1992 Cricket World Cup
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| 1992 Benson and Hedges World Cup | |
 The Melbourne Cricket Ground during the final |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One-Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
| Host |  Australia |
| Champions |  Pakistan (1st title) |
| Participants | 9 |
| Matches played | 39 |
| Player of the series |  Martin Crowe |
| Most runs | Martin Crowe (456) |
| Most wickets | Wasim Akram (18) |
The Cricket World Cup in 1992 (aka Benson & Hedges World Cup) was the fifth edition of the tournament and was won by Pakistan. It was held from February 22 to March 25, 1992 in Australia and New Zealand.
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[edit] Rule changes
The 1991-92 World Cup saw several changes from previous tournaments:
- the first World Cup to have day/night matches[1]
- the first World Cup to use white cricket balls and coloured team uniforms[1]
- A controversial system of recalculating team totals for a reduced number of overs for matches affected by rain was introduced.[1]
- the first World Cup to feature an African Test nation - South Africa.
- the first World Cup held in the Southern hemisphere.
- New techniques were used
- pinch-hitters (Batsmen sent in the early stages (higher order) to hit the ball over the infield to ensure a good start to the innings)
- New Zealand opening with spin bowlers to confuse the higher order batsmen who are used to fast bowlers trying to extract speed and bounce with the new ball
The format was changed from the 1987 to accommodate South Africa. Nine countries participated in the event and, for the first time, the teams were not divided into groups. The first stage involved a complete round-robin and required 36 matches. The top four teams qualified for the semi-finals.
[edit] Overview of the tournament
The countries participating were all Test nations, with the exception of Zimbabwe:
The 1992 World Cup was won by Pakistan, captained by Imran Khan, who beat England by 22 runs in the final at the Melbourne Cricket Ground (MCG), to see the "Cornered tigers" and Imran Khan lift the trophy. Pakistan won just one of their first five matches and only qualified for the semi-finals by beating the previously undefeated New Zealand side in their final round robin game. In one of the games Pakistan looked set to lose with England on 24-1 chasing Pakistan's score of 74 all out, but were saved by a spell of rain, which left the game as a no-result, the sides taking one point each. Without that point Pakistan would not have qualified for the semi-finals. New Zealand and South Africa were the losing semi-finalists.
South Africa's semi-final against England ended in controversial circumstances when, after a rain delay, the rule in use for revising target scores in rain-affected matches revised their target from 22 runs from 13 balls to an impossible 21 runs from one ball. This rule was replaced for One-day International matches in Australia after the World Cup, and it was eventually superseded by the Duckworth-Lewis method for the 1999 World Cup onwards. The revised D/L target for the match would have been four runs to tie or five to win from the final ball. [2]
A notable feature of this World Cup was the innovative tactics employed by New Zealand captain Martin Crowe, who opened his team's bowling with a spin bowler, Dipak Patel, rather than with a fast bowler, as is usual practice. Another innovation was the opening of the New Zealand batting by pinch hitters.
New Zealand lost only two matches in the tournament, a Group match and their Semi-final, both against Pakistan.
[edit] Group Stage
[edit] Table
| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | NR | T | RD | RR |
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| New Zealand |
14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.59 | 4.76 |
 England |
11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.47 | 4.36 |
 South Africa |
10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 4.36 |
| Pakistan |
9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.17 | 4.33 |
| Australia |
8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 4.22 |
 West Indies |
8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 4.14 |
 India |
5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.14 | 4.95 |
 Sri Lanka |
5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | −0.68 | 4.21 |
 Zimbabwe |
2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | −1.14 | 4.03 |
- New Zealand v Australia at Auckland - February 22, 1992
- New Zealand 248-6 (Martin Crowe 100*, Ken Rutherford 57) (50 ov); Australia 211 (David Boon 100, Gavin Larsen 3-30) (48.1 ov). New Zealand won by 37 runs.
- England v India at Perth - February 22, 1992
- England 236-9 (Robin Smith 91, Graham Gooch 51) (50 ov); India 227 (Ravi Shastri 57, Dermot Reeve 3-38, Ian Botham 2-27) (49.2 ov). England won by 9 runs.
- Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe at New Plymouth - February 23, 1992
- Zimbabwe 312-4 (Andy Flower 115*, Andrew Waller 83*, Kevin Arnott 52) (50 ov); Sri Lanka 313-7 (Arjuna Ranatunga 88*, Athula Samarasekera 75, Roshan Mahanama 59, Eddo Brandes 3-70) (49.2 ov). Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets.
- Pakistan v West Indies at Melbourne - February 23, 1992
- Pakistan 220-2 (Rameez Raja 102*, Javed Miandad 57*) (50 ov); West Indies 221-0 (Desmond Haynes 93*, Brian Lara 88 rh) (46.5 ov). West Indies won by 10 wickets.
- New Zealand v Sri Lanka at Hamilton - February 25, 1992
- Sri Lanka 206-9 (Roshan Mahanama 80, Willie Watson 3-37, Chris Harris 3-43) (50 ov); New Zealand 210-4 (Ken Rutherford 65*, John Wright 57) (48.2 ov). New Zealand won by 6 wickets.
- Australia v South Africa at Sydney - February 26, 1992
- Australia 170-9 (Allan Donald 3-34) (49 ov); South Africa 171-1 (Kepler Wessels 81*) (46.5 ov). South Africa won by 9 wickets.
- Pakistan v Zimbabwe at Hobart - February 27, 1992
- Pakistan 254-4 (Aamir Sohail 114, Javed Miandad 89, Iain Butchart 3-57) (50 ov); Zimbabwe 201-7 (Wasim Akram 3-21)(50 ov). Pakistan won by 53 runs.
- England v West Indies at Melbourne - February 27, 1992
- West Indies 157 (Keith Arthurton 54, Chris Lewis 3-30, Phillip DeFreitas 3-34) (49.2 ov); England 160-4 (Graham Gooch 65, Graeme Hick 54) (39.5 ov). England won by 6 wickets.
- India v Sri Lanka at Mackay - February 28, 1992
- India 1-0 (0.2 ov). No result.
- New Zealand v South Africa at Auckland - February 29, 1992
- South Africa 190-7 (Peter Kirsten 90) (50 ov); New Zealand 191-3 (Mark Greatbatch 68, Rod Latham 60) (34.3 ov). New Zealand won by 7 wickets.
- West Indies v Zimbabwe at Brisbane - February 29, 1992
- West Indies 264-8 (Brian Lara 72, Carl Hooper 63, Richie Richardson 56, Eddo Brandes 3-45) (50 ov); Zimbabwe 189-7 (Ali Shah 60, David Houghton 55, Winston Benjamin 3-27) (50 ov). West Indies won by 75 runs.
- Australia v India at Brisbane - March 1, 1992
- Australia 237-9 (Dean Jones 90, Kapil Dev 3-41, Manoj Prabhakar 3-41) (50 ov); India 234 (Mohammad Azharuddin 93, Tom Moody 3-56) (47 ov). Australia won by 1 run (revised target).[1]
- England v Pakistan at Adelaide - March 1, 1992
- Pakistan 83 (Derek Pringle 3-8) (40.2 ov); England 24-1 (8 ov). No result.
- South Africa v Sri Lanka at Wellington - March 2, 1992
- South Africa 195 (Don Anurasiri 3-41) (50 ov); Sri Lanka 198-7 (Roshan Mahanama 68, Arjuna Ranatunga 64*, Allan Donald 3-42) (49.5 ov). Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets.
- New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Napier - March 3, 1992
- New Zealand 162-3 (Martin Crowe 74*, Andrew Jones 57) (20.5 ov); Zimbabwe 105-7 (Chris Harris) 3-15, Gavin Larsen 3-16)(18 ov). New Zealand won by 48 runs.
- India v Pakistan at Sydney - March 4, 1992
- India 216-7 (Sachin Tendulkar 54*, Mushtaq Ahmed 3-59) (49 ov); Pakistan 173 (Aamir Sohail 62) (48.1 ov). India won by 43 runs.
- South Africa v West Indies at Christchurch - March 5, 1992
- South Africa 200-8 (Peter Kirsten 56) (50 ov); West Indies 136 (Gus Logie 61, Meyrick Pringle 4-11) (38.4 ov). South Africa won by 64 runs.
- Australia v England at Sydney - March 5, 1992
- Australia 171 (Tom Moody 51, Ian Botham 4-31) (49 ov); England 173-2 (Graham Gooch 58, Ian Botham 53) (40.5 ov). England won by 8 wickets.
- India v Zimbabwe at Hamilton - March 7, 1992
- India 203-7 (Sachin Tendulkar 81, John Traicos 3-35, Mark Burmester 3-36) (32 ov); Zimbabwe 104-1 (19.1 ov). India won by 55 runs.
- Australia v Sri Lanka at Adelaide - March 7, 1992
- Sri Lanka 189-9 (Aravinda de Silva 62) (50 ov); Australia 190-3 (Geoff Marsh 60, Tom Moody 57) (44 ov). Australia won by 7 wickets.
- New Zealand v West Indies at Auckland - March 8, 1992
- West Indies 203-7 (Brian Lara 52) (50 ov); New Zealand 206-5 (Martin Crowe 81*, Mark Greatbatch 63) (48.3 ov). New Zealand won by 5 wickets.
- Pakistan v South Africa at Brisbane - March 8, 1992
- South Africa 211-7 (Andrew Hudson 54) (50 ov); Pakistan 173-8 (Adrian Kuiper 3-40) (36 ov). South Africa won by 20 runs.
- England v Sri Lanka at Ballarat - March 9, 1992
- England 280-6 (Neil Fairbrother 63, Alec Stewart 59) (50 ov); Sri Lanka 174 (Chris Lewis 4-30) (44 ov). England won by 106 runs.
- India v West Indies at Wellington - March 10, 1992
- India 197 (Mohammad Azharuddin 61, Andy Cummins 4-33) (49.4 ov); West Indies 195-5 (Keith Arthurton 58*) (40.2 ov). West Indies won by 5 wickets.
- South Africa v Zimbabwe at Canberra - March 10, 1992
- Zimbabwe 163 (Peter Kirsten 3-31) (48.3 ov); South Africa 164-3 (Kepler Wessels 70, Peter Kirsten 62*) (45.1 ov). South Africa won by 7 wickets.
- Australia v Pakistan at Perth - March 11, 1992
- Pakistan 220-9 (Aamir Sohail 76, Steve Waugh 3-36) (50 ov); Australia 172 (Aaqib Javed 3-21, Mushtaq Ahmed 3-41) (45.2 ov). Pakistan won by 48 runs.
- New Zealand v India at Dunedin - March 12, 1992
- India 230-6 (Sachin Tendulkar 84, Mohammad Azharuddin 55, Chris Harris 3-55) (50 ov); New Zealand 231-6 (Mark Greatbatch 73, Andrew Jones 67, Manoj Prabhakar 3-46) (47.1 ov). New Zealand won by 4 wickets.
- England v South Africa at Melbourne - March 12, 1992
- South Africa 236-4 (Kepler Wessels 85, Andrew Hudson 79) (50 ov); England 226-7 (Alec Stewart 77, Neil Fairbrother 75*, Richard Snell 3-42) (40.5 ov). England won by 3 wickets.
- Sri Lanka v West Indies at Berri - March 13, 1992
- West Indies 268-8 (Phil Simmons 110, Chandika Hathurusinghe 4-57) (50 ov); Sri Lanka 177-9 (50 ov). West Indies won by 91 runs.
- Australia v Zimbabwe at Hobart - March 14, 1992
- Australia 265-6 (Mark Waugh 66*, Steve Waugh 55, Dean Jones 54) (46 ov); Zimbabwe 137 (41.4 ov). Australia won by 128 runs.
- New Zealand v England at Wellington - March 15, 1992
- England 200-8 (Graeme Hick 56) (50 ov); New Zealand 201-3 (Andrew Jones 78, Martin Crowe 73*) (40.5 ov). New Zealand won by 7 wickets.
- India v South Africa at Adelaide - March 15, 1992
- India 180-6 (Mohammad Azharuddin 79) (30 ov); South Africa 181-4 (Peter Kirsten 84, Andrew Hudson 53) (29.1 ov). South Africa won by 6 wickets.
- Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Perth - March 15, 1992
- Sri Lanka 212-6 (50 ov); Pakistan 216-6 (Javed Miandad 57, Salim Malik 51) (49.1 ov). Pakistan won by 4 wickets.
- New Zealand v Pakistan at Christchurch - March 18, 1992
- New Zealand 166 (Wasim Akram 4-32) (48.2 ov); Pakistan 167-3 (Rameez Raja 119*, Danny Morrison 3-42) (44.4 ov). Pakistan won by 7 wickets.
- England v Zimbabwe at Albury - March 18, 1992
- Zimbabwe 134 (Ian Botham 3-23, Richard Illingworth 3-33) (46.1 ov); England 125 (Eddo Brandes 4-21) (49.1 ov). Zimbabwe won by 9 runs.
- Australia v West Indies at Melbourne - March 18, 1992
- Australia 216-6 (David Boon 100, Andy Cummins 3-38) (50 ov); West Indies 159 (Brian Lara 70, Mike Whitney 4-34) (42.4 ov). Australia won by 57 runs.
[edit] Knockout Stage
[edit] Semi-Finals
| March 21, 1992 | ||||
| New Zealand 262/7 (50 overs) |
vs | Pakistan 263/6 (49 overs) |
Pakistan won by 4 wickets Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd Man of the Match: Inzamam-ul-Haq |
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| Martin Crowe 91 (83 balls) Wasim Akram 2/40 (10 overs) Mushtaq Ahmed 2/40 (10 overs) |
scorecard | Inzamam-ul-Haq 60 (48 balls) Willie Watson 2/39 (10 overs) |
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| March 22, 1992 | ||||
| England 252/6 (45 overs) |
vs | South Africa 232/6 (43 overs) |
England won by 19 runs (rain rule) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve Randell Man of the Match: Graeme Hick |
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| Graeme Hick 83 (90 balls) Meyrick Pringle 2/36 (9 overs) |
scorecard | Andrew Hudson 46 (52 balls) Richard Illingworth 2/46 (10 overs) |
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[edit] Final
| March 25, 1992 | ||||
| Pakistan 249/6 (50 overs) |
vs | England 227 all out (49.2 overs) |
Pakistan won by 22 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve Bucknor Man of the Match: Wasim Akram |
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| Imran Khan 72 (110 balls) Derek Pringle 3/22 (10 overs) |
scorecard | Neil Fairbrother 62 (70 balls) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/41 (10 overs) |
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[edit] Statistics
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[edit] Man of the Series
[edit] Notes and references
- ^ a b c Williamson, Martin (2007-03-17). Ruling an impossible target. Cricinfo. Retrieved on 2007-04-28.
- ^ "Stump the Bearded Wonder", Bill Frindall explains how D&L would apply to 1992 WC semi-final
- ^ Issacs, Vic. Benson & Hedges World Cup, 1991/92, Final. CricInfo. Retrieved on 2007-04-29.
- Wisden Almanack Report
- List A Limited Overs Matches played in Australia Season 1992/93
- Imran's Tigers turn the corner
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