1996 Cricket World Cup - Wikipedia

1996 Cricket World
Cup
The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called

the Wills World Cup 1996 after the Wills
Navy Cut brand produced by tournament
sponsor ITC, was the sixth Cricket World
Cup organised by the International
Cricket Council (ICC). It was the second
World Cup to be hosted by Pakistan and
India (who had also hosted the 1987
Cricket World Cup) but Sri Lanka were
hosts for the first time. 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.
1996 Cricket World Cup
Official logo
Dates 14 February – 17
March 1996
Administrator(s) International Cricket

Council
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament Round robin and

format(s) Knockout
Host(s) Pakistan
India
Sri Lanka
Champions Sri Lanka (1st title)
Runners-up Australia
Participants 12
Matches 37
Player of the series Sanath Jayasuriya
Most runs Sachin Tendulkar

(523)
Most wickets Anil Kumble (15)
Hosts
Mohali
Delhi
Jaipur Kanpur
hmedabad
Gwalior
Patna
Calcutta
Vadodara
Nagpur
Cuttack
mbai Pune Visakhapatnam
yderabad
ngalore Madras
Venues in India
Peshawar Rawalpindi
Faisalabad Gujranwala
Lahore
Karachi
Venues in Pakistan
andy
olombo
Venues in Sri Lanka
The World Cup was played in India,
Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India hosted 17
matches at 17 different venues, while
Pakistan hosted 16 matches at 6 venues
and Sri Lanka hosted 4 matches at 3
venues.
Controversy dogged the tournament

before any games were played; 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. Sri
Lanka, in addition to offering maximum
security to the teams, questioned the
validity of citing security concerns when
the International Cricket Council had
determined it was safe. After extensive
negotiations, the ICC ruled that Sri Lanka
would be awarded both games on forfeit.
As a result of this decision, Sri Lanka
automatically qualified for the quarter-
finals before playing a game.
India
Venues Cities Capacity Matches
Eden Gardens Calcutta, West Bengal 120,000 1
Green Park Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 45,000 1
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali, Punjab 40,000 1
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore, Karnataka 55,000 1
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Madras, Tamil Nadu 50,000 1
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad, Telangana 30,000 1
Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Odisha 25,000 1
Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh 55,000 1
Indira Priyadarshini Stadium Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 25,000 1
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium Patna, Bihar 25,000 1
Nehru Stadium Pune, Maharashtra 25,000 1
Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra 45,000 1
Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad, Gujarat 48,000 1
IPCL Sports Complex Ground Vadodara, Gujarat 20,000 1
Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur, Rajasthan 30,000 1
Vidarbha C.A. Ground Nagpur, Maharashtra 40,000 1
Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi, New Delhi 48,000 1

Pakistan
National Stadium Karachi, Sindh 34,000 3
Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Punjab 62,000 4
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi, Punjab 25,000 3
Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 20,000 2
Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad, Punjab 18,000 3
Jinnah Stadium Gujranwala, Punjab 20,000 1
Sri Lanka
R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo 14,000 0*
Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground Colombo 10,000 1
Asgiriya Stadium Kandy 10,300 1
Two matches were scheduled to be

played at Premadasa Stadium, but
neither took place as Australia and the
West Indies declined to play in Sri
Lanka.[1]
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 Members
Australia England India
New Zealand Pakistan South Africa
Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe
Associate Members
Kenya Netherlands United Arab Emirates
Summary
The Sri Lankans, coached by Dav
Whatmore and captained by Arjuna
Ranatunga, used Man of the Series
Sanath Jayasuriya[2] 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. This became the
highest individual score ever in any World
Cup match until it was surpassed by first
Chris Gayle of the West Indies and later
Martin Guptill who scored 215 and 237
respectively in the 2015 Cricket World
Cup.
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.[3][4] 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 50 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.[5]
Group stage
Group A
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 Sri Lanka 5 5 0 0 0 10 1.607
2 Australia 5 3 2 0 0 6 0.903
3 India 5 3 2 0 0 6 0.452
4 West Indies 5 2 3 0 0 4 −0.134
5 Zimbabwe 5 1 4 0 0 2 −0.939
6 Kenya 5 1 4 0 0 2 −1.007
Source: ESPNcricinfo (https://www.espncricin

fo.com/series/wills-world-cup-1995-96-6098
1/points-table-standings)
16 February
Scorecard (http://www.espncricinfo.co
m/ci/engine/match/65159.html)
Zimbabwe v West Indies

151/9 (50 overs) 155/4 (29.3 overs)
Grant Flower 31 Sherwin Campbell
(54) 47 (88)
Curtly Ambrose Paul Strang 4/40
3/28 (10 overs) (7.3 overs)
West Indies won by 6 wickets

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and
Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
(Ind)
Player of the match: Curtly Ambrose (WI)
17 February
Sri Lanka v Australia
Sri Lanka won by a walkover

R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Mahboob Shah (Pak) and Cyril
Mitchley (SA)
Australia forfeited the match due to

safety concerns, and were in Mumbai at
the time of the match.
18 February
Kenya v India
199/6 (50 overs) 203/3 (41.5 overs)
Steve Tikolo 65 Sachin Tendulkar
(83) 127* (138)
Anil Kumble 3/28 Steve Tikolo 1/26
(10 overs) (3 overs)
India won by 7 wickets

Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: K. T. Francis and David
Shepherd
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar
(Ind)
21 February
Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka
228/6 (50 overs) 229/4 (37 overs)
Alistair Campbell Aravinda de Silva
75 (102) 91 (86)
Chaminda Vaas Heath Streak 3/60
2/30 (10 overs) (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets

Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Steve Dunne and Mahboob
Shah
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva
(SL)
Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to

bat.
21 February
West Indies v India

173 (50 overs) 174/5 (39.4 overs)
Richie Richardson Sachin Tendulkar
47 (70) 70 (91)
Anil Kumble 3/35 Roger Harper 2/34
India won by 5 wickets

Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar
(Ind)
23 February
Australia v Kenya
304/7 (50 overs) 207/7 (50 overs)
Mark Waugh 130 Kennedy Otieno 85
(128) (137)
Rajab Ali 3/45 (10 Paul Reiffel 2/18 (7
overs) overs)
Australia won by 97 runs

Indira Priyadarshini Stadium,
Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and David
Shepherd
Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)
26 February
Sri Lanka v West Indies
Sri Lanka won by a walkover

Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and V. K.
Ramaswamy
West Indies forfeited the match due to

safety concerns.
27 February
Kenya v Zimbabwe
134 (49.4 overs) 137/5 (42.2 overs)
Dipak Chudasama Grant Flower 45
34 (66) (112)
Paul Strang 5/21 Rajab Ali 3/22 (8
(9.4 overs) overs)
Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets

Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Cyril Mitchley
Player of the match: Paul Strang (Zim)
This game was scheduled to be played

on 25 February; the game started but
was abandoned after 15.5 overs of the
Zimbabwe innings.
27 February
Australia v India
258 (50 overs) 242 (48 overs)
Mark Waugh 126 Sachin Tendulkar
(135) 90 (84)
Venkatapathy Raju Damien Fleming
2/48 (10 overs) 5/36 (9 overs)

Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Steve Dunne and David
Shepherd
29 February
Kenya v West Indies

166 (49.3 overs) 93 (35.2 overs)
Steve Tikolo 29 Shivnarine
(50) Chanderpaul 19
Courtney Walsh (48)
3/46 (9 overs) Maurice Odumbe
3/15 (10 overs)
Kenya won by 73 runs
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and V. K.
Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe
(Ken)
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
v IND 1979, ZIM v AUS 1983, ZIM v ENG
1992).
1 March
Zimbabwe v Australia
154 (45.3 overs) 158/2 (36 overs)
Andy Waller 67 Mark Waugh 76*
(101) (109)
Shane Warne 4/34 Paul Strang 2/33
(9.3 overs) (10 overs)
Australia won by 8 wickets

Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground,
Nagpur
Umpires: Steve Dunne and David
Shepherd
Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)
2 March
India v Sri Lanka

271/3 (50 overs) 272/4 (48.4 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar Sanath Jayasuriya
137 (137) 79 (76)
Ravindra Anil Kumble 2/39
Pushpakumara (10 overs)
1/53 (8 overs)

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya
(SL)
4 March
Australia v West Indies

229/6 (50 overs) 232/6 (48.5 overs)
Ricky Ponting 102 Richie Richardson
(112) 93* (133)
Courtney Walsh Mark Waugh 3/38
2/35 (9 overs) (10 overs)
West Indies won by 4 wickets

Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and David
Shepherd
Player of the match: Richie Richardson
(WI)
6 March
India v Zimbabwe
247/5 (50 overs) 207 (49.4 overs)
Vinod Kambli 106 Heath Streak 30
(110) (39)
Charlie Lock 2/57 Venkatapathy Raju
(10 overs) 3/30 (10 overs)
India won by 40 runs

Green Park, Kanpur
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Cyril
Mitchley
Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)
6 March
Sri Lanka v Kenya

398/5 (50 overs) 254/7 (50 overs)
Aravinda de Silva Steve Tikolo 96
145 (115) (95)
Tito Odumbe 2/34 Arjuna Ranatunga
(5 overs) 2/31 (5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 144 runs

Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Steve Dunne and V. K.
Ramaswamy
(SL)
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.[6]
Group B
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1 South Africa 5 5 0 0 0 10 2.043
2 Pakistan 5 4 1 0 0 8 0.961
3 New Zealand 5 3 2 0 0 6 0.552
4 England 5 2 3 0 0 4 0.079
5 United Arab Emirates 5 1 4 0 0 2 −1.830
6 Netherlands 5 0 5 0 0 0 −1.923
Source: ESPNcricinfo (https://www.espncricin
fo.com/series/wills-world-cup-1995-96-6098
1/points-table-standings)
14 February
New Zealand v England

239/6 (50 overs) 228/9 (50 overs)
Nathan Astle 101 Graeme Hick 85
(132) (102)
Graeme Hick 2/45 Dion Nash 3/26 (7
(9 overs) overs)
New Zealand won by 11 runs
Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad
Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Steve Randell
Player of the match: Nathan Astle (NZ)
16 February
South Africa v United Arab

321/2 (50 overs) Emirates
152/8 (50 overs)
Gary Kirsten 188* Arshad Laeeq 43
(159) (79)
Johanne Brian McMillan
Samarasekera 3/11 (8 overs)
1/39 (9 overs)
South Africa won by 169 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and V. K.
Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Gary Kirsten (SA)
Match was delayed from 15th 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.
17 February 1996
New Zealand v Netherlands

307/8 (50 overs) 188/7 (50 overs)
Craig Spearman 68 Roland Lefebvre 45
(59) (64)
Steven Lubbers Chris Harris 3/24
Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: 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.[7][8]
Stephen Fleming (NZ) took his only ODI
wicket.[9]
18 February
United Arab v England

Emirates 140/2 (35 overs)
136 (48.3 overs)
Mazhar Hussain Graham Thorpe
33 (59) 44* (66)
Neil Smith 3/29 Arshad Laeeq 1/25
(7 overs)
England won by 8 wickets
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
Umpires: B. C. Cooray and V. K.
Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Neil Smith (Eng)
20 February
New Zealand v South Africa

177/9 (50 overs) 178/5 (37.3 overs)
Stephen Fleming Hansie Cronje 78
33 (79) (64)
Allan Donald 3/34 Nathan Astle 2/10
South Africa won by 5 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Steve Randell and
Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)
22 February
England v Netherlands
279/4 (50 overs) 230/6 (50 overs)
Graeme Hick 104* Klaas van
(133) Noortwijk 64 (82)
Roland Lefebvre Phil DeFreitas 3/31
1/40 (10 overs) (10 overs)
England won by 49 runs
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and K. T. Francis
Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Eng)
24 February
United Arab v Pakistan

Emirates 112/1 (18 overs)
109/9 (33 overs)
Shaukat Ijaz Ahmed 50*
Dukanwala 21* (57)
(19) Johanne
Mushtaq Ahmed Samarasekera
3/16 (7 overs) 1/17 (3 overs)
Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala
Umpires: B. C. Cooray and
Player of the match: Mushtaq Ahmed
(Pak)
25 February
South Africa v England

230 (50 overs) 152 (44.3 overs)
Gary Kirsten 38 Graham Thorpe 46
(60) (69)
Peter Martin 3/33 Shaun Pollock
(10 overs) 2/16 (8 overs)
Umpires: Steve Randell and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Jonty Rhodes (SA)
26 February
Netherlands v Pakistan
145/7 (50 overs) 151/2 (30.4 overs)
Flavian Aponso 58 Saeed Anwar 83*
Waqar Younis 4/26 Peter Cantrell 1/18
(4 overs)
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: K. T. Francis and Steve Bucknor
Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)
27 February
New Zealand v United Arab

167/9 (47 overs)
Roger Twose 92 Johanne
(112) Samarasekera 47
Azhar Saeed 3/45 (59)
(7 overs) Shane Thomson
3/20
Player of the match: Roger Twose (NZ)
Match reduced to 47 overs a side due to

heavy fog at the start of the match.
29 February
Pakistan v South Africa
242/6 (50 overs) 243/5 (44.2 overs)
Aamir Sohail 111 Daryll Cullinan 65
(139) (76)
Hansie Cronje 2/20 Waqar Younis 3/50
(5 overs) (8 overs)
South Africa won by 5 wickets

National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: K. T. Francis and Steve Bucknor
Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)
Bucknor replaced Ian Robinson as an

umpire in this match after protests by
Pakistan.
1 March
Netherlands v United Arab

220/3 (44.2 overs)
Peter Cantrell 47 Saleem Raza 84
(106) (68)
Shaukat Roland Lefebvre
Dukanwala 5/29 1/24 (8 overs)
(10 overs)
United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Steve
Randell
Player of the match: Shaukat Dukanwala
(UAE)
This was the first ever official ODI

between two ICC Associate teams.
3 March
England v Pakistan
249/9 (50 overs) 250/3 (47.4 overs)
Robin Smith 75 Saeed Anwar 71
(92) (72)
Mushtaq Ahmed Dominic Cork 2/59
3/53 (10 overs) (10 overs)

Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (Pak)
5 March 1996
South Africa v Netherlands
328/3 (50 overs) 168/8 (50 overs)
Andrew Hudson Nolan Clarke 32
161 (132) (46)
Eric Gouka 1/32 (2 Allan Donald 2/21
overs) (6 overs)

Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and Steve
Randell (Aus)
Player of the match: 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.[10]
Nolan Clarke (Ned), aged 47 years and

257 days, played his final ODI match, the
oldest player to do so.[11][12]
6 March
Pakistan v New Zealand
281/5 (50 overs) 235 (47.3 overs)
Saeed Anwar 62 Stephen Fleming
(67) 42 (43)
Robert Kennedy Mushtaq Ahmed
1/32 (5 overs) 2/32 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 46 runs

Umpires: K. T. Francis and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Saleem Malik (Pak)
Knockout stage
Quarter-finals Semi-finals Fin
9 March –
Faisalabad,
Pakistan
235/8 13 March –
England
Calcutta, India
Sri
236/5 Sri
Lanka 251/8
Lanka
9 March –
Bangalore, India India 120/8
India 287/8
17 March
248/9 Lahore, P
Pakistan Sri
11 March – Lanka
Karachi, Pakistan
West
264/8 Austral
Indies
14 March –
South Mohali, India
245
Africa West
11 March – 202
Indies
Madras, India
New 207/8
286/9 Australia
Zealand
289/4
Australia
Quarter-finals
9 March
England v Sri Lanka
235/8 (50 overs) 236/5 (40.4 overs)
Phil DeFreitas 67 Sanath Jayasuriya
(64) 82 (44)
Kumar Dermot Reeve 1/14
Dharmasena 2/30 (4 overs)
(10 overs)

Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Ian
Robinson
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya
(SL)
England won the toss and elected to bat

first.
9 March
India v Pakistan
287/8 (50 overs) 248/9 (49 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 93 Aamer Sohail 55
(115) (46)
Mushtaq Ahmed Venkatesh Prasad
2/56 (10 overs) 3/45 (10 overs)
India won by 39 runs

M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David
Shepherd
Player of the match: Navjot Sidhu (Ind)
India won the toss and elected to bat
first.
Pakistan was fined 1 over for a slow

over rate.
11 March
West Indies v South Africa

264/8 (50 overs) 245 (49.3 overs)
Brian Lara 111 (94) Daryll Cullinan 69
Brian McMillan (78)
2/37 (10 overs) Roger Harper 4/47
(10 overs)
West Indies won by 19 runs
Umpires: K. T. Francis and Steve Randell
Player of the match: Brian Lara (WI)
West Indies won the toss and elected to

bat.
11 March
New Zealand v Australia
286/9 (50 overs) 289/4 (47.5 overs)
Chris Harris 130 Mark Waugh 110
(124) (112)
Glenn McGrath Nathan Astle 1/21
Australia won by 6 wickets

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and
New Zealand won the toss and elected

to bat first.
Semi-finals
13 March
Sri Lanka v India

251/8 (50 overs) 120/8 (34.1 overs)
Aravinda de Silva Sachin Tendulkar
66 (47) 65 (88)
Javagal Srinath Sanath Jayasuriya
3/34 (7 overs) 3/12 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won by default
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: Steve Dunne and Cyril Mitchley
(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.[3][4]
Sri Lanka qualified for the final for first

time.
14 March
Australia v West Indies
207/8 (50 overs) 202 (49.3 overs)
Stuart Law 72 Shivnarine
(105) Chanderpaul 80
Curtly Ambrose (126)
2/26 (10 overs) Shane Warne 4/36
(9 overs)

Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali
Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)
Australia won the toss and elected to

bat.
Australia qualified for the final for third
time after 1975 and 1987.
Final
17 March (D/N)
Australia v Sri Lanka

241/7 (50 overs) 245/3 (46.2 overs)
Mark Taylor 74 Aravinda de Silva
(83) 107* (124)
Aravinda de Silva Damien Fleming
3/42 (9 overs) 1/43 (6 overs)
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David
Shepherd
(SL)
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to

field.
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to

field. Mark Taylor (74 from 83 balls, 8
fours, 1 six) and Ricky Ponting (45 from
73 balls, 2 fours) shared a second-wicket
partnership of 101 runs. When Ponting
and Taylor were dismissed, however,
Australia fell from 137/1 to 170/5 as the
famed four-pronged spin attack of Sri
Lanka took its toll. Despite the slump,
Australia struggled on to 241/7 from
their 50 overs.
Statistics
Sachin Tendulkar, the leading

run scorer in the tournament
Anil Kumble, the leading

wicket taker in the
tournament
Leading run scorers[13]
Runs Player Country
523 Sachin Tendulkar India
484 Mark Waugh Australia
448 Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka
391 Gary Kirsten South Africa
329 Saeed Anwar Pakistan
Leading wicket takers[14]
Wickets Player Country
15 Anil Kumble India
13 Waqar Younis Pakistan
Paul Strang Zimbabwe
Roger Harper West Indies

12
Damien Fleming Australia
Shane Warne Australia

List of centuries
Name Score Balls 4s 6s S/R Team Opposition Venue D
14
New
NJ Astle 101 132 8 2 76.51 England Ahmedabad Fe
Zealand
19
United 16
G Kirsten 188* 159 13 4 118.23 South Arab Rawalpindi Fe
Africa Emirates 19
Barabati 18
SR
127* 138 15 2 92.02 India Kenya Stadium, Fe
Tendulkar
Cuttack 19
22
GA Hick 104* 133 6 2 78.19 Peshawar Fe
England Netherlands
19
23
ME
130 128 14 1 101.56 Kenya Visakhapatnam Fe
Waugh Australia
19
Wankhede 27
ME
126 135 8 3 93.33 India Stadium, Fe
Waugh Australia
Mumbai 19
National 29
Aamer South
111 139 8 0 79.85 Stadium, Fe
Sohail Pakistan Africa
Karachi 19
Feroz Shah
SR Sri 2M
137 137 8 5 100.00 India Kotla Ground,
Tendulkar Lanka 19
Delhi
RT West 4M
102 112 5 1 91.07 Jaipur
Ponting Australia Indies 19
AC 5M
161 132 13 4 121.96 South Rawalpindi
Hudson Netherlands 19
Africa
Name Score Balls 4s 6s S/R Team Opposition Venue D
PA de Sri 6M
145 115 14 5 126.08 Kenya Kandy
Silva Lanka 19
Green Park
VG 6M
106 110 11 0 96.36 India Stadium,
Kambli Zimbabwe 19
Kanpur
National 11
West South
BC Lara 111 94 16 0 118.08 Stadium, Ma
Indies Africa
Karachi 19
11
New
CZ Harris 130 124 13 4 104.83 Australia Madras Ma
Zealand
19
11
ME New
110 112 6 2 98.21 Madras Ma
Waugh Australia Zealand
19
Gaddafi 17
PA de Sri
107* 124 13 0 86.29 Australia Stadium, Ma
Silva Lanka
Lahore 19
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81.html) from ESPNcricinfo
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1996 Cricket World

The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called

Administrator(s) International Cricket

Cricket format One Day International

Tournament Round robin and

Champions Sri Lanka (1st title)

Player of the series Sanath Jayasuriya

Most runs Sachin Tendulkar

Most wickets Anil Kumble (15)

Controversy dogged the tournament

Venues Cities Capacity Matches

Eden Gardens Calcutta, West Bengal 120,000 1

Green Park Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh 45,000 1

Punjab Cricket Association Stadium Mohali, Punjab 40,000 1

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium Bangalore, Karnataka 55,000 1

M. A. Chidambaram Stadium Madras, Tamil Nadu 50,000 1

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium Hyderabad, Telangana 30,000 1

Barabati Stadium Cuttack, Odisha 25,000 1

Roop Singh Stadium Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh 55,000 1

Indira Priyadarshini Stadium Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh 25,000 1

Moin-ul-Haq Stadium Patna, Bihar 25,000 1

Nehru Stadium Pune, Maharashtra 25,000 1

Wankhede Stadium Mumbai, Maharashtra 45,000 1

Sardar Patel Stadium Ahmedabad, Gujarat 48,000 1

IPCL Sports Complex Ground Vadodara, Gujarat 20,000 1

Sawai Mansingh Stadium Jaipur, Rajasthan 30,000 1

Vidarbha C.A. Ground Nagpur, Maharashtra 40,000 1

Feroz Shah Kotla Ground Delhi, New Delhi 48,000 1

Venues Cities Capacity Matches

National Stadium Karachi, Sindh 34,000 3

Gaddafi Stadium Lahore, Punjab 62,000 4

Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium Rawalpindi, Punjab 25,000 3

Arbab Niaz Stadium Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa 20,000 2

Iqbal Stadium Faisalabad, Punjab 18,000 3

Jinnah Stadium Gujranwala, Punjab 20,000 1

Venues Cities Capacity Matches

R. Premadasa Stadium Colombo 14,000 0*

Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground Colombo 10,000 1

Asgiriya Stadium Kandy 10,300 1

Two matches were scheduled to be

Australia England India

New Zealand Pakistan South Africa

Sri Lanka West Indies Zimbabwe

Kenya Netherlands United Arab Emirates

Sri Lanka won the first semi-final over

In the second semi-final in Mohali,

Sri Lanka won the toss in the final and

Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR

1 Sri Lanka 5 5 0 0 0 10 1.607

4 West Indies 5 2 3 0 0 4 −0.134

Source: ESPNcricinfo (https://www.espncricin

Zimbabwe v West Indies

West Indies won by 6 wickets

Sri Lanka v Australia

Sri Lanka won by a walkover

Australia forfeited the match due to

India won by 7 wickets

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to