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6th Cricket World Cup
February 2013
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1996 Cricket World Cup Wills World Cup 1996.svg International Cricket Council One Day International Round robin and Knockout Pakistan India Sri Lanka SRI 1 AUS 12 37 SRI Sanath Jayasuriya IND Sachin Tendulkar (523) IND Anil Kumble (15) 1992 1992 Cricket World Cup 1999 1999 Cricket World Cup 14 February 17 March 1996
The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup 1996 for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth Cricket World Cup organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was co-hosted by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia by seven wickets in the final on 17 March 1996 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.
Hosts
India 350 right Venues in India India 22 33 88 20 left Calcutta
India 28 38 77 14 left Delhi
India 23 05 72 35 top Ahmedabad
India 13 03 80 16 right Madras
India 30 41 76 44 left Mohali
India 21 09 79 04 right Nagpore
India 12 58 77 35 left Bangalore
India 18 53 72 49 left Bombay
India 17 00 78 50 left Hyderabad
India 20 27 85 52 right Cuttack
India 26 08 78 06 bottom Gwalior
India 17 42 83 15 right Vizag
India 25 36 85 08 bottom Patna
India 18 28 73 47 right Poona
India 26 54 75 48 left Jaipur
India 26 27 80 20 right Cawnpore
India 22 18 73 12 right Baroda
Pakistan 350 right Venues in Pakistan Pakistan 34 01 71 35 left Peshawar
Pakistan 31 33 74 20 bottom Lahore
Pakistan 31 22 73 5 left Faisalabad
Pakistan 32 09 74 11 right Gujranwala
Pakistan 24 51 67 00 left Karachi
Pakistan 33 36 73 02 right Rawalpindi
Sri Lanka 150 right Venues in Sri Lanka Sri Lanka 06 56 79 52 bottom Colombo
Sri Lanka 07 17 80 38 left Kandy
The competition was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India hosted 17 matches at 17 venues, Pakistan hosted 16 matches at six venues and four matches were played at three Sri Lankan venues
Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the bombing of Central Bank in Colombo by the Tamil Tigers in January 1996. After extensive negotiations, the ICC ruled that Sri Lanka would be awarded both games on forfeit.
India
Venues Cities Capacity MatchesEden GardensCalcutta, West Bengal120,0001Green ParkKanpur, Uttar Pradesh45,0001Punjab Cricket Association StadiumMohali, Punjab40,0001M. Chinnaswamy StadiumBangalore, Karnataka55,0001M. A. Chidambaram StadiumMadras, Tamil Nadu50,0001Lal Bahadur Shastri StadiumHyderabad, Telangana30,0001Barabati StadiumCuttack, Odisha25,0001Roop Singh StadiumGwalior, Madhya Pradesh55,0001Indira Priyadarshini StadiumVisakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh25,0001Moin-ul-Haq StadiumPatna, Bihar25,0001Nehru StadiumPune, Maharashtra25,0001Wankhede StadiumMumbai, Maharashtra45,0001Sardar Patel StadiumAhmedabad, Gujarat48,0001IPCL Sports Complex GroundVadodara, Gujarat20,0001Sawai Mansingh StadiumJaipur, Rajasthan30,0001Vidarbha C.A. GroundNagpur, Maharashtra40,0001Feroz Shah Kotla GroundDelhi, New Delhi48,0001
Pakistan
Venues Cities Capacity MatchesNational StadiumKarachi, Sindh34,0003Gaddafi StadiumLahore, Punjab62,0004Rawalpindi Cricket StadiumRawalpindi, Punjab25,0003Arbab Niaz StadiumPeshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa20,0002Iqbal StadiumFaisalabad, Punjab18,0003Jinnah StadiumGujranwala, Punjab20,0001
Sri Lanka
Venues Cities Capacity MatchesR. Premadasa StadiumColombo14,0000*Singhalese Sports Club Cricket GroundColombo10,0001Asgiriya StadiumKandy10,3001
Two matches were scheduled to be played down at the Premadasa, but neither took place as Australia and the West Indies declined to play in Sri Lanka.The Lankan lions roar – 1996 https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/the-lankan-lions-roar-1996-130537 2022-03-10 ESPNcricinfo
Squads
1996 Cricket World Cup squads
Teams
All the Test-playing nations participated in the competition, including Zimbabwe, who became the ninth Test-status member of the ICC following the last World Cup. The three Associate teams (previously one) to qualify through the 1994 ICC Trophy – the United Arab Emirates, Kenya and the Netherlands – also made their World Cup debuts in 1996. The Netherlands lost all of their five matches, including a defeat to the UAE, while Kenya recorded a surprise victory over the West Indies in Pune.
Full MembersAUSENGINDNZLPAKRSASRIWINZIMAssociate MembersKENNEDUAE
Summary
The Sri Lankans, coached by Dav Whatmore and captained by Arjuna Ranatunga, used Man of the Series Sanath JayasuriyaWills World Cup, 1995/96, Final ESPNcricinfo http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC96/WC96-MATCHES/AUS_SL_WC96_ODI-FINAL_17MAR1996.html 29 April 2007 https://web.archive.org/web/20070206040506/http://www3.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC96/WC96-MATCHES/AUS_SL_WC96_ODI-FINAL_17MAR1996.html 6 February 2007 live and Romesh Kaluwitharana as opening batsmen to take advantage of the fielding restrictions during the first 15 overs of each innings. At a time when 50 or 60 runs in the first 15 overs was considered adequate, Sri Lanka scored 117 runs in those overs against India, 123 against Kenya, 121 against England in the quarter-final and 86 against India in the semi-final. Against Kenya, Sri Lanka made 398 for 5, a new record for the highest team score in a One Day International that stood until April 2006. Gary Kirsten scored 188 not out against United Arab Emirates at Rawalpindi, Pakistan, setting a record for the highest individual score in a World Cup match which stood until 2015.
Sri Lanka won the first semi-final over India at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, in front of a crowd unofficially estimated at 110,000. After they had lost both openers cheaply, Sri Lanka launched a counter-attack, led by Aravinda de Silva, to post a strong total of 251 for the loss of 8 wickets. India began their chase promisingly but after the loss of Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian batting order collapsed. After India had slumped to 120 for 8 in the 35th over, sections of the crowd began to throw fruit and plastic bottles onto the field. The players left the field for 20 minutes in an attempt to quieten the crowd. When the players returned for play, more bottles were thrown onto the field and fires were lit in the stand.Sabanayakan S. India vs Sri Lanka, Wills World Cup 1996 semifinal: A real shame https://sportstar.thehindu.com/cricket/india-sri-lanka-1996-will-world-cup-semifinal-match-report-eden-gardens-crowd-trouble/article26522248.ece sportstar.thehindu.com 13 March 2019 On This Day: India vs Sri Lanka 1996 World Cup - An Epic Collapse, Tearful Vinod Kambli and the Nuisance at Eden Gardens https://www.news18.com/cricketnext/news/on-this-day-india-vs-sri-lanka-1996-world-cup-an-epic-collapse-tearful-vinod-kambli-3527696.html news18.com 13 March 2023 Match referee Clive Lloyd awarded the match to Sri Lanka, the first default ever in a Test or One Day International.
In the second semi-final in Mohali, Australia recovered from 15/4 to reach 207/8 from their 50 overs. The West Indians had reached 165/2 in the 42nd over before losing their last eight wickets for 37 runs in 51 balls.
Sri Lanka won the toss in the final and sent Australia in to bat despite the team batting first having won all five previous World Cup finals. Mark Taylor top scored with 74 in Australia's total of 241/7. Sri Lanka won the match in the 47th over with Aravinda de Silva following his 3 for 42 with an unbeaten 107 to win the Player of the Match award. It was the first time a tournament host or co-host had won the cricket World Cup.World Cup Cricket Team Records & Stats https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/team/series_results.html?id=12&type=trophy 2022-03-10 ESPNcricinfo
A warm-up match was played between South Africa and Pakistan on 8 February 1996 in which South Africa defeated Pakistan by 65 runs.Grundlingh Albert Diffusion and Depiction: How Afrikaners Came to Play Cricket in Twentieth-Century South Africa 2018 Cricket and Society in South Africa, 1910–1971 191–206 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-93608-6_7 2024-01-27 Cham Springer International Publishing 10.1007/978-3-319-93608-6_7 978-3-319-93607-9 158182345 subscription
Group stage
Group A
main CricketRR complete A SL AUS INDIA WI ZIM KENYA Q Q Q Q 3 2 0 949 186.0 835 198.5 3 2 0 1137 231.3 1109 248.4 1 4 0 960 250.0 1135 234.1 5 0 0 899 135.4 753 150.0 2 3 0 653 178.2 720 189.4 1 4 0 877 242.2 923 202.3 AUS IND KEN SRI WIN ZIM ESPNcricinfo green1
16 February
ZIM
151/9 (50 overs)
155/4 (29.3 overs)
WIN
Grant Flower 31 (54)
Curtly Ambrose 3/28 (10 overs)
Sherwin Campbell 47 (88)
Paul Strang 4/40 (7.3 overs)
West Indies won by 6 wickets
Scorecard
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Steve Dunne (NZ) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind)
Curtly Ambrose (WI)
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
17 February
SRI
AUS
Sri Lanka won by a walkover
Scorecard
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Cyril Mitchley (SA) and Mahboob Shah (Pak)
No toss.
Australia forfeited the match due to safety concerns, and were in Mumbai at the time of the match.
18 February
KEN
199/6 (50 overs)
203/3 (41.5 overs)
IND
Steve Tikolo 65 (83)
Anil Kumble 3/28 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 127* (138)
Steve Tikolo 1/26 (3 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
Scorecard
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
K. T. Francis (SL) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
India won the toss and elected to field.
21 February
ZIM
228/6 (50 overs)
229/4 (37 overs)
SRI
Alistair Campbell 75 (102)
Chaminda Vaas 2/30 (10 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 91 (86)
Heath Streak 3/60 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Scorecard
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Steve Dunne (NZ) and Mahboob Shah (Pak)
Aravinda de Silva (SL)
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
21 February
WIN
173 (50 overs)
174/5 (39.4 overs)
IND
Richie Richardson 47 (70)
Anil Kumble 3/35 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 70 (91)
Roger Harper 2/34 (9 overs)
India won by 5 wickets
Scorecard
Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Khizer Hayat (Pak) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
23 February
AUS
304/7 (50 overs)
207/7 (50 overs)
KEN
Mark Waugh 130 (128)
Rajab Ali 3/45 (10 overs)
Kennedy Otieno 85 (137)
Paul Reiffel 2/18 (7 overs)
Australia won by 97 runs
Scorecard
Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Cyril Mitchley (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Mark Waugh (Aus)
Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
26 February
SRI
WIN
Sri Lanka won by a walkover
Scorecard
Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) and Mahboob Shah (Pak)
No toss.
West Indies forfeited the match due to safety concerns.
27 February
KEN
134 (49.4 overs)
137/5 (42.2 overs)
ZIM
Dipak Chudasama 34 (66)
Paul Strang 5/21 (9.4 overs)
Grant Flower 45 (112)
Rajab Ali 3/22 (8 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
Scorecard
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna
Khizer Hayat (Pak) and Cyril Mitchley (SA)
Paul Strang (Zim)
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
This game was originally scheduled to be played on 25 February; as the game started but due to rain it was abandoned after 15.5 overs of Zimbabwe's innings.
27 February
AUS
258 (50 overs)
242 (48 overs)
IND
Mark Waugh 126 (135)
Venkatapathy Raju 2/48 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 90 (84)
Damien Fleming 5/36 (9 overs)
Australia won by 16 runs
Scorecard
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Steve Dunne (NZ) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Mark Waugh (Aus)
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
29 February
KEN
166 (49.3 overs)
93 (35.2 overs)
WIN
Steve Tikolo 29 (50)
Courtney Walsh 3/46 (9 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 19 (48)
Maurice Odumbe 3/15 (10 overs)
Kenya won by 73 runs
Scorecard
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Khizer Hayat (Pak) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Maurice Odumbe (Ken)
West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
Kenya won their first ODI match.
This was the first time the West Indies lost an ODI to an ICC Associate.
This was the fourth win in ODI history by an ICC Associate (all in World Cups, SL vs Ind 1979, Zim vs Aus 1983 and Zim vs Eng 1992).
1 March
ZIM
154 (45.3 overs)
158/2 (36 overs)
AUS
Andy Waller 67 (101)
Shane Warne 4/34 (9.3 overs)
Mark Waugh 76* (109)
Paul Strang 2/33 (10 overs)
Australia won by 8 wickets
Scorecard
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Steve Dunne (NZ) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Shane Warne (Aus)
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
2 March
IND
271/3 (50 overs)
272/4 (48.4 overs)
SRI
Sachin Tendulkar 137 (137)
Ravindra Pushpakumara 1/53 (8 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 79 (76)
Anil Kumble 2/39 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Scorecard
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Cyril Mitchley (SA) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
Manoj Prabhakar played his last ODI game.
4 March
AUS
229/6 (50 overs)
232/6 (48.5 overs)
WIN
Ricky Ponting 102 (112)
Courtney Walsh 2/35 (9 overs)
Richie Richardson 93* (133)
Mark Waugh 3/38 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 4 wickets
Scorecard
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Mahboob Shah (Pak) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Richie Richardson (WI)
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
6 March
IND
247/5 (50 overs)
207 (49.4 overs)
ZIM
Vinod Kambli 106 (110)
Charlie Lock 2/57 (10 overs)
Heath Streak 30 (39)
Venkatapathy Raju 3/30 (10 overs)
India won by 40 runs
Scorecard
Green Park, Kanpur
Steve Bucknor (WI) and Cyril Mitchley (SA)
Ajay Jadeja (Ind)
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
6 March
SRI
398/5 (50 overs)
254/7 (50 overs)
KEN
Aravinda de Silva 145 (115)
Tito Odumbe 2/34 (5 overs)
Steve Tikolo 96 (95)
Arjuna Ranatunga 2/31 (5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 144 runs
Scorecard
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Steve Dunne (NZ) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Aravinda de Silva (SL)
Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
Sri Lanka's total of 398/5 surpassed England's 363/7 against Pakistan in 1992 as the highest score in all ODIs. The record stood until 12 March 2006, when both Australia and South Africa broke it in the same match. It remained a World Cup record until the 2007 tournament, when India scored 413/5 against Bermuda.http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/211599.html Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Highest innings totals ESPNcricinfo 3 March 2015 https://web.archive.org/web/20150301131722/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/211599.html 1 March 2015 live
Group B
main CricketRR complete B SA PAK NZ ENG UAE NL Q Q Q Q 2 3 0 1048 235.0 1085 247.4 0 5 0 947 250.0 1285 225.0 3 2 0 1234 247.0 1042 234.3 4 1 0 1036 196.2 981 227.2 5 0 0 1300 231.5 891 250.0 1 4 0 784 224.2 1065 200.0 ENG NED NZL PAK RSA UAE ESPNcricinfo green1
14 February
NZL
239/6 (50 overs)
228/9 (50 overs)
ENG
Nathan Astle 101 (132)
Graeme Hick 2/45 (9 overs)
Graeme Hick 85 (102)
Dion Nash 3/26 (7 overs)
New Zealand won by 11 runs
Scorecard
Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
B. C. Cooray and Steve Randell
Nathan Astle (NZ)
16 February
RSA
321/2 (50 overs)
152/8 (50 overs)
UAE
Gary Kirsten 188* (159)
Johanne Samarasekera 1/39 (9 overs)
Arshad Laeeq 43 (79)
Brian McMillan 3/11 (8 overs)
South Africa won by 169 runs
Scorecard
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Steve Bucknor and V. K. Ramaswamy
Gary Kirsten (SA)
Match was delayed from 15 February due to rain and a flooded ground.
Gary Kirsten's unbeaten 188 was the highest ever individual score in a World Cup match, surpassing Viv Richards' 181* against Sri Lanka in 1987, and the second-highest ODI score of all time, one short of Richards' all-time ODI record score of 189.
South Africa's score of 321/2 was their highest in ODIs.
The United Arab Emirates' ninth-wicket partnership of 80* between Arshad Laeeq and Shaukat Dukanwala was the second-highest of all time.
match 4
17 February 1996 NZL NED 307/8 (50 overs) Craig Spearman 68 (59) Steven Lubbers 3/48 (9 overs) 188/7 (50 overs) Roland Lefebvre 45 (64) Chris Harris 3/24 (10 overs) New Zealand won by 119 runs Scorecard Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Khizer Hayat and Ian Robinson Craig Spearman (NZ) This was the Netherlands' first ODI match.
Peter Cantrell, Flavian Aponso, Steven Lubbers, Roland Lefebvre, Tim de Leede, Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk, Marcelis Schewe, Bastiaan Zuiderent, Eric Gouka and Paul-Jan Bakker (Ned) all made their ODI debut.
At 47 years and 240 days, Nolan Clarke (Ned) became the oldest player to make his ODI debut.Vinay Chhabria 10 Guinness World Records held by cricket https://www.crictracker.com/10-guinness-world-records-held-by-cricket/9/ CricTracker 12 March 2020 24 June 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200624140433/https://www.crictracker.com/10-guinness-world-records-held-by-cricket/9/ 24 June 2020ODI records – Oldest players on debut https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283461.html ESPNcricinfo 24 June 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20191219141041/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283461.html 19 December 2019
Stephen Fleming (NZ) took his only ODI wicket.Stephen Fleming's profile https://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37000.html ESPNcricinfo 24 June 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200512074821/https://www.espncricinfo.com/newzealand/content/player/37000.html 12 May 2020
18 February
UAE
136 (48.3 overs)
140/2 (35 overs)
ENG
Mazhar Hussain 33 (59)
Neil Smith 3/29
Graham Thorpe 44* (66)
Arshad Laeeq 1/25 (7 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Scorecard
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
B. C. Cooray and V. K. Ramaswamy
Neil Smith (Eng)
20 February
NZL
177/9 (50 overs)
178/5 (37.3 overs)
RSA
Stephen Fleming 33 (79)
Allan Donald 3/34 (10 overs)
Hansie Cronje 78 (64)
Nathan Astle 2/10 (3 overs)
South Africa won by 5 wickets
Scorecard
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Steve Randell and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Hansie Cronje (SA)
22 February
ENG
279/4 (50 overs)
230/6 (50 overs)
Netherlands
Graeme Hick 104* (133)
Roland Lefebvre 1/40 (10 overs)
Klaas van Noortwijk 64 (82)
Phil DeFreitas 3/31 (10 overs)
England won by 49 runs
Scorecard
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
Steve Bucknor and K. T. Francis
Graeme Hick (Eng)
24 February
UAE
109/9 (33 overs)
112/1 (18 overs)
PAK
Shaukat Dukanwala 21* (19)
Mushtaq Ahmed 3/16 (7 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 50* (57)
Johanne Samarasekera 1/17 (3 overs)
Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Scorecard
Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala
B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)
25 February
RSA
230 (50 overs)
152 (44.3 overs)
ENG
Gary Kirsten 38 (60)
Peter Martin 3/33 (10 overs)
Graham Thorpe 46 (69)
Shaun Pollock 2/16 (8 overs)
South Africa won by 78 runs
Scorecard
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Steve Randell and Ian Robinson
Jonty Rhodes (SA)
26 February
Netherlands
145/7 (50 overs)
151/2 (30.4 overs)
PAK
Flavian Aponso 58
Waqar Younis 4/26
Saeed Anwar 83*
Peter Cantrell 1/18 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Scorecard
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
K. T. Francis and Steve Bucknor
Waqar Younis (Pak)
27 February
NZL
276/8 (47 overs)
167/9 (47 overs)
UAE
Roger Twose 92 (112)
Azhar Saeed 3/45 (7 overs)
Johanne Samarasekera 47 (59)
Shane Thomson 3/20
New Zealand won by 109 runs
Scorecard
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Roger Twose (NZ)
Match reduced to 47 overs a side due to heavy fog at the start of the match.
29 February
PAK
242/6 (50 overs)
243/5 (44.2 overs)
RSA
Aamir Sohail 111 (139)
Hansie Cronje 2/20 (5 overs)
Daryll Cullinan 65 (76)
Waqar Younis 3/50 (8 overs)
South Africa won by 5 wickets
Scorecard
National Stadium, Karachi
K. T. Francis and Steve Bucknor
Hansie Cronje (SA)
Bucknor replaced Ian Robinson as an umpire in this match after protests by Pakistan.
1 March
NED
216/9 (50 overs)
220/3 (44.2 overs)
UAE
Peter Cantrell 47 (106)
Shaukat Dukanwala 5/29 (10 overs)
Saleem Raza 84 (68)
Roland Lefebvre 1/24 (8 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
Scorecard
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Mahboob Shah and Steve Randell
Shaukat Dukanwala (UAE)
This was the first ever official ODI between two ICC Associate teams.
3 March
ENG
249/9 (50 overs)
250/3 (47.4 overs)
PAK
Robin Smith 75 (92)
Mushtaq Ahmed 3/53 (10 overs)
Saeed Anwar 71 (72)
Dominic Cork 2/59 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Scorecard
National Stadium, Karachi
B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Aamer Sohail (Pak)
match 27
5 March 1996 RSA NED 328/3 (50 overs) Andrew Hudson 161 (132) Eric Gouka 1/32 (2 overs) 168/8 (50 overs) Nolan Clarke 32 (46) Allan Donald 2/21 (6 overs) South Africa won by 160 runs Scorecard Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Khizer Hayat (Pak) and Steve Randell (Aus) Andrew Hudson (SA) South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Peter Cantrell, Flavian Aponso, Marcelis Schewe, Eric Gouka, Steven Lubbers and Paul-Jan Bakker (all Ned) played their final ODI match.Netherlands v South Africa – Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Group B) https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/61/61921.html CricketArchive 24 June 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20160106213830/https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/61/61921.html 6 January 2016
Nolan Clarke (Ned), aged 47 years and 257 days, played his final ODI match, the oldest player to do so.Martin Williamson Andrew McGlashan Help the aged https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22864842/help-aged ESPNcricinfo 3 July 2008 24 June 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20200521224827/https://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/22864842/help-aged 21 May 2020ODI records – Oldest players https://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283723.html ESPNcricinfo 24 June 2020 live https://web.archive.org/web/20191219132515/http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/records/283723.html 19 December 2019
6 March
PAK
281/5 (50 overs)
235 (47.3 overs)
NZL
Saeed Anwar 62 (67)
Robert Kennedy 1/32 (5 overs)
Stephen Fleming 42 (43)
Mushtaq Ahmed 2/32 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 46 runs
Scorecard
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
K. T. Francis and Ian Robinson
Saleem Malik (Pak)
Knockout stage
9 March – Faisalabad, Pakistan ENG 235/8 SRI 236/5 9 March – Bangalore, India IND 287/8 PAK 248/9 11 March – Karachi, Pakistan WIN 264/8 RSA 245 11 March – Madras, India NZL 286/9 AUS 289/4 13 March – Calcutta, India SRI 251/8 IND 120/8 14 March – Mohali, India WIN 202 AUS 207/8 17 March – Lahore, Pakistan SRI 245/3 AUS 241/7
Quarter-finals
9 March
ENG
235/8 (50 overs)
236/5 (40.4 overs)
SRI
Phil DeFreitas 67 (64)
Kumar Dharmasena 2/30 (10 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 82 (44)
Dermot Reeve 1/14 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Scorecard
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Mahboob Shah and Ian Robinson
Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
England won the toss and elected to bat first.
Richard Illingworth played his final ODI game.
Robin Smith played his final ODI game.
9 March
IND
287/8 (50 overs)
248/9 (49 overs)
PAK
Navjot Singh Sidhu 93 (115)
Mushtaq Ahmed 2/56 (10 overs)
Aamer Sohail 55 (46)
Venkatesh Prasad 3/45 (10 overs)
India won by 39 runs
Scorecard
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd
Navjot Singh Sidhu (Ind)
India won the toss and elected to bat first.
Pakistan was fined 1 over for a slow over rate.
This was the last ODI which Javed Miandad played.
11 March
WIN
264/8 (50 overs)
245 (49.3 overs)
RSA
Brian Lara 111 (94)
Brian McMillan 2/37 (10 overs)
Daryll Cullinan 69 (78)
Roger Harper 4/47 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 19 runs
Scorecard
National Stadium, Karachi
K. T. Francis and Steve Randell
Brian Lara (WI)
West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
11 March
NZL
286/9 (50 overs)
289/4 (47.5 overs)
AUS
Chris Harris 130 (124)
Glenn McGrath 2/50 (9 overs)
Mark Waugh 110 (112)
Nathan Astle 1/21 (3 overs)
Australia won by 6 wickets
Scorecard
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
Cyril Mitchley and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Mark Waugh (Aus)
New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first.
Semi-finals
13 March
SRI
IND
251/8 (50 overs)
120/8 (34.1 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 66 (47)
Javagal Srinath 3/34 (7 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 65 (88)
Sanath Jayasuriya 3/12 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won by default
Scorecard
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Steve Dunne and Cyril Mitchley
Aravinda de Silva (SL)
India won the toss and elected to field.
The match was awarded to Sri Lanka by match referee Clive Lloyd when play could not be continued due to the rioting crowd.
Sri Lanka qualified for the final for first time.
14 March
AUS
207/8 (50 overs)
202 (49.3 overs)
WIN
Stuart Law 72 (105)
Curtly Ambrose 2/26 (10 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 80 (126)
Shane Warne 4/36 (9 overs)
Australia won by 5 runs
Scorecard
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Shane Warne (Aus)
Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Australia qualified for the final for third time after 1975 and 1987.
This was the last ODI played by Richie Richardson.
Final
1996 Cricket World Cup Final
17 March
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AUS
241/7 (50 overs)
245/3 (46.2 overs)
SRI
Mark Taylor 74 (83)
Aravinda de Silva 3/42 (9 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 107* (124)
Damien Fleming 1/43 (6 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Scorecard
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd
Aravinda de Silva (SL)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
Statistics
1996 Cricket World Cup statistics
thumb|upright|Sachin Tendulkar, the leading run scorer in the tournament
thumb|upright|Anil Kumble, the leading wicket taker in the tournament
+ Leading run scorersWills World Cup, 1995/96 batting most runs career Records https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/batting-most-runs-career/wills-world-cup-1995-96-722 2023-07-21 ESPNcricinfo en Runs Player Country 523 Sachin Tendulkar IND 484 Mark Waugh AUS 448 Aravinda de Silva SRI 391 Gary Kirsten RSA 329 Saeed Anwar PAK
+ Leading wicket takersWills World Cup, 1995/96 bowling most wickets career Records https://www.espncricinfo.com/records/tournament/bowling-most-wickets-career/wills-world-cup-1995-96-722 2023-07-21 ESPNcricinfo en Wickets Player Country 15 Anil Kumble IND 13 Waqar Younis PAK 12 Paul Strang ZIM Roger Harper WIN Damien Fleming AUS Shane Warne AUS
Notes and references
External links
Cricket World Cup 1996 from ESPNcricinfo
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