1999 Cricket World Cup
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Logo of the ICC Cricket World Cup 1999 | |
| Dates | 14 May – 20 June |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
| Host(s) |
England Scotland Ireland Netherlands Wales |
| Champions |
 Australia (2nd title) |
| Participants | 12 |
| Matches played | 42 |
| Player of the series |
 Lance Klusener |
| Most runs |
 Rahul Dravid (461) |
| Most wickets |
 Geoff Allott (20) Shane Warne (20) |
The 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, the seventh edition of the tournament, was hosted primarily by England, with some games being hosted in Scotland, Ireland, Wales 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 semi-finalists.
The 12 contesting teams were divided into two 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 semi-finals.
Teams
The nine full members contested the World Cup along with three associate members: Kenya, and for the first time, Bangladesh and Scotland who all qualified through the 1997 ICC Trophy.
| Full Members | |
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| Australia |
 England |
| India |
New Zealand |
 Pakistan |
South Africa |
 Sri Lanka |
 West Indies |
 Zimbabwe | |
| Associate Members | |
 Bangladesh |
 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, County 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 | 3 |
| 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
Scotland played two of their Group B matches in their home country. Wales and Ireland also hosted one Group B match each, while the Netherlands hosted one Group A match.
| Venue | City | Capacity | Matches |
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| VRA Cricket Ground |  Amstelveen, the Netherlands | 4,500 | 1 |
| Sophia Gardens |  Cardiff, Wales | 15,653 | 1 |
| Castle Avenue |  Dublin, Ireland | 3,200 | 1 |
| The Grange Club | Edinburgh, Scotland | 3,000 | 2 |
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Squads
Group stage
Group A
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | NRR | Pts | PCF |
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| South Africa |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.86 | 8 | 2 |
| India |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1.28 | 6 | 0 |
| Zimbabwe |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.02 | 6 | 4 |
| England |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | −0.33 | 6 | N/A |
| Sri Lanka |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.81 | 4 | N/A |
| Kenya |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −1.20 | 0 | N/A |
29–30 May 1999 Scorecard |
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- India qualified for Super Sixes stage of tournament. Sri Lanka eliminated.
Group B
| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | T | NRR | Pts | PCF |
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| Pakistan |
5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.51 | 8 | 4 |
| Australia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.73 | 6 | 0 |
| New Zealand |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.58 | 6 | 2 |
| West Indies |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.50 | 6 | N/A |
| Bangladesh |
5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.52 | 4 | N/A |
| Scotland |
5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | −1.93 | 0 | N/A |
30 May 1999 Scorecard |
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- Australia neeeded to score 111 within 47.2 overs to qualify for the Super Six stage of the tournament. Australia qualified for the Super Sixes. Bangladesh eliminated.
31 May 1999 Scorecard |
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- New Zealand needed to score 122 within 21.2 overs to qualify for Super Sixes stage. New Zealand qualified for Super Sixes. West Indies eliminated.
Super Six
This stage was among the most viewed segments of the tournament, as India and Pakistan were officially at war during their cricket match, the only time this has ever happened in the history of the sport.
Points Carried Forward (PCF) only applied to the six teams that 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 | Pld | W | L | NR | T | NRR | Pts | PCF |
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| Pakistan |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.65 | 6 | 4 |
| Australia |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.36 | 6 | 0 |
| South Africa |
5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.17 | 6 | 2 |
| New Zealand |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | −0.52 | 5 | 2 |
| Zimbabwe |
5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | −0.79 | 5 | 4 |
| India |
5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | −0.15 | 2 | 0 |
6–7 June 1999 Scorecard |
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- Rain interrupted play when 36 overs of Zimbabwean innings had been bowled. No play was possible on reserve day.
Semi-finals
| 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 | ||||||
17 June 1999 Scorecard |
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- Australia progressed to the final because they finished higher in the super six table than South Africa due to a superior net run rate.
Final
Statistics
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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 balls used in previous World Cups,[2] they were proven to be harder and to swing significantly more.[3]
Media
The host broadcasters for television coverage of the tournament were Sky and BBC Television.[4] In the UK, live games were divided between the broadcasters, with both screening the final live.[4] This was BBC Television's last live cricket coverage, with England home Test series being on Channel 4 or Sky from 1999 onwards.[5]
References and notes
- ↑ "ICC World Cup, 1999, Final". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 April 2007. Retrieved 2007-04-29.
- ↑ "The swinging Duke is not all it seams". The Independent. London. 9 May 1999.
- ↑ "Why white is the thing for swing". The Guardian. London. 14 May 1999.
- 1 2 ECB Media Release (10 March 1998). "Live coverage of the Cricket World Cup - to be staged in the UK next year". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 25 November 2014.
- ↑ "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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