1992 Cricket World Cup final

October 2014 April 2026 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup Final AFL Grand Final 2010 on the Melbourne Cricket Ground.jpg The Melbourne Cricket Ground 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup Pakistan Pakistan 40px 249/6 50 overs England England 40px 227 49.2 overs Pakistan won by 22 runs 25 March 1992 Melbourne Cricket Ground Melbourne Wasim Akram (Pak) Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Steve Bucknor (WI) 87,182 Nine Network 1987 1996 The final of the 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 25 March 1992.http://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/scorecard/65156/england-vs-pakistan-final-benson-&-hedges-world-cup-1991-92 Full Scorecard of India vs Pakistan, World Cup, Final – Score Report ESPNcricinfo.com Cricinfo 29 March 2019 The match was won by Pakistan, under the captaincy of Imran Khan, as they defeated England by 22 runs to lift their first ever World Cup trophy. This was the second Cricket World Cup final to be played outside England and the first in Australia. 87,182 spectators turned out to see the final.http://www.espncricinfo.com/story/_/id/23175662/ambition-fulfilled Flash back 1992 World Cup Final: An ambition fulfilled 24 March 2002 ESPNcricinfo en 8 April 2019 Details Match officials On-field umpires: Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Match referee: Peter Burge (Aus) Cricket career Summary England and Pakistan played each other in the Round Robin stage and Pakistan were dismissed for 74 runs. However, the match could not be completed and yielded no results. In the final, winning the toss, Pakistan elected to bat with Ijaz Ahmed coming in as the only change from their semi final against New Zealand, while England too had one change with Derek Pringle replacing Gladstone Small. Pakistan openers Rameez Raja and Aamer Sohail struggled against Pringle and Chris Lewis, as both were dismissed cheaply. Imran Khan promoted himself and played the sheet anchor role along with Javed Miandad, pushing the scorecard. Imran was lucky to get a reprieve as Graham Gooch dropped a difficult chance. Derek Pringle bowled 4 no balls and 1 wide in his first spell, that read 8–2–13–2. Imran Khan and Javed Miandad struggled to score free runs and Pakistan touched the 100 mark only in the 31st over. Finally England broke the 139 partnership as Javed Miandad was dismissed by Richard Illingworth for 58. Soon Imran Khan was dismissed by Ian Botham for 72, as Wasim Akram joined Inzamam-ul-Haq. The pair added 52 runs from 38 balls as Pakistan scored 124 runs from their final 15 overs as the total score read 249/6 in the stipulated 50 overs, a gettable total for England's much fancied batting side. Derek Pringle had a dream spell of 10–2–22–3, but gave away 8 extra runs in the form of 5 no balls and 3 wides, while Richard Illingworth and Ian Botham claimed one wicket each, it became the 16th victim of the latter. Chasing the target of 250 to win their maiden world cup, favourites England lost all rounder Ian Botham for no score to Wasim Akram. Alec Stewart soon fell to Aaquib Javed leaving England reeling at 21/2. In form batsman Greame Hick and Graham Gooch slowly pushed the score, but Hick was dismissed by a beauty from Mushtaq Ahmed, a Googly that Hick failed to read. Soon Gooch fell to Mushtaq and England were in deep trouble with scorecard reading 69/4. Neil Fairbrother and Allan Lamb tried a rescue act with a partnership of 72 runs as the asking rate began to pile up. Coming back for the second spell, Wasim Akram broke England's resistance by dismissing Allan Lamb and Chris Lewis with successive deliveries, with England at 141/6. Neil Fairbrother and Dermot Reeve could not score big, as part-time bowler Aamir Sohail completed his quota of 10 overs as England failed to utilize Sohail's spell. With the final 10 overs to go, England needed 84 runs from 54 balls with an asking rate of 9.33 per over. Soon Fairbrother was dismissed for 62 scored off 70 balls by Aaquib sealing the fate of England. As 34 runs required from final 12 balls, it was a tough task for them as Imran Khan dismissed Richard Illingworth, that turned out to be his last ball in International cricket. For Pakistan, Aaquib Javed and Mushtaq Ahmed claimed 2 and 3 wickets respectively. Wasim Akram was adjudged the Man of the match for his all round performance of 3/49 and 33 off 18.Final, Benson & Hedges World Cup Commentary https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8039/commentary/65156/england-vs-pakistan-final-benson-&-hedges-world-cup-1991-92?innings=2 28 March 2020 Cricinfo.com 25 March 2020 25 March 1992 Pakistan 249/6 (50 overs) 227 (49.2 overs) England Imran Khan 72 (110) Derek Pringle 3/22 (10 overs) Neil Fairbrother 62 (70) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/41 (10 overs) Pakistan won by 22 runs scorecard Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance : 87,182 Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Steve Bucknor (WI) Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. Wasim Akram (Pak) Scorecard PAK batting Aamer Sohail c †Stewart b Pringle 4 19 0 0 21.05 Ramiz Raja lbw b Pringle 8 26 1 0 30.76 Imran Khan* c Illingworth b Botham 72 110 5 1 65.45 Javed Miandad c Botham b Illingworth 58 98 4 0 59.18 Inzamam-Ul-Haq b Pringle 42 35 4 0 120.00 Wasim Akram run out (†Stewart) 33 18 4 0 183.33 Saleem Malik not out 0 1 0 0 0.00 Ijaz Ahmed did not bat 0 0 0 0 0.00 Moin Khan did not bat 0 0 0 0 0.00 Mushtaq Ahmed did not bat 0 0 0 0 0.00 Aaqib Javed did not bat 0 0 0 0 0.00 Extras (lb 19, nb 7, w 6) 32 Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 249 18 1 Fall of wickets: 1–20 (Sohail, 4.6 ov), 2–24 (Ramiz, 8.2 ov), 3–163 (Miandad, 39.3 ov), 4–197 (Imran, 43.3 ov), 5–249 (Inzamam, 49.5 ov), 6–249 (Akram, 49.6 ov) ENG bowling Derek Pringle 10 2 22 3 2.20 3 5 Chris Lewis 10 2 52 0 5.20 1 2 Ian Botham 7 0 42 1 6.00 1 0 Phil DeFreitas 10 1 42 0 4.20 0 0 Richard Illingworth 10 0 50 1 5.00 0 0 Dermot Reeve 3 0 22 0 7.33 1 0 ENG batting Graham Gooch* c Javed b Mushtaq 29 66 1 0 43.93 5–242 Ian Botham c †Moin b Akram 0 6 0 0 0.00 1–117 Alec Stewart c †Moin b Javed 7 16 1 0 43.75 2–216 Graeme Hick lbw b Mushtaq 17 36 1 0 47.22 3–216 Neil Fairbrother c †Moin b Javed 62 70 3 0 88.57 4–229 Allan Lamb b Akram 31 41 2 0 75.60 4–229 Chris Lewis b Akram 0 1 0 0 00.00 4–229 Dermot Reeve c Ramiz b Mushtaq 15 32 0 0 46.87 4–229 Derek Pringle not out 18 16 1 0 112.50 4–229 Phil DeFreitas run out (Saleem/†Moin) 10 8 0 0 125.00 4–229 Richard Illingworth c Ramiz b Imran 14 10 2 0 140.00 4–229 Extras (lb 5, nb 6, w 13) 24 Total (all out in 49.2 overs) 227 11 0 Fall of wickets: 1–6 (Botham, 2.5 ov), 2–21 (Stewart, 7.3 ov), 3–59 (Hick, 18.6 ov), 4–69 (Gooch, 20.5 ov), 5–141 (Lamb, 34.5 ov), 6–141 (Lewis, 34.6 ov), 7–180 (Fairbrother, 42.5 ov), 8–183 (Reeve, 43.6 ov), 9–208 (DeFreitas, 47.1 ov), 10–227 (Illingworth, 49.2 ov) PAK bowling Wasim Akram 10 0 49 3 4.90 6 4 Aaqib Javed 10 2 27 2 2.70 3 1 Mushtaq Ahmed 10 1 41 3 4.10 1 0 Ijaz Ahmed 3 0 13 0 4.33 2 0 Imran Khan 6.2 0 43 1 6.78 0 1 Aamer Sohail 10 0 49 0 4.90 1 0 See also Cricket 1992 Cricket World Cup squads References External links Cricket World Cup 1992 from Cricinfo 1992 Cricket World Cup collapsed collapsed 3 Category:Cricket World Cup finals Category:1992 in sport in Melbourne Category:Cricket in Melbourne Category:Melbourne Cricket Ground Category:Pakistan–United Kingdom sports relations