: Anderson
Cummins (WI)

10 March Zimbabwe v South Africa South Africa won by 7

1992 163 (48.3 overs) 164/3 (45.1 overs) wickets
Scorecard Eddo Brandes 20 (28) Kepler W essels 70 (137) Manuka Oval , Canberra , Australia
Peter Kirsten 3/31 (5 Malcolm Jarvis 1/23 (9 Umpires: Steve Bucknor and
overs) overs) David Shepherd
Player of the match: Peter Kirsten
(SA)

11 March Pakistan v Australia Pakistan won by 48 runs

1992 220/9 (50 overs) 172 (45.2 overs) WACA Ground , Perth, Australia
Scorecard Aamir Sohail 76 (104) Dean Jones 47 (79) Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and
Steve Waugh 3/36 (10 Aaqib Javed 3/21 (8 Piloo Reporter
overs) overs) Player of the match: Aamir Sohail
(Pak)

12 March India v New Zealand New Zealand won by 4

1992 230/6 (50 overs) 231/6 (47.1 overs) wickets
Scorecard Sachin Tendulkar 84 (107) Mark Greatbatch 73 (77) Carisbrook , Dunedin , New
Chris Harris 3/55 (9 overs) Manoj Prabhakar 3/46 (10 Zealand
overs) Umpires: Peter McConnell and Ian
Robinson
Player of the match: Mark
Greatbatch (NZ)

12 March South Africa v England England won by 3 wickets

1992 236/4 (50 overs) 226/7 (40.5 overs) (revised target)
Scorecard Kepler W essels 85 (126) Alec Stewart 77 (88) Melbourne Cricket Ground ,
Graeme Hick 2/44 (8.2 Richard Snell 3/42 (7.5 Melbourne , Australia
overs) overs) Umpires: Brian Aldridge and
Dooland Buultjens
Player of the match: Alec Stewart
(Eng)
Rain disrupted play in England's innings for 43 minutes when they were 62/0 after 12.0 overs. The target was
revised to 226 in 41 overs.

13 March West Indies v Sri Lanka West Indies won by 91 runs

1992 268/8 (50 overs) 177/9 (50 overs) Berri Oval , Berri, Australia
Scorecard Phil Simmons 110 (125) Athula Samarasekera 40 Umpires: David Shepherd and
Chandika Hathurusinghe (41) Steve Woodward
4/57 (8 overs) Carl Hooper 2/19 (10 Player of the match: Phil Simmons
overs) (WI)

14 March Australia v Zimbabwe Australia won by 128 runs

1992 265/6 (46 overs) 137 (41.4 overs) Bellerive Oval , Hobart, Australia
Scorecard Mark Waugh 66* (39) Eddo Brandes 23 (28) Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve
John Traicos 1/30 (10 Peter Taylor 2/14 (3.4 Bucknor
overs) overs) Player of the match: Steve Waugh
(Aus)
Rain stopped play with Australia 72/1 after 15 overs. Match reduced to 46 overs per side.

15 March England v New Zealand New Zealand won by 7

1992 200/8 (50 overs) 201/3 (40.5 overs) wickets[6]
 Scorecard Graeme Hick 56 (70) Andrew Jones 78 (113) Basin Reserve , Wellington , New
Dipak Patel 2/26 (10 Ian Botham 1/19 (4 overs) Zealand
overs) Umpires: Steve Randell and Ian
Robinson
Player of the match: Andrew
Jones (NZ)

15 March India v South Africa South Africa won by 6

1992 180/6 (30 overs) 181/4 (29.1 overs) wickets
Scorecard Mohammad Azharuddin Peter Kirsten 84 (86) Adelaide Oval , Adelaide , Australia
79 (77) Manoj Prabhakar 1/33 (5.1 Umpires: Dooland Buultjens and
Adrian Kuiper 2/28 (6 overs) Khizer Hayat
overs) Player of the match: Peter Kirsten
(SA)
Rain reduced the match to 30 overs per side

15 March Sri Lanka v Pakistan Pakistan won by 4 wickets

1992 212/6 (50 overs) 216/6 (49.1 overs) WACA Ground , Perth, Australia
Scorecard Aravinda de Silva 43 (56) Javed Miandad 57 (84) Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and
Mushtaq Ahmed 2/43 (10 Champaka Ramanayake Peter McConnell
overs) 2/37 (10 overs) Player of the match: Javed
Miandad (Pak)

18 March New Zealand v Pakistan Pakistan won by 7 wickets

1992 166 (48.2 overs) 167/3 (44.4 overs) Lancaster Park , Christchurch , New
Scorecard Mark Greatbatch 42 (67) Rameez Raja 119* (155) Zealand
Wasim Akram 4/32 (9.2 Danny Morrison 3/42 (10 Umpires: Steve Bucknor and
overs) overs) Steve Randell
Player of the match: Mushtaq
Ahmed (Pak)

18 March Zimbabwe v England Zimbabwe won by 9 runs

1992 134 (46.1 overs) 125 (49.1 overs) Lavington Sports Oval , Albury,
Scorecard David Houghton 29 (74) Alec Stewart 29 (96) Australia
Ian Botham 3/23 (10 Eddo Brandes 4/21 (10 Umpires: Brian Aldridge and
overs) overs) Khizer Hayat
Player of the match: Eddo
Brandes (Zim)

18 March Australia v West Indies Australia won by 57 runs

1992 216/6 (50 overs) 159 (42.4 overs) Melbourne Cricket Ground ,
Scorecard David Boon 100 (147) Brian Lara 70 (97) Melbourne , Australia
Andy Cummins 3/38 (10 Mike Whitney 4/34 (10 Umpires: Piloo Reporter and David
overs) overs) Shepherd
Player of the match: David Boon
(Aus)

Knockout stage

Summary
In the first semi-final, Pakistan defeated tournament favourites New Zealand in a high-scoring match to win their first semi-final in
four attempts and book a place in the World Cup Final for the first time. Inzamam-ul-Haq smashed 60 runs in 37 balls in the chase to
achieve the target with one over remaining and also won the Man of the Match award.
In the second semi-final between South Africa and England, the match ended in controversial circumstances when, after a 10-minute
rain delay, the most productive overs method revised South Africa's target from 22 runs from 13 balls to an impossible 21 runs from
one ball. This rule was replaced for One Day International matches in Australia after the World Cup as a result of this incident, and it
was eventually superseded by the Duckworth–Lewis method for the 1999 World Cup onwards. According to the late Bill Frindall,
had the Duckworth–Lewis method been applied at that rain interruption, the revised target would have been four runs to tie or five to
win from the final ball.[7] As a point of clarity, ESPN points out that England's innings was cut short when the overs were not
completed by 6:10 p.m. (the rescheduled close of innings time),[8] Cricinfo say that had Duckworth–Lewis been applied to the entire
game, South Africa's target from the original 45 overs would have been 273, which would then have been reduced to 257 from 43
[9]
overs, i.e. five runs more than they were set under the most productive overs rule.

In a thrilling final, Pakistan beat England by 22 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground(MCG). Derek Pringle took two early wickets
for England before Imran Khan and Javed Miandad added 139 for the third wicket to steady the Pakistan innings – although both
were very slow to score early on, and Imran benefited from a dropped catch just as he was trying to increase the tempo, having up to
that point scored only 9 in 16 overs. Late flourishes from Inzamam-ul-Haq (42 off 35 balls) and Wasim Akram (33 off 18 balls) took
Pakistan to a total of 249/6. England also struggled early in their innings with Mushtaq Ahmed's googly accounting forGraeme Hick.
Neil Fairbrother and Allan Lamb then took England to 141/4 when Wasim Akram re-entered the attack and bowled from around the
wicket. He bowled Lamb and Chris Lewis with consecutive deliveries. England fell 22 runs short with captain Imran Khan, in his
final One Day International, taking the final wicket ofRichard Illingworth to give Pakistan their first World Cup title.

Bracket
Semi-finals Final

21 March – Eden Park,

Auckland, New Zealand
1 New Zealand 262/7 25 March – Melbourne Cricket
4 Pakistan 264/6 Ground, Melbourne, Australia
22 March – Sydney Cricket Pakistan 249/6
Ground, Sydney, Australia England 227
2 England 252/6
3 South Africa 232/6

Semi finals
21 March New Zealand v Pakistan Pakistan won by 4 wickets
1992 262/7 (50 overs) 264/6 (49 overs) Eden Park , Auckland , New
scorecard Martin Crowe 91 (83) Inzamam-ul-Haq 60 (37) Zealand
Wasim Akram 2/40 (10 Willie Watson 2/39 (10 Attendance: 40,000
overs) overs) Umpires: Steve Bucknor and
Mushtaq Ahmed 2/40 (10 David Shepherd
overs) Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-
Haq (Pak)

22 March England v South Africa England won by 20 runs

1992 252/6 (45 overs) 232/6 (43 overs) Sydney Cricket Ground , Sydney,
scorecard Graeme Hick 83 (90) Andrew Hudson 46 (52) Australia
Meyrick Pringle 2/36 (9 Richard Illingworth 2/46 Attendance: 35,010
overs) (10 overs) Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve
Randell
Player of the match: Graeme Hick
(Eng)
Rain interrupted play before the last ball of the 43rd over
. South Africa then required 22 runs off 13 balls for victory
.
With 2 overs lost due to rain, the target was reduced to 22 runs from only 1 ball.
Final
25 March Pakistan v England Pakistan won by 22 runs
1992 249/6 (50 overs) 227 (49.2 overs) Melbourne Cricket Ground ,
scorecard Imran Khan 72 (110) Neil Fairbrother 62 (70) Melbourne , Australia
Derek Pringle 3/22 (10 Mushtaq Ahmed 3/41 (10 Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve
overs) overs) Bucknor
Player of the match: Wasim Akram
(Pak)
This was Imran Khan's last ODI.
The final began with eerie resemblances to same fixture earlier in the tournament
when England bowled out Pakistan for a paltry 74, as Derek Pringle dismissed both
Pakistani openers at 24. However, Imran Khan and Javed Miandad settled down to
see off the new ball. A crucial moment occurred when Imran Khan was dropped by
Graham Gooch at 9 runs. He later went on to score a match-winning 72. At the 25
over mark, Pakistan had only scored 70, but accelerated the score to 139 by the 31st
over as Javed Miandad summoned a runner, and he and Imran Khan built a steady
partnership. During his innings, Imran hit a huge six off Richard Illingworth that
landed far back into the members section. Imran played a captain's innings, getting a
score of 72 and Miandad 58 to steady the innings, expectedly followed by an
onslaught from Inzamam (42) and Wasim Akram (33) enabling Pakistan to give The MCG played host to 87,182
people for the final
England a fighting target of 250.

England's start was shaky. Ian Botham was dismissed for a duck by Wasim Akram,
followed by Alec Stewart, Hick and Gooch, which left England tumbling at 69/4. A solid partnership of 71 between Allan Lamb and
Neil Fairbrother caused Imran to give an early second spell to his main pacer Wasim Akram in the 35th over. The decision wrote the
fate of the match. Two deliveries from the left arm fast bowler dismissed Allan Lamb and Chris Lewis. Soon Fairbrother was caught
by Moin Khan off Aaqib Javed to seal England's last hope. Imran Khan had the final say, when he had Richard Illingworth caught by
Ramiz Raja off his bowling to finish the final and crown Pakistan World Champions.

Statistics

Leading run scorers Leading wicket takers

Matches Player Runs Matches Player Wickets
9 Martin Crowe 456 10 Wasim Akram 18

9 Javed Miandad 437 10 Ian Botham 16

8 Peter Kirsten 410 9 Mushtaq Ahmed 16

8 David Boon 368 9 Chris Harris 16

8 Rameez Raja 349 8 Eddo Brandes 14

Man of the Series

Martin Crowe, New Zealand[10]

Tactical innovations
A notable feature of this World Cup was the innovative tactics employed by New Zealand captain Martin Crowe, who opened his
team's bowling with spin bowler Dipak Patel, rather than with a fast bowler, as is usual practice. Another innovation was the then-
unorthodox ploy of opening the batting with "pinch hitters", such as New Zealand's Mark Greatbatch.[6][11] These innovations
reversed the immediate prior form of New Zealand who, realising they lacked a team of world-beaters, turned instead to craft;
England had a clean sweep of their tour of New Zealand in 1991–92. Public expectations increased but were dashed in the semi-final
[12]
as young Inzamam-ul-Haq pulled off victory for Pakistan while injured Martin Crowe watched from the stand.

Notes and references

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p://content-www.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/285564.html). Cricinfo. Archived fromthe original (http://content-
www.cricinfo.com/columns/content/story/285564.html) on 25 March 2007. Retrieved 28 April 2007.
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Retrieved 8 June 2011.
3. "1st SF: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland, Mar 21, 1992"(http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65154.ht
ml). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
4. "2nd SF: England v South Africa at Sydney, Mar 22, 1992"
(http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65155.html). ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
5. "Final: England v Pakistan at Melbourne, Mar 25, 1992"(http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65156.html).
ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 14 September 2011.
6. "Rare: New Zealand vs England World Cup 1992 HQ Extended Highlights (15 March 1992)"(https://www.youtube.co
m/watch?v=-u04SkdZs5c). YouTube. TV One. 13 March 2012. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
7. "Stump the Bearded Wonder" (http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/tms/6502207.stm)
, BBC Sport. 28 March 2007.
8. [1] (http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/engine/match/65155.html), ESPN scorecard of the second semi-
final
9. England v South Africa(http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65155.html), Cricinfo scorecard of the second semi-
final
10. Issacs, Vic. "Benson & Hedges World Cup, 1991/92, Final" (http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WO
RLD_CUPS/WC92/PAK_ENG_WC92_ODI-FINAL_25MAR1992.html). CricInfo. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
11. Longley, Geoff (3 August 2013). "1992 Cricket World Cup Memories" (http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/cricket/8996320/C
an-Black-Caps-recreate-the-summer-of-92). Stuff.co.nz. Fairfax NZ News. Retrieved 13 February 2014.
12. Anderson, Ian (December 13, 2014)."Ken Rutherford digs in on racing's sticky wicket"(http://www.stuff.co.nz/sport/c
ricket/64120084/ken-rutherford-digs-in-on-racings-sticky-wicket)
. Where are they now?. Stuff.co.nz. Retrieved
December 22, 2014.

Wisden Almanack Report

List A Limited Overs Matches played in Australia Season 1992/93
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External links
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