1999 Cricket World Cup

the 1999 Cricket World Cup was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games. The World Cup was 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, where each qualifier from group A played with each qualifier from group B. The teams also carried forward their points from games against each qualifer from their group. The top four in the Super Sixes contested the semifinals.

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 seen in the 1999 Cricket World Cup:

Group A Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	PCF
Template:RSAc	8	5	4	1	0	0	0.86	2
Template:INDc	6	5	3	2	0	0	1.28	0
Template:ZIMc	6	5	3	2	0	0	0.02	4
Template:ENGc	6	5	3	2	0	0	−0.33	N/A
Template:SRIc	4	5	2	3	0	0	−0.81	N/A
Template:KENc	0	5	0	5	0	0	−1.20	N/A

Group A Results

Match 1 - 14 May, 1999

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Match 2 - 15 May, 1999

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Match 3 - 15 May, 2006

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Match 7 - 18 May, 2006

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Match 8 - 19 May, 1999

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Match 9 - 19 May, 1999

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Match 13 - 22 May, 1999

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Match 14, May 22, 1999

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Match 15 - May 23, 1999

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Match 19 - May 25, 1999

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Match 20 - May 26, 1999

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Match 21 - May 26, 1999

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Match 25 - May 29/30, 1999

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Match 26 - May 29, 1999

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Match 27 - May 30, 1999

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Group B Table

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	PCF
Template:PAKc	8	5	4	1	0	0	0.51	4
Template:AUSc	6	5	3	2	0	0	0.73	0
Template:NZLc	6	5	3	2	0	0	0.58	2
Template:WINc	6	5	3	2	0	0	0.50	N/A
Template:BANc	4	5	2	3	0	0	−0.52	N/A
Template:SCOc	0	5	0	5	0	0	−1.93	N/A

• Points Carried Forward (PCF) only applied to the 6 teams which progressed from the Group Stage of the tournament, those points were taken from the amount of points scored against their fellow qualifiers from their respective groups. Points carried forward did not change once in the Super Sixes.

Group B Results

Match 4 - 16 May, 1999

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Match 5 - 16 May, 1999

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1. 23 May 1999 Pakistan: 275/8 v Australia: 265, Leeds, Pakistan won by 10 runs (Group B)
2. 24 May 1999 Scotland: 163 v Bangladesh: 185, Edinburgh, Bangladesh won by 22 runs (Group B)
3. 24 May 1999 New Zealand 156 v West Indies 158/3, Southampton, West Indies won by 7 wickets (Group B)
4. 25 May 1999 England: 168/3 v Zimbabwe: 167/8, Nottingham, England won by 7 wickets (Group A)
5. 26 May 1999 Kenya: 152 (L Klusener 5/21) v South Africa: 153/3, Amsterdam, South Africa won by 7 wickets (Group A)
6. 26 May 1999 India: 373/6 (S Ganguly 183, R Dravid 145) v Sri Lanka: 216 (R Singh 5/31), Taunton, India won by 157 runs (Group A)
7. 27 May 1999 Australia: 181/3 v Bangladesh: 178/7, Chester-Le-Street, Australia won by 7 wickets (Group B)
8. 27 May 1999 Scotland: 68 v West Indies; 70/2, Leicester, West Indies won by 8 wickets (Group B)
9. 28 May 1999 New Zealand: 207/8 v Pakistan: 269/8, Derby, Pakistan won by 62 runs (Group B)
10. 29 May 1999 England: 169 v India: 232/8, Birmingham, India won by 63 runs (Group A)
11. 29 May 1999 Zimbabwe: 233/6 v South Africa: 185, Chelmsford, Zimbabwe won by 42 runs (Group A)
12. 30 May 1999 Kenya: 230/6 v Sri Lanka: 275/8, Southampton, Sri Lanka won by 45 runs (Group A)
13. 30 May 1999 Australia: 111/4 v West Indies: 110 (G McGrath 5/14), Manchester, Australia won by 6 wickets (Group B)
14. 31 May 1999 Bangladesh: 223/9 (S Mushtaq 5/35) v Pakistan: 161, Northampton, Bangladesh won by 62 runs (Group B)
15. 31 May 1999 Scotland:121 v New Zealand: 123/4, Edinburgh, New Zealand won by 6 wickets (Group B)

Super Six

Team	Pts	Pld	W	L	NR	T	NRR	PCF
Template:PAKc	6	5	3	2	0	0	0.65	4
Template:AUSc	6	5	3	2	0	0	0.36	0
Template:RSAc	6	5	3	2	0	0	0.17	2
Template:NZLc	5	5	2	2	1	0	−0.52	2
Template:ZIMc	5	5	2	2	1	0	−0.79	4
Template:INDc	2	5	1	4	0	0	−0.15	0

Super Six Results

1. 4 June 1999 Australia: 282/6 v India: 205 (Jadeja 100*), The Oval, Australia won by 77 runs
2. 5 June 1999 Pakistan: 220/7 v South Africa: 221/7, Nottingham, africa won by 3 wickets
3. 6 June 1999 New Zealand: 70/3 v Zimbabwe: 175, Leeds, No result
4. 8 June 1999 India: 227/6 v Pakistan: 180 (V Prasad 5/27), Manchester, India won by 47 runs
5. 9 June 1999 Australia: 303/4 (M Waugh 104) v Zimbabwe: 259/6 (N Johnson 132*), Lord's, Australia won by 44 runs
6. 10 June 1999 New Zealand: 213/8 v South Africa: 287/5, Birmingham, South Africa won by 74 runs
7. 11 June 1999 Pakistan: 271/9 (S Anwar 103) v Zimbabwe: 123, The Oval, Pakistan won by 148 runs
8. 12 June 1999 India: 251/6 v New Zealand: 253/5, Nottingham, New Zealand won by 5 wickets
9. 13 June 1999 Australia: 272/5 (S Waugh 120*) v South Africa: 271/7 (H Gibbs 101), Leeds, Australia won by 5 wickets

Semi-finals

1. 16 June 1999 New Zealand: 241/7 v Pakistan: 242/1 (S Anwar 113*), Manchester, Pakistan won by 9 wickets
2. 17 June 1999 Aus: 213 (S Pollock 5/36) v South Africa: 213, Birmingham, Match 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.

Final

1. 20 June 1999 Australia: 133/2 v Pakistan: 132, Lord's, Australia won by 8 wickets

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.

External links

• Cricket World Cup 1999 Scorecardsin CricketFundas