1996 Cricket World Cup

The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup 1996 after its official sponsors, ITC's Wills brand, was the sixth Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was a second World Cup to be hosted by Pakistan and India, and for the first time by Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, which defeated Australia in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.

Wills World Cup 1996
Dates14 February – 17 March
Administrator(s)International Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round robin and Knockout
Host(s) India
 Pakistan
 Sri Lanka
Champions Sri Lanka (1st title)
Runners-up Australia
Participants12
Matches played37
Player of the series Sanath Jayasuriya
Most runs Sachin Tendulkar (523)
Most wickets Anil Kumble (15)

Hosts

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

CitiesVenuesCapacityMatches
Calcutta, West Bengal Eden Gardens 120,000 1
Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh Green Park 45,000 1
Mohali, Punjab Punjab Cricket Association Stadium 40,000 1
Bangalore, Karnataka M. Chinnaswamy Stadium 55,000 1
Madras, Tamil Nadu M. A. Chidambaram Stadium 50,000 1
Hyderabad, Telangana Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium 30,000 1
Cuttack, Odisha Barabati Stadium 25,000 1
Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh Roop Singh Stadium 55,000 1
Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh Indira Priyadarshini Stadium 25,000 1
Patna, Bihar Moin-ul-Haq Stadium 25,000 1
Pune, Maharashtra Nehru Stadium 25,000 1
Bombay, Maharashtra Wankhede Stadium 45,000 1
Ahmedabad, Gujarat Sardar Patel Stadium 48,000 1
Vadodara, Gujarat Moti Bagh Stadium 18,000 1
Jaipur, Rajasthan Sawai Mansingh Stadium 30,000 1
Nagpur, Maharashtra Vidarbha C.A. Ground 40,000 1
Delhi, New Delhi Feroz Shah Kotla Ground 48,000 1

Pakistan

CitiesVenuesCapacityMatches
Karachi National Stadium 34,000 3
Lahore Gaddafi Stadium 27,000 4
Rawalpindi Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium 17,000 3
Peshawar Arbab Niaz Stadium 20,000 2
Faisalabad Iqbal Stadium 18,000 3
Gujranwala Jinnah Stadium 20,000 1

Sri Lanka

CitiesVenuesCapacityMatches
Colombo R. Premadasa Stadium 0*
Colombo Sinhalese Sports Club 1
Kandy Asgiriya Stadium 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.

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[1] 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 stunning counter-attack led by Aravinda de Silva to post a strong total of 251 for 8, in the chase India began promisingly but after the loss of Sachin Tendulkar's prized wicket they had slumped to 120 for 8 in the 35th over when 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. 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 for 4 to reach 207 for 8 from their 50 overs. The West Indians had reached 165 for 2 in the 42nd over before losing their last 8 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 for 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.

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:
16 February
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
151/9 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
155/4 (29.3 overs)
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
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad
Umpires: Steve Dunne and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Curtly Ambrose (WI)

17 February
Scorecard
v
Sri Lanka won by a walkover
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Cyril Mitchley
  • Australia forfeited the match due to safety concerns, and were in Bombay at the time of the match.

18 February
Scorecard
Kenya 
199/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
203/3 (41.5 overs)
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
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Umpires: K. T. Francis and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

21 February
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
228/6 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
229/4 (37 overs)
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
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Steve Dunne and Mahboob Shah
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)

21 February
Scorecard
West Indies 
173 (50 overs)
v
 India
174/5 (39.4 overs)
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
Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

23 February
Scorecard
Australia 
304/7 (50 overs)
v
 Kenya
207/7 (50 overs)
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
Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)

26 February
Scorecard
v
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
Scorecard
Kenya 
134 (49.4 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
137/5 (42.2 overs)
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
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
Scorecard
Australia 
258 (50 overs)
v
 India
242 (48 overs)
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
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay
Umpires: Steve Dunne and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)

29 February
Scorecard
Kenya 
166 (49.3 overs)
v
 West Indies
93 (35.2 overs)
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
Nehru Stadium, Pune
Umpires: Khizer Hayat and V. K. Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Ken)

1 March
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
154 (45.3 overs)
v
 Australia
158/2 (36 overs)
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
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Umpires: Steve Dunne and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

2 March
Scorecard
India 
271/3 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
272/4 (48.4 overs)
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
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

4 March
Scorecard
Australia 
229/6 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
232/6 (48.5 overs)
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
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Richie Richardson (WI)

6 March
Scorecard
India 
247/5 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
207 (49.4 overs)
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
Green Park, Kanpur
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Cyril Mitchley
Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)

6 March
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
398/5 (50 overs)
v
 Kenya
254/7 (50 overs)
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
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Steve Dunne and V. K. Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (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.[2]

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:
14 February
Scorecard
New Zealand 
239/6 (50 overs)
v
 England
228/9 (50 overs)
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
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)
v
 United Arab Emirates
152/8 (50 overs)
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
Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and V. K. Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Gary Kirsten (SA)

17 February 1996
Scorecard
New Zealand 
307/8 (50 overs)
v
 Netherlands
188/7 (50 overs)
Craig Spearman 68 (59)
Steven Lubbers 3/48 (9 overs)
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)

18 February
Scorecard
United Arab Emirates 
136 (48.3 overs)
v
 England
140/2 (35 overs)
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)
v
 South Africa
178/5 (37.3 overs)
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
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Steve Randell and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)

22 February
Scorecard
England 
279/4 (50 overs)
v
 Netherlands
230/6 (50 overs)
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
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)
v
 Pakistan
112/1 (18 overs)
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
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)
v
 England
152 (44.3 overs)
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
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)
v
 Pakistan
151/2 (30.4 overs)
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)
v
 United Arab Emirates
167/9 (47 overs)
Roger Twose 92 (112)
Azhar Saeed 3/45 (7 overs)
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)
v
 South Africa
243/5 (44.2 overs)
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
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)
v
 United Arab Emirates
220/3 (44.2 overs)
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
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)
v
 Pakistan
250/3 (47.4 overs)
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
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)
v
 Netherlands
168/8 (50 overs)
Andrew Hudson 161 (132)
Eric Gouka 1/32 (2 overs)
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)

6 March
Scorecard
Pakistan 
281/5 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
235 (47.3 overs)
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
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: K. T. Francis and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Saleem Malik (Pak)

Knockout stage

 
Quarter-finalsSemi-finalsFinal
 
          
 
9 March – Faisalabad, Pakistan
 
 
 England235/8
 
13 March – Calcutta, India
 
 Sri Lanka236/5
 
 Sri Lanka251/8
 
9 March – Bangalore, India
 
 India120/8
 
 India287/8
 
17 March – Lahore, Pakistan
 
 Pakistan248/9
 
 Sri Lanka245/3
 
11 March – Karachi, Pakistan
 
 Australia241/7
 
 West Indies264/8
 
14 March – Mohali, India
 
 South Africa245
 
 West Indies202
 
11 March – Madras, India
 
 Australia207/8
 
 New Zealand286/9
 
 
 Australia289/4
 

Quarter-finals

9 March
Scorecard
England 
235/8 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
236/5 (40.4 overs)
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
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)

9 March
Scorecard
India 
287/8 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
248/9 (49 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 93 (115)
Mushtaq Ahmed 2/56 (10 overs)
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 Sidhu (Ind)

11 March
Scorecard
West Indies 
264/8 (50 overs)
v
 South Africa
245 (49.3 overs)
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
National Stadium, Karachi
Umpires: K. T. Francis and Steve Randell
Player of the match: Brian Lara (WI)

11 March
Scorecard
New Zealand 
286/9 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
289/4 (47.5 overs)
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
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras
Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)

Semi-finals

13 March
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
251/8 (50 overs)
v
 India
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
Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Umpires: Steve Dunne and Cyril Mitchley
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
  • The match was awarded to Sri Lanka by match referee Clive Lloyd when play could not be continued due to the rioting crowd.

14 March
Scorecard
Australia 
207/8 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
202 (49.3 overs)
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
Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali
Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)

Final

17 March
Scorecard
Australia 
241/7 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
245/3 (46.2 overs)
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
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)

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
RunsPlayerCountry
523Sachin Tendulkar India
484Mark Waugh Australia
448Aravinda de Silva Sri Lanka
391Gary Kirsten South Africa
329Saeed Anwar Pakistan
Leading wicket takers
WicketsPlayerCountry
15Anil Kumble India
13Waqar Younis Pakistan
12
Paul Strang Zimbabwe
Roger Harper West Indies
Damien Fleming Australia
Shane Warne Australia

List of centuries

NameScoreBalls4s6sS/RTeamOppositionVenueDateODI #
NJ Astle1011328276.51 New Zealand EnglandAhmedabad14 February 19961048
G Kirsten188*159134118.23 South Africa United Arab EmiratesRawalpindi16 February 19961049
SR Tendulkar127*13815192.02 India KenyaBarabati Stadium, Cuttack18 February 19961052
GA Hick104*1336278.19 England NetherlandsPeshawar22 February 19961057
ME Waugh130128141101.56 Australia KenyaVisakhapatnam23 February 19961058
ME Waugh1261358393.33 Australia IndiaWankhede Stadium, Bombay27 February 19961065
Aamer Sohail1111398079.85 Pakistan South AfricaNational Stadium, Karachi29 February 19961067
SR Tendulkar13713785100.00 India Sri LankaFeroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi2 March 19961070
RT Ponting1021125191.07 Australia West IndiesJaipur4 March 19961072
AC Hudson161132134121.96 South Africa NetherlandsRawalpindi5 March 19961073
PA de Silva145115145126.08 Sri Lanka KenyaKandy6 March 19961074
VG Kambli10611011096.36 India ZimbabweGreen Park Stadium, Kanpur6 March 19961075
BC Lara11194160118.08 West Indies South AfricaNational Stadium, Karachi11 March 19961079
CZ Harris130124134104.83 New Zealand AustraliaMadras11 March 19961080
ME Waugh1101126298.21 Australia New ZealandMadras11 March 19961080
PA de Silva107*12413086.29 Sri Lanka AustraliaGaddafi Stadium, Lahore17 March 19961083

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