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| Dates | 14 February – 17 March 1996 |
|---|---|
| Administrator | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
| Hosts |
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| Champions | Sri Lanka (1st title) |
| Runners-up | Australia |
| Participants | 12 |
| Matches | 37 |
| Player of the series | Sanath Jayasuriya |
| Most runs | Sachin Tendulkar (523) |
| Most wickets | Anil Kumble (15) |
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The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup 1996 for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth Cricket World Cup organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was co-hosted by Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia by seven wickets in the final on 17 March 1996 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.
The competition was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India hosted 17 matches at 17 venues, Pakistan hosted 16 matches at six venues and four matches were played at three Sri Lankan venues
Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the bombing of Central Bank in Colombo by the Tamil Tigers in January 1996. After extensive negotiations, the ICC ruled that Sri Lanka would be awarded both games on forfeit.
| Venues | Cities | Capacity | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Gardens | Calcutta, West Bengal | 120,000 | 1 |
| Green Park | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | 45,000 | 1 |
| Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | Mohali, Punjab | 40,000 | 1 |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore, Karnataka | 55,000 | 1 |
| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Madras, Tamil Nadu | 50,000 | 1 |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | Hyderabad, Telangana | 30,000 | 1 |
| Barabati Stadium | Cuttack, Odisha | 25,000 | 1 |
| Roop Singh Stadium | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh | 55,000 | 1 |
| Indira Priyadarshini Stadium | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | 25,000 | 1 |
| Moin-ul-Haq Stadium | Patna, Bihar | 25,000 | 1 |
| Nehru Stadium | Pune, Maharashtra | 25,000 | 1 |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 45,000 | 1 |
| Sardar Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 48,000 | 1 |
| IPCL Sports Complex Ground | Vadodara, Gujarat | 20,000 | 1 |
| Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur, Rajasthan | 30,000 | 1 |
| Vidarbha C.A. Ground | Nagpur, Maharashtra | 40,000 | 1 |
| Feroz Shah Kotla Ground | Delhi, New Delhi | 48,000 | 1 |
| Venues | Cities | Capacity | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Stadium | Karachi, Sindh | 34,000 | 3 |
| Gaddafi Stadium | Lahore, Punjab | 62,000 | 4 |
| Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | Rawalpindi, Punjab | 25,000 | 3 |
| Arbab Niaz Stadium | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 20,000 | 2 |
| Iqbal Stadium | Faisalabad, Punjab | 18,000 | 3 |
| Jinnah Stadium | Gujranwala, Punjab | 20,000 | 1 |
| Venues | Cities | Capacity | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| R. Premadasa Stadium | Colombo | 14,000 | 0* |
| Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground | Colombo | 10,000 | 1 |
| Asgiriya Stadium | Kandy | 10,300 | 1 |
All the Test-playing nations participated in the competition, including Zimbabwe, who became the ninth Test-status member of the ICC following the last World Cup. The three Associate teams (previously one) to qualify through the 1994 ICC Trophy – the United Arab Emirates, Kenya and the Netherlands – also made their World Cup debuts in 1996. The Netherlands lost all of their five matches, including a defeat to the UAE, while Kenya recorded a surprise victory over the West Indies in Pune.
| Full Members | ||
|---|---|---|
| Australia | England | India |
| New Zealand | Pakistan | South Africa |
| Sri Lanka | West Indies | Zimbabwe |
| Associate Members | ||
| Kenya | Netherlands | United Arab Emirates |
The Sri Lankans, coached by Dav Whatmore and captained by Arjuna Ranatunga, used Man of the Series Sanath Jayasuriya[2] and Romesh Kaluwitharana as opening batsmen to take advantage of the fielding restrictions during the first 15 overs of each innings. At a time when 50 or 60 runs in the first 15 overs was considered adequate, Sri Lanka scored 117 runs in those overs against India, 123 against Kenya, 121 against England in the quarter-final and 86 against India in the semi-final. Against Kenya, Sri Lanka made 398 for 5, a new record for the highest team score in a One Day International that stood until April 2006. Gary Kirsten scored 188 not out against United Arab Emirates at Rawalpindi, Pakistan, setting a record for the highest individual score in a World Cup match which stood until 2015.
Sri Lanka won the first semi-final over India at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, in front of a crowd unofficially estimated at 110,000. After they had lost both openers cheaply, Sri Lanka launched a counter-attack, led by Aravinda de Silva, to post a strong total of 251 for the loss of 8 wickets. India began their chase promisingly but after the loss of Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian batting order collapsed. After India had slumped to 120 for 8 in the 35th over, sections of the crowd began to throw fruit and plastic bottles onto the field. The players left the field for 20 minutes in an attempt to quieten the crowd. When the players returned for play, more bottles were thrown onto the field and fires were lit in the stand.[3][4] Match referee Clive Lloyd awarded the match to Sri Lanka, the first default ever in a Test or One Day International.
In the second semi-final in Mohali, Australia recovered from 15/4 to reach 207/8 from their 50 overs. The West Indians had reached 165/2 in the 42nd over before losing their last eight wickets for 37 runs in 51 balls.
Sri Lanka won the toss in the final and sent Australia in to bat despite the team batting first having won all five previous World Cup finals. Mark Taylor top scored with 74 in Australia's total of 241/7. Sri Lanka won the match in the 47th over with Aravinda de Silva following his 3 for 42 with an unbeaten 107 to win the Player of the Match award. It was the first time a tournament host or co-host had won the cricket World Cup.[5]
A warm-up match was played between South Africa and Pakistan on 8 February 1996 in which South Africa defeated Pakistan by 65 runs.[6]
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.607 |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.903 |
| 3 | India | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.452 |
| 4 | West Indies | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.134 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.939 |
| 6 | Kenya | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.007 |
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | South Africa | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.043 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.961 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.552 |
| 4 | England | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.079 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.830 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.923 |
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 9 March – Faisalabad, Pakistan | ||||||||||
| England | 235/8 | |||||||||
| 13 March – Calcutta, India | ||||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 236/5 | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 251/8 | |||||||||
| 9 March – Bangalore, India | ||||||||||
| India | 120/8 | |||||||||
| India | 287/8 | |||||||||
| 17 March – Lahore, Pakistan | ||||||||||
| Pakistan | 248/9 | |||||||||
| Sri Lanka | 245/3 | |||||||||
| 11 March – Karachi, Pakistan | ||||||||||
| Australia | 241/7 | |||||||||
| West Indies | 264/8 | |||||||||
| 14 March – Mohali, India | ||||||||||
| South Africa | 245 | |||||||||
| West Indies | 202 | |||||||||
| 11 March – Madras, India | ||||||||||
| Australia | 207/8 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 286/9 | |||||||||
| Australia | 289/4 | |||||||||
• Robin Smith Played his final ODI match
| Runs | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 523 | Sachin Tendulkar | India |
| 484 | Mark Waugh | Australia |
| 448 | Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka |
| 391 | Gary Kirsten | South Africa |
| 329 | Saeed Anwar | Pakistan |
| Wickets | Player | Country |
|---|---|---|
| 15 | Anil Kumble | India |
| 13 | Waqar Younis | Pakistan |
| 12 | ||
| Paul Strang | Zimbabwe | |
| Roger Harper | West Indies | |
| Damien Fleming | Australia | |
| Shane Warne | Australia |
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