1996 Cricket World Cup

6th Cricket World Cup

Cricket tournament

1996 Cricket World Cup

Dates| 14 February – 17 March 1996
Administrator(s)| International Cricket Council
Cricket format| One Day International
Tournament format(s)| Round robin and Knockout
Host(s)|

* India
* Pakistan
* 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)

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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 India, Pakistan 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

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Calcutta

Delhi

Ahmedabad

Madras

Mohali

Nagpore

Bangalore

Bombay

Hyderabad

Cuttack

Gwalior

Vizag

Patna

Poona

Jaipur

Cawnpore

Baroda

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Venues in India

Peshawar

Lahore

Faisalabad

Gujranwala

Karachi

Rawalpindi

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Venues in Pakistan

Colombo

Kandy

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Venues in Sri Lanka

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. As a result of this decision, Sri Lanka automatically qualified for the quarter-finals before playing a game.

### India

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Venues  | Cities | Capacity | Matches

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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

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Venues  | Cities | Capacity | Matches

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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

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Venues  | Cities | Capacity | Matches

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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 down at the Premadasa, but neither took place as Australia and the West Indies declined to play in Sri Lanka.[1]

## Squads

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Main article: 1996 Cricket World Cup squads

## Teams

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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

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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, 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.[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]

A warm-up match was played between South Africa and Pakistan on 8 February 1996 in which South Africa defeated Pakistan by 65 runs.[6]

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR

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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

16 February
Scorecard

Zimbabwe
151/9 (50 overs)

West Indies
155/4 (29.3 overs)

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Grant Flower 31 (54)
Curtly Ambrose 3/28 (10 overs)

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Sherwin Campbell 47 (88)
Paul Strang 4/40 (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)

* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

17 February
Scorecard

Sri Lanka

Australia

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Sri Lanka won by a walkover
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: 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
Scorecard

Kenya
199/6 (50 overs)

India
203/3 (41.5 overs)

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Steve Tikolo 65 (83)
Anil Kumble 3/28 (10 overs)

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Sachin Tendulkar 127* (138)
Steve Tikolo 1/26 (3 overs)

India won by 7 wickets
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

* India won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

21 February
Scorecard

Zimbabwe
228/6 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka
229/4 (37 overs)

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Alistair Campbell 75 (102)
Chaminda Vaas 2/30 (10 overs)

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Aravinda de Silva 91 (86)
Heath Streak 3/60 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Mahboob Shah (Pak)
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)

* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

21 February
Scorecard

West Indies
173 (50 overs)

India
174/5 (39.4 overs)

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Richie Richardson 47 (70)
Anil Kumble 3/35 (10 overs)

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Sachin Tendulkar 70 (91)
Roger Harper 2/34 (9 overs)

India won by 5 wickets
Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

23 February
Scorecard

Australia
304/7 (50 overs)

Kenya
207/7 (50 overs)

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Mark Waugh 130 (128)
Rajab Ali 3/45 (10 overs)

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Kennedy Otieno 85 (137)
Paul Reiffel 2/18 (7 overs)

Australia won by 97 runs
Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)

* Kenya won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

26 February
Scorecard

Sri Lanka

West Indies

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Sri Lanka won by a walkover
Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) and Mahboob Shah (Pak)

* No toss.
* West Indies forfeited the match due to safety concerns.

* * *

27 February
Scorecard

Kenya
134 (49.4 overs)

Zimbabwe
137/5 (42.2 overs)

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Dipak Chudasama 34 (66)
Paul Strang 5/21 (9.4 overs)

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Grant Flower 45 (112)
Rajab Ali 3/22 (8 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets
Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna
Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and Cyril Mitchley (SA)
Player of the match: 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
Scorecard

Australia
258 (50 overs)

India
242 (48 overs)

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Mark Waugh 126 (135)
Venkatapathy Raju 2/48 (10 overs)

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Sachin Tendulkar 90 (84)
Damien Fleming 5/36 (9 overs)

Australia won by 16 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)

* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

29 February
Scorecard

Kenya
166 (49.3 overs)

West Indies
93 (35.2 overs)

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Steve Tikolo 29 (50)
Courtney Walsh 3/46 (9 overs)

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Shivnarine Chanderpaul 19 (48)
Maurice Odumbe 3/15 (10 overs)

Kenya won by 73 runs
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: 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
Scorecard

Zimbabwe
154 (45.3 overs)

Australia
158/2 (36 overs)

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Andy Waller 67 (101)
Shane Warne 4/34 (9.3 overs)

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Mark Waugh 76* (109)
Paul Strang 2/33 (10 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

2 March
Scorecard

India
271/3 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka
272/4 (48.4 overs)

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Sachin Tendulkar 137 (137)
Ravindra Pushpakumara 1/53 (8 overs)

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Sanath Jayasuriya 79 (76)
Anil Kumble 2/39 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley (SA) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* Manoj Prabhakar played his last ODI game.

* * *

4 March
Scorecard

Australia
229/6 (50 overs)

West Indies
232/6 (48.5 overs)

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Ricky Ponting 102 (112)
Courtney Walsh 2/35 (9 overs)

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Richie Richardson 93* (133)
Mark Waugh 3/38 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 4 wickets
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Mahboob Shah (Pak) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Richie Richardson (WI)

* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

* * *

6 March
Scorecard

India
247/5 (50 overs)

Zimbabwe
207 (49.4 overs)

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Vinod Kambli 106 (110)
Charlie Lock 2/57 (10 overs)

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Heath Streak 30 (39)
Venkatapathy Raju 3/30 (10 overs)

India won by 40 runs
Green Park, Kanpur
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Cyril Mitchley (SA)
Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)

* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

* * *

6 March
Scorecard

Sri Lanka
398/5 (50 overs)

Kenya
254/7 (50 overs)

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Aravinda de Silva 145 (115)
Tito Odumbe 2/34 (5 overs)

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Steve Tikolo 96 (95)
Arjuna Ranatunga 2/31 (5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 144 runs
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind)
Player of the match: 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.[7]

### Group B

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Pos | Team  | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR

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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

14 February
Scorecard

New Zealand
239/6 (50 overs)

England
228/9 (50 overs)

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Nathan Astle 101 (132)
Graeme Hick 2/45 (9 overs)

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Graeme Hick 85 (102)
Dion Nash 3/26 (7 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
Scorecard

South Africa
321/2 (50 overs)

United Arab Emirates
152/8 (50 overs)

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Gary Kirsten 188* (159)
Johanne Samarasekera 1/39 (9 overs)

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Arshad Laeeq 43 (79)
Brian McMillan 3/11 (8 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
Scorecard

New Zealand
307/8 (50 overs)

Netherlands
188/7 (50 overs)

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Craig Spearman 68 (59)
Steven Lubbers 3/48 (9 overs)

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Roland Lefebvre 45 (64)
Chris Harris 3/24 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 119 runs
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.[8][9]
* Stephen Fleming (NZ) took his only ODI wicket.[10]

* * *

18 February
Scorecard

United Arab Emirates
136 (48.3 overs)

England
140/2 (35 overs)

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Mazhar Hussain 33 (59)
Neil Smith 3/29

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Graham Thorpe 44* (66)
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
Scorecard

New Zealand
177/9 (50 overs)

South Africa
178/5 (37.3 overs)

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Stephen Fleming 33 (79)
Allan Donald 3/34 (10 overs)

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Hansie Cronje 78 (64)
Nathan Astle 2/10 (3 overs)

South Africa won by 5 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Steve Randell and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)

* * *

22 February
Scorecard

England
279/4 (50 overs)

Netherlands
230/6 (50 overs)

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Graeme Hick 104* (133)
Roland Lefebvre 1/40 (10 overs)

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Klaas van Noortwijk 64 (82)
Phil DeFreitas 3/31 (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
Scorecard

United Arab Emirates
109/9 (33 overs)

Pakistan
112/1 (18 overs)

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Shaukat Dukanwala 21* (19)
Mushtaq Ahmed 3/16 (7 overs)

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Ijaz Ahmed 50* (57)
Johanne Samarasekera 1/17 (3 overs)

Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala
Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)

* * *

25 February
Scorecard

South Africa
230 (50 overs)

England
152 (44.3 overs)

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Gary Kirsten 38 (60)
Peter Martin 3/33 (10 overs)

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Graham Thorpe 46 (69)
Shaun Pollock 2/16 (8 overs)

South Africa won by 78 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Steve Randell and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Jonty Rhodes (SA)

* * *

26 February
Scorecard

Netherlands
145/7 (50 overs)

Pakistan
151/2 (30.4 overs)

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Flavian Aponso 58
Waqar Younis 4/26

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Saeed Anwar 83*
Peter Cantrell 1/18 (4 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: K. T. Francis and Steve Bucknor
Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)

* * *

27 February
Scorecard

New Zealand
276/8 (47 overs)

United Arab Emirates
167/9 (47 overs)

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Roger Twose 92 (112)
Azhar Saeed 3/45 (7 overs)

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Johanne Samarasekera 47 (59)
Shane Thomson 3/20

New Zealand won by 109 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
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
Scorecard

Pakistan
242/6 (50 overs)

South Africa
243/5 (44.2 overs)

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Aamir Sohail 111 (139)
Hansie Cronje 2/20 (5 overs)

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Daryll Cullinan 65 (76)
Waqar Younis 3/50 (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
Scorecard

Netherlands
216/9 (50 overs)

United Arab Emirates
220/3 (44.2 overs)

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Peter Cantrell 47 (106)
Shaukat Dukanwala 5/29 (10 overs)

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Saleem Raza 84 (68)
Roland Lefebvre 1/24 (8 overs)

United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
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
Scorecard

England
249/9 (50 overs)

Pakistan
250/3 (47.4 overs)

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Robin Smith 75 (92)
Mushtaq Ahmed 3/53 (10 overs)

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Saeed Anwar 71 (72)
Dominic Cork 2/59 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (Pak)

* * *

5 March 1996
Scorecard

South Africa
328/3 (50 overs)

Netherlands
168/8 (50 overs)

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Andrew Hudson 161 (132)
Eric Gouka 1/32 (2 overs)

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Nolan Clarke 32 (46)
Allan Donald 2/21 (6 overs)

South Africa won by 160 runs
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
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.[11]
* Nolan Clarke (Ned), aged 47 years and 257 days, played his final ODI match, the oldest player to do so.[12][13]

* * *

6 March
Scorecard

Pakistan
281/5 (50 overs)

New Zealand
235 (47.3 overs)

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Saeed Anwar 62 (67)
Robert Kennedy 1/32 (5 overs)

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Stephen Fleming 42 (43)
Mushtaq Ahmed 2/32 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 46 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: K. T. Francis and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Saleem Malik (Pak)

## Knockout stage

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| Quarter-finals| | Semi-finals| | Final

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| 9 March – Faisalabad, Pakistan| | | | |

|  England| 235/8

| 13 March – Calcutta, India

|  Sri Lanka| 236/5 |

|  Sri Lanka| 251/8

| 9 March – Bangalore, India

| |  India| 120/8 |

|  India| 287/8

| | 17 March – Lahore, Pakistan

|  Pakistan| 248/9 |

|  Sri Lanka| 245/3

| 11 March – Karachi, Pakistan

| |  Australia| 241/7

|  West Indies| 264/8

| 14 March – Mohali, India|

|  South Africa| 245 |

|  West Indies| 202

| 11 March – Madras, India

| |  Australia| 207/8 |

|  New Zealand| 286/9

|  Australia| 289/4 |

### Quarter-finals

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9 March
Scorecard

England
235/8 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka
236/5 (40.4 overs)

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Phil DeFreitas 67 (64)
Kumar Dharmasena 2/30 (10 overs)

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Sanath Jayasuriya 82 (44)
Dermot Reeve 1/14 (4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

* England won the toss and elected to bat first.
* Richard Illingworth played his final ODI game.

* * *

9 March
Scorecard

India
287/8 (50 overs)

Pakistan
248/9 (49 overs)

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Navjot Singh Sidhu 93 (115)
Mushtaq Ahmed 2/56 (10 overs)

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Aamer Sohail 55 (46)
Venkatesh Prasad 3/45 (10 overs)

India won by 39 runs
M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd
Player of the match: 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
Scorecard

West Indies
264/8 (50 overs)

South Africa
245 (49.3 overs)

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Brian Lara 111 (94)
Brian McMillan 2/37 (10 overs)

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Daryll Cullinan 69 (78)
Roger Harper 4/47 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 19 runs
National Stadium, Karachi
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
Scorecard

New Zealand
286/9 (50 overs)

Australia
289/4 (47.5 overs)

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Chris Harris 130 (124)
Glenn McGrath 2/50 (9 overs)

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Mark Waugh 110 (112)
Nathan Astle 1/21 (3 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)

* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first.

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13 March
Scorecard

Sri Lanka
251/8 (50 overs)

India
120/8 (34.1 overs)

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Aravinda de Silva 66 (47)
Javagal Srinath 3/34 (7 overs)

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Sachin Tendulkar 65 (88)
Sanath Jayasuriya 3/12 (7 overs)

Sri Lanka won by default
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: Steve Dunne and Cyril Mitchley
Player of the match: 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.[3][4]
* Sri Lanka qualified for the final for first time.

* * *

14 March
Scorecard

Australia
207/8 (50 overs)

West Indies
202 (49.3 overs)

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Stuart Law 72 (105)
Curtly Ambrose 2/26 (10 overs)

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Shivnarine Chanderpaul 80 (126)
Shane Warne 4/36 (9 overs)

Australia won by 5 runs
Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
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.
* This was the last ODI played by Richie Richardson.

## Final

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Main article: 1996 Cricket World Cup Final

17 March (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia
241/7 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka
245/3 (46.2 overs)

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Mark Taylor 74 (83)
Aravinda de Silva 3/42 (9 overs)

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Aravinda de Silva 107* (124)
Damien Fleming 1/43 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)

* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics

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Main article: 1996 Cricket World Cup statistics

Sachin Tendulkar, the leading run scorer in the tournament Anil Kumble, the leading wicket taker in the tournament Leading run scorers[14] Runs | Player | Country

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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[15] Wickets | Player | Country

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15 | Anil Kumble |  India
13 | Waqar Younis |  Pakistan

Paul Strang |  Zimbabwe
Roger Harper |  West Indies
Damien Fleming |  Australia
Shane Warne |  Australia

## Notes and references

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1. ^ "The Lankan lions roar – 1996". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
2. ^ "Wills World Cup, 1995/96, Final". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 6 February 2007. Retrieved 29 April 2007.
3. ^ a b Sabanayakan, S. (13 March 2019). "India vs Sri Lanka, Wills World Cup 1996 semifinal: A real shame". sportstar.thehindu.com.
4. ^ a b "On This Day: India vs Sri Lanka 1996 World Cup - An Epic Collapse, Tearful Vinod Kambli and the Nuisance at Eden Gardens". news18.com. Retrieved 13 March 2023.
5. ^ "World Cup Cricket Team Records & Stats". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 March 2022.
6. ^ Grundlingh, Albert (2018), "Diffusion and Depiction: How Afrikaners Came to Play Cricket in Twentieth-Century South Africa", Cricket and Society in South Africa, 1910–1971, Cham: Springer International Publishing, pp. 191–206, doi:10.1007/978-3-319-93608-6_7, ISBN 978-3-319-93607-9, S2CID 158182345, retrieved 27 January 2024
7. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Highest innings totals". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 1 March 2015. Retrieved 3 March 2015.
8. ^ Chhabria, Vinay (12 March 2020). "10 Guinness World Records held by cricket". CricTracker. Archived from the original on 24 June 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
9. ^ "ODI records – Oldest players on debut". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
10. ^ "Stephen Fleming's profile". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 12 May 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
11. ^ "Netherlands v South Africa – Wills World Cup 1995/96 (Group B)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 6 January 2016. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
12. ^ Williamson, Martin; McGlashan, Andrew (3 July 2008). "Help the aged". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 21 May 2020. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
13. ^ "ODI records – Oldest players". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 19 December 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2020.
14. ^ "Wills World Cup, 1995/96 batting most runs career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2023.
15. ^ "Wills World Cup, 1995/96 bowling most wickets career Records". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 21 July 2023.

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