The 1999 Cricket World Cup was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games. The World Cup was won by Australia. Australia beat Pakistan by 8 wickets in a one-sided final at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. New Zealand and South Africa were the other semifinalists.

The format of the world cup was as follows: The 12 contestants were divided into 2 groups, in each of which teams played each other in the league stage. The top three from each group advanced to the Super Sixes, a new concept brought about in this World Cup, where each qualifier from group A played with each qualifier from group B. The teams also carried forward their points from games against each qualifer from their group. The top four in the Super Sixes contested the semifinals.

Teams

The following teams contested:

Test & ODI status

ICC Trophy Qualifiers

Results

The results of all the games seen in the 1999 Cricket World Cup:

The Group Stages

Group A Table

Group A Results

Match 1 - 14 May, 1999

Match 2 - 15 May, 1999

Match 3 - 15 May, 1999

Match 7 - 18 May, 1999

Match 8 - 19 May, 1999

Match 9 - 19 May, 1999

Match 13 - 22 May, 1999

Match 14, May 22, 1999

Match 15 - May 23, 1999

Match 19 - May 25, 1999

Match 20 - May 26, 1999

Match 21 - May 26, 1999

Match 25 - May 29/30, 1999

Match 26 - May 29, 1999

Match 27 - May 30, 1999

Group B Table

Group B Results

Match 4 - 16 May, 1999

Match 5 - 16 May, 1999

Match 6 - 17 May, 1999

Match 10 - 20 May, 1999

Match 11 - 20 May, 1999

Match 12 - 21 May, 1999

Match 16 - 23 May, 1999

Match 17 - 24 May, 1999

Match 18 - 24 May, 1999

Match 22 - 27 May, 1999

Match 23 - 27 May, 1999

Match 24 - 28 May, 1999

Match 28 - 30 May, 1999

Match 29 - 31 May, 1999

Match 30 - 31 May, 1999

Super Six Table

Points Carried Forward (PCF) only applied to the 6 teams which 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.

Super Six Results

1. 4 June 1999 Australia: 282/6 v India: 205 (Jadeja 100*), The Oval, Australia won by 77 runs
2. 5 June 1999 Pakistan: 220/7 v South Africa: 221/7, Nottingham, South Africa won by 3 wickets
3. 6 June 1999 New Zealand: 70/3 v Zimbabwe: 175, Leeds, No result
4. 8 June 1999 India: 227/6 v Pakistan: 180 (V Prasad 5/27), Manchester, India won by 47 runs
5. 9 June 1999 Australia: 303/4 (M Waugh 104) v Zimbabwe: 259/6 (N Johnson 132*), Lord's, Australia won by 44 runs
6. 10 June 1999 New Zealand: 213/8 v South Africa: 287/5, Birmingham, South Africa won by 74 runs
7. 11 June 1999 Pakistan: 271/9 (S Anwar 103) v Zimbabwe: 123, The Oval, Pakistan won by 148 runs
8. 12 June 1999 India: 251/6 v New Zealand: 253/5, Nottingham, New Zealand won by 5 wickets
9. 13 June 1999 Australia: 272/5 (S Waugh 120*) v South Africa: 271/7 (H Gibbs 101), Leeds, Australia won by 5 wickets

Semi-finals

1st Semi-Final - 16 June, 1999

2nd Semi-Final - 17 June, 1999

Australia progressed to the final because they had beaten South Africa in their encounter against them in the Super Sixes.

Final

Final - 20 June, 1999

Shane Warne was adjudged Man of the Match in the final as well as in the semi final. Rahul Dravid of India made the most runs while Lance Klusener of South Africa was declared the Player of the Tournament^[1] for his brilliant all round performance. Sourav Ganguly of India made the highest score by posting a mammoth 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton.

References and notes

External links

• Cricket World Cup 1999 Scorecardsin CricketFundas
• Cricket World Cup 1999 from Cricinfo

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