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Latest revision as of 13:15, 20 August 2023
6th Cricket World Cup
The 1996 Cricket World Cup (branded as Wills World Cup 1996 for sponsorship reasons) was the sixth Cricket World Cup organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC), held from 14 February to 17 March 1996 in Pakistan, India, and Sri Lanka
The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia by seven wickets in the final on 17 March 1996 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.[1]
The World Cup was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India hosted 17 matches at 17 different venues, while Pakistan hosted 16 matches at 6 venues and Sri Lanka hosted 4 matches at 3 venues.
Controversy dogged the tournament before any games were played; Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the bombing of Central Bank in Colombo by the Tamil Tigers in January 1996. Sri Lanka, in addition to offering maximum security to the teams, questioned the validity of citing security concerns when the International Cricket Council had determined it was safe. After extensive negotiations, the ICC ruled that Sri Lanka would be awarded both games on forfeit. As a result of this decision, Sri Lanka automatically qualified for the quarter-finals before playing a game.
India[edit]
| Venues | Cities | Capacity | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eden Gardens | Calcutta, West Bengal | 120,000 | 1 |
| Green Park | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | 45,000 | 1 |
| Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | Mohali, Punjab | 40,000 | 1 |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore, Karnataka | 55,000 | 1 |
| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Madras, Tamil Nadu | 50,000 | 1 |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | Hyderabad, Telangana | 30,000 | 1 |
| Barabati Stadium | Cuttack, Odisha | 25,000 | 1 |
| Roop Singh Stadium | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh | 55,000 | 1 |
| Indira Priyadarshini Stadium | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | 25,000 | 1 |
| Moin-ul-Haq Stadium | Patna, Bihar | 25,000 | 1 |
| Nehru Stadium | Pune, Maharashtra | 25,000 | 1 |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 45,000 | 1 |
| Sardar Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 48,000 | 1 |
| Moti Bagh Stadium | Vadodara, Gujarat | 18,000 | 1 |
| Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur, Rajasthan | 30,000 | 1 |
| Vidarbha C.A. Ground | Nagpur, Maharashtra | 40,000 | 1 |
| Feroz Shah Kotla Ground | Delhi, New Delhi | 48,000 | 1 |
Pakistan[edit]
| Venues | Cities | Capacity | Matches |
|---|---|---|---|
| National Stadium | Karachi, Sindh | 34,000 | 3 |
| Gaddafi Stadium | Lahore, Punjab | 62,000 | 4 |
| Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | Rawalpindi, Punjab | 25,000 | 3 |
| Arbab Niaz Stadium | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 20,000 | 2 |
| Iqbal Stadium | Faisalabad, Punjab | 18,000 | 3 |
| Jinnah Stadium | Gujranwala, Punjab | 20,000 | 1 |
Sri Lanka[edit]
- Two matches were scheduled to be played at Premadasa Stadium, but neither took place as Australia and the West Indies declined to play in Sri Lanka.[2]
All the Test-playing nations participated in the competition, including Zimbabwe, who became the ninth Test-status member of the ICC following the last World Cup. The three Associate teams (previously one) to qualify through the 1994 ICC Trophy – the United Arab Emirates, Kenya and the Netherlands – also made their World Cup debuts in 1996. The Netherlands lost all of their five matches, including a defeat to the UAE, while Kenya recorded a surprise victory over the West Indies in Pune.
Summary[edit]
The Sri Lankans, coached by Dav Whatmore and captained by Arjuna Ranatunga, used Man of the Series Sanath Jayasuriya[3] and Romesh Kaluwitharana as opening batsmen to take advantage of the fielding restrictions during the first 15 overs of each innings. At a time when 50 or 60 runs in the first 15 overs was considered adequate, Sri Lanka scored 117 runs in those overs against India, 123 against Kenya, 121 against England in the quarter-final and 86 against India in the semi-final. Against Kenya, Sri Lanka made 398 for 5, a new record for the highest team score in a One Day International that stood until April 2006. Gary Kirsten scored 188 not out against United Arab Emirates at Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This became the highest individual score ever in any World Cup match until it was surpassed by first Chris Gayle of the West Indies and later Martin Guptill who scored 215 and 237 respectively in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
Sri Lanka won the first semi-final over India at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, in front of a crowd unofficially estimated at 110,000. After they had lost both openers cheaply, Sri Lanka…
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