1992 Cricket World Cup final

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1992 ICC Cricket World Cup Final
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Event 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup
Pakistan England
Flag of Pakistan.svg Flag of England.svg
249/6227
50 overs49.2 overs
Date25 March 1992
Venue Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Player of the match Wasim Akram (Pak)
Umpires Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Attendance87,182
1987
1996

The final of the 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 25 March 1992. [1] The match was won by Pakistan, under the captaincy of Imran Khan, as they defeated England by 22 runs to lift their first ever World Cup trophy. This was the second Cricket World Cup final to be played outside England and the first in Australia. 87,182 spectators turned out to see the final. [2]

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England and Pakistan played each other in the Round Robin stage and Pakistan were dismissed for 74 runs. However, the match could not be completed and yielded no results. In the final, winning the toss, Pakistan elected to bat with Ijaz Ahmed coming in as the only change from their semi final against New Zealand, while England too had one change with Derek Pringle replacing Gladstone Small. Pakistan openers Rameez Raja and Aamer Sohail struggled against Pringle and Chris Lewis, as both were dismissed cheaply. Imran Khan promoted himself and played the sheet anchor role along with Javed Miandad, pushing the scorecard. Imran was lucky to get a reprieve as Graham Gooch dropped a difficult chance. Derek Pringle bowled 4 no balls and 1 wide in his first spell, that read 8-2-13-2. Imran Khan and Javed Miandad struggled to score free runs and Pakistan touched the 100 mark only in the 31st over. Finally England broke the 139 partnership as Javed Miandad was dismissed by Richard Illingworth for 58. Soon Imran Khan was dismissed by Ian Botham for 72, as Wasim Akram joined Inzamam-ul-Haq. The pair added 52 runs from 38 balls as Pakistan scored 124 runs from their final 15 overs as the total score read 249/6 in the stipulated 50 overs, a gettable total for England's much fancied batting side. Derek Pringle had a dream spell of 10-2-22-3, but gave away 8 extra runs in the form of 5 no balls and 3 wides, while Richard Illingworth and Ian Botham claimed one wicket each, it became the 16th victim of the latter.

Chasing the target of 250 to win their maiden world cup, favourites England lost all rounder Ian Botham for no score to Wasim Akram. Alec Stewart soon fell to Aaquib Javed reeling England at 21/2. In form batsman Greame Hick and Graham Gooch slowly pushed the score, but Hick was dismissed by a beauty from Mushtaq Ahmed, a Googly that Hick failed to read. Soon Gooch fell to Mushtaq and England were in deep trouble with scorecard reading 69/4. Neil Fairbrother and Allan Lamb tried a rescue act with a partnership of 72 runs as asking rate began to pile up. Coming back for the second spell, Wasim Akram broke England's resistance by dismissing Allan Lamb and Chris Lewis with successive deliveries reeling English at 141/6. Neil Fairbrother and Dermot Reeve could not score big, as part-time bowler Aamir Sohail completed his quota of 10 overs as England failed to utilize Sohail's spell. With the final 10 overs to go, England needed 84 runs from 54 balls with an asking rate of 9.33 per over. Soon Fairbrother was dismissed for 62 scored off 70 balls by Aaquib sealing the fate of England. As 34 runs required from final 12 balls, it was a tough task for them as Imran Khan dismissed Richard Illingworth, that turned out to be his last ball in International cricket. For Pakistan, Aaquib Javed and Mushtaq Ahmed claimed 2 and 3 wickets respectively. Wasim Akram was adjudged the Man of the match for his all round performance of 3/49 and 33 off 18. [3]

25 March 1992
scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
249/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of England.svg  England
227 (49.2 overs)
Imran Khan 72 (110)
Derek Pringle 3/22 (10 overs)
Neil Fairbrother 62 (70)
Mushtaq Ahmed 3/41 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 22 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia
Attendance : 87,182
Umpires: Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Steve Bucknor (WI)
Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak)

Scorecard

Pakistan batting
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Aamer Sohail c Alec Stewart b Derek Pringle4190021.05
Rameez Raja lbw Derek Pringle8261030.76
Imran Khan*c Illingworth b Ian Botham721105165.45
Javed Miandad c Botham b Illingworth58984059.18
Inzamam-Ul-Haq b Pringle423540120.00
Wasim Akram run out331840183.33
Saleem Malik not out01000.00
Ijaz Ahmed Did not bat00000.00
Moin KhanDid not bat00000.00
Mushtaq Ahmed Did not bat00000.00
Aaqib Javed Did not bat00000.00
Extras(lb 19, nb 7, w 6)32
Total(6 wickets; 50 overs)249181

Fall of wickets: 1-20 (Aamer Sohail, 4.6 ov), 2-24 (Ramiz Raja, 8.2 ov), 3-163 (Javed Miandad, 39.3 ov), 4-197 (Imran Khan, 43.3 ov), 5-249 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 49.5 ov), 6-249 (Wasim Akram, 49.6 ov)

England bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Derek Pringle1022232.2035
Chris Lewis1025205.2012
Ian Botham704216.0010
Phil DeFreitas1014204.2000
Richard Illingworth1005015.0000
Dermot Reeve302207.3310


England batting
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Graham Gooch*Aaqib Javed b Mushtaq Ahmed29661043.93
Ian Botham c Moin Khan b Wasim Akram06000.00
Alec Stewartc Moin Khan b Aaqib Javed7161043.75
Graeme Hick b Mushtaq Ahmed17361047.22
Neil Fairbrother c Moin Khan b Aaqib Javed62703088.57
Allan Lamb b Wasim Akram31412075.60
Chris Lewis b Wasim Akram010000.00
Dermot Reeve c Rameez Raja b Mushtaq Ahmed15320046.87
Derek Pringle not out181610112.50
Phil DeFreitas run out10800125.00
Richard Illingworth c Rameez Raja b Imran Khan141020140.00
Extras(lb 5, nb 6, w 13)24
Total(all out in 49.2 overs)227110

Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Ian Botham, 2.5 ov), 2-21 (Alec Stewart, 7.3 ov), 3-59 (Graeme Hick, 18.6 ov), 4-69 (Graham Gooch, 20.5 ov), 5-141 (Allan Lamb, 34.5 ov), 6-141 (Chris Lewis, 34.6 ov), 7-180 (Neil Fairbrother, 42.5 ov), 8-183 (Dermot Reeve, 43.6 ov), 9-208 (Phil DeFreitas, 47.1 ov), 10-227 (Richard Illingworth, 49.2 ov)

Pakistan bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Wasim Akram1004934.9064
Aaqib Javed1022722.7031
Mushtaq Ahmed1014134.1010
Ijaz Ahmed301304.3320
Imran Khan6.204316.7801
Aamer Sohail1004904.9010

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