# 1996 Cricket World Cup statistics

This is a list of statistics for the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

## Team statistics
### Highest team totals

The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.
| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
| Sri Lanka | 398/5 | Kenya | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| South Africa | 328/3 | Netherlands | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| South Africa | 321/2 | United Arab Emirates | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| New Zealand | 307/8 | Netherlands | Reliance Stadium, Vadodara, India |
| Australia | 304/7 | Kenya | Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India |
| Australia | 289/4 | New Zealand | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India |
| India | 287/8 | Pakistan | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India |
| New Zealand | 286/9 | Australia | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India |
| Pakistan | 281/5 | New Zealand | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan |
| England | 279/4 | Netherlands | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan |

### Largest winning margin
#### By runs

| Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
| South Africa | 169 runs | United Arab Emirates | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan | 16 Feb 1996 |
| South Africa | 160 runs | Netherlands | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan | 5 Mar 1996 |
| Sri Lanka | 144 runs | Kenya | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka | 6 Mar 1996 |
| New Zealand | 119 runs | Netherlands | Reliance Stadium, Vadodara, India | 17 Feb 1996 |
| New Zealand | 109 runs | United Arab Emirates | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan | 27 Feb 1996 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||

#### By wickets

| Team | Margin | Overs Remaining | Opponent | Ground | Date |
| Pakistan | 9 wickets | 15.0 | United Arab Emirates | Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, Pakistan | 24 Feb 1996 |
| England | 8 wickets | 15.0 | United Arab Emirates | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan | 18 Feb 1996 |
| Pakistan | 8 wickets | 19.2 | Netherlands | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan | 26 Feb 1996 |
| Australia | 8 wickets | 14.0 | Zimbabwe | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India | 1 Mar 1996 |
| India | 7 wickets | 8.1 | Kenya | Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India | 18 Feb 1996 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo ||||||

#### By balls remaining

| Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
| West Indies | 123 balls | Zimbabwe | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India | 16 Feb 1996 |
| Pakistan | 116 balls | Netherlands | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan | 26 Feb 1996 |
| England | 90 balls | United Arab Emirates | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan | 18 Feb 1996 |
| Pakistan | 90 balls | United Arab Emirates | Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, Pakistan | 24 Feb 1996 |
| Australia | 84 balls | Zimbabwe | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India | 1 Mar 1996 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||

### Lowest team totals

This is a list of completed innings only, low totals in matches with reduced overs are omitted except when the team was all out. Successful run chases in the second innings are not counted.
| Team | Score | Opponent | Ground | Date |
| West Indies | 93 (35.2 overs) | Kenya | Nehru Stadium, Pune, India | 29 Feb 1996 |
| Kenya | 134 (49.4 overs) | Zimbabwe | Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, India | 27 Feb 1996 |
| United Arab Emirates | 136 (48.3 overs) | England | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan | 18 Feb 1996 |
| England | 152 (44.3 overs) | South Africa | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan | 25 Feb 1996 |
| Zimbabwe | 154 (45.3 overs) | Australia | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India | 1 Mar 1996 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||

### Smallest winning margin
#### By runs

| Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
| Australia | 5 runs | West Indies | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India | 14 Mar 1996 |
| New Zealand | 11 runs | England | Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, India | 14 Feb 1996 |
| Australia | 16 runs | India | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India | 27 Feb 1996 |
| West Indies | 19 runs | South Africa | National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan | 11 Mar 1996 |
| India | 39 runs | Pakistan | M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India | 9 Mar 1996 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||

#### By wickets

| Team | Margin | Overs Remaining | Opponent | Ground | Date |
| West Indies | 4 wickets | 1.1 | Australia | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India | 4 Mar 1996 |
| India | 5 wickets | 10.4 | West Indies | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India | 4 Mar 1996 |
| South Africa | 5 wickets | 12.3 | West Indies | Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, India | 21 Feb 1996 |
| South Africa | 5 wickets | 5.5 | New Zealand | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan | 20 Feb 1996 |
| South Africa | 5 wickets | 5.4 | Pakistan | National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan | 29 Feb 1996 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo ||||||

#### By balls remaining

| Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
| Sri Lanka | 8 balls | India | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India | 2 Mar 1996 |
| Australia | 13 balls | New Zealand | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India | 11 Mar 1996 |
| Pakistan | 14 balls | England | National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan | 3 Mar 1996 |
| Sri Lanka | 22 balls | Australia | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan | 17 Mar 1996 |
| South Africa | 34 balls | Pakistan | National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan | 29 Feb 1996 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||

## Individual statistics
### Batting statistics
#### Most runs

The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.
| Players | Team | Runs | Matches | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 523 | 7 | 7 | 87.16 | 85.87 | 137 | 2 | 3 | 57 | 7 |
| Mark Waugh | Australia | 484 | 7 | 7 | 80.66 | 85.96 | 130 | 3 | 1 | 40 | 6 |
| Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka | 448 | 6 | 6 | 89.60 | 107.69 | 145 | 2 | 2 | 57 | 7 |
| Gary Kirsten | South Africa | 391 | 6 | 6 | 78.20 | 90.09 | 188* | 1 | 1 | 33 | 4 |
| Saeed Anwar | Pakistan | 329 | 6 | 6 | 82.25 | 95.91 | 83* | 0 | 3 | 29 | 5 |
| Asanka Gurusinha | Sri Lanka | 307 | 6 | 6 | 51.16 | 75.24 | 87 | 0 | 3 | 25 | 11 |
| Hansie Cronje | South Africa | 276 | 6 | 6 | 55.20 | 87.34 | 78 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 6 |
| Andrew Hudson | South Africa | 275 | 4 | 4 | 68.75 | 101.47 | 161 | 1 | 1 | 32 | 4 |
| Aamer Sohail | Pakistan | 272 | 6 | 6 | 45.33 | 81.92 | 111 | 1 | 2 | 35 | 1 |
| Brian Lara | West Indies | 269 | 6 | 6 | 53.80 | 105.07 | 111 | 1 | 1 | 33 | 2 |

#### Highest scores

This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.
| Player | Team | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Opponent | Ground |
| Gary Kirsten | South Africa | 188* | 159 | 13 | 4 | United Arab Emirates | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Andrew Hudson | South Africa | 161 | 132 | 13 | 4 | Netherlands | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka | 145 | 115 | 14 | 5 | Kenya | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 137 | 137 | 8 | 5 | Sri Lanka | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India |
| Mark Waugh | Australia | 130 | 128 | 14 | 1 | Kenya | Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India |
| Chris Harris | New Zealand | 130 | 124 | 13 | 4 | Australia | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 127* | 138 | 15 | 1 | Kenya | Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India |
| Mark Waugh | Australia | 126 | 135 | 8 | 3 | India | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India |
| Aamer Sohail | Pakistan | 111 | 139 | 8 | 0 | South Africa | National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan |
| Brian Lara | West Indies | 111 | 94 | 16 | 0 | South Africa | National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan |

#### Most boundaries

| Total Fours | Total Fours | Total Fours | Total Sixes | Total Sixes | Total Sixes |
| Player | Team | No. of Fours | Player | Team | No. of Sixes |
| Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka | 57 | Asanka Gurusinha | Sri Lanka | 11 |
| Sachin Tendulkar | India | 57 | Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 8 |
| Mark Waugh | Australia | 40 | Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka | 7 |
| Aamer Sohail | Pakistan | 35 | Sachin Tendulkar | India | 7 |
| Gary Kirsten | South Africa | 33 | Mark Waugh | Australia | 6 |
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### Bowling statistics
#### Most wickets

The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the tournament.
| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
| Anil Kumble | India | 15 | 7 | 18.73 | 27.8 | 4.03 | 3/28 |
| Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 13 | 6 | 19.46 | 24.9 | 4.68 | 4/26 |
| Paul Strang | Zimbabwe | 12 | 6 | 16.00 | 21 | 4.55 | 5/21 |
| Roger Harper | West Indies | 12 | 6 | 18.25 | 29 | 3.77 | 4/47 |
| Damien Fleming | Australia | 12 | 6 | 18.41 | 22.6 | 4.87 | 5/36 |
| Shane Warne | Australia | 12 | 7 | 21.91 | 34.2 | 3.83 | 4/34 |
| Curtly Ambrose | West Indies | 10 | 6 | 17.00 | 33.9 | 3 | 3/28 |
| Rajab Ali | Kenya | 10 | 6 | 19.00 | 24.8 | 4.59 | 3/17 |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | Pakistan | 10 | 6 | 23.80 | 34.2 | 4.17 | 3/16 |
| Allan Donald | South Africa | 8 | 4 | 15.75 | 25.5 | 3.7 | 3/21 |
| Venkatapathy Raju | India | 8 | 4 | 19.75 | 30 | 3.95 | 3/30 |

#### Best bowling figures

This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.
| Player | Team | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
| Paul Strang | Zimbabwe | 9.4 | 5/21 | Kenya | Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, India |
| Shaukat Dukanwala | United Arab Emirates | 10.0 | 5/29 | Netherlands | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan |
| Damien Fleming | Australia | 9.0 | 5/36 | Kenya | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India |
| Waqar Younis | Pakistan | 10.0 | 4/26 | Netherlands | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan |
| Shane Warne | Australia | 9.3 | 4/34 | Zimbabwe | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India |
| Shane Warne | Australia | 9.0 | 4/36 | West Indies | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India |
| Paul Strang | Zimbabwe | 7.3 | 4/40 | West Indies | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India |
| Roger Harper | West Indies | 10.0 | 4/47 | South Africa | National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan |
| Brian McMillan | South Africa | 8.0 | 3/11 | United Arab Emirates | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 7.0 | 3/12 | India | Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India |

#### Most maidens

| Player | Team | Inns | Mdns | Ave |
| Glenn McGrath | Australia | 7 | 10 | 43.00 |
| Curtly Ambrose | West Indies | 6 | 9 | 17.00 |
| Courtney Walsh | West Indies | 6 | 9 | 30.00 |
| Heath Streak | Zimbabwe | 5 | 8 | 43.75 |
| Ian Bishop | West Indies | 6 | 6 | 64.66 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo |||||

### Fielding statistics
#### Most dismissals

This is a list of the wicket keepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.
| Player | Team | Matches | Dismissals | Caught | Stumped | Max |
| Ian Healy | Australia | 7 | 12 | 9 | 3 | 3 |
| Rashid Latif | Pakistan | 6 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 5 |
| Steve Palframan | South Africa | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |
| Jack Russell | England | 6 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 3 |
| Nayan Mongia | India | 7 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 3 |

#### Most catches

This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.
| Player | Team | Innings | Catches |
| Anil Kumble | India | 7 | 8 |
| Alistair Campbell | Zimbabwe | 5 | 5 |
| Chris Cairns | New Zealand | 6 | 5 |
| Sanath Jayasuriya | Sri Lanka | 6 | 5 |
| Graham Thorpe | England | 6 | 5 |
| Source: ESPNcricinfo ||||

## Other Statistics
### Highest partnerships

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.
By wicket :
| Wicket | Runs | Team | Players | Players | Opposition | Ground |
| 1st | 186 | South Africa | Gary Kirsten | Andrew Hudson | Netherlands | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| 2nd | 138 | West Indies | Shivnarine Chanderpaul | Brian Lara | South Africa | National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan |
| 3rd | 207 | Australia | Mark Waugh | Steve Waugh | Kenya | Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India |
| 4th | 168 | New Zealand | Lee Germon | Chris Harris | Australia | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India |
| 5th | 138 | Australia | Stuart Law | Michael Bevan | West Indies | Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India |
| 6th | 80* | Pakistan | Saleem Malik | Wasim Akram | New Zealand | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan |
| 7th | 44 | Kenya | Hitesh Modi | Thomas Odoyo | West Indies | Nehru Stadium, Pune, India |
| 8th | 62 | England | Dermot Reeve | Darren Gough | Sri Lanka | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan |
| 9th | 80* | United Arab Emirates | Arshad Laeeq | Shaukat Dukanwala | South Africa | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| 10th | 17 | South Africa | Craig Matthews | Fanie de Villiers | England | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| By runs |||||||
| 3rd | 207 | Australia | Mark Waugh | Steve Waugh | Kenya | Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India |
| 1st | 186 | South Africa | Gary Kirsten | Andrew Hudson | Netherlands | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| 3rd | 183 | Sri Lanka | Asanka Gurusinha | Aravinda de Silva | Kenya | Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka |
| 3rd | 175 | India | Sachin Tendulkar | Mohammad Azharuddin | Sri Lanka | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India |
| 3rd | 172 | Sri Lanka | Asanka Gurusinha | Aravinda de Silva | Zimbabwe | Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka |
| 4th | 168 | New Zealand | Lee Germon | Chris Harris | Australia | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India |
| 1st | 163 | India | Ajay Jadeja | Sachin Tendulkar | Kenya | Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India |
| 1st | 147 | England | Robin Smith (cricketer) | Michael Atherton | Pakistan | National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan |
| 3rd | 145* | South Africa | Gary Kirsten | Daryll Cullinan | United Arab Emirates | Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan |
| 3rd | 143 | England | Graeme Hick | Graham Thorpe | Netherlands | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan |