1999 World Cup Statistics

The 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup was the seventh edition of the tournament. It was hosted by primarily by England and some games were hosted in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands. Australia beat Pakistan in the final by 8 wickets at Lord's to lift the trophy for the 3rd time. Lance Klusener of South Africa was declared the Player of the Tournament. Rahul Dravid (India) scored most runs (461), Geoff Allott (New Zealand) and Shane Warne (Australia) tied each other for most wickets (20) in the tournament.

Top 5 Batsman  Player Team Matches I R HS Avg SR 100 50 4s 6s  Rahul Dravid IND 8 8 461 145 65.85 85.52 2 3 49 1  Steve Waugh AUS 10 8 398 120* 79.60 77.73 1 2 35 6  Sourav Ganguly IND 7 7 379 183 54.14 81.15 1 1 39 8  Mark Waugh AUS 10 10 375 104 41.66 76.21 1 2 39 1  Saeed Anwar PAK 10 10 368 113* 40.88 72.01 2 0 42 0 Top 5 Bowlers  Player Team Matches Wkts BBI Avg. Econ SR 5w  GI Allott NZ 9 20 4/37 16.25 3.70 26.3 0  Shane Warne AUS 10 20 4/29 18.05 3.82 28.3 0  Glenn McGrath AUS 10 18 5/14 20.58 3.83 31.8 1  Lance Klusener SA 9 17 5/21 20.58 4.61 26.7 1  Saqlain Mushtaq PAK 10 17 5/35 22.29 4.52 29.5 1 Top Individual Scores  Player Team Opp Score Balls SR 4s 6s Ground  Sourav Ganguly IND SL 183 158 115.82 17 6 Taunton  Rahul Dravid IND SL 145 129 112.40 17 1 Taunton  Sachin Tendulkar IND KEN 140* 101 138.61 16 3 Bristol  NC Johnson ZIM AUS 132* 144 91.66 14 2 Lord's  Steve Waugh AUS SA 120* 110 109.09 10 2 Leeds Top Bowling Figures in an Inning  Player Team Opp Bowling Figures Ground  Glen McGrath AUS WI 5/14 in 8.4 overs Manchester  Lance Klusener SA KEN 5/21 in 8.3 overs Amstelveen  V Prasad IND PAK 5/27 in 9.3 overs Manchester  Robin Singh IND SL 5/31 in 9.3 overs Taunton  Saqlain Mushtaq PAK BAN 5/35 in 10 overs Northampton Highest Partnerships  Partners Team Opp Runs Wkt Ground  SC Ganguly & R Dravid IND SL 318 2nd Taunton  R Dravid & SR Tendulkar IND KEN 237* 3rd Bristol  Saeed Anwar & Wajahatullah Wasti PAK NZ 194 1st Manchester  G Kirsten & HH Gibbs SA NZ 176 1st Birmingham  MO Odumbe & AV Vadher KEN SL 161 6th Southampton Most Dismissals (Wicket-Keeper)  Player Team Matches Dismissals Catch Stumps  Moin Khan Pak 10 16 12 4  RD Jacobs WI 5 14 14 0  Adam Gilchrist AUS 10 14 12 2  Mark Boucher SA 9 11 11 0  Nayan Mongia IND 7 9 8 1 Most Dismissals (Fielder)  Player Team Matches Dismissals Catch  DJ Cullinan SA 9 8 2  G Hick ENG 5 6 2  Graham Thorpe ENG 5 6 3  Nathan Astle NZ 9 6 3  Inzamam-ul-Haq PAK 10 6 2  Ricky Ponting AUS 10 6 3  Mark Waugh AUS 10 6 2  Steve Waugh AUS 10 6 2

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