1999 Cricket World Cup final

1999 ICC Cricket World Cup Final

Event	1999 ICC Cricket World Cup
Pakistan Australia 132 133/2 39 overs 20.1 overs
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	Australia 133/2 (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
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 ^[usurped] in CricketFundas
• Cricket World Cup 1999 from ESPNcricinfo