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
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

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Largest winning margin

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By runs

Team Margin Opponent Ground Date
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
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
 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
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

Smallest winning margin

By runs

Team Margin Opponent Ground Date
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
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
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

Batting 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
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

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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
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

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Most boundaries

Total Fours Total Sixes
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

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Bowling statistics

Most wickets

The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the tournament.

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
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
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
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

Adam Huckle

Pommie Mbangwa

Zimbabwe 11 June 1999
Source: Cricinfo

Fielding statistics

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
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
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.

By wicket
Wicket Runs Team Players Opposition Ground
1st 194 Pakistan Saeed Anwar Wajahatullah Wasti New Zealand Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
2nd 318 India Sourav Ganguly Rahul Dravid Sri Lanka County Ground, Taunton, England
3rd 237* India Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Kenya County Ground, Bristol, England
4th 126 Australia Ricky Ponting Steve Waugh South Africa Headingley, Leeds, England
5th 148 New Zealand Roger Twose Chris Cairns Australia Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales
6th 161 Kenya Maurice Odumbe Alpesh Vadher Sri Lanka County Ground, Southampton, England
7th 83 New Zealand Stephen Fleming Chris Harris Pakistan County Cricket Ground, Derby, England
8th 64 Sri Lanka Mahela Jayawardene Chaminda Vaas Kenya County Ground, Southampton, England
9th 44 South Africa Lance Klusener Steve Elworthy Sri Lanka County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England
10th 35 South Africa Lance Klusener Allan Donald Zimbabwe County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England
By Runs
2nd 318 India Sourav Ganguly Rahul Dravid Sri Lanka County Ground, Taunton, England
3rd 237* India Rahul Dravid Sachin Tendulkar Kenya County Ground, Bristol, England
1st 194 Pakistan Saeed Anwar Wajahatullah Wasti New Zealand Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
1st 176 South Africa Gary Kirsten Herschelle Gibbs New Zealand Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
6th 161 Kenya Maurice Odumbe Alpesh Vadher Sri Lanka County Ground, Southampton, England
2nd 159* England Nasser Hussain Graeme Hick Kenya St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, England
5th 148 New Zealand Roger Twose Chris Cairns Australia Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales
5th 141 India Ajay Jadeja Robin Singh (cricketer) Australia Kennington Oval, London, England
2nd 130 India Sourav Ganguly Rahul Dravid South Africa County Cricket Ground, Hove, England
3rd 129 Australia Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Zimbabwe Lord's, England

References

  1. ^ "ICC WORLD CUP, 1999 / HIGHEST TOTALS".
  2. ^ "ICC WORLD CUP, 1999 / LARGEST VICTORIES".
  3. ^ "Most Runs".
  4. ^ "High Scores".
  5. ^ "Most Boundaries".
  6. ^ "Most Sixes".