1999 Cricket World Cup statistics

This is a list of statistics for the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

Team statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
India	373/6	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Taunton, England
India	329/2	Kenya	County Ground, Bristol, England
Australia	303/4	Zimbabwe	Lord's, England
South Africa	287/5	New Zealand	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
Australia	282/6	India	Kennington Oval, London, England
Pakistan	275/8	Australia	Headingley, Leeds, England
Sri Lanka	275/8	Kenya	County Ground, Southampton, England
Australia	272/5	South Africa	Headingley, Leeds, England
Pakistan	271/9	Zimbabwe	Kennington Oval, London, England
South Africa	271/7	Australia	Headingley, Leeds, England

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Largest winning margin

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By runs

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
India	157 runs	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Taunton, England	26 May 1999
Pakistan	148 runs	Zimbabwe	Kennington Oval, London, England	11 Jun 1999
South Africa	122 runs	England	Kennington Oval, London, England	22 May 1999
Pakistan	94 runs	Scotland	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England	20 May 1999
India	94 runs	Kenya	County Ground, Bristol, England	23 May 1999
Source: Cricinfo

By wickets

Team	Margin	Overs Remaining	Opponent	Ground	Date
England	9 wickets	11.0	Kenya	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, England	18 May 1999
Pakistan	9 wickets	2.3	New Zealand	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	16 Jun 1999
England	8 wickets	3.1	Sri Lanka	Lord's, England	14 May 1999
West Indies	8 wickets	39.5	Scotland	Grace Road, Leicester, England	27 May 1999
Australia	8 wickets	29.5	Pakistan	Lord's, England	20 Jun 1999
Source: Cricinfo

By balls remaining

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
West Indies	239 balls	Scotland	Grace Road, Leicester, England	27 May 1999
New Zealand	193 balls	Scotland	The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland	31 May 1999
Australia	181 balls	Bangladesh	Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England	27 May 1999
Australia	179 balls	Pakistan	Lord's, England	20 Jun 1999
New Zealand	102 balls	Bangladesh	County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England	17 May 1999

Lowest team totals

This is a list of completed innings only, low totals in matches with reduced overs are omitted except when the team was all out. Successful run chases in the second innings are not counted.

Team	Score	Opponent	Ground	Date
Scotland	68 (31.3 overs)	West Indies	Grace Road, Leicester, England	27 May 1999
England	103 (41 overs)	South Africa	Kennington Oval, London, England	22 May 1999
Sri Lanka	110 (35.2 overs)	South Africa	County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England	19 May 1999
West Indies	110 (46.4 overs)	Australia	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	30 May 1999
Bangladesh	116 (37.4 overs)	New Zealand	County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England	17 May 1999

Smallest winning margin

By runs

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
Zimbabwe	3 runs	India	Grace Road, Leicester, England	19 May 1999
Pakistan	10 runs	Australia	Headingley, Leeds, England	23 May 1999
Bangladesh	22 runs	Scotland	The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland	24 May 1999
Pakistan	27 runs	West Indies	County Ground, Bristol, England	16 May 1999
Australia	44 runs	Zimbabwe	Lord's, England	09 Jun 1999
Source: Cricinfo

By wickets

Team	Margin	Overs Remaining	Opponent	Ground	Date
South Africa	3 wickets	1.0	Pakistan	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	05 Jun 1999
South Africa	4 wickets	2.4	India	County Cricket Ground, Hove, England	15 May 1999
Sri Lanka	4 wickets	4.0	Zimbabwe	New Road, Worcester, England	22 May 1999
Australia	5 wickets	0.2	South Africa	Headingley, Leeds, England	13 Jun 1999
New Zealand	5 wickets	1.4	India	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	12 Jun 1999
Source: Cricinfo

By balls remaining

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
Australia	2 balls	South Africa	Headingley, Leeds, England	13 Jun 1999
South Africa	6 balls	Pakistan	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	05 Jun 1999
New Zealand	10 balls	India	Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	12 Jun 1999
Pakistan	15 balls	New Zealand	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	16 Jun 1999
South Africa	16 balls	India	County Cricket Ground, Hove, England	15 May 1999
Source: Cricinfo

Individual statistics

Batting statistics

Most runs

The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.

Players	Team	Runs	Matches	Inns	Avg	S/R	HS	100s	50s	4s	6s
Rahul Dravid	India	461	8	8	65.85	85.52	145	2	3	49	1
Steve Waugh	Australia	398	10	8	79.60	77.73	120*	1	2	35	6
Sourav Ganguly	India	379	7	7	54.14	81.15	183	1	1	39	8
Mark Waugh	Australia	375	10	10	41.66	76.21	104	1	2	39	1
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	368	10	10	40.88	72.01	113*	2	0	42	0
Neil Johnson	Zimbabwe	367	8	8	52.42	73.99	132*	1	3	43	4
Ricky Ponting	Australia	354	10	10	39.33	66.54	69	0	1	32	5
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	341	9	9	37.88	73.01	101	1	2	34	4
Roger Twose	New Zealand	318	9	9	79.50	74.64	80*	0	3	29	4
Jacques Kallis	South Africa	312	8	8	52.00	66.38	96	0	4	18	4

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Highest scores

This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.

Player	Team	Score	Balls	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground
Sourav Ganguly	India	183	158	17	7	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Taunton, England
Rahul Dravid	India	145	129	17	1	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Taunton, England
Sachin Tendulkar	India	140*	101	16	3	Kenya	County Ground, Bristol, England
Neil Johnson	Zimbabwe	132*	144	14	2	Australia	Lord's, England
Steve Waugh	Australia	120*	110	10	2	South Africa	Headingley, Leeds, England
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	113*	148	9	0	New Zealand	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
Rahul Dravid	India	104*	109	10	0	Kenya	County Ground, Bristol, England
Mark Waugh	Australia	104	120	13	0	Zimbabwe	Lord's, England
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	103	144	11	0	Zimbabwe	Kennington Oval, London, England
Herschelle Gibbs	South Africa	101	134	10	1	Australia	Headingley, Leeds, England

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Most boundaries

Total Fours				Total Sixes
Player	Team	No. of Fours		Player	Team	No. of Sixes
Rahul Dravid	India	49		Lance Klusener	South Africa	10
Neil Johnson	Zimbabwe	43		Sourav Ganguly	India	8
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	42		Moin Khan	Pakistan	6
Sourav Ganguly	India	39		Thomas Odoyo	Kenya	6
Mark Waugh	Australia	39		Wasim Akram	Pakistan	6
Source: Cricinfo				Source: Cricinfo

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Bowling statistics

Most wickets

The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the tournament.

Player	Team	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
Geoff Allott	New Zealand	20	9	16.25	26.3	3.70	4/37
Shane Warne	Australia	20	10	18.05	28.3	3.82	4/29
Glenn McGrath	Australia	18	10	20.38	31.8	3.83	5/14
Lance Klusener	South Africa	17	9	20.58	26.7	4.61	5/21
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	17	10	22.29	29.5	4.52	5/35
Allan Donald	South Africa	16	9	20.31	30.7	3.96	4/17
Shoaib Akhtar	Pakistan	16	10	24.43	30.3	4.83	3/11
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	15	10	22.80	36.2	3.77	4/40
Damien Fleming	Australia	14	10	25.85	37.7	4.11	3/57
Abdul Razzaq	Pakistan	13	9	23.23	35.5	3.92	3/25

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.

Player	Team	Overs	Figures	Opponent	Ground
Glenn McGrath	Australia	8.4	5/14	West Indies	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
Lance Klusener	South Africa	8.3	5/21	Kenya	VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Venkatesh Prasad	India	9.3	5/27	Pakistan	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
Robin Singh	India	9.3	5/31	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Taunton, England
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	10.0	5/35	Bangladesh	County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	9.2	5/36	Australia	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
Chris Harris	New Zealand	3.1	4/7	Scotland	The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland
Allan Donald	South Africa	8.0	4/17	England	Kennington Oval, London, England
Courtney Walsh	West Indies	10.0	4/25	Bangladesh	Castle Avenue, Dublin, Ireland
Shane Warne	Australia	10.0	4/29	South Africa	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England

Most maidens

Player	Team	Inns	Mdns	Ave
Shaun Pollock	South Africa	6	9	40.75
Steve Elworthy	South Africa	5	8	17.85
Glenn McGrath	Australia	7	8	14.60
Shane Warne	Australia	7	8	17.00
Javagal Srinath	India	4	7	18.00
Source: Cricinfo

Hat-tricks

Player	Team	Batsmen out	Opponent	Date
Saqlain Mushtaq	Pakistan	Henry Olonga Adam Huckle Pommie Mbangwa	Zimbabwe	11 June 1999
Source: Cricinfo

Fielding statistics

Most dismissals

This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.

Player	Team	Matches	Dismissals	Caught	Stumped	Max
Moin Khan	Pakistan	10	16	12	4	3
Ridley Jacobs	West Indies	5	14	14	0	5
Adam Gilchrist	Australia	10	14	12	2	4
Mark Boucher	South Africa	9	11	11	0	4
Nayan Mongia	India	7	9	8	1	5

Most catches

This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.

Player	Team	Innings	Catches
Daryll Cullinan	South Africa	9	8
Graeme Hick	England	5	6
Graham Thorpe	England	5	6
Nathan Astle	New Zealand	9	6
Inzamam-ul-Haq	Pakistan	10	6
Source: Cricinfo

Other Statistics

Highest partnerships

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.

By wicket
Wicket	Runs	Team	Players		Opposition	Ground
1st	194	Pakistan	Saeed Anwar	Wajahatullah Wasti	New Zealand	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
2nd	318	India	Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Taunton, England
3rd	237*	India	Rahul Dravid	Sachin Tendulkar	Kenya	County Ground, Bristol, England
4th	126	Australia	Ricky Ponting	Steve Waugh	South Africa	Headingley, Leeds, England
5th	148	New Zealand	Roger Twose	Chris Cairns	Australia	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales
6th	161	Kenya	Maurice Odumbe	Alpesh Vadher	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Southampton, England
7th	83	New Zealand	Stephen Fleming	Chris Harris	Pakistan	County Cricket Ground, Derby, England
8th	64	Sri Lanka	Mahela Jayawardene	Chaminda Vaas	Kenya	County Ground, Southampton, England
9th	44	South Africa	Lance Klusener	Steve Elworthy	Sri Lanka	County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England
10th	35	South Africa	Lance Klusener	Allan Donald	Zimbabwe	County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England
By Runs
2nd	318	India	Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Taunton, England
3rd	237*	India	Rahul Dravid	Sachin Tendulkar	Kenya	County Ground, Bristol, England
1st	194	Pakistan	Saeed Anwar	Wajahatullah Wasti	New Zealand	Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
1st	176	South Africa	Gary Kirsten	Herschelle Gibbs	New Zealand	Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
6th	161	Kenya	Maurice Odumbe	Alpesh Vadher	Sri Lanka	County Ground, Southampton, England
2nd	159*	England	Nasser Hussain	Graeme Hick	Kenya	St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, England
5th	148	New Zealand	Roger Twose	Chris Cairns	Australia	Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales
5th	141	India	Ajay Jadeja	Robin Singh (cricketer)	Australia	Kennington Oval, London, England
2nd	130	India	Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid	South Africa	County Cricket Ground, Hove, England
3rd	129	Australia	Mark Waugh	Steve Waugh	Zimbabwe	Lord's, England

References

1. "ICC WORLD CUP, 1999 / HIGHEST TOTALS".
2. "ICC WORLD CUP, 1999 / LARGEST VICTORIES".
3. "Most Runs".
4. "High Scores".
5. "Most Boundaries".
6. "Most Sixes".