1999 Cricket World Cup- History and facts
Host of 1999 World Cup
- England hosted the 1999 World Cup along with other European countries
Winner of 1999 Cricket World Cup
- Australia cricket team won the 1999 World Cup where they defeated Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final
Highest target made in 1999 Cricket World Cup
- Indian cricket team scored the highest target of 373 runs against Sri Lanka
Highest run chase by a team in 1999 Cricket World Cup
- Australian cricket team made the highest runs chase of 272 against South Africa
Top scorer of 1999 Cricket World Cup
- Rahul Dravid of Indian cricket team scored the highest of 461 runs and
Highest score in an innings in 1999 Cricket World Cup
- Saurav Ganguly of Indian cricket team scored 183 runs
Most sixes and fours in Cricket World Cup 1999
- Lance Klusener of South African cricket team hit the maximum sixes i.e.(10)
- NC Johnson of Zimbabwe hit 43 fours
Maximum number of centuries scored in 1999 Cricket World Cup
- Rahul Dravid scored two centuries in 1999 World Cup
Highest fifties scored by a player in 1999 Cricket World Cup
- Rahul Dravid scored 3 centuries in 1999 World Cup
Players who scored maximum ducks in 1999 Cricket World Cup
- AG Huckle (Zim), BMW Patterson (Scot,) Akram Khan (Ban), JAR Blain (Scot), KO Otieno (Kenya), AC Parore (NZ), Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak), WJ Cronje (SA), A Flower (Zim), JH Kallis (SA), Ijaz Ahmed (Pak),
Most wickets by a player in 1999 Cricket World Cup
- Geoff Allot of New Zealand cricket team and SK Warne of Australian Cricket team took 20 wickets.
Most dismissals in 1999 Cricket World Cup
- Moin Khan, a Pakistani wicket keeper did the most dismissals (16)
Most catches taken by a player in Cricket World Cup 1999
- DJ Cullinan of South Africa cricket team took 8 catches
Highest partnership runs made in Cricket World Cup 1999
- SC Ganguly and R Dravid of Indian cricket team scored 318 runs in the 2nd wicket against Sri Lanka.
Umpires in the final match of 1999 Cricket World Cup
- Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd
Man of the match in the final of 1999 Cricket World Cup
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