1992 Cricket World Cup: History and facts

Host nation of 1992 Cricket World Cup:

• 1992 Cricket World Cup (5^th world cup event) was hosted by New Zealand and Australia.

Winner of 1992 Cricket World Cup

• Pakistan won the 1992 World Cup where they defeated England by 22 runs in the final match

Maximum score in 1992 Cricket World Cup tournament

• Sri Lanka scored the highest total ( 313 runs) in the 1992 World Cup tournament.

Highest score in an innings by a player in 1992 Cricket World Cup

• Rameez Raja scored the highest score of 119 runs in 1992 World Cup against New Zealand.

Maximum fours in Cricket World Cup 1992

• Rameez Raja hit the maximum fours (16)

Maximum centuries by a player in 1992 Cricket World Cup

• DC Boon, an Australian batsman scored two centuries with 2 sixes and 34 fours
• Rameez Raja, a Pakistani batsman also scored two centuries in 1992 World Cup

Maximum fifties by a player in 1992 Cricket World cup

• A Pakistani batsman, Javed Miandad scored the maximum of 5 fifties in 1992 World Cup

Most ducks by any player in 1992 Cricket World Cup

• K Srikkant, an Indian batsman ended by with highest number of ducks in 1992 World Cup

Most wickets by a player in 1992 Cricket World Cup

• Wasim Akram took most number of wickets in 1992 World Cup, total of 18 wickets in 89.4 overs.

Maximum catches by a player in 1992 Cricket World Cup

• South African cricket player KC Wessel took the maximum number of catches (7) in 9 innings.

Highest partnership in Cricket World Cup 1992

• 175 runs was the highest partnership in 1992 World Cup scored by DL Hayness and BC Lara of West Indies cricket team

Highest dismissals in 1992 Cricket World Cup

• DJ Richardson made 15 dismissals in which 1 was stump while 14 were catches

Largest victory of the 1992 Cricket World cup

• Australian cricket team won with a good margin on 128 runs against Zimbabwe. The target was 266 runs.

Final match umpires of 1992 Cricket World Cup

• Steve Bucknor and Brian Aldridge

Man of the series in 1992 Cricket World Cup

• Martin Crowe

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