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.

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Venues in Australia

Semi finals 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.