# 1996 Cricket World Cup

The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup 1996 for sponsorship reasons, was the sixth Cricket World Cup organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was co-hosted by India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia by seven wickets in the final on 17 March 1996 at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan.

## Hosts

The competition was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India hosted 17 matches at 17 venues, Pakistan hosted 16 matches at six venues and four matches were played at three Sri Lankan venues
Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the bombing of Central Bank in Colombo by the Tamil Tigers in January 1996. After extensive negotiations, the ICC ruled that Sri Lanka would be awarded both games on forfeit. As a result of this decision, Sri Lanka automatically qualified for the quarter-finals before playing a game.

### India

| Venues | Cities | Capacity | Matches |
| Eden Gardens | Calcutta, West Bengal | 120,000 | 1 |
| Green Park | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | 45,000 | 1 |
| Punjab Cricket Association Stadium | Mohali, Punjab | 40,000 | 1 |
| M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore, Karnataka | 55,000 | 1 |
| M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Madras, Tamil Nadu | 50,000 | 1 |
| Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | Hyderabad, Telangana | 30,000 | 1 |
| Barabati Stadium | Cuttack, Odisha | 25,000 | 1 |
| Roop Singh Stadium | Gwalior, Madhya Pradesh | 55,000 | 1 |
| Indira Priyadarshini Stadium | Visakhapatnam, Andhra Pradesh | 25,000 | 1 |
| Moin-ul-Haq Stadium | Patna, Bihar | 25,000 | 1 |
| Nehru Stadium | Pune, Maharashtra | 25,000 | 1 |
| Wankhede Stadium | Mumbai, Maharashtra | 45,000 | 1 |
| Sardar Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 48,000 | 1 |
| IPCL Sports Complex Ground | Vadodara, Gujarat | 20,000 | 1 |
| Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur, Rajasthan | 30,000 | 1 |
| Vidarbha C.A. Ground | Nagpur, Maharashtra | 40,000 | 1 |
| Feroz Shah Kotla Ground | Delhi, New Delhi | 48,000 | 1 |

### Pakistan

| Venues | Cities | Capacity | Matches |
| National Stadium | Karachi, Sindh | 34,000 | 3 |
| Gaddafi Stadium | Lahore, Punjab | 62,000 | 4 |
| Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium | Rawalpindi, Punjab | 25,000 | 3 |
| Arbab Niaz Stadium | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 20,000 | 2 |
| Iqbal Stadium | Faisalabad, Punjab | 18,000 | 3 |
| Jinnah Stadium | Gujranwala, Punjab | 20,000 | 1 |

### Sri Lanka

| Venues | Cities | Capacity | Matches |
| R. Premadasa Stadium | Colombo | 14,000 | 0* |
| Singhalese Sports Club Cricket Ground | Colombo | 10,000 | 1 |
| Asgiriya Stadium | Kandy | 10,300 | 1 |
* Two matches were scheduled to be played at Premadasa Stadium, but neither took place as Australia and the West Indies declined to play in Sri Lanka.

## Teams

All the Test-playing nations participated in the competition, including Zimbabwe, who became the ninth Test-status member of the ICC following the last World Cup. The three Associate teams (previously one) to qualify through the 1994 ICC Trophy – the United Arab Emirates, Kenya and the Netherlands – also made their World Cup debuts in 1996. The Netherlands lost all of their five matches, including a defeat to the UAE, while Kenya recorded a surprise victory over the West Indies in Pune.
Full Members :
| Australia | England | India |
| New Zealand | Pakistan | South Africa |
| Sri Lanka | West Indies | Zimbabwe |
| Associate Members |||
| Kenya | Netherlands | United Arab Emirates |

## Summary

The Sri Lankans, coached by Dav Whatmore and captained by Arjuna Ranatunga, used Man of the Series Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana as opening batsmen to take advantage of the fielding restrictions during the first 15 overs of each innings. At a time when 50 or 60 runs in the first 15 overs was considered adequate, Sri Lanka scored 117 runs in those overs against India, 123 against Kenya, 121 against England in the quarter-final and 86 against India in the semi-final. Against Kenya, Sri Lanka made 398 for 5, a new record for the highest team score in a One Day International that stood until April 2006. Gary Kirsten scored 188 not out against United Arab Emirates at Rawalpindi, Pakistan. This became the highest individual score ever in any World Cup match until it was surpassed by first Chris Gayle of the West Indies, and later Martin Guptill of New Zealand, who scored 215 and 237 respectively in the 2015 Cricket World Cup.
Sri Lanka won the first semi-final over India at Eden Gardens in Calcutta, in front of a crowd unofficially estimated at 110,000. After they had lost both openers cheaply, Sri Lanka launched a counter-attack, led by Aravinda de Silva, to post a strong total of 251 for the loss of 8 wickets. India began their chase promisingly but after the loss of Sachin Tendulkar, the Indian batting order collapsed. After India had slumped to 120 for 8 in the 35th over, sections of the crowd began to throw fruit and plastic bottles onto the field. The players left the field for 20 minutes in an attempt to quieten the crowd. When the players returned for play, more bottles were thrown onto the field and fires were lit in the stand. Match referee Clive Lloyd awarded the match to Sri Lanka, the first default ever in a Test or One Day International.
In the second semi-final in Mohali, Australia recovered from 15/4 to reach 207/8 from their 50 overs. The West Indians had reached 165/2 in the 42nd over before losing their last eight wickets for 37 runs in 50 balls.
Sri Lanka won the toss in the final and sent Australia in to bat despite the team batting first having won all five previous World Cup finals. Mark Taylor top scored with 74 in Australia's total of 241/7. Sri Lanka won the match in the 47th over with Aravinda de Silva following his 3 for 42 with an unbeaten 107 to win the Player of the Match award. It was the first time a tournament host or co-host had won the cricket World Cup.
A warm-up match was played between South Africa and Pakistan on 8 February 1996 in which South Africa defeated Pakistan by 65 runs.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | Sri Lanka | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 1.607 |
| 2 | Australia | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.903 |
| 3 | India | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.452 |
| 4 | West Indies | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | −0.134 |
| 5 | Zimbabwe | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −0.939 |
| 6 | Kenya | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.007 |
* 16 February Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 151/9 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 155/4 (29.3 overs) |
| Grant Flower 31 (54) Curtly Ambrose 3/28 (10 overs) | | Sherwin Campbell 47 (88) Paul Strang 4/40 (7.3 overs) |
* West Indies won by 6 wickets Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Curtly Ambrose (WI)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
* 17 February Scorecard
| Sri Lanka | v | Australia |
* Sri Lanka won by a walkover R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Cyril Mitchley (SA) and Mahboob Shah (Pak)
* No toss.
* Australia forfeited the match due to safety concerns, and were in Mumbai at the time of the match.
* 18 February Scorecard
| Kenya 199/6 (50 overs) | v | India 203/3 (41.5 overs) |
| Steve Tikolo 65 (83) Anil Kumble 3/28 (10 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 127* (138) Steve Tikolo 1/26 (3 overs) |
* India won by 7 wickets Barabati Stadium, Cuttack Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* 21 February Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 228/6 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 229/4 (37 overs) |
| Alistair Campbell 75 (102) Chaminda Vaas 2/30 (10 overs) | | Aravinda de Silva 91 (86) Heath Streak 3/60 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Mahboob Shah (Pak) Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
* 21 February Scorecard
| West Indies 173 (50 overs) | v | India 174/5 (39.4 overs) |
| Richie Richardson 47 (70) Anil Kumble 3/35 (10 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 70 (91) Roger Harper 2/34 (9 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* 23 February Scorecard
| Australia 304/7 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 207/7 (50 overs) |
| Mark Waugh 130 (128) Rajab Ali 3/45 (10 overs) | | Kennedy Otieno 85 (137) Paul Reiffel 2/18 (7 overs) |
* Australia won by 97 runs Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam Umpires: Cyril Mitchley (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
* 26 February Scorecard
| Sri Lanka | v | West Indies |
* Sri Lanka won by a walkover Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) and Mahboob Shah (Pak)
* No toss.
* West Indies forfeited the match due to safety concerns.
* 27 February Scorecard
| Kenya 134 (49.4 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 137/5 (42.2 overs) |
| Dipak Chudasama 34 (66) Paul Strang 5/21 (9.4 overs) | | Grant Flower 45 (112) Rajab Ali 3/22 (8 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and Cyril Mitchley (SA) Player of the match: Paul Strang (Zim)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* This game was originally scheduled to be played on 25 February; as the game started but due to rain it was abandoned after 15.5 overs of Zimbabwe's innings.
* 27 February Scorecard
| Australia 258 (50 overs) | v | India 242 (48 overs) |
| Mark Waugh 126 (135) Venkatapathy Raju 2/48 (10 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 90 (84) Damien Fleming 5/36 (9 overs) |
* Australia won by 16 runs Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 29 February Scorecard
| Kenya 166 (49.3 overs) | v | West Indies 93 (35.2 overs) |
| Steve Tikolo 29 (50) Courtney Walsh 3/46 (9 overs) | | Shivnarine Chanderpaul 19 (48) Maurice Odumbe 3/15 (10 overs) |
* Kenya won by 73 runs Nehru Stadium, Pune Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match: Maurice Odumbe (Ken)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* Kenya won their first ODI match.
* This was the first time the West Indies lost an ODI to an ICC Associate.
* This was the fourth win in ODI history by an ICC Associate (all in World Cups, SL vs Ind 1979, Zim vs Aus 1983 and Zim vs Eng 1992).
* 1 March Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 154 (45.3 overs) | v | Australia 158/2 (36 overs) |
| Andy Waller 67 (101) Shane Warne 4/34 (9.3 overs) | | Mark Waugh 76* (109) Paul Strang 2/33 (10 overs) |
* Australia won by 8 wickets Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
* 2 March Scorecard
| India 271/3 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 272/4 (48.4 overs) |
| Sachin Tendulkar 137 (137) Ravindra Pushpakumara 1/53 (8 overs) | | Sanath Jayasuriya 79 (76) Anil Kumble 2/39 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi Umpires: Cyril Mitchley (SA) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
* 4 March Scorecard
| Australia 229/6 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 232/6 (48.5 overs) |
| Ricky Ponting 102 (112) Courtney Walsh 2/35 (9 overs) | | Richie Richardson 93* (133) Mark Waugh 3/38 (10 overs) |
* West Indies won by 4 wickets Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Umpires: Mahboob Shah (Pak) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Richie Richardson (WI)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* 6 March Scorecard
| India 247/5 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 207 (49.4 overs) |
| Vinod Kambli 106 (110) Charlie Lock 2/57 (10 overs) | | Heath Streak 30 (39) Venkatapathy Raju 3/30 (10 overs) |
* India won by 40 runs Green Park, Kanpur Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Cyril Mitchley (SA) Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
* 6 March Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 398/5 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 254/7 (50 overs) |
| Aravinda de Silva 145 (115) Tito Odumbe 2/34 (5 overs) | | Steve Tikolo 96 (95) Arjuna Ranatunga 2/31 (5 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 144 runs Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and V. K. Ramaswamy (Ind) Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
* Sri Lanka's total of 398/5 surpassed England's 363/7 against Pakistan in 1992 as the highest score in all ODIs. The record stood until 12 March 2006, when both Australia and South Africa broke it in the same match. It remained a World Cup record until the 2007 tournament, when India scored 413/5 against Bermuda.

### Group B

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR |
| 1 | South Africa | 5 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 2.043 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 5 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 0.961 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 5 | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0.552 |
| 4 | England | 5 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 0.079 |
| 5 | United Arab Emirates | 5 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | −1.830 |
| 6 | Netherlands | 5 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | −1.923 |
* 14 February Scorecard
| New Zealand 239/6 (50 overs) | v | England 228/9 (50 overs) |
| Nathan Astle 101 (132) Graeme Hick 2/45 (9 overs) | | Graeme Hick 85 (102) Dion Nash 3/26 (7 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 11 runs Gujarat Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Steve Randell Player of the match: Nathan Astle (NZ)
* 16 February Scorecard
| South Africa 321/2 (50 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 152/8 (50 overs) |
| Gary Kirsten 188* (159) Johanne Samarasekera 1/39 (9 overs) | | Arshad Laeeq 43 (79) Brian McMillan 3/11 (8 overs) |
* South Africa won by 169 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Steve Bucknor and V. K. Ramaswamy Player of the match: Gary Kirsten (SA)
* Match was delayed from 15th February due to rain and a flooded ground.
* Gary Kirsten's unbeaten 188 was the highest ever individual score in a World Cup match, surpassing Viv Richards' 181* against Sri Lanka in 1987, and the second-highest ODI score of all time, one short of Richards' all-time ODI record score of 189.
* South Africa's score of 321/2 was their highest in ODIs.
* The United Arab Emirates' ninth-wicket partnership of 80* between Arshad Laeeq and Shaukat Dukanwala was the second-highest of all time.
* 17 February 1996 Scorecard
| New Zealand 307/8 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 188/7 (50 overs) |
| Craig Spearman 68 (59) Steven Lubbers 3/48 (9 overs) | | Roland Lefebvre 45 (64) Chris Harris 3/24 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 119 runs Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Craig Spearman (NZ)
* This was the Netherlands' first ODI match.
* Peter Cantrell, Flavian Aponso, Steven Lubbers, Roland Lefebvre, Tim de Leede, Klaas-Jan van Noortwijk, Marcelis Schewe, Bastiaan Zuiderent, Eric Gouka and Paul-Jan Bakker (Ned) all made their ODI debut.
* At 47 years and 240 days, Nolan Clarke (Ned) became the oldest player to make his ODI debut.
* Stephen Fleming (NZ) took his only ODI wicket.
* 18 February Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 136 (48.3 overs) | v | England 140/2 (35 overs) |
| Mazhar Hussain 33 (59) Neil Smith 3/29 | | Graham Thorpe 44* (66) Arshad Laeeq 1/25 (7 overs) |
* England won by 8 wickets Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Umpires: B. C. Cooray and V. K. Ramaswamy Player of the match: Neil Smith (Eng)
* 20 February Scorecard
| New Zealand 177/9 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 178/5 (37.3 overs) |
| Stephen Fleming 33 (79) Allan Donald 3/34 (10 overs) | | Hansie Cronje 78 (64) Nathan Astle 2/10 (3 overs) |
* South Africa won by 5 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Steve Randell and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)
* 22 February Scorecard
| England 279/4 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 230/6 (50 overs) |
| Graeme Hick 104* (133) Roland Lefebvre 1/40 (10 overs) | | Klaas van Noortwijk 64 (82) Phil DeFreitas 3/31 (10 overs) |
* England won by 49 runs Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Umpires: Steve Bucknor and K. T. Francis Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Eng)
* 24 February Scorecard
| United Arab Emirates 109/9 (33 overs) | v | Pakistan 112/1 (18 overs) |
| Shaukat Dukanwala 21* (19) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/16 (7 overs) | | Ijaz Ahmed 50* (57) Johanne Samarasekera 1/17 (3 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 9 wickets Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Mushtaq Ahmed (Pak)
* 25 February Scorecard
| South Africa 230 (50 overs) | v | England 152 (44.3 overs) |
| Gary Kirsten 38 (60) Peter Martin 3/33 (10 overs) | | Graham Thorpe 46 (69) Shaun Pollock 2/16 (8 overs) |
* South Africa won by 78 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Steve Randell and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Jonty Rhodes (SA)
* 26 February Scorecard
| Netherlands 145/7 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 151/2 (30.4 overs) |
| Flavian Aponso 58 Waqar Younis 4/26 | | Saeed Anwar 83* Peter Cantrell 1/18 (4 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: K. T. Francis and Steve Bucknor Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)
* 27 February Scorecard
| New Zealand 276/8 (47 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 167/9 (47 overs) |
| Roger Twose 92 (112) Azhar Saeed 3/45 (7 overs) | | Johanne Samarasekera 47 (59) Shane Thomson 3/20 |
* New Zealand won by 109 runs Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Roger Twose (NZ)
* Match reduced to 47 overs a side due to heavy fog at the start of the match.
* 29 February Scorecard
| Pakistan 242/6 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 243/5 (44.2 overs) |
| Aamir Sohail 111 (139) Hansie Cronje 2/20 (5 overs) | | Daryll Cullinan 65 (76) Waqar Younis 3/50 (8 overs) |
* South Africa won by 5 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: K. T. Francis and Steve Bucknor Player of the match: Hansie Cronje (SA)
* Bucknor replaced Ian Robinson as an umpire in this match after protests by Pakistan.
* 1 March Scorecard
| Netherlands 216/9 (50 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 220/3 (44.2 overs) |
| Peter Cantrell 47 (106) Shaukat Dukanwala 5/29 (10 overs) | | Saleem Raza 84 (68) Roland Lefebvre 1/24 (8 overs) |
* United Arab Emirates won by 7 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Steve Randell Player of the match: Shaukat Dukanwala (UAE)
* This was the first ever official ODI between two ICC Associate teams.
* 3 March Scorecard
| England 249/9 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 250/3 (47.4 overs) |
| Robin Smith 75 (92) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/53 (10 overs) | | Saeed Anwar 71 (72) Dominic Cork 2/59 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 7 wickets National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (Pak)
* 5 March 1996 Scorecard
| South Africa 328/3 (50 overs) | v | Netherlands 168/8 (50 overs) |
| Andrew Hudson 161 (132) Eric Gouka 1/32 (2 overs) | | Nolan Clarke 32 (46) Allan Donald 2/21 (6 overs) |
* South Africa won by 160 runs Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Khizer Hayat (Pak) and Steve Randell (Aus) Player of the match: Andrew Hudson (SA)
* South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
* Peter Cantrell, Flavian Aponso, Marcelis Schewe, Eric Gouka, Steven Lubbers and Paul-Jan Bakker (all Ned) played their final ODI match.
* Nolan Clarke (Ned), aged 47 years and 257 days, played his final ODI match, the oldest player to do so.
* 6 March Scorecard
| Pakistan 281/5 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 235 (47.3 overs) |
| Saeed Anwar 62 (67) Robert Kennedy 1/32 (5 overs) | | Stephen Fleming 42 (43) Mushtaq Ahmed 2/32 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 46 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: K. T. Francis and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Saleem Malik (Pak)

## Knockout stage

| Quarter-finals | Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Semi-finals | | Final | Final |
| 9 March – Faisalabad, Pakistan | 9 March – Faisalabad, Pakistan | | | |
| England | 235/8 | | | |
| England | 235/8 | 13 March – Calcutta, India | 13 March – Calcutta, India | | |
| Sri Lanka | 236/5 | 13 March – Calcutta, India | 13 March – Calcutta, India | |
| Sri Lanka | 236/5 | Sri Lanka | 251/8 | |
| 9 March – Bangalore, India | 9 March – Bangalore, India | | Sri Lanka | 251/8 | |
| 9 March – Bangalore, India | 9 March – Bangalore, India | India | 120/8 | |
| India | 287/8 | India | 120/8 | |
| India | 287/8 | | | | 17 March – Lahore, Pakistan | 17 March – Lahore, Pakistan |
| Pakistan | 248/9 | | | | 17 March – Lahore, Pakistan | 17 March – Lahore, Pakistan |
| Pakistan | 248/9 | | | | Sri Lanka | 245/3 |
| 11 March – Karachi, Pakistan | 11 March – Karachi, Pakistan | | | | | Sri Lanka | 245/3 |
| 11 March – Karachi, Pakistan | 11 March – Karachi, Pakistan | | | | Australia | 241/7 |
| West Indies | 264/8 | | | | Australia | 241/7 |
| West Indies | 264/8 | 14 March – Mohali, India | 14 March – Mohali, India | | | |
| South Africa | 245 | 14 March – Mohali, India | 14 March – Mohali, India | | | |
| South Africa | 245 | West Indies | 202 | | | |
| 11 March – Madras, India | 11 March – Madras, India | | West Indies | 202 | | | |
| 11 March – Madras, India | 11 March – Madras, India | Australia | 207/8 | |
| New Zealand | 286/9 | Australia | 207/8 | |
| Australia | 289/4 | | | |

### Quarter-finals

* 9 March Scorecard
| England 235/8 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 236/5 (40.4 overs) |
| Phil DeFreitas 67 (64) Kumar Dharmasena 2/30 (10 overs) | | Sanath Jayasuriya 82 (44) Dermot Reeve 1/14 (4 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Umpires: Mahboob Shah and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
* England won the toss and elected to bat first.
* 9 March Scorecard
| India 287/8 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 248/9 (49 overs) |
| Navjot Singh Sidhu 93 (115) Mushtaq Ahmed 2/56 (10 overs) | | Aamer Sohail 55 (46) Venkatesh Prasad 3/45 (10 overs) |
* India won by 39 runs M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd Player of the match: Navjot Singh Sidhu (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat first.
* Pakistan was fined 1 over for a slow over rate.
* 11 March Scorecard
| West Indies 264/8 (50 overs) | v | South Africa 245 (49.3 overs) |
| Brian Lara 111 (94) Brian McMillan 2/37 (10 overs) | | Daryll Cullinan 69 (78) Roger Harper 4/47 (10 overs) |
* West Indies won by 19 runs National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: K. T. Francis and Steve Randell Player of the match: Brian Lara (WI)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* 11 March Scorecard
| New Zealand 286/9 (50 overs) | v | Australia 289/4 (47.5 overs) |
| Chris Harris 130 (124) Glenn McGrath 2/50 (9 overs) | | Mark Waugh 110 (112) Nathan Astle 1/21 (3 overs) |
* Australia won by 6 wickets MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras Umpires: Cyril Mitchley and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat first.

### Semi-finals

* 13 March Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 251/8 (50 overs) | v | India 120/8 (34.1 overs) |
| Aravinda de Silva 66 (47) Javagal Srinath 3/34 (7 overs) | | Sachin Tendulkar 65 (88) Sanath Jayasuriya 3/12 (7 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by default Eden Gardens, Calcutta Umpires: Steve Dunne and Cyril Mitchley Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
* India won the toss and elected to field.
* The match was awarded to Sri Lanka by match referee Clive Lloyd when play could not be continued due to the rioting crowd.
* Sri Lanka qualified for the final for first time.
* 14 March Scorecard
| Australia 207/8 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 202 (49.3 overs) |
| Stuart Law 72 (105) Curtly Ambrose 2/26 (10 overs) | | Shivnarine Chanderpaul 80 (126) Shane Warne 4/36 (9 overs) |
* Australia won by 5 runs Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan Player of the match: Shane Warne (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Australia qualified for the final for third time after 1975 and 1987.

## Final

* 17 March (D/N) Scorecard
| Australia 241/7 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 245/3 (46.2 overs) |
| Mark Taylor 74 (83) Aravinda de Silva 3/42 (9 overs) | | Aravinda de Silva 107* (124) Damien Fleming 1/43 (6 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd Player of the match: Aravinda de Silva (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

## Statistics

Leading run scorers :
| Runs | Player | Country |
| 523 | Sachin Tendulkar | India |
| 484 | Mark Waugh | Australia |
| 448 | Aravinda de Silva | Sri Lanka |
| 391 | Gary Kirsten | South Africa |
| 329 | Saeed Anwar | Pakistan |
Leading wicket takers :
| Wickets | Player | Country |
| 15 | Anil Kumble | India |
| 13 | Waqar Younis | Pakistan |
| 12 |
| 12 | Paul Strang | Zimbabwe |
| 12 | Roger Harper | West Indies |
| 12 | Damien Fleming | Australia |
| 12 | Shane Warne | Australia |