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1992BENSON AND HEDGES WORLD CUP 1992 - A STATISTICAL SURVEY




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Mohandas Menon

This was the year a third venue was added to the World Cup roster -- the competition, this time, being hosted by Australia and New Zealand in tandem.

The tournament provided many fascinating aspects for the connoisseur. Home side New Zealand's innovative tactics under captain Martin Crowe was one of them. The entry of South Africa onto the World Cup stage was another. The anomalous rain rule, that made a mockery of South Africa's clash against England, was one of the downsides. And finally, there was Pakistan -- a team that started badly, found its second wind, peaked at just the right time and, powered by the likes of Inzamam ul Haq and Wasim Akram, pulled off a come from behind win.

Here are the numbers that tell the story:

SUMMARY OF MATCHES

Countries Matches Played Won Lost No Result Semi Final Runner Up Winner
Pakistan 10 6 3 1 - - 1
England 10 6 3 1 - 1 -
New Zealand 9 7 2 - 1 - -
South Africa 9 5 4 - 1 - -
Australia 8 4 4 - - - -
West Indies 8 4 4 - - - -
India 8 2 5 1 - - -
Sri Lanka 8 2 5 1 - - -
Zimbabwe 8 1 7 - - - -

HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS

Score Overs Match Venue Date
313-7 (49.2 overs) Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe New Plymouth 23-02-92
312-4 (50 overs) Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka New Plymouth 23-02-92
280-6 (50 overs) England v Sri Lanka Ballarat 09-03-92

HIGHEST TEAM AGGREGATES

Score Overs Match Venue Date
625-11 (99.2 overs) Zim (312-4) v SL (313-7) New Plymouth 23-02-92
526-13 (99 overs) NZ (262-7) v Pak (264-6) Auckland 21-03-92

LOWEST COMPLETED TEAM TOTALS

Score Overs Match Venue Date
74 (40.2 overs) Pakistan v England Adelaide 01-03-92
125 (49.1 overs) England v Zimbabwe Albury 18-03-92
134 (46.1 overs) Zimbabwe v England Albury 18-03-92
136 (38.4 overs) West Indies v South Africa Christhurch 05-03-92
137 (46.1 overs) Zimbabwe v Australia Hobart 14-03-92

LOWEST MATCH AGGREGATES

Score Overs Match Venue Date
259-20 (95.2 overs) Zim (134) v Eng (125) Albury 18-03-92
267-10 (38.5 overs) NZ (162-3) v Zim (105-7) Napier 03-03-92

INDIVIDUAL HUNDREDS (8)

Score Batsmen Match Venue Date
119* Rameez Raja (1) Pakistan v New Zealand Christchurch 18-03-92
115* A Flower Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka New Plymouth 23-02-92
114 Aamer Sohail Pakistan v Zimbabwe Hobart 27-02-92
110 PV Simmons West Indies v Sri Lanka Berri 13-03-92
102* Rameez Raja (2) Pakistan v West Indies Melbourne 23-02-92
100* MD Crowe N Zealand v Australia Auckland 22-02-92
100 DC Boon (1) Australia v New Zealand Auckland 22-02-92
100 DC Boon (2) Australia v West Indies Melbourne 18-03-92

HIGHEST RUN AGGREGATES

Player Country Matches Ins No Runs HS Avg 100 50
MD Crowe New Zealand 9 9 5 456 100* 114.00 1 4
Javed Miandad Pakistan 9 9 2 437 89 62.42 - 5
PN Kirsten South Africa 8 8 2 410 90 68.33 - 4
DC Boon Australia 8 8 1 368 100 52.57 2 -

CENTURY PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH WICKET (23)

1st wkt (8)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
175* DL Haynes (93*) / BC Lara (88*) WI v Pak Melbourne 23-02-92
(although this unfinished partnerhship was worth 221 runs, it consisted of two partenerships: 175 between Haynes and Lara [retd hurt], and then 46 more runs were added by Hyanes & RB Richardson)
151 KC Wessels (85) / AC Hudson (79) SA v Eng Melbourne 12-03-92
128 RS Mahanama (59) / MAR Samarasekara (75) SL v Zim New Plymouth 23-02-92
128 AC Hudson (53) / PN Kirsten (84) SA v Ind Adelaide 15-03-92
120 TM Moody (57) / GR Marsh (60) Aus v SL Adelaide 07-03-92
114 MJ Greatbatch (68) / RT Latham (60) NZ v SA Auckland 29-02-92
107 GA Gooch (58) / IT Botham (53) Eng v Aus Sydney 05-03-92
107 TM Moody (42) / DC Boon (100) Aus v WI Melbourne 18-03-92

2nd wicket (3):

Runs Players Match Venue Date
127 M Azharuddin (55) / SR Tendulkar (84) Ind v NZ Dunedin 12-03-92
(145 runs were added for this wicket. AD Jadeja (13) retired hurt after 18 runs were added)
112 KC Wessels (70) / PN Kirsten (62*) SA v Zim Canberra 10-03-92
110 GA Gooch (51) / RA Smith (91) Eng v Ind Perth 22-02-92

3rd wicket (7):

Runs Players Match Venue Date
145 Aamer Sohail (114) / J Miandad (89) Pak v Zim Hobart 27-02-92
139 Imran Khan (72) / Javed Miandad (58) Pak v Eng Melbourne 25-03-92
129 AH Jones (57) / MD Crowe (74*) NZ v Zim Napier 03-03-92
123* Rameez Raja (102*) / Javed Miandad (57*) Pak v WI Melbourne 23-02-92
117 RB Richardson (56) / CL Hooper (63) WI v Zim Brisbane 29-02-92
115 Rameez Raja (119*) / Javed Miandad (30) Pak v NZ Christchurch 18-03-92
109 AH Jones (78) / MD Crowe (73*) NZ v Eng Wellington 15-03-92

4th wicket (3):

Runs Players Match Venue Date
118 MD Crowe (100*) / KR Rutherford (57) NZ v Aus Auckland 22-02-92
107 MD Crowe (91) / KR Rutherford (50) NZ v Pak Auckland 21-03-92
101 Javed Miandad (57) / Saleem Malik (51) Pak v SL Perth 15-03-92

5th wicket (2)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
145* A Flower (115*) / AC Waller (83*) Zim v SL New Plymouth 23-02-92
113 ME Waugh (66*) / SR Waugh (55) Aus v Zim Hobart 14-03-92

6th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
83* KLT Arthurton (58*) / CL Hooper (34*) WI v Ind Wellington 10-03-92

7th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
46 DL Haynes (30) / AL Logie (61) WI v SA Christchurch 05-03-92

8th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
33 GF Labrooy (19) / CPH Ramanayake (12) SL v Eng Ballarat 09-03-92

9th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
44 GR Larsen (37) / DK Morrison (12) NZ v Pak Christchurch 18-03-92

10th wkt (Best)

Runs Players Match Venue Date
28* RS Kalpage (13*) / GP Wickremasinghe (21*) SL v WI Berri 13-03-92

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS IN A MATCH (8)

Analysis Bowler Match Venue Date
4-11 MW Pringle S Africa v West Indies Christchurch 05-03-92
4-21 EA Brandes Zimbabwe v England Albury 18-03-92
4-30 CC Lewis England v Sri Lanka Ballarat 09-03-92
4-31 IT Botham England v Australia Sydney 05-03-92
4-32 Wasim Akram Pakistan v New Zealand Christchurch 18-03-92
4-33 AC Cummins West Indies v India Wellington 10-03-92
4-34 MR Whitney Australia v West Indies Melbourne 18-03-92
4-57 UC Hathurusinghe Sri Lanka v West Indies Berri 13-03-92

HIGHEST WICKET AGGREGATES

Player Country Matches Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Average 4 wickets Best
Wasim Akram Pakistan 10 89.4 2 338 18 18.78 1 4-32
IT Botham England 10 89 8 306 16 19.13 1 4-31
Mushtaq Ahmed Pakistan 9 78 3 311 16 19.44 - 3-41
CZ Harris New Zealand 9 72.1 4 342 16 21.38 - 3-15

MOST DISMISSALS IN A MATCH

Dismissals Wicketkeeper Match Venue Date
4 (4ct) D Williams West Indies v N Zealand Auckland 08-03-92

LEADING WICKET-KEEPERS

Player Country Matches Dismissals Catches stumpings
DJ Richardson South Africa 9 15 14 1
D Williams West Indies 8 14 11 3
Moin Khan Pakistan 10 14 11 3

MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDER IN A MATCH

Catches player Match Venue Date
3 DA Reeves England v Pakistan Adelaide 01-03-92
3 Ijaz Ahmed Pakistan v Australia Perth 11-03-92
3 AR Border Australia v Zimbabwe Hobart 14-03-92

LEADING FIELDERS

Name Country Matches Catches
KC Wessels South Africa 9 7
NH Fairbrother England 9 6

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