1999 Cricket World Cup
The 1999 Cricket World Cup was the seventh edition of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council. It was hosted primarily by England, with some games being played in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands. The tournament was won by Australia, who beat Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. New Zealand and South Africa were the other semi-finalists.
The tournament featured 12 teams, playing a total of 42 matches. In the group stage, the teams were divided into two groups of six; each team played all the others in their group once. The top three teams from each group advanced to the Super Sixes, a new concept for the 1999 World Cup; each team carried forward the points from the games against the other qualifiers from their group and then played each of the qualifiers from the other group. The top four teams in the Super Sixes advanced to the semi-finals.
Qualification
The 1999 World Cup featured 12 teams, which was the same as the previous edition in 1996. The hosts England and the eight other test nations earned automatic qualification to the World Cup. The remaining three spots were decided at the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia.22 nations competed in the 1997 edition of the ICC Trophy. After going through two group stages, the semi-finals saw Kenya and Bangladesh qualify through to the World Cup. Scotland would be the third nation to qualify as they defeated Ireland in the third-place playoff.
| Team | Method of qualification | Finals appearances | Last appearance | Previous best performance | Group |
| Hosts | 7th | 1996 | Runners-up | A | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Champions | B | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Champions | A | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Semi-finals | B | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Champions | B | |
| Full member | 3rd | 1996 | Semi-finals | A | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Champions | A | |
| Full member | 7th | 1996 | Champions | B | |
| Full member | 5th | 1996 | Group stage | A | |
| 1997 ICC Trophy winner | 1st | — | Debut | B | |
| 1997 ICC Trophy runner-up | 2nd | 1996 | Group stage | A | |
| 1997 ICC Trophy third place | 1st | — | Debut | B |
Venues
England
Outside England
Scotland played two of their Group B matches in their home country becoming the first associate nation to host games in a World Cup. One Group B match was played in Wales and in Ireland respectively, while one Group A match was played in the Netherlands.Squads
Group stage
Group A
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Group B
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Super Six
This stage was among the most viewed segments of the tournament, as India and Pakistan were officially at war at the time of their match, the only time this has ever happened in the history of the sport.Teams who qualified for the Super Six stage only played against the teams from the other group; results against the other teams from the same group were carried forward to this stage. Results against the non-qualifying teams were therefore discarded at this point.
As a result of League match losses against New Zealand and Pakistan, even though Australia finished second in their group, they progressed to the Super Six stage with no points carried forward.
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Semi-finals
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Statistics
| Runs | Player | Country |
| 461 | Rahul Dravid | |
| 398 | Steve Waugh | |
| 379 | Sourav Ganguly | |
| 375 | Mark Waugh | |
| 368 | Saeed Anwar |
| Wickets | Player | Country |
| 20 | Geoff Allott | |
| 20 | Shane Warne | |
| 18 | Glenn McGrath | |
| 17 | Lance Klusener | |
| 17 | Saqlain Mushtaq |
| No. | Name | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | S/R | Team | Opposition | Venue | Date |
| 1 | SC Ganguly | 183 | 158 | 17 | 7 | 115.82 | Taunton | 26 May 1999 | ||
| 2 | R Dravid | 145 | 129 | 17 | 1 | 112.40 | Taunton | 26 May 1999 | ||
| 3 | SR Tendulkar | 140* | 101 | 16 | 3 | 138.61 | Bristol | 23 May 1999 | ||
| 4 | NC Johnson | 132* | 144 | 14 | 2 | 91.66 | Lord's | 9 June 1999 | ||
| 5 | SR Waugh | 120* | 110 | 10 | 2 | 109.09 | Headingley, Leeds | 13 June 1999 | ||
| 6 | Saeed Anwar | 113* | 148 | 9 | 0 | 76.35 | Old Trafford, Manchester | 16 June 1999 | ||
| 7 | R Dravid | 104* | 109 | 10 | 0 | 95.41 | Bristol | 23 May 1999 | ||
| 7 | ME Waugh | 104 | 120 | 13 | 0 | 86.66 | Lord's | 9 June 1999 | ||
| 9 | Saeed Anwar | 103 | 144 | 11 | 0 | 71.52 | The Oval | 11 June 1999 | ||
| 10 | HH Gibbs | 101 | 134 | 10 | 1 | 75.37 | Headingley, Leeds | 13 June 1999 | ||
| 11 | A Jadeja | 100* | 138 | 7 | 2 | 72.46 | The Oval | 4 June 1999 |
Lance Klusener of South Africa was declared the Player of the Tournament. Rahul Dravid of India scored most runs in the tournament. Geoff Allott of New Zealand and Shane Warne of Australia tied each other for most wickets taken in the tournament.