1999 World Cup Statistics
Updated: Sat, Jan 10 2015 00:05 IST
The 1999 ICC Cricket World Cup was the seventh edition of the tournament. It was hosted by primarily by England and some games were hosted in Scotland, Ireland, Wales and the Netherlands. Australia beat Pakistan in the final by 8 wickets at Lord's to lift the trophy for the 3rd time. Lance Klusener of South Africa was declared the Player of the Tournament. Rahul Dravid (India) scored most runs (461), Geoff Allott (New Zealand) and Shane Warne (Australia) tied each other for most wickets (20) in the tournament.
| Top 5 Batsman | |||||||||||
| Player | Team | Matches | I | R | HS | Avg | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Rahul Dravid | IND | 8 | 8 | 461 | 145 | 65.85 | 85.52 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 1 |
| Steve Waugh | AUS | 10 | 8 | 398 | 120* | 79.60 | 77.73 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 6 |
| Sourav Ganguly | IND | 7 | 7 | 379 | 183 | 54.14 | 81.15 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 8 |
| Mark Waugh | AUS | 10 | 10 | 375 | 104 | 41.66 | 76.21 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 1 |
| Saeed Anwar | PAK | 10 | 10 | 368 | 113* | 40.88 | 72.01 | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
| Top 5 Bowlers | ||||||||
| Player | Team | Matches | Wkts | BBI | Avg. | Econ | SR | 5w |
| GI Allott | NZ | 9 | 20 | 4/37 | 16.25 | 3.70 | 26.3 | 0 |
| Shane Warne | AUS | 10 | 20 | 4/29 | 18.05 | 3.82 | 28.3 | 0 |
| Glenn McGrath | AUS | 10 | 18 | 5/14 | 20.58 | 3.83 | 31.8 | 1 |
| Lance Klusener | SA | 9 | 17 | 5/21 | 20.58 | 4.61 | 26.7 | 1 |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | PAK | 10 | 17 | 5/35 | 22.29 | 4.52 | 29.5 | 1 |
| Top Individual Scores | ||||||||
| Player | Team | Opp | Score | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ground |
| Sourav Ganguly | IND | SL | 183 | 158 | 115.82 | 17 | 6 | Taunton |
| Rahul Dravid | IND | SL | 145 | 129 | 112.40 | 17 | 1 | Taunton |
| Sachin Tendulkar | IND | KEN | 140* | 101 | 138.61 | 16 | 3 | Bristol |
| NC Johnson | ZIM | AUS | 132* | 144 | 91.66 | 14 | 2 | Lord's |
| Steve Waugh | AUS | SA | 120* | 110 | 109.09 | 10 | 2 | Leeds |
| Top Bowling Figures in an Inning | ||||
| Player | Team | Opp | Bowling Figures | Ground |
| Glen McGrath | AUS | WI | 5/14 in 8.4 overs | Manchester |
| Lance Klusener | SA | KEN | 5/21 in 8.3 overs | Amstelveen |
| V Prasad | IND | PAK | 5/27 in 9.3 overs | Manchester |
| Robin Singh | IND | SL | 5/31 in 9.3 overs | Taunton |
| Saqlain Mushtaq | PAK | BAN | 5/35 in 10 overs | Northampton |
| Highest Partnerships | |||||
| Partners | Team | Opp | Runs | Wkt | Ground |
| SC Ganguly & R Dravid | IND | SL | 318 | 2nd | Taunton |
| R Dravid & SR Tendulkar | IND | KEN | 237* | 3rd | Bristol |
| Saeed Anwar & Wajahatullah Wasti | PAK | NZ | 194 | 1st | Manchester |
| G Kirsten & HH Gibbs | SA | NZ | 176 | 1st | Birmingham |
| MO Odumbe & AV Vadher | KEN | SL | 161 | 6th | Southampton |
| Most Dismissals (Wicket-Keeper) | |||||
| Player | Team | Matches | Catch | ||
| Moin Khan | Pak | 10 | 12 | 4 | |
| WI | 5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | |
| Adam Gilchrist | AUS | 10 | 14 | 12 | 2 |
| Mark Boucher | SA | 9 | 11 | 11 | 0 |
| IND | 9 | 8 | 1 | ||
| Most Dismissals (Fielder) | ||||
| Player | Team | Matches | Catch | |
| 9 | ||||
| ENG | 5 | 6 | 2 | |
| Graham Thorpe | ENG | 5 | 6 | 3 |
| Nathan Astle | NZ | 9 | 6 | 3 |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq | PAK | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Ricky Ponting | AUS | 10 | 6 | 3 |
| Mark Waugh | AUS | 10 | 6 | 2 |
| Steve Waugh | AUS | 10 | 6 | 2 |
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