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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 format(s)	Round robin and Knockout
Host(s)	England  Scotland  Wales  Ireland  Netherlands
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)
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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.

The tournament was hosted three years after the previous Cricket World Cup, deviating from the usual four-year gap.

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.

Team	Method of qualification	Finals appearances	Last appearance	Previous best performance	Group
England	Hosts	7th	1996	Runners-up (1979, 1987, 1992)	A
Australia	Full member	7th	1996	Champions (1987)	B
India		7th	1996	Champions (1983)	A
New Zealand		7th	1996	Semi-finals (1975, 1979, 1992)	B
Pakistan		7th	1996	Champions (1992)	B
South Africa		3rd	1996	Semi-finals (1992)	A
Sri Lanka		7th	1996	Champions (1996)	A
West Indies		7th	1996	Champions (1975, 1979)	B
Zimbabwe		5th	1996	Group stage (All)	A
Bangladesh	1997 ICC Trophy winner	1st	—	Debut	B
Kenya	1997 ICC Trophy runner-up	2nd	1996	Group stage (1996)	A
Scotland	1997 ICC Trophy third place	1st	—	Debut	B

Venues

England

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
CardiffDublinEdinburghclass=notpageimage| Venues in Wales, Scotland and Ireland		Amstelveenclass=notpageimage| Venues in the Netherlands

Squads

Group stage

Pool A

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts	PCF
1	South Africa	5	4	1	0	0	0.86	8	2
2	India	5	3	2	0	0	1.28	6	0
3	Zimbabwe	5	3	2	0	0	0.02	6	4
4	England	5	3	2	0	0	−0.33	6	N/A
5	Sri Lanka	5	2	3	0	0	−0.81	4	N/A
6	Kenya	5	0	5	0	0	−1.20	0	N/A

Sri Lanka  204 (48.4 overs)	v	England 207/2 (46.5 overs)
Romesh Kaluwitharana 57 (66) Alan Mullally 4/37 (10 overs)		Alec Stewart 88 (146) Chaminda Vaas 1/27 (10 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

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

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

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

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Jimmy Kamande (Ken) made his ODI debut.

Kenya  203 (49.4 overs)	v	England 204/1 (39 overs)
Steve Tikolo 71 (141) Darren Gough 4/34 (10 overs)		Nasser Hussain 88* (127) Thomas Odoyo 1/65 (10 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

Zimbabwe  252/9 (50 overs)	v	India 249 (45 overs)
Andy Flower 68* (85) Javagal Srinath 2/35 (10 overs)		Sadagoppan Ramesh 55 (77) Henry Olonga 3/22 (4 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• India were fined four overs for a slow over rate in the first innings.

South Africa  199/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 110 (35.2 overs)
Lance Klusener 52* (45) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/25 (10 overs)		Roshan Mahanama 36 (71) Lance Klusener 3/21 (5.2 overs)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

South Africa  225/7 (50 overs)	v	England 103 (41 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs 60 (99) Alan Mullally 2/28 (10 overs)		Neil Fairbrother 21 (44) Allan Donald 4/17 (8 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

Zimbabwe  197/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 198/6 (46 overs)
Grant Flower 42 (69) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/30 (10 overs)		Marvan Atapattu 54 (90) Guy Whittall 3/35 (10 overs)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

India  329/2 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 235/7 (50 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 140 (101) Martin Suji 1/26 (10 overs)		Steve Tikolo 58 (75) Debashish Mohanty 4/56 (10 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to field.

Zimbabwe  167/8 (50 overs)	v	England 168/3 (38.3 overs)
Grant Flower 35 (90) Alan Mullally 2/16 (10 overs)		Graham Thorpe 62 (80) Mpumelelo Mbangwa 2/28 (7 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

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

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• South Africa qualified for Super Sixes stage. Kenya eliminated.

India  373/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 216 (42.3 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 183 (158) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/65 (10 overs)		Aravinda de Silva 56 (74) Robin Singh 5/31 (9.3 overs)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Zimbabwe  233/6 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 185 (47.2 overs)
Neil Johnson 76 (117) Allan Donald 3/41 (10 overs)		Lance Klusener 52* (58) Neil Johnson 3/27 (8 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sri Lanka were eliminated

India  232/8 (50 overs)	v	England 169 (45.2 overs)
Rahul Dravid 53 (82) Mark Ealham 2/28 (10 overs)		Graham Thorpe 36 (57) Sourav Ganguly 3/27 (8 overs)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• India and Zimbabwe qualified for Super Sixes stage of tournament and England were eliminated.

Sri Lanka  275/8 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 230/6 (50 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 52 (67) Thomas Odoyo 3/56 (10 overs)		Maurice Odumbe 82 (95) Chaminda Vaas 2/26 (7 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to field.

Pool B

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts	PCF
1	Pakistan	5	4	1	0	0	0.51	8	4
2	Australia	5	3	2	0	0	0.73	6	0
3	New Zealand	5	3	2	0	0	0.58	6	2
4	West Indies	5	3	2	0	0	0.50	6	N/A
5	Bangladesh	5	2	3	0	0	−0.52	4	N/A
6	Scotland	5	0	5	0	0	−1.93	0	N/A

Scotland  181/7 (50 overs)	v	Australia 182/4 (44.5 overs)
Gavin Hamilton 34 (42) Shane Warne 3/39 (10 overs)		Mark Waugh 67 (114) Nick Dyer 2/43 (10 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

Pakistan  229/8 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 202 (48.5 overs)
Wasim Akram 43 (29) Courtney Walsh 3/28 (10 overs)		Shivnarine Chanderpaul 77 (96) Abdul Razzaq 3/32 (10 overs)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Ricardo Powell (WI) made his ODI debut.

Bangladesh  116 (37.4 overs)	v	New Zealand 117/4 (33 overs)
Enamul Haque 19 (41) Chris Cairns 3/19 (7 overs)		Matt Horne 35 (86) Naimur Rahman 1/5 (2 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

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

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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

• 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.

Bangladesh  182 (49.2 overs)	v	West Indies 183/3 (46.3 overs)
Mehrab Hossain 64 (129) Courtney Walsh 4/25 (10 overs)		Jimmy Adams 53* (82) Minhajul Abedin 1/28 (7 overs)

• Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.

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

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

Bangladesh  185/9 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 163 (46.2 overs)
Minhajul Abedin 68* (116) John Blain 4/37 (10 overs)		Gavin Hamilton 63 (71) Hasibul Hossain 2/26 (8 overs)

• Scotland won the toss and elected to field.

New Zealand  156 (48.1 overs)	v	West Indies 158/3 (44.2 overs)
Craig McMillan 32 (78) Mervyn Dillon 4/46 (9.1 overs)		Ridley Jacobs 80* (131) Chris Harris 1/19 (8 overs)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

Bangladesh  178/7 (50 overs)	v	Australia 181/3 (19.5 overs)
Minhajul Abedin 53* (99) Tom Moody 3/25 (10 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 63 (39) Enamul Haque 2/40 (5 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

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

• Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
• Greig Williamson (Sco) made his ODI debut.
• Scotland were eliminated as a result of this match.

Pakistan  269/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 207/8 (50 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 73* (61) Geoff Allott 4/64 (10 overs)		Stephen Fleming 69 (100) Azhar Mahmood 3/38 (10 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Pakistan qualified for Super Six stage.

West Indies  110 (46.4 overs)	v	Australia 111/4 (40.4 overs)
Ridley Jacobs 49* (142) Glenn McGrath 5/14 (8.4 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 21 (36) Curtly Ambrose 3/31 (10 overs)

• Australia won the toss and elected to 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.

Bangladesh  223/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 161 (44.3 overs)
Akram Khan 42 (66) Saqlain Mushtaq 5/35 (10 overs)		Wasim Akram 29 (52) Khaled Mahmud 3/31 (10 overs)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

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

• New Zealand won the toss and elected 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.

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	Pts	PCF
1	Pakistan	5	3	2	0	0	0.65	6	4
2	Australia	5	3	2	0	0	0.36	6	0
3	South Africa	5	3	2	0	0	0.17	6	2
4	New Zealand	5	2	2	1	0	−0.52	5	2
5	Zimbabwe	5	2	2	1	0	−0.79	5	4
6	India	5	1	4	0	0	−0.15	2	0
	Source: Cricinfo

Australia  282/6 (50 overs)	v	India 205 (48.2 overs)
Mark Waugh 83 (99) Robin Singh 2/43 (7 overs)		Ajay Jadeja 100* (138) Glenn McGrath 3/34 (10 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

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

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Zimbabwe  175 (49.3 overs)	v	New Zealand 70/3 (15 overs)
Murray Goodwin 57 (90) Chris Cairns 3/24 (6.3 overs)		Matt Horne 35 (35) Guy Whittall 1/9 (3 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain interrupted play . No play was possible on reserve day for rain.

India  227/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 180 (45.3 overs)
Rahul Dravid 61 (89) Wasim Akram 2/27 (10 overs)		Inzamam-ul-Haq 41 (93) Venkatesh Prasad 5/27 (9.3 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• This was the first and only time two nations played at the world cup while officially at war.

Australia  303/4 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 259/6 (50 overs)
Mark Waugh 104 (120) Neil Johnson 2/43 (8 overs)		Neil Johnson 132* (144) Paul Reiffel 3/55 (10 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

South Africa  287/5 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 213/8 (50 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs 91 (118) Nathan Astle 1/29 (6 overs)		Stephen Fleming 42 (64) Jacques Kallis 2/15 (6 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• South Africa qualified for the semi-finals.

Pakistan  271/9 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 123 (40.3 overs)
Saeed Anwar 103 (144) Henry Olonga 2/38 (5 overs)		Neil Johnson 54 (94) Saqlain Mushtaq 3/16 (6.3 overs)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals.
• Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) became the second bowler to take a hat-trick in a World Cup match.

India  251/6 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 253/5 (48.2 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 76 (103) Chris Cairns 2/44 (10 overs)		Matt Horne 74 (116) Debashish Mohanty 2/41 (10 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals and India were eliminated.

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

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Australia qualified for the semi-finals and Zimbabwe were eliminated.

Semi-finals

	Semi-finals				Final
	16 June – Old Trafford, Manchester
	New Zealand	241/7
					20 June – Lord's, London
	Pakistan	242/1
					Pakistan	132
	17 June – Edgbaston, Birmingham
					Australia	133/2
	Australia	213
	South Africa	213

• Australia progressed to the final because they finished higher in the Super Six table than South Africa due to having won their head to head Super Six match.

New Zealand  241/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 242/1 (47.3 overs)
Roger Twose 46 (83) Shoaib Akhtar 3/55 (10 overs)		Saeed Anwar 113* (148) Chris Cairns 1/33 (8 overs)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Pakistan qualified for the final for second time after 1992.

Australia  213 (49.2 overs)	v	South Africa 213 (49.4 overs)
Michael Bevan 65 (101) Shaun Pollock 5/36 (9.2 overs)		Jacques Kallis 53 (92) Shane Warne 4/29 (10 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
• Australia progressed to the final because they finished higher in the Super Six table than South Africa due to having won their head to head Super Six match.
• Australia qualified for the final for fourth time after 1975, 1987 and 1996.

Final

Pakistan  132 (39 overs)	v	Australia 133/2 (20.1 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 22 (46) Shane Warne 4/33 (9 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 54 (36) Saqlain Mushtaq 1/21 (4.1 overs)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to 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 Date 1 Sourav Ganguly 183 158 17 7 115.82  India  Sri Lanka Taunton 26 May 1999 2 Rahul Dravid 145 129 17 1 112.40  India  Sri Lanka Taunton 26 May 1999 3 Sachin Tendulkar 140* 101 16 3 138.61  India  Kenya Bristol 23 May 1999 4 Neil Johnson 132* 144 14 2 91.66  Zimbabwe  Australia Lord's 9 June 1999 5 Steve Waugh 120* 110 10 2 109.09  Australia  South Africa Headingley, Leeds 13 June 1999 6 Saeed Anwar 113* 148 9 0 76.35  Pakistan  New Zealand Old Trafford, Manchester 16 June 1999 7 Rahul Dravid 104* 109 10 0 95.41  India  Kenya Bristol 23 May 1999 7 Mark Waugh 104 120 13 0 86.66  Australia  Zimbabwe Lord's 9 June 1999 9 Saeed Anwar 103 144 11 0 71.52  Pakistan  Zimbabwe The Oval 11 June 1999 10 Herschelle Gibbs 101 134 10 1 75.37  South Africa  Australia Headingley, Leeds 13 June 1999 11 Ajay Jadeja 100* 138 7 2 72.46  India  Australia The Oval 4 June 1999

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, experiments showed they were harder and swung more.

Media

The host broadcasters for television coverage of the tournament were Sky and BBC Television. In the UK, live games were divided between the broadcasters, with both screening the final live. 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.

References and notes

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5. "1999: When Pakistan and India went to war, on and off the field". 18 March 2016. Retrieved 19 August 2022.
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9. "The swinging Duke is not all it seams". The Independent. London. 9 May 1999. Archived from the original on 1 May 2022.
10. "Why white is the thing for swing". The Guardian. London. 14 May 1999.
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12. "BSkyB lands England Test coverage". BBC. 15 December 2004. Retrieved 17 May 2014.

External links

• Cricket World Cup 1999 Scorecards in CricketFundas
• Cricket World Cup 1999 from Cricinfo

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