Tuesday, October 30, 2012

The 1996 Cricket World Cup

The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup after its official sponsors.It was the sixth Cricket World Cup,it organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was the 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 by defeated Australia in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

Three teams made their World Cup debuts in 1996 ICC Cricket World Cup .The teams were The United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands and Kenya.

For the first time cricket lovers around the world saw the organization taking a leap forward, World Cup being hosted by three countries. Also for the first time, a host team taking glory of the champions trophy.Of course, unlike past Cricket World Cups, this one was dominated entirely by the batsmen,the one-day approach to the game by taking the attack within the first 15 overs. Arvinda De Silva (107 not out) became the third batsman, following Clive Lloyd and Viv Richards, to score a century in a World Cup Final.


Venues


1996 Cricket World Cup is located in India
Kolkata
Delhi
Ahmedabad
Chennai
Mohali
Nagpur
Bengaluru
Mumbai
Hyderabad
Cuttack
Gwalior
Visakhapatnam
Patna
Pune
Jaipur
Kanpur
Vadodara
Venues in India



1996 Cricket World Cup is located in Pakistan
Peshawar
Lahore
Faisalabad
Gujranwala
Karachi
Rawalpindi
Venues in Pakistan

1996 Cricket World Cup is located in Sri Lanka
Colombo
Kandy
Venues in Sri Lanka
Group stage
Group A

Team                    Pts     Pld     W     L     NR     T     NRR
 Sri Lanka             10       5       5      0       0       0     1.60
 Australia                6       5       3      2       0       0     0.90
 India                       6       5       3      2       0       0     0.45
 West Indies            4        5       2      3       0       0     −0.13
 Zimbabwe              2        5       1     4        0       0     −0.93
 Kenya                     2        5      1      4        0       0     −1.00



Group B


Team                              Pts        Pld     W     L     NR     T     NRR
 South Africa                  10           5       5      0       0       0     2.04
 Pakistan                           8           5       4      1       0       0     0.96
 New Zealand                   6            5       3     2       0        0     0.55
 England                            4           5       2      3      0        0     0.08
 United Arab Emirates      2           5        1     4       0        0     −1.83
 Netherlands                      0           5        0      5      0        0     −1.92





Quarter-finals

9 March               Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
                                England             v           Sri Lanka
                      235/8 (50 overs)                        236/5 (40.4 overs)
                                                                         Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets



9 March               M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore
                                  India                v            Pakistan
                      287/8 (50 overs)                           248/9 (49 overs)
                   India won by 39 runs



11 March             National Stadium, Karachi
                          West Indies                  v                   South Africa
                           264/8 (50 overs)                                   245 (49.3 overs)
                          West Indies won by 19 runs



11 March             MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras                                                                                                 New Zealand                v              Australia
                       286/9 (50 overs)                           289/4 (47.5 overs)
                                                                           Australia won by 6 wickets

 


Semi-finals

13 March             Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Scorecard            Sri Lanka                     v                   India
                             251/8 (50 overs)                              120/8 (34.1 overs)
                Sri Lanka was awarded the match


14 March             Punjab C.A. Stadium, Mohali
Scorecard               Australia                   v             West Indies
                                207/8 (50 overs)                      202 all out (49.3 overs)
                          Australia won by 5 runs





 Final


 17 March              Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
                           Australia                   v                 Sri Lanka
                    241/7 (50 overs)                               245/3 (46.2 overs)
                                                           Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets

  Man of The Series: Sanath Jayasurya


Tuesday, October 23, 2012

The history of 1992 Cricket World Cup

The 1992 Cricket World Cup (Benson & Hedges World Cup) was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 22 February to 25 March 1992.Australia and New Zealand playing the hosts.

The number of participating teams went up to nine.It was a complete round-robin, with all nine teams playing each other, replacing the two qualifying groups that were present earlier competitions. The participants included Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. In this tournament, for the first time, Man of the Series was awarded and it went to Martin Crowe from New Zealand.It was sponsored by Benson and Hedges, and Pakistan was the winner by defeated England.

The 1992 World Cup was the first to feature coloured clothing for the players, along with white balls and black sightscreens. Not only this, it was the first time that a number of matches were played under floodlights, rather than sunlight.

4The 1992 World Cup was also the first to be held in Southern hemisphere. It was also the first World Cup to include the South Africa national cricket team, which had been allowed to re-join the International Cricket Council as a Test-playing nation.



 Venues


1992 Cricket World Cup is located in Australia
Perth
Melbourne
Sydney
Hobart
Mackay
Brisbane
Adelaide
Ballarat
Canberra
Berri
\Albury
Venues in Australia











Semi finals
1992 Cricket World Cup is located in New Zealand
Auckland
Christchurch
Dunedin
Hamilton
Napier
New Plymouth
Wellington
Venues in New Zealand




    1st Semi Final: New Zealand v Pakistan at Auckland - Mar 21, 1992, Pakistan won by 4 wickets (with 1 over remaining) (NZ 262/7; Pak 264/6)

    2nd Semi Final: England v South Africa at Sydney - Mar 22, 1992, England won by 19 runs (revised target) (Eng 252/6 (45/45 ov); SA 232/6 (43/43 ov)


Final

25 March 1992                 Pakistan                v              England
scorecard                             249/6 (50 overs)                  227/10 (49.2 overs)
                                                    Pakistan won by 22 runs
venue                           Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
                                            

Imran Khan and Javed Miandad settled down to see off the new ball. A crucial moment occurred when Imran Khan was dropped by Graham Gooch at 9 runs. He later went on to score a match-winning 72. At the 25 over , Pakistan had only scored 70, but accelerated the score to 139 by the 31st over as Javed Miandad summoned a runner and Imran and him built a steady partnership. During his innings, Imran Khan hit a huge six off Richard Illingworth. Imran went onto score 72 and Miandad 58 to steady the innings, expectedly followed by an onslaught from Inzamam (42) and Wasim Akram (35) enabling Pakistan to give England a fighting target of 250.

England's start was shaky. Ian Botham was dismissed for a duck by Wasim Akram, followed by Stewart, Hick and Gooch, which left England tumbling at 69/4. A solid partnership of 71 between Allan Lamb and Neil Fairbrother left Imran with no choice but to give an early second spell to his main pacer Wasim Akram in the 35th over. The decision wrote the fate of the match. Two magical deliveries from the great left arm fast bowler showed Allan Lamb and the dangerous Chris Lewis to the pavilion door. Soon Fairbrother was caught by Moin Khan off Aaqib Javed to seal England's last hope. When the cards were laid down, Captain Imran Khan had the last laugh when Richard Illingworth was caught by Ramiz Raja off his delivery to finish off the final and crown Pakistan World Champions of cricket.
                                               


Wednesday, October 17, 2012

The history of 1987 ICC cricket world cup

The fourth ODI World Cup brought across many firsts in the history of the tournament.It was the first time that its matches were played outside of  England.The hosting countries were India and Pakistan. Of the total 27 matches, 17 were played in India and 10 in Pakistan. It was sponsored by the Indian major Reliance and came to be known as Reliance World Cup as well. The matches started on October 8 and came to an end with the final on November 8. The format of the World Cup continued to be the same, with the only change being the reduction in the number of overs per team, from 60 to 50.The matches were played with traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day.Eight teams were participed namely Australia, England, Pakistan, India, Sri Lanka, West Indies, New Zealand, and Zimbabwe. The four teams that reached semi-finals were India, Pakistan, England and Australia and the wining two of the semi finals were moving on to the finals. In the final match, Australia beat England by 7 runs. David Boon was declared 'Man of the Match' . The tournament saw Graham Gooch making the most number of runs (471) and Craig McDermott claiming the maximum wickets (18). There was no 'Man of the Series' awarded in 1987.


Group A

TeamPtsPldWLRR
 India206515.41
 Australia206515.19
 New Zealand86244.89
 Zimbabwe06063.76

Group B


TeamPtsPldWLRR
 Pakistan206515.01
 England166425.14
 West Indies126335.16
 Sri Lanka06064.04

Semi-Finals


Australia                      Vs                   Pakistan
267/6 (50 overs)                                249 (49.2 overs)

Australia won the toss and chose to bat. The Australian batsmen got off to a very good start,David Boon (65 from 91 balls, 4 fours) top scoring, and making an 82 run second-wicket partnership with DM Jones. Australia were looking to reach 300 with strong batting before Imran Khan took 3 wickets for 17 runs in 5 overs. Australia lost 4/31, but a high number of extras (34) from the Pakistani bowlers, as well as the solid batting from earlier on, brought Australia to 267 (8 wickets, 50 overs). Pakistan started badly, falling to 3/38. Imran Khan (58 from 84 balls, 4 fours) and Javed Miandad (70 from 103 balls, 4 fours) shared a partnership of 112 runs in 26 overs. However,the required run rate at 7.87 runs when Miandad fell, there was just too much for the upcoming batsmen to do, and Pakistan lost 6/99 as they were bowled all out for 249 (all out, 49 overs)






England                        Vs                   India
254/6 (50 overs)                                219 (45.3 overs)

India won the toss and chose to field. After reaching 2/79, Graham Gooch (115 from 136 balls, 11 fours) and captain Mike Gatting (56 from 62 balls, 5 fours) shared a partnership of 117 runs in 19 overs. After Gooch was finally stumped, 51 more runs were added, and England reached 254 (6 wickets, 50 overs). India made a bad start, falling to 3/73.Mohammed Azharuddin, (64 from 74 balls, 7 fours) top scoring. Before Azharuddin was removed lbw by Eddie Hemmings, India were at 5/204, needing 5 runs an over from the last 10 overs, with 5 wickets in hand, and it looked like it would be a very close game. Moreover, the middle and last order for India collapsed, as India lost 5/15. India were bowled all out for 219 (all out, 45.3 overs), giving England both a berth in the final and a measure of revenge for the loss they suffered to India in the semifinal of the World Cup four years earlier in England.


Final


Australia                        Vs                  England
253/5 (50 overs)                                246/8 (50 overs)

Australia won the toss and chose to bat. David Boon (75 from 125 balls, 7 fours) top-scored for Australia, whose batsmen scored fluently. Australia posted 253 (5 wickets, 50 overs). Mike Veletta (45 from 31 balls, 6 fours). In the English reply, opener Tim Robinson was bowled for a first ball duck. Bill Athey (58 from 103 balls, 2 fours) top-scored, and England were almost on target,when captain Mike Gatting (41 from 45 balls, 3 fours, 1 six) handed back the initiative with the loss of his wicket, which ended a growing partnership of 69 runs in 13 overs between him and Athey. Allan Lamb (45 from 55 balls, 4 fours) also posted a great innings, but it was in vain as the required run-rate for England began to rise. When England failed to score the last 17 runs from the final over, the cup went to Australia.








Tuesday, October 16, 2012

The 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup



The 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup (also known as Prudential World Cup) was the third version of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 June to 25 June 1983 in England. Eight countries participated in the event.The 1983 World Cup was full of dramatic cricket right from the start. Teams like India and Zimbabwe who were not playing well at those times scored upset victories over the West Indies and Australia. England, Pakistan, India and tournament favourites West Indies qualified for the semi-finals. The primary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.The matches consisted of 60 overs per team and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day..
Group A
Team
Pts
Pld
W
L
NR
RR
England
20
6
5
1
0
4.671
Pakistan
12
6
3
3
0
4.01
New Zealand
12
6
3
3
0
3.927
Sri Lanka
4
6
1
5
0
3.752


Team
Pts
Pld
W
L
NR
RR
West Indies
20
6
5
1
0
4.308
India
16
6
4
2
0
3.870
Australia
8
6
2
4
0
3.808
Zimbabwe
4
6
1
5
0
3.492

Semi-finals



In the first semi-final, at Old Trafford on 22 June, England won the toss and chose to bat first. England scored 213 (all out, 60 overs). Graeme Fowler (33 from 59 balls, 3 fours) top scored, and Kapil Dev took 3 for 35 in eleven overs, with Mohinder Amarnath and Roger Binny taking two wickets each. In reply, Yashpal Sharma (61 from 115 balls, 3 fours, 2 sixes) and Sandeep Patil (51 from 32 balls, 8 fours) made half-centuries, as India reached their target in 54.4 overs, winning by 6 wickets. Mohinder Amarnath (46 from 92 balls, 4 fours, 1 six),(2/27 in 12 overs). picked up the man-of-the-match award for his all round performance.

The second semi-final, between Pakistan and the West Indies, was staged at The Oval on the same day. West Indies won the toss and chose to bowl first.Pakistan scored 184 (8 wickets, 60 overs). Mohsin Khan (70 from 176 balls, 1 four,he was the only Pakistani batsman to reach 50). Malcolm Marshall (3-28) and Andy Roberts (2-25) starred with the ball. The West Indies batsman start a superb innings by Viv Richards (80 from 96 balls, 11 fours, 1 six), who took the man-of-the-match award, and an unbeaten half-century by Larry Gomes (50 from 100 balls, 3 fours) as the defending champions reached their target earlier by two wickets

Final
In the final, India lost the toss and were asked to bat first against a West Indies team. Only Krishnamachari Srikkanth (38 from 57 balls) and Mohinder Amarnath (26 from 80 balls) stayed in the pitch for long.India put a total of 183 (all out, 54.4 overs). Only three sixes were hit in the Indian innings, one from SriKkanth, one from Sandeep Patil (27 from 29 balls), and one from Madan Lal (17 from 27 balls). Moreover, the Indian bowling were matched by the weather and pitch conditions perfectly.West Indies scored 140 from 52 overs in return, winning by 43 runs and completing one of the most stunning upsets in cricket history. Amarnath and Madan Lal (3-31) each took three wickets, and one memorable moment was the sight of Kapil Dev running a great distance (about 18-20 yards) to take a catch to dismiss Richards, the West Indies top scorer with 33 from 28 balls. Amarnath was the most economical bowler, giving just 12 runs from his seven overs while taking 3 wickets, and was once again awarded the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance. There was also no 'Man of the Series' awarded in 1983.