1999 Cricket World Cup statistics
This is a list of statistics for the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
Team Statistics
Highest team totals
The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.
Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
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India | 373/6 | Sri Lanka | County Ground, Taunton, England |
India | 329/2 | Kenya | County Ground, Bristol, England |
Australia | 303/4 | Zimbabwe | Lord's, England |
South Africa | 287/5 | New Zealand | Edgbaston, Birmingham, England |
Australia | 282/6 | India | Kennington Oval, London, England |
Pakistan | 275/8 | Australia | Headingley, Leeds, England |
Sri Lanka | 275/8 | Kenya | County Ground, Southampton, England |
Australia | 272/5 | South Africa | Headingley, Leeds, England |
Pakistan | 271/9 | Zimbabwe | Kennington Oval, London, England |
South Africa | 271/7 | Australia | Headingley, Leeds, England |
Largest winning margin
By runs
Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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India | 157 runs | Sri Lanka | County Ground, Taunton, England | 26 May 1999 |
Pakistan | 148 runs | Zimbabwe | Kennington Oval, London, England | 11 Jun 1999 |
South Africa | 122 runs | England | Kennington Oval, London, England | 22 May 1999 |
Pakistan | 94 runs | Scotland | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England | 20 May 1999 |
India | 94 runs | Kenya | County Ground, Bristol, England | 23 May 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
By wickets
Team | Margin | Overs Remaining | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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England | 9 wickets | 11.0 | Kenya | St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, England | 18 May 1999 |
Pakistan | 9 wickets | 2.3 | New Zealand | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England | 16 Jun 1999 |
England | 8 wickets | 3.1 | Sri Lanka | Lord's, England | 14 May 1999 |
West Indies | 8 wickets | 39.5 | Scotland | Grace Road, Leicester, England | 27 May 1999 |
Australia | 8 wickets | 29.5 | Pakistan | Lord's, England | 20 Jun 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
By balls remaining
Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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West Indies | 239 balls | Scotland | Grace Road, Leicester, England | 27 May 1999 |
New Zealand | 193 balls | Scotland | The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland | 31 May 1999 |
Australia | 181 balls | Bangladesh | Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England | 27 May 1999 |
Australia | 179 balls | Pakistan | Lord's, England | 20 Jun 1999 |
New Zealand | 102 balls | Bangladesh | County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England | 17 May 1999 |
Lowest team totals
This is a list of completed innings only, low totals in matches with reduced overs are omitted except when the team was all out. Successful run chases in the second innings are not counted.
Team | Score | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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Scotland | 68 (31.3 overs) | West Indies | Grace Road, Leicester, England | 27 May 1999 |
England | 103 (41 overs) | South Africa | Kennington Oval, London, England | 22 May 1999 |
Sri Lanka | 110 (35.2 overs) | South Africa | County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England | 19 May 1999 |
West Indies | 110 (46.4 overs) | Australia | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England | 30 May 1999 |
Bangladesh | 116 (37.4 overs) | New Zealand | County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England | 17 May 1999 |
By runs
Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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Zimbabwe | 3 runs | India | Grace Road, Leicester, England | 19 May 1999 |
Pakistan | 10 runs | Australia | Headingley, Leeds, England | 23 May 1999 |
Bangladesh | 22 runs | Scotland | The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland | 24 May 1999 |
Pakistan | 27 runs | West Indies | County Ground, Bristol, England | 16 May 1999 |
Australia | 44 runs | Zimbabwe | Lord's, England | 09 Jun 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
By wickets
Team | Margin | Overs Remaining | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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South Africa | 3 wickets | 1.0 | Pakistan | Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | 05 Jun 1999 |
South Africa | 4 wickets | 2.4 | India | County Cricket Ground, Hove, England | 15 May 1999 |
Sri Lanka | 4 wickets | 4.0 | Zimbabwe | New Road, Worcester, England | 22 May 1999 |
Australia | 5 wickets | 0.2 | South Africa | Headingley, Leeds, England | 13 Jun 1999 |
New Zealand | 5 wickets | 1.4 | India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | 12 Jun 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
By balls remaining
Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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Australia | 2 balls | South Africa | Headingley, Leeds, England | 13 Jun 1999 |
South Africa | 6 balls | Pakistan | Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | 05 Jun 1999 |
New Zealand | 10 balls | India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | 12 Jun 1999 |
Pakistan | 15 balls | New Zealand | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England | 16 Jun 1999 |
South Africa | 16 balls | India | County Cricket Ground, Hove, England | 15 May 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
Individual Statistics
Most runs
The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.
Players | Team | Runs | Matches | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
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Rahul Dravid | India | 461 | 8 | 8 | 65.85 | 85.52 | 145 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 1 |
Steve Waugh | Australia | 398 | 10 | 8 | 79.60 | 77.73 | 120* | 1 | 2 | 35 | 6 |
Sourav Ganguly | India | 379 | 7 | 7 | 54.14 | 81.15 | 183 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 8 |
Mark Waugh | Australia | 375 | 10 | 10 | 41.66 | 76.21 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 1 |
Saeed Anwar | Pakistan | 368 | 10 | 10 | 40.88 | 72.01 | 113* | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
Neil Johnson | Zimbabwe | 367 | 8 | 8 | 52.42 | 73.99 | 132* | 1 | 3 | 43 | 4 |
Ricky Ponting | Australia | 354 | 10 | 10 | 39.33 | 66.54 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 5 |
Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | 341 | 9 | 9 | 37.88 | 73.01 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 4 |
Roger Twose | New Zealand | 318 | 9 | 9 | 79.50 | 74.64 | 80* | 0 | 3 | 29 | 4 |
Jacques Kallis | South Africa | 312 | 8 | 8 | 52.00 | 66.38 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 4 |
Highest scores
This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.
Player | Team | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Opponent | Ground |
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Sourav Ganguly | India | 183 | 158 | 17 | 7 | Sri Lanka | County Ground, Taunton, England |
Rahul Dravid | India | 145 | 129 | 17 | 1 | Sri Lanka | County Ground, Taunton, England |
Sachin Tendulkar | India | 140* | 101 | 16 | 3 | Kenya | County Ground, Bristol, England |
Neil Johnson | Zimbabwe | 132* | 144 | 14 | 2 | Australia | Lord's, England |
Steve Waugh | Australia | 120* | 110 | 10 | 2 | South Africa | Headingley, Leeds, England |
Saeed Anwar | Pakistan | 113* | 148 | 9 | 0 | New Zealand | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England |
Rahul Dravid | India | 104* | 109 | 10 | 0 | Kenya | County Ground, Bristol, England |
Mark Waugh | Australia | 104 | 120 | 13 | 0 | Zimbabwe | Lord's, England |
Saeed Anwar | Pakistan | 103 | 144 | 11 | 0 | Zimbabwe | Kennington Oval, London, England |
Herschelle Gibbs | South Africa | 101 | 134 | 10 | 1 | Australia | Headingley, Leeds, England |
Most boundaries
Total Fours | Total Sixes | |||||
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Player | Team | No. of Fours | Player | Team | No. of Sixes | |
Rahul Dravid | India | 49 | Lance Klusener | South Africa | 10 | |
Neil Johnson | Zimbabwe | 43 | Sourav Ganguly | India | 8 | |
Saeed Anwar | Pakistan | 42 | Moin Khan | Pakistan | 6 | |
Sourav Ganguly | India | 39 | Thomas Odoyo | Kenya | 6 | |
Mark Waugh | Australia | 39 | Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 6 | |
Source: Cricinfo | Source: Cricinfo |
Most wickets
The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the tournament.
Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
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Geoff Allott | New Zealand | 20 | 9 | 16.25 | 26.3 | 3.70 | 4/37 |
Shane Warne | Australia | 20 | 10 | 18.05 | 28.3 | 3.82 | 4/29 |
Glenn McGrath | Australia | 18 | 10 | 20.38 | 31.8 | 3.83 | 5/14 |
Lance Klusener | South Africa | 17 | 9 | 20.58 | 26.7 | 4.61 | 5/21 |
Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan | 17 | 10 | 22.29 | 29.5 | 4.52 | 5/35 |
Allan Donald | South Africa | 16 | 9 | 20.31 | 30.7 | 3.96 | 4/17 |
Shoaib Akhtar | Pakistan | 16 | 10 | 24.43 | 30.3 | 4.83 | 3/11 |
Wasim Akram | Pakistan | 15 | 10 | 22.80 | 36.2 | 3.77 | 4/40 |
Damien Fleming | Australia | 14 | 10 | 25.85 | 37.7 | 4.11 | 3/57 |
Abdul Razzaq | Pakistan | 13 | 9 | 23.23 | 35.5 | 3.92 | 3/25 |
Best bowling figures
This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.
Player | Team | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
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Glenn McGrath | Australia | 8.4 | 5/14 | West Indies | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England |
Lance Klusener | South Africa | 8.3 | 5/21 | Kenya | VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands |
Venkatesh Prasad | India | 9.3 | 5/27 | Pakistan | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England |
Robin Singh | India | 9.3 | 5/31 | Sri Lanka | County Ground, Taunton, England |
Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan | 10.0 | 5/35 | Bangladesh | County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England |
Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 9.2 | 5/36 | Australia | Edgbaston, Birmingham, England |
Chris Harris | New Zealand | 3.1 | 4/7 | Scotland | The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Allan Donald | South Africa | 8.0 | 4/17 | England | Kennington Oval, London, England |
Courtney Walsh | West Indies | 10.0 | 4/25 | Bangladesh | Castle Avenue, Dublin, Ireland |
Shane Warne | Australia | 10.0 | 4/29 | South Africa | Edgbaston, Birmingham, England |
Most maidens
Player | Team | Inns | Mdns | Ave |
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Shaun Pollock | South Africa | 6 | 9 | 40.75 |
Steve Elworthy | South Africa | 5 | 8 | 17.85 |
Glenn McGrath | Australia | 7 | 8 | 14.60 |
Shane Warne | Australia | 7 | 8 | 17.00 |
Javagal Srinath | India | 4 | 7 | 18.00 |
Source: Cricinfo |
Hat-tricks
Player | Team | Batsmen out | Opponent | Date |
---|---|---|---|---|
Saqlain Mushtaq | Pakistan | Henry Olonga | Zimbabwe | 11 June 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
Most dismissals
This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.
Player | Team | Matches | Dismissals | Caught | Stumped | Max |
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Moin Khan | Pakistan | 10 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
Ridley Jacobs | West Indies | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
Adam Gilchrist | Australia | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 |
Mark Boucher | South Africa | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
Nayan Mongia | India | 7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
Most catches
This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.
Player | Team | Innings | Catches |
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Daryll Cullinan | South Africa | 9 | 8 |
Graeme Hick | England | 5 | 6 |
Graham Thorpe | England | 5 | 6 |
Nathan Astle | New Zealand | 9 | 6 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq | Pakistan | 10 | 6 |
Source: Cricinfo |
Other Statistics
Highest partnerships
The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.