1999 Cricket World Cup

1999 ICC Cricket World Cup
Logo of the 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup
Dates	14 May – 20 June
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and Knockout
Host(s)	England
Champions	Australia (2nd title)
Participants	12
Matches played	42
Man 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, the seventh edition of the tournament, was hosted primarily by England, with some games being hosted in Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands. The World Cup was won by Australia, who beat Pakistan by 8 wickets at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. New Zealand and South Africa were the other semifinalists.

The 12 contesting teams were divided into 2 groups; each team played all the others in their group during the league stage. The top three from each group advanced to the Super Sixes, a new concept for the 1999 World Cup, where each qualifier from group A played each qualifier from group B. The teams also carried forward their points from the games against the other qualifiers from their group. The top four in the Super Sixes contested the semifinals.

Contents 1 Teams 2 Venues 2.1 England 2.2 Outside England 3 Squads 4 Group Stage Results 4.1 Group A 5 Results 5.1 Group B 6 Results 7 Super Six Stage 7.1 Super Six Table 8 Super Six Results 9 Knockout stage 10 Semi-finals 10.1 1st Semi-Final 10.2 2nd Semi-Final 11 Final 12 Statistics 13 Controversies 14 References and notes 15 External links

Teams

The following teams contested:

Full Members
Australia	Bangladesh
England	India
New Zealand	Pakistan
South Africa	Sri Lanka
West Indies	Zimbabwe
Associate Members
Kenya	Scotland

Venues

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, 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	28,000	3
The Oval	London	23,500	3
Old Trafford	Manchester, Greater Manchester	22,000	2
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

Venue	City	Capacity	Matches
VRA Cricket Ground	Amstelveen, the Netherlands	4,500	1
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff, Wales	15,653	1
Castle Avenue	Dublin, Ireland		1
The Grange	Edinburgh, Scotland		2

Squads

Group Stage Results

The results of all the games seen in the 1999 Cricket World Cup:

Group A

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

Results

14 May 1999 Scorecard	Sri Lanka 204 (48.4 overs)	v	England 207/2 (46.5 overs)	England won by 8 wickets Lord's, London, England Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: Alec Stewart (ENG)
	Romesh Kaluwitharana 57 (66) Alan Mullally 37/4 (10 overs)		Alec Stewart 88 (146) Chaminda Vaas 27/1 (10 overs)

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15 May 1999 Scorecard	India 253/5 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 254/6 (47.2 overs)	South Africa won by 4 wickets New County Ground, Hove, England Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
	Sourav Ganguly 97 (142) Lance Klusener 66/3 (10 overs)		Jacques Kallis 96 (128) Javagal Srinath 69/2 (10 overs)

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15 May 1999 Scorecard	Kenya 229/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 231/5 (41 overs)	Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets County Ground, Taunton, England Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Javed Akhtar (PAK) Player of the match: Neil Johnson (ZIM)
	Alpesh Vadher 54 (90) Neil Johnson 42/4 (10 overs)		Neil Johnson 59 (70) Maurice Odumbe 39/2 (7 overs)

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18 May 1999 Scorecard	Kenya 203 (49.4 overs)	v	England 204/1 (39 overs)	England won by 9 wickets St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, England Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Steve Tikolo (KEN)
	Steve Tikolo 71 (141) Darren Gough 34/4 (10 overs)		Nasser Hussain 88* (127) Thomas Odoyo 65/1 (10 overs)

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19 May 1999 Scorecard	Zimbabwe 252 (50 overs)	v	India 249 (45 overs)	Zimbabwe won by 3 runs Grace Road, Leicester, England Umpires: David Orchard (SA) and Peter Willey (ENG) Player of the match: Grant Flower (ZIM)
	Andy Flower 68* (120) Javagal Srinath 35/2 (10 overs)		Sadagoppan Ramesh 55 (77) Henry Olonga 22/3 (4 overs)

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19 May 1999 Scorecard	South Africa 199/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 110 (35.2 overs)	South Africa won by 89 runs Grace Road, Leicester, England Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Steve Dunne (NZ) Player of the match: Lance Klusener (SA)
	Daryl Cullinan 49 (82) Muttiah Muralitharan 25/3 (10 overs)		Roshan Mahanama 36 (71) Lance Klusener 21/3 (5.2 overs)

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22 May 1999 Scorecard	South Africa 225/7 (50 overs)	v	England 103 (41 overs)	South Africa won by 122 runs Kennington Oval, London, England Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: Lance Klusener (SA)
	Herschelle Gibbs 60 (99) Alan Mullally 28/2 (10 overs)		Neil Fairbrother 21 (44) Steve Elworthy 24/2 (10 overs)

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22 May 1999 Scorecard	Zimbabwe 197/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 198/6 (46 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets County Ground, New Road, England Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL)
	Grant Flower 42 (69) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 30/3 (10 overs)		Marvan Atapattu 54 (90) Guy Whittall 35/3 (10 overs)

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23 May 1999 Scorecard	India 329/2 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 235/7 (50 overs)	India won by 94 runs County Ground, Bristol, England Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Ian Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (IND)
	Sachin Tendulkar 140 (101) Martin Suji 26/1 (10 overs)		Steve Tikolo 58 (75) Debashish Mohanty 56/4 (10 overs)

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25 May 1999 Scorecard	Zimbabwe 167/8 (50 overs)	v	England 168/3 (38.3 overs)	England won by 7 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Darrell Hair (AUS) Player of the match: Alan Mullally (ENG)
	Grant Flower 35 (90) Alan Mullally 16/2 (10 overs)		Graham Thorpe 62 (80) Mpumelelo Mbangwa 28/2 (7 overs)

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26 May 1999 Scorecard	Kenya 152 (44.3 overs)	v	South Africa 153/3 (41 overs)	South Africa won by 7 wickets VRA Ground, Amstelveen, Netherland Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Peter Willey (ENG) Player of the match: Lance Klusener (SA)
	Ravindu Shah 50 (64) Lance Klusener 21/5 (8.3 overs)		Jacques Kallis 44* (81) Maurice Odumbe 15/1 (7 overs)

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26 May 1999 Scorecard	India 373/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 216 (42.3 overs)	India won by 157 runs County Ground, Taunton, England Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (IND)
	Sourav Ganguly 183 (158) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/65 (10 overs)		Aravinda de Silva 56 (74) Robin Singh 5/13 (9.3 overs)

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29–30 May 1999 Scorecard	India 232/8 (50 overs)	v	England 169 (45.2 overs)	India won by 63 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Javed Akhtar (PAK) Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (IND)
	Rahul Dravid 53 (82) Mark Ealham 28/2 (10 overs)		Graham Thorpe 36 (57) Sourav Ganguly 27/3 (8 overs)

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29 May 1999 Scorecard	Zimbabwe 233/6 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 185 (47.2 overs)	Zimbabwe won by 48 runs County Ground, Chelmsford, England Umpires: David Shepherd (ENG) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: Neil Johnson (ZIM)
	Neil Johnson 76 (117) Allan Donald 41/3 (10 overs)		Lance Klusener 52* (58) Neil Johnson 27/3 (8 overs)

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30 May 1999 Scorecard	Sri Lanka 275/8 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 230/6 (50 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 45 runs County Ground, Southampton, England Umpires: David Orchard (SA) and Peter Willey (ENG) Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (KEN)
	Marvan Atapattu 52 (67) Thomas Odoyo 56/3 (10 overs)		Maurice Odumbe 82 (95) Chaminda Vaas 26/2 (7 overs)

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Group B

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

Results

16 May 1999 Scorecard	Scotland 181/7 (50 overs)	v	Australia 182/4 (44.5 overs)	Australia won by 6 wickets County Ground, New Road, England Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Peter Willey (ENG) Player of the match: Mark Waugh (AUS)
	Gavin Hamilton 34 (42) Shane Warne 39/3 (10 overs)		Mark Waugh 67 (114) Nick Dyer 43/2 (10 overs)

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16 May 1999 Scorecard	Pakistan 229/8 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 202 (48.5 overs)	Pakistan won by 27 runs County Ground, Bristol, England Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and David Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Azhar Mahmood (PAK)
	Wasim Akram 43 (29) Courtney Walsh 28/3 (10 overs)		Shivnarine Chanderpaul 77 (96) Abdul Razzaq 32/3 (10 overs)

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17 May 1999 Scorecard	Bangladesh 116 (37.4 overs)	v	New Zealand 117/4 (33 overs)	New Zealand won by 6 wickets County Ground, Chelmsford, England Umpires: Ian Robinson (ZIM) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: Gavin Larsen (NZ)
	Enamul Haque 19 (41) Chris Cairns 19/3 (7 overs)		Matt Horne 35 (86) Naimur Rahman 5/1 (2 overs)

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20 May 1999 Scorecard	Australia 213/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 214/5 (45.2 overs)	New Zealand won by 5 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Roger Twose (NZ)
	Darren Lehmann 76 (94) Geoff Allott 37/4 (10 overs)		Roger Twose 80* (99) Damien Fleming 43/2 (8.2 overs)

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20 May 1999 Scorecard	Pakistan 261/6 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 167 (38.5 overs)	Pakistan won by 94 runs Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Ian Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: Yousuf Youhana (PAK)
	Yousuf Youhana 81* (119) Gavin Hamilton 36/2 (10 overs)		Gavin Hamilton 76 (111) Shoaib Akhtar 11/3 (6 overs)

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21 May 1999 Scorecard	Bangladesh 182 (49.2 overs)	v	West Indies 183/3 (46.3 overs)	West Indies won by 7 wickets Clontarf Cricket Club Ground, Dublin, Ireland Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Darrell Hair (AUS) Player of the match: Courtney Walsh (WI)
	Mehrab Hossain 64 (129) Courtney Walsh 25/4 (10 overs)		Jimmy Adams 53* (82) Minhajul Abedin 28/1 (7 overs)

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23 May 1999 Scorecard	Pakistan 275/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 265 (49.5 overs)	Pakistan won by 10 runs Headingley, Leeds, England Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Peter Willey (ENG) Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)
	Inzamam-ul-Haq 81 (104) Damien Fleming 37/2 (10 overs)		Michael Bevan 61 (80) Wasim Akram 40/4 (9.5 overs)

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24 May 1999 Scorecard	Bangladesh 185/9 (50 overs)	v	Scotland 163 (46.2 overs)	Bangladesh won by 22 runs Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Scotland Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and David Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Minhajul Abedin (BAN)
	Minhajul Abedin 68* (116) John Blain 37/4 (10 overs)		Gavin Hamilton 63 (71) Hasibul Hossain 26/2 (8 overs)

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24 May 1999 Scorecard	New Zealand 156 (48.1 overs)	v	West Indies 158/3 (44.2 overs)	West Indies won by 7 wickets County Ground, Southampton, England Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: Ridley Jacobs (WI)
	Craig McMillan 32 (78) Mervyn Dillon 46/4 (9.1 overs)		Ridley Jacobs 80* (131) Chris Harris 19/1 (8 overs)

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27 May 1999 Scorecard	Bangladesh 178/7 (50 overs)	v	Australia 181/3 (19.5 overs)	Australia won by 7 wickets Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Tom Moody (AUS)
	Minhajul Abedin 53* (99) Tom Moody 25/3 (10 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 63 (39) Enamul Haque 40/2 (5 overs)

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27 May 1999 Scorecard	Scotland 68 (31.3 overs)	v	West Indies 70/2 (10.1 overs)	West Indies won by 8 wickets Grace Road, Leicester, England Umpires: Javed Akhtar (PAK) and Ian Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: Courtney Walsh (WI)
	Gavin Hamilton 24* (82) Courtney Walsh 7/3 (7 overs)		Shivnarine Chanderpaul 30* (30) John Blain 36/2 (5.1 overs)

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28 May 1999 Scorecard	Pakistan 269/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 207/8 (50 overs)	Pakistan won by 62 runs County Road, Derby, England Umpires: KT Francis (SL) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)
	Inzamam-ul-Haq 73* (61) Geoff Allott 64/4 (10 overs)		Stephen Fleming 69 (100) Azhar Mahmood 38/3 (10 overs)

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30 May 1999 Scorecard	West Indies 110 (46.4 overs)	v	Australia 111/4 (40.4 overs)	Australia won by 6 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester, England Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and KT Francis (SL) Player of the match: Glenn McGrath (AUS)
	Ridley Jacobs 49* (142) Glenn McGrath 14/5 (8.4 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 21 (36) Curtly Ambrose 31/3 (10 overs)

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31 May 1999 Scorecard	Bangladesh 223/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 161 (44.3 overs)	Bangladesh won by 62 runs County Ground, Northampton, England Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Darrell Hair (AUS) Player of the match: Khaled Mahmud (BAN)
	Akram Khan 42 (66) Saqlain Mushtaq 35/5 (10 overs)		Wasim Akram 29 (52) Khaled Mahmud 31/3 (10 overs)

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31 May 1999 Scorecard	Scotland 121 (42.1 overs)	v	New Zealand 123/4 (17.5 overs)	New Zealand won by 6 wickets Grange Cricket Club Ground, Raeburn Place, Scotland Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Ian Robinson (ZIM) Player of the match: Geoff Allott (NZ)
	Ian Stanger 27 (58) Chris Harris 7/4 (3.1 overs)		Roger Twose 54* (49) John Blain 53/3 (7 overs)

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Super Six Stage

Super Six Table

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

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

Super Six Results

4 June 1999 Scorecard	Australia 282/6 (50 overs)	v	India 205 (48.2 overs)	Australia won by 77 runs Kennington Oval, London, England Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Peter Willey (ENG) Player of the match: Glenn McGrath (AUS)
	Mark Waugh 83 (99) Robin Singh 2/43 (7 overs)		Ajay Jadeja 100* (138) Glenn McGrath 3/34 (10 overs)

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5 June 1999 Scorecard	Pakistan 220/7 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 221/7 (49 overs)	South Africa won by 3 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Lance Klusener (SA)
	Moin Khan 63 (56) Steve Elworthy 2/23 (10 overs)		Jacques Kallis 54 (98) Azhar Mahmood 3/24 (10 overs)

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6–7 June 1999 Scorecard	Zimbabwe 175 (49.3 overs)	v	New Zealand 70/3 (15 overs)	No Result Headingley, Leeds, England Umpires: David Orchard (SA) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (IND)
	Murray Goodwin 57 (90) Chris Cairns 3/24 (6.3 overs)		Matt Horne 35 (35) Guy Whittall 1/9 (3 overs)
Rain interrupted play when 36 overs of Zimbabwean innings had been bowled. No play was possible on reserve day.

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8 June 1999 Scorecard	India 227/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 180 (45.3 overs)	India won by 47 runs Old Trafford, Manchester, England Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Venkatesh Prasad (IND)
	Rahul Dravid 61 (89) Wasim Akram 2/27 (10 overs)		Inzamam-Ul-Haq 41 (93) Venkatesh Prasad 5/27 (9.3 overs)

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9 June 1999 Scorecard	Australia 303/4 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 259/6 (50 overs)	Australia won by 44 runs Lord's, London, England Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Neil Johnson (ZIM)
	Mark Waugh 104 (120) Neil Johnson 2/43 (8 overs)		Neil Johnson 132 (144) Paul Reiffel 3/55 (10 overs)

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10 June 1999 Scorecard	South Africa 287/5 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 213/8 (50 overs)	South Africa won by 74 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Umpires: Ian Robinson (ZIM) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA)
	Herschelle Gibbs 91 (118) Nathan Astle 1/29 (6 overs)		Stephen Fleming 42 (64) Jacques Kallis 2/15 (6 overs)

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11 June 1999 Scorecard	Pakistan 271/9 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 123 (40.3 overs)	Pakistan won by 148 runs Kennington Oval, London, England Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (PAK)
	Saeed Anwar 103 (144) Henry Olonga 2/38 (5 overs)		Neil Johnson 54 (94) Saqlain Mushtaq 3/16 (6.3 overs)

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12 June 1999 Scorecard	India 251/6 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 253/5 (48.2 overs)	New Zealand won by 5 wickets Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Roger Twose (NZ)
	Ajay Jadeja 76 (103) Chris Cairns 2/44 (10 overs)		Matt Horne 74 (116) Debashish Mohanty 2/41 (10 overs)

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13 June 1999 Scorecard	South Africa 271/7 (50 overs)	v	Australia 272/5 (49.4 overs)	Australia won by 5 wickets Headingley, Leeds, England Umpires: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (IND) and Peter Willey (ENG) Player of the match: Steve Waugh (AUS)
	Herschelle Gibbs 101 (134) Damien Fleming 3/57 (10 overs)		Steve Waugh 120* (110) Steve Elworthy 2/46 (10 overs)

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Knockout stage

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

Semi-finals

1st Semi-Final

16 June 1999 Scorecard	New Zealand  241/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan  242/1 (47.3 overs)	Pakistan won by 9 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester, England Umpires: Darrell Hair (AUS) and Peter Willey (ENG) Player of the match: Shoaib Akhtar (PAK)
	Roger Twose 46 (83) Shoaib Akhtar 3/55 (10 overs)		Saeed Anwar 113* (148) Chris Cairns 1/33 (8 overs)

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2nd Semi-Final

17 June 1999 Scorecard	Australia  213 (49.2 overs)	v	South Africa  213 (49.4 overs)	Match tied Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Umpires: David Shepherd (ENG) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (IND) Player of the match: Shane Warne (AUS)
	Michael Bevan 65 (101) Shaun Pollock 5/36 (9.2 overs)		Jacques Kallis 53 (92) Shane Warne 4/29 (10 overs)
Australia progressed to the final because they finished higher in the super six table than South Africa due to a superior net run rate.

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Final

20 June 1999 Scorecard	Pakistan 132 (39 overs)	v	Australia 133/2 (20.1 overs)	Australia won by 8 wickets Lord's, London, England Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Shane Warne (AUS)
	Ijaz Ahmed 22 (46) Shane Warne 3/33 (9 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 54 (36) Saqlain Mushtaq 1/21 (4.1 overs)

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

Lance Klusener of South Africa was declared the Player of the Tournament. Rahul Dravid of India scored most runs (461) in the tournament. Geoff Allott of New Zealand and Shane Warne of Australia tied each other for most wickets taken (20) in the tournament. ^[1]

Controversies

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,^[2] they were proven to be harder and swing significantly more.^[3]

References and notes

External links

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

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