1999 Cricket World Cup statistics explained

This is a list of statistics for the 1999 Cricket World Cup.

Team statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
	373/6		County Ground, Taunton, England
	329/2		County Ground, Bristol, England
	303/4		Lord's, England
	287/5		Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
	282/6		Kennington Oval, London, England
	275/8		Headingley, Leeds, England
	275/8		County Ground, Southampton, England
	272/5		Headingley, Leeds, England
	271/9		Kennington Oval, London, England
	271/7		Headingley, Leeds, England

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Largest winning margin

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By runs

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
	157 runs		County Ground, Taunton, England	26 May 1999
	148 runs		Kennington Oval, London, England	11 Jun 1999
	122 runs		Kennington Oval, London, England	22 May 1999
	94 runs		Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England	20 May 1999
	94 runs		County Ground, Bristol, England	23 May 1999
Source: Cricinfo

By wickets

Team	Margin	Overs Remaining	Opponent	Ground	Date
	9 wickets	11.0		St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, England	18 May 1999
	9 wickets	2.3		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	16 Jun 1999
	8 wickets	3.1		Lord's, England	14 May 1999
	8 wickets	39.5		Grace Road, Leicester, England	27 May 1999
	8 wickets	29.5		Lord's, England	20 Jun 1999
Source: Cricinfo

By balls remaining

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
	239 balls		Grace Road, Leicester, England	27 May 1999
	193 balls		The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland	31 May 1999
	181 balls		Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England	27 May 1999
	179 balls		Lord's, England	20 Jun 1999
	102 balls		County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England	17 May 1999

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
	68 (31.3 overs)		Grace Road, Leicester, England	27 May 1999
	103 (41 overs)		Kennington Oval, London, England	22 May 1999
	110 (35.2 overs)		County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England	19 May 1999
	110 (46.4 overs)		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	30 May 1999
	116 (37.4 overs)		County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England	17 May 1999

Smallest winning margin

By runs

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
	3 runs		Grace Road, Leicester, England	19 May 1999
	10 runs		Headingley, Leeds, England	23 May 1999
	22 runs		The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland	24 May 1999
	27 runs		County Ground, Bristol, England	16 May 1999
	44 runs		Lord's, England	09 Jun 1999
Source: Cricinfo

By wickets

Team	Margin	Overs Remaining	Opponent	Ground	Date
	3 wickets	1.0		Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	05 Jun 1999
	4 wickets	2.4		County Cricket Ground, Hove, England	15 May 1999
	4 wickets	4.0		New Road, Worcester, England	22 May 1999
	5 wickets	0.2		Headingley, Leeds, England	13 Jun 1999
	5 wickets	1.4		Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	12 Jun 1999
Source: Cricinfo

By balls remaining

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
	2 balls		Headingley, Leeds, England	13 Jun 1999
	6 balls		Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	05 Jun 1999
	10 balls		Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England	12 Jun 1999
	15 balls		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England	16 Jun 1999
	16 balls		County Cricket Ground, Hove, England	15 May 1999
Source: Cricinfo

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
Rahul Dravid		461	8	8	65.85	85.52	145	2	3	49	1
Steve Waugh		398	10	8	79.60	77.73	120*	1	2	35	6
Sourav Ganguly		379	7	7	54.14	81.15	183	1	1	39	8
Mark Waugh		375	10	10	41.66	76.21	104	1	2	39	1
Saeed Anwar		368	10	10	40.88	72.01	113*	2	0	42	0
Neil Johnson		367	8	8	52.42	73.99	132*	1	3	43	4
Ricky Ponting		354	10	10	39.33	66.54	69	0	1	32	5
Herschelle Gibbs		341	9	9	37.88	73.01	101	1	2	34	4
Roger Twose		318	9	9	79.50	74.64	80*	0	3	29	4
Jacques Kallis		312	8	8	52.00	66.38	96	0	4	18	4

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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
Sourav Ganguly		183	158	17	7		County Ground, Taunton, England
Rahul Dravid		145	129	17	1		County Ground, Taunton, England
Sachin Tendulkar		140*	101	16	3		County Ground, Bristol, England
Neil Johnson		132*	144	14	2		Lord's, England
Steve Waugh		120*	110	10	2		Headingley, Leeds, England
Saeed Anwar		113*	148	9	0		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
Rahul Dravid		104*	109	10	0		County Ground, Bristol, England
Mark Waugh		104	120	13	0		Lord's, England
Saeed Anwar		103	144	11	0		Kennington Oval, London, England
Herschelle Gibbs		101	134	10	1		Headingley, Leeds, England

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Most boundaries

Total Fours				Total Sixes
Player	Team	No. of Fours		Player	Team	No. of Sixes
Rahul Dravid		49		Lance Klusener		10
Neil Johnson		43		Sourav Ganguly		8
Saeed Anwar		42		Moin Khan		6
Sourav Ganguly		39		Thomas Odoyo		6
Mark Waugh		39		Wasim Akram		6
Source: Cricinfo				Source: Cricinfo

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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
Geoff Allott		20	9	16.25	26.3	3.70	4/37
Shane Warne		20	10	18.05	28.3	3.82	4/29
Glenn McGrath		18	10	20.38	31.8	3.83	5/14
Lance Klusener		17	9	20.58	26.7	4.61	5/21
Saqlain Mushtaq		17	10	22.29	29.5	4.52	5/35
Allan Donald		16	9	20.31	30.7	3.96	4/17
Shoaib Akhtar		16	10	24.43	30.3	4.83	3/11
Wasim Akram		15	10	22.80	36.2	3.77	4/40
Damien Fleming		14	10	25.85	37.7	4.11	3/57
Abdul Razzaq		13	9	23.23	35.5	3.92	3/25

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.

Player	Team	Overs	Figures	Opponent	Ground
Glenn McGrath		8.4	5/14		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
Lance Klusener		8.3	5/21		VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands
Venkatesh Prasad		9.3	5/27		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
Robin Singh		9.3	5/31		County Ground, Taunton, England
Saqlain Mushtaq		10.0	5/35		County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England
Shaun Pollock		9.2	5/36		Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
Chris Harris		3.1	4/7		The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland
Allan Donald		8.0	4/17		Kennington Oval, London, England
Courtney Walsh		10.0	4/25		Castle Avenue, Dublin, Ireland
Shane Warne		10.0	4/29		Edgbaston, Birmingham, England

Most maidens

Player	Team	Inns	Mdns	Ave
Shaun Pollock		6	9	40.75
Steve Elworthy		5	8	17.85
Glenn McGrath		7	8	14.60
Shane Warne		7	8	17.00
Javagal Srinath		4	7	18.00
Source: Cricinfo

Hat-tricks

Fielding statistics

Most dismissals

This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.

Player	Team	Matches	Dismissals	Caught	Stumped	Max
Moin Khan		10	16	12	4	3
Ridley Jacobs		5	14	14	0	5
Adam Gilchrist		10	14	12	2	4
Mark Boucher		9	11	11	0	4
Nayan Mongia		7	9	8	1	5

Most catches

This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.

Player	Team	Innings	Catches
Daryll Cullinan		9	8
Graeme Hick		5	6
Graham Thorpe		5	6
Nathan Astle		9	6
Inzamam-ul-Haq		10	6
Source: Cricinfo

Other Statistics

Highest partnerships

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.

By wicket
Wicket	Runs	Team	Players		Opposition	Ground
1st	194		Saeed Anwar	Wajahatullah Wasti		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
2nd	318		Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid		County Ground, Taunton, England
3rd	237*		Rahul Dravid	Sachin Tendulkar		County Ground, Bristol, England
4th	126		Ricky Ponting	Steve Waugh		Headingley, Leeds, England
5th	148		Roger Twose	Chris Cairns		Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales
6th	161		Maurice Odumbe	Alpesh Vadher		County Ground, Southampton, England
7th	83		Stephen Fleming	Chris Harris		County Cricket Ground, Derby, England
8th	64		Mahela Jayawardene	Chaminda Vaas		County Ground, Southampton, England
9th	44		Lance Klusener	Steve Elworthy		County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England
10th	35		Lance Klusener	Allan Donald		County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England
By Runs
2nd	318		Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid		County Ground, Taunton, England
3rd	237*		Rahul Dravid	Sachin Tendulkar		County Ground, Bristol, England
1st	194		Saeed Anwar	Wajahatullah Wasti		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England
1st	176		Gary Kirsten	Herschelle Gibbs		Edgbaston, Birmingham, England
6th	161		Maurice Odumbe	Alpesh Vadher		County Ground, Southampton, England
2nd	159*		Nasser Hussain	Graeme Hick		St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, England
5th	148		Roger Twose	Chris Cairns		Sophia Gardens, Cardiff, Wales
5th	141		Ajay Jadeja	Robin Singh (cricketer)		Kennington Oval, London, England
2nd	130		Sourav Ganguly	Rahul Dravid		County Cricket Ground, Hove, England
3rd	129		Mark Waugh	Steve Waugh		Lord's, England

References

1. Web site: ICC WORLD CUP, 1999 / HIGHEST TOTALS.
2. Web site: ICC WORLD CUP, 1999 / LARGEST VICTORIES.
3. Web site: Most Runs.
4. Web site: High Scores.
5. Web site: Most Boundaries.
6. Web site: Most Sixes.