1996 Cricket World Cup statistics

This is a list of statistics for the 1996 Cricket World Cup.[1]

Team statistics

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Highest team totals

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The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.[1]

Team Total Opponent Ground
  Sri Lanka 398/5   Kenya Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka
  South Africa 328/3   Netherlands Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  South Africa 321/2   United Arab Emirates Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
  New Zealand 307/8   Netherlands Reliance Stadium, Vadodara, India
  Australia 304/7   Kenya Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India
  Australia 289/4   New Zealand MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
  India 287/8   Pakistan M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
  New Zealand 286/9   Australia MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
  Pakistan 281/5   New Zealand Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
  England 279/4   Netherlands Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan

Largest winning margin

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By runs

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Team Margin Opponent Ground Date
  South Africa 169 runs   United Arab Emirates Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 16 Feb 1996
  South Africa 160 runs   Netherlands Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 5 Mar 1996
  Sri Lanka 144 runs   Kenya Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka 6 Mar 1996
  New Zealand 119 runs   Netherlands Reliance Stadium, Vadodara, India 17 Feb 1996
  New Zealand 109 runs   United Arab Emirates Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan 27 Feb 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo

By wickets

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Team Margin Overs Remaining Opponent Ground Date
  Pakistan 9 wickets 15.0   United Arab Emirates Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, Pakistan 24 Feb 1996
  England 8 wickets 15.0   United Arab Emirates Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan 18 Feb 1996
  Pakistan 8 wickets 19.2   Netherlands Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 26 Feb 1996
  Australia 8 wickets 14.0   Zimbabwe Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India 1 Mar 1996
  India 7 wickets 8.1   Kenya Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India 18 Feb 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

By balls remaining

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Team Margin Opponent Ground Date
  West Indies 123 balls   Zimbabwe Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India 16 Feb 1996
  Pakistan 116 balls   Netherlands Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 26 Feb 1996
  England 90 balls   United Arab Emirates Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan 18 Feb 1996
  Pakistan 90 balls   United Arab Emirates Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, Pakistan 24 Feb 1996
  Australia 84 balls   Zimbabwe Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India 1 Mar 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

Lowest team totals

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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
  West Indies 93 (35.2 overs)   Kenya Nehru Stadium, Pune, India 29 Feb 1996
  Kenya 134 (49.4 overs)   Zimbabwe Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, India 27 Feb 1996
  United Arab Emirates 136 (48.3 overs)   England Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan 18 Feb 1996
  England 152 (44.3 overs)   South Africa Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan 25 Feb 1996
  Zimbabwe 154 (45.3 overs)   Australia Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India 1 Mar 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [3]

Smallest winning margin

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By runs

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Team Margin Opponent Ground Date
  Australia 5 runs   West Indies Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India 14 Mar 1996
  New Zealand 11 runs   England Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, India 14 Feb 1996
  Australia 16 runs   India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India 27 Feb 1996
  West Indies 19 runs   South Africa National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 11 Mar 1996
  India 39 runs   Pakistan M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India 9 Mar 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

By wickets

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Team Margin Overs Remaining Opponent Ground Date
  West Indies 4 wickets 1.1   Australia Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India 4 Mar 1996
  India 5 wickets 10.4   West Indies Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India 4 Mar 1996
  South Africa 5 wickets 12.3   West Indies Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, India 21 Feb 1996
  South Africa 5 wickets 5.5   New Zealand Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan 20 Feb 1996
South Africa 5 wickets 5.4   Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 29 Feb 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

By balls remaining

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Team Margin Opponent Ground Date
  Sri Lanka 8 balls   India Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India 2 Mar 1996
  Australia 13 balls   New Zealand MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India 11 Mar 1996
  Pakistan 14 balls   England National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 3 Mar 1996
  Sri Lanka 22 balls   Australia Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan 17 Mar 1996
  South Africa 34 balls   Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan 29 Feb 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

Individual statistics

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Batting statistics

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Most runs

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The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.[2]

Players Team Runs Matches Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s 4s 6s
Sachin Tendulkar   India 523 7 7 87.16 85.87 137 2 3 57 7
Mark Waugh   Australia 484 7 7 80.66 85.96 130 3 1 40 6
Aravinda de Silva   Sri Lanka 448 6 6 89.60 107.69 145 2 2 57 7
Gary Kirsten   South Africa 391 6 6 78.20 90.09 188* 1 1 33 4
Saeed Anwar   Pakistan 329 6 6 82.25 95.91 83* 0 3 29 5
Asanka Gurusinha   Sri Lanka 307 6 6 51.16 75.24 87 0 3 25 11
Hansie Cronje   South Africa 276 6 6 55.20 87.34 78 0 2 20 6
Andrew Hudson   South Africa 275 4 4 68.75 101.47 161 1 1 32 4
Aamer Sohail   Pakistan 272 6 6 45.33 81.92 111 1 2 35 1
Brian Lara   West Indies 269 6 6 53.80 105.07 111 1 1 33 2

Highest scores

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This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.[3]

Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground
Gary Kirsten   South Africa 188* 159 13 4   United Arab Emirates Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Andrew Hudson   South Africa 161 132 13 4   Netherlands Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Aravinda de Silva   Sri Lanka 145 115 14 5   Kenya Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Sachin Tendulkar   India 137 137 8 5   Sri Lanka Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India
Mark Waugh   Australia 130 128 14 1   Kenya Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India
Chris Harris   New Zealand 130 124 13 4   Australia MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
Sachin Tendulkar   India 127* 138 15 1   Kenya Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India
Mark Waugh   Australia 126 135 8 3   India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
Aamer Sohail   Pakistan 111 139 8 0   South Africa National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
Brian Lara   West Indies 111 94 16 0   South Africa National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

Most boundaries

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Total Fours Total Sixes
Player Team No. of Fours Player Team No. of Sixes
Aravinda de Silva   Sri Lanka 57 Asanka Gurusinha   Sri Lanka 11
Sachin Tendulkar   India 57 Sanath Jayasuriya   Sri Lanka 8
Mark Waugh   Australia 40 Aravinda de Silva   Sri Lanka 7
Aamer Sohail   Pakistan 35 Sachin Tendulkar   India 7
Gary Kirsten   South Africa 33 Mark Waugh   Australia 6
Source: ESPNcricinfo Source: ESPNcricinfo

Bowling statistics

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Most wickets

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The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the tournament.[6]

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
Anil Kumble   India 15 7 18.73 27.8 4.03 3/28
Waqar Younis   Pakistan 13 6 19.46 24.9 4.68 4/26
Paul Strang   Zimbabwe 12 6 16.00 21 4.55 5/21
Roger Harper   West Indies 12 6 18.25 29 3.77 4/47
Damien Fleming   Australia 12 6 18.41 22.6 4.87 5/36
Shane Warne   Australia 12 7 21.91 34.2 3.83 4/34
Curtly Ambrose   West Indies 10 6 17.00 33.9 3 3/28
Rajab Ali   Kenya 10 6 19.00 24.8 4.59 3/17
Mushtaq Ahmed   Pakistan 10 6 23.80 34.2 4.17 3/16
Allan Donald   South Africa 8 4 15.75 25.5 3.7 3/21
Venkatapathy Raju   India 8 4 19.75 30 3.95 3/30

Best bowling figures

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This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.[7]

Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground
Paul Strang   Zimbabwe 9.4 5/21   Kenya Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, India
Shaukat Dukanwala   United Arab Emirates 10.0 5/29   Netherlands Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
Damien Fleming   Australia 9.0 5/36   Kenya Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
Waqar Younis   Pakistan 10.0 4/26   Netherlands Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
Shane Warne   Australia 9.3 4/34   Zimbabwe Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India
Shane Warne   Australia 9.0 4/36   West Indies Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India
Paul Strang   Zimbabwe 7.3 4/40   West Indies Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India
Roger Harper   West Indies 10.0 4/47   South Africa National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
Brian McMillan   South Africa 8.0 3/11   United Arab Emirates Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Sanath Jayasuriya   Sri Lanka 7.0 3/12   India Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India

Most maidens

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Player Team Inns Mdns Ave
Glenn McGrath   Australia 7 10 43.00
Curtly Ambrose   West Indies 6 9 17.00
Courtney Walsh   West Indies 6 9 30.00
Heath Streak   Zimbabwe 5 8 43.75
Ian Bishop   West Indies 6 6 64.66
Source: ESPNcricinfo [10]

Fielding statistics

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Most dismissals

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This is a list of the wicket keepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.[8]

Player Team Matches Dismissals Caught Stumped Max
Ian Healy   Australia 7 12 9 3 3
Rashid Latif   Pakistan 6 9 7 2 5
Steve Palframan   South Africa 6 8 8 0 3
Jack Russell   England 6 8 7 1 3
Nayan Mongia   India 7 8 5 3 3

Most catches

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

Player Team Innings Catches
Anil Kumble   India 7 8
Alistair Campbell   Zimbabwe 5 5
Chris Cairns   New Zealand 6 5
Sanath Jayasuriya   Sri Lanka 6 5
Graham Thorpe   England 6 5
Source: ESPNcricinfo [14]

Other Statistics

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Highest partnerships

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The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.[4][5]

By wicket
Wicket Runs Team Players Opposition Ground
1st 186   South Africa Gary Kirsten Andrew Hudson   Netherlands Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2nd 138   West Indies Shivnarine Chanderpaul Brian Lara   South Africa National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
3rd 207   Australia Mark Waugh Steve Waugh   Kenya Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India
4th 168   New Zealand Lee Germon Chris Harris   Australia MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
5th 138   Australia Stuart Law Michael Bevan   West Indies Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India
6th 80*   Pakistan Saleem Malik Wasim Akram   New Zealand Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
7th 44   Kenya Hitesh Modi Thomas Odoyo   West Indies Nehru Stadium, Pune, India
8th 62   England Dermot Reeve Darren Gough   Sri Lanka Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan
9th 80*   United Arab Emirates Arshad Laeeq Shaukat Dukanwala   South Africa Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
10th 17   South Africa Craig Matthews Fanie de Villiers   England Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
By runs
3rd 207   Australia Mark Waugh Steve Waugh   Kenya Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India
1st 186   South Africa Gary Kirsten Andrew Hudson   Netherlands Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
3rd 183   Sri Lanka Asanka Gurusinha Aravinda de Silva   Kenya Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka
3rd 175   India Sachin Tendulkar Mohammad Azharuddin   Sri Lanka Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India
3rd 172   Sri Lanka Asanka Gurusinha Aravinda de Silva   Zimbabwe Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka
4th 168   New Zealand Lee Germon Chris Harris   Australia MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
1st 163   India Ajay Jadeja Sachin Tendulkar   Kenya Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India
1st 147   England Robin Smith (cricketer) Michael Atherton   Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
3rd 145*   South Africa Gary Kirsten Daryll Cullinan   United Arab Emirates Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
3rd 143   England Graeme Hick Graham Thorpe   Netherlands Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan

References

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  1. ^ "Records / One-Day Internationals / Team records / Highest innings totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 October 2016.