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1999 Cricket World Cup
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The 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup, also branded as England '99, was the seventh edition of the Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was hosted primarily by England, with selected matches also played in Wales, Scotland, Ireland and the Netherlands. The tournament was won by Australia, who beat Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final at Lord's in London.
The tournament was hosted three years after the previous Cricket World Cup, deviating from the usual four-year gap.[1]
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Format
It featured 12 teams, playing a total of 42 matches. In the group stage, the teams were divided into two groups of six; each team played all the others in their group once. The top three teams from each group advanced to the Super Sixes, a new concept for the 1999 World Cup; each team carried forward the points from the games against the other qualifiers from their group and then played each of the qualifiers from the other group (in other words, each qualifier from Group A played each qualifier from Group B and vice versa). The top four teams in the Super Sixes advanced to the semi-finals.
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Qualification
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Qualified as host
Qualified as full member of ICC
Participated in the ICC Trophy but failed to qualify
The 1999 World Cup featured 12 teams, which was the same as the previous edition in 1996. The hosts England and the eight other test nations earned automatic qualification to the World Cup. The remaining three spots were decided at the 1997 ICC Trophy in Malaysia.
22 nations competed in the 1997 edition of the ICC Trophy. After going through two group stages, the semi-finals saw Kenya and Bangladesh qualify through to the World Cup. Scotland would be the third nation to qualify as they defeated Ireland in the third-place playoff.[2]
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Venues
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England
Outside England
Scotland played two of their Group B matches in their home country becoming the first associate nation to host games in a World Cup. One Group B match was played in Wales and Ireland respectively, while one Group A match was played in the Netherlands.
Squads
Group stage
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Pool A
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- Jimmy Kamande (Ken) made his ODI debut.
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- India were fined four overs for a slow over rate in the first innings.
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
- South Africa qualified for Super Sixes stage. Kenya eliminated.
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- England won the toss and elected to field.
- India and Zimbabwe qualified for Super Sixes stage of tournament and England were eliminated.
Pool B
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Ricardo Powell (WI) made his ODI debut.
- Keith Arthurton played his final ODI game.
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to field.
- Ian Stanger (Sco) made his ODI debut.
- Scotland conceded 59 extras, the joint highest in an ODI.[3]
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- Scotland won the toss and elected to bat.
- Greig Williamson (Sco) made his ODI debut.
- Scotland were eliminated as a result of this match.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- Pakistan qualified for Super Six stage.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Australia needed to score 111 within 47.2 overs to qualify for the Super Six stage of the tournament. Australia qualified for the Super Sixes and Bangladesh were eliminated.
- Ridley Jacobs (WI) became the first cricketer to carry his bat in a World Cup match.[4]
- Phil Simmons played his last ODI game.
- Brendon Julian played his last ODI game.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- New Zealand needed to score 122 within 21.2 overs to qualify for Super Sixes stage. New Zealand qualified for Super Sixes and West Indies were eliminated.
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Super Six
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Teams who qualified for the Super Six stage only played against the teams from the other group; results against the other teams from the same group were carried forward to this stage. Results against the non-qualifying teams were therefore discarded at this point.
As a result of League match losses against New Zealand and Pakistan, even though Australia finished second in their group, they progressed to the Super Six stage with no points carried forward (PCF). India faced similar circumstances, finishing 2nd in their group but carrying forward 0 points after losing to fellow qualifiers Zimbabwe and South Africa.
During their super six clash, Pakistan and India were officially at war at the time of their match, the only time this has ever happened in the history of the sport.[5][6][7]
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- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
- Rain interrupted play . No play was possible on reserve day for rain.
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- This was the first and only time two nations played at the world cup while officially at war.
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- South Africa qualified for the semi-finals.
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals.
- Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak) became the second bowler to take a hat-trick in a World Cup match.
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- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals and India were eliminated.
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- South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
- Australia qualified for the semi-finals and Zimbabwe were eliminated.
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Semi-finals
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- Australia progressed to the final because they finished higher in the Super Six table than South Africa due to having won their head to head Super Six match.[8]
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pakistan qualified for the final for second time after 1992.
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Final
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- Paul Reiffel played his final international match.
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Statistics
Match balls
A new type of cricket ball, the white 'Duke', was introduced for the first time in the 1999 World Cup. British Cricket Balls Ltd claimed that the balls behaved identically to the balls used in previous World Cups,[9] experiments showed they were harder and swung more.[10]
Media
The host broadcasters for television coverage of the tournament were Sky and BBC Television.[11] In the UK, live games were divided between the broadcasters, with both screening the final live.[11] This was to be BBC's last live cricket coverage during that summer, with all of England's home Test series being shown on Channel 4 or Sky from 1999 onwards; the BBC did not show any live cricket again until August 2020.[12]
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