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| Event | 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup | ||||||||
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| Australia won by 8 wickets | |||||||||
| Date | 20 June 1999 | ||||||||
| Venue | Lord's Cricket Ground, London | ||||||||
| Player of the match | Shane Warne (Aus) | ||||||||
| Umpires | Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) | ||||||||
| Attendance | 30,040 | ||||||||
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The final of the 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup was played at Lord's, London on 20 June 1999. This was the fourth time Lord's had hosted the final of an ICC Cricket World Cup, previously hosting finals in 1975, 1979 and 1983. Australia won their second title by defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final. Shane Warne was declared Man of the Match for taking 4 wickets.
Details
Match officials
- On-field umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng)
- Third umpire: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind)
- Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL)
Summary
Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. In a fine bowling display, Australia bundled out Pakistan for a score of 132. Pakistan failed to build any substantial partnerships. The pick of the bowlers was Shane Warne who took 4 wickets for 33 runs from nine overs. In reply, Adam Gilchrist attacked immediately, making a quick 50. Australia won the match after 20.1 overs, losing just two wickets. Warne won the man of the match award and Australia lifted the World Cup.
| 20 June 1999 Scorecard |
Pakistan  132 (39 overs) |
v |  Australia133/2 (20.1 overs) |
| Ijaz Ahmed 22 (46) Shane Warne 4/33 (9 overs) |
Adam Gilchrist 54 (36) Saqlain Mushtaq 1/21 (4.1 overs) |
| Australia win by 8 wickets Lord's, London Attendance: 30,040 Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
Scorecard
| Pakistan batting | |||||||
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| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Saeed Anwar | b Fleming | 15 | 17 | 3 | 0 | 88.23 | |
| Wajahatullah Wasti | c ME Waugh b McGrath | 1 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 7.14 | |
| Abdul Razzaq | c SR Waugh b Moody | 17 | 51 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Ijaz Ahmed | b Warne | 22 | 46 | 2 | 0 | 47.82 | |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | c †Gilchrist b Reiffel | 15 | 33 | 0 | 0 | 45.45 | |
| Moin Khan † | c †Gilchrist b Warne | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 | |
| Shahid Afridi | lbw b Warne | 13 | 16 | 2 | 0 | 81.85 | |
| Azhar Mahmood | c & b Moody | 8 | 17 | 1 | 0 | 47.05 | |
| Wasim Akram* | c SR Waugh b Warne | 8 | 20 | 0 | 1 | 40.00 | |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | c Ponting b McGrath | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 | |
| Shoaib Akhtar | not out | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 | |
| Extras | (lb 10, nb 2, w 13) | 25 | |||||
| Total | (all out in 39 overs) | 132 | 10 | 1 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-21 (Wasti, 4.4 ov), 2-21 (Anwar, 5.1 ov), 3-68 (Razzaq, 19.4 ov), 4-77 (Ijaz, 23.4 ov), 5-91 (Moin, 27.1 ov), 6-104 (Inzamam, 30.1 ov), 7-113 (Afridi, 31.6 ov), 8-129 (Mahmood, 36.6 ov), 9-129 (Akram, 37.2 ov), 10-132 (Saqlain, 38.6 ov)
| Australia bowling | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Glenn McGrath | 9 | 3 | 13 | 2 | 1.44 | 0 | 0 |
| Damien Fleming | 6 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 5.00 | 4 | 2 |
| Paul Reiffel | 10 | 1 | 29 | 1 | 2.90 | 2 | 0 |
| Tom Moody | 5 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 3.40 | 1 | 0 |
| Shane Warne | 9 | 1 | 33 | 4 | 3.66 | 2 | 0 |
| Australia batting | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Status | Runs | Balls | 4s | 6s | Strike rate | |
| Mark Waugh | not out | 37 | 52 | 4 | 0 | 71.15 | |
| Adam Gilchrist † | c Inzamam b Saqlain | 54 | 36 | 8 | 1 | 150.00 | |
| Ricky Ponting | c †Moin b Akram | 24 | 27 | 3 | 0 | 88.88 | |
| Darren Lehmann | not out | 13 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 144.44 | |
| Steve Waugh* | |||||||
| Michael Bevan | |||||||
| Tom Moody | |||||||
| Shane Warne | |||||||
| Paul Reiffel | |||||||
| Damien Fleming | |||||||
| Glenn McGrath | |||||||
| Extras | (lb 1, w 3, nb 1) | 5 | |||||
| Total | (2 wickets; 20.1 overs) | 133 | 17 | 1 | |||
Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Gilchrist, 10.1 ov), 2-112 (Ponting, 17.4 ov)
| Pakistan bowling | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Econ | Wides | NBs |
| Wasim Akram | 8 | 1 | 41 | 1 | 5.12 | 0 | 0 |
| Shoaib Akhtar | 4 | 0 | 37 | 0 | 9.25 | 4 | 2 |
| Abdul Razzaq | 2 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 6.50 | 2 | 0 |
| Azhar Mahmood | 2 | 0 | 20 | 0 | 10.00 | 1 | 0 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | 4.1 | 0 | 21 | 1 | 5.04 | 2 | 0 |
External links
- Cricket World Cup 1999 Scorecards in CricketFundas
- Cricket World Cup 1999 from ESPNcricinfo
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