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    "title": "1996 World Cup Trivia and Facts",
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    "editor1": "<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.142858505249px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\">The 1996&nbsp;Cricket World Cup&nbsp;was the sixth edition of the International Cricket Council&#39;s (ICC) Cricket World Cup. It was held from 14th February&nbsp;to 17th March&nbsp;June 1996. It was jointly hosted by&nbsp;India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.142858505249px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">Teams<\/strong>&nbsp;- 12 Teams participated in the tournament which are categorized in two groups of 6 teams each. Group A - Sri Lanka, Australia, India, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Kenya. Group B - South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, England, United Arab Emiates, NetherlandsThe top four teams from each group then played the knock-out rounds of quarter-finals,&nbsp;semi-finals and final.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<p style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 10px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.142858505249px; text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; color: rgb(0, 128, 128);\"><strong style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\">1996 Wills&nbsp;World Cup<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\r\n\r\n<ul style=\"box-sizing: border-box; margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif; font-size: 12px; line-height: 17.142858505249px; text-align: justify;\">\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\">The&nbsp;world cup was officially known as Wills&nbsp;World Cup as the tournament was sponsored by Wills.&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><strong>Sachin Tendulkar&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>(India) was the highest scorer of the 1996 cricket world cup. He scored 523 runs in the tournament.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><strong>Anil Kumble&nbsp;<\/strong><\/span>(India) was the highest wicket of the 1996 cricket world cup. He took 15 wickets&nbsp;at an average of 18.73&nbsp;<\/span><\/span><span style=\"font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; line-height: 17.142858505249px; text-align: justify;\">in the tournament.<\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><strong>Gary Kirsten<\/strong><\/span>&nbsp;(S.Africa) scored the highest individual score of the&nbsp;world cup. He scored&nbsp;188* from 159&nbsp;balls&nbsp;against U.A.E.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><strong>Paul Strang<\/strong><\/span> (Zimbabwe) produced the best bowling figures of 5\/21&nbsp;against Kenya.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><strong>Sanath Jayasuriya <\/strong><\/span>(Sri Lanka) won the Man of the Tournament Award for his allround performance. He scored 221 runs and 7 wickets.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><strong>Aravinda de Silva<\/strong><\/span> (Sri Lanka) won the man of the match award in both semi-final (against India) and final (against Australia)<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><strong>Mark Waugh<\/strong><\/span> (Australia) scored 3 centuries in the tournament<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222;\">K Arthurton<\/span><\/strong> (West Indies) was out without scoring runs in the 5 innings played in the world cup.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><strong><span style=\"color:#B22222;\">Ian Healey<\/span><\/strong> (Australia) did 12 dismissals as a wicket-keeper.<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\"><span style=\"color:#B22222;\"><strong>Anil Kumble <\/strong><\/span>(India) picked highest number of catches (8) as a fielder<\/span><\/span><\/li>\r\n\t<li style=\"box-sizing: border-box;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-family: arial, helvetica, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"box-sizing: border-box; font-size: 14px;\">Highest team score in the tournament was made by Sri Lanka against Kenya. 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