1999

1999

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Ø     Officially called the ICC Cricket World Cup.

Ø     The seventh edition of the International Cricket Council's (ICC) cricket world cup.

Ø     Held from 14 May to 20 June 1999.

Ø     Was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games.

Ø      The 1999 World Cup featured the 12 teams India, Australia, Pakistan, New Zealand, West Indies, Sri Lanka, England, South Africa, Zimbabwe(Test Playing nations),Bangladesh, Kenya, Scotland(ICC Trophy qualifiers).

Ø      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.

Administrator	ICC
Format	ODI
Tournament Format	Round Robin and Super 6
Host	England
Winners	Australia
Teams	12
No of Matches	42
Most Runs	Rahul Dravid(IND) (461)
Most Wickets	Geoff Allott(NZ) (20) Shane Warne(AUS) (20)
Man of the Series	Lance Klusener(SA)

Semi Finals:

NZ VS PAK: 16 June 1999         

New Zealand                                                                    241-7 (50 overs)

Roger Twose 46 (83)
Shoaib Akhtar 55/3

Pakistan                                                                            242-1(47.3 overs)

Saeed Anwar 113* (148)
Chris Cairns 33/1

Result: Pakistan won by 9 wickets.

Man of the Match: Shoaib Akhtar 55/3

AUS VS SA: 17 June 1999

Australia                                                                           213(all out, 49.2 overs)

Michael Bevan 65 (101)
Shaun Pollock 36/5

South Africa                                                                     213(all out, 49.4 overs)

Jacques Kallis 53 (92)
Shane Warne 29/4

Result: Match tied, Australia progressed to the final because they had a superior net run rate to South Africa.

Man of the Match: Shane Warne 4/29

Final:

PAK VS AUS: 20 June 1999

Pakistan                                                                            132(all out ,39 overs)

Ijaz Ahmed 22 (46)
Shane Warne 33/4

Australia                                                                           133-2(20.1 overs)

Adam Gilchrist 54 (36)
Saqlain Mushtaq 21/1

Result: Australia won by 8 wickets.

Man of the Match: Shane Warne 33/4.

Controversies:

DUKE Ball

A controversial new type of cricket ball, the white ‘Duke’ was introduced for the first time in the 1999 World Cup. Despite claims from makers British Cricket Balls Ltd that the balls behaved identically to the red balls used in previous world cups, they were proven to be harder and swing significantly more

Tit Bits:

• The ICC World Cup was lifted by Steve Waugh, captain of the Australia who got second time for his country after Allan border in 1987.

• Lance Klusener of South Africa was declared the Player of the Tournament.