1996 World Cup Statistics

The 1996 Wills World Cup was the sixth edition of Cricket World Cup. It was jointly hosted by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka won the tournament by defeating Australia in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.

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Top 5 Batsman
Player	Team	Matches	I	R	HS	Avg.	SR	100	50	4s	6s
Sachin Tendulkar	IND	7	7	523	137	87.16	85.87	2	3	57	7
Mark Waugh	AUS	7	7	484	130	80.66	85.96	3	1	40	6
Aravinda de Silva	SL	6	6	448	145	89.60	107.6	2	2	57	7
G Kirsten	SA	6	6	391	188*	78.20	90.09	1	1	33	4
Saeed Anwar	PAK	6	6	329	83*	82.25	95.91	0	3	29	5

 

Top Bowlers
Bowler	Team	M	Wkts	BBI	Avg.	Econ	SR	5w
Anil Kumble	IND	7	15	3/28	18.73	4.03	27.8	0
Waqar Younis	PAK	6	13	4/26	19.46	4.68	24.9	0
PA Strang	Zim	6	12	5/21	16.00	4.55	21.0	1
Roger Harper	WI	6	12	4/47	18.25	3.77	29.0	0
D Flemming	AUS	6	12	5/36	18.41	4.87	22.6	1
Shane Warne	AUS	7	12	4/34	21.91	3.83	34.2	0

 

Top Individual Scores
Player	Team	Opposition	Runs	Balls	SR	4s	6s	Ground
G Kirsten	SA	U.A.E.	188*	159	118.23	13	4	Rawalpindi
AC Hudson	SA	NED	161	132	121.96	13	4	Rawalpindi
Aravinda de Silva	SL	KEN	145	115	126.08	14	5	Kandy
Sachin Tendulkar	IND	SL	137	137	100.00	8	5	Delhi
Mark Waugh	AUS	KEN	130	128	101.56	14	1	Visakhapatnam
Chris Harris	NZ	AUS	130	124	104.83	13	4	Chennai

 

Top Bowling Figures in an inning
Bowler	Team	Opp.	Bowling Figures	Ground
PA Strang	ZIM	KEN	5/21 in 9.4 Overs	Patna
SF Dukanwala	U.A.E.	NED	5/29 in 10 Overs	Lahore
DM Fleming	AUS	IND	5/36 in 9 Overs	Mumbai
Waqar Younis	PAK	NED	4/26 in 10 Overs	Lahore
SK Warne	AUS	ZIM	4/34 in 9.3 Overs	Nagpur

 

Highest Partnerships
Partners	Team	Runs	Wkt	Opp.	Ground
ME Waugh & SR Waugh	AUS	207	3rd	KEN	Visakhapatnam
G Kirsten & AC Hudson	SA	186	1st	NED	Rawalpindi
AP Gurusinha & PA de Silva	SL	183	3rd	KEN	Kandy
SR Tendulkar & M Azharuddin	IND	175	3rd	SL	Delhi
AP Gurusinha & PA de Silva	SL	172	3rd	ZIM	Colombo(SSC)