ICC World Cup 1999 | Live Score, Schedule, News

Always mesmerising, Warne shook off ordinary form in the early stages of the 1999 World Cup with a magical spell in the semis and a masterful one in the final

Overview

The greatest one-dayer and other tales

The confusion of the league stage was all but forgotten by the time the last ball was bowled in the semi-final at Edgbaston

Classic Moments

Warne's magic ball, and a bizarre tie

Ganguly and Dravid's Taunton rampage

South Africa flunk the Johnson test

Australia vs South AfricaSemi-final, Birmingham

RESULT

Australia

(49.2/50 ov) 213

South Africa

(49.4/50 ov, T:214) 213

Match tied

The unimprovable game

This World Cup classic was bursting with drama. Then it went and added a heap more

Daryll Cullinan: 'The birth of the chokers tag'

Swing wild, sweet game

The No. 10 who ran

Andy Zaltzman

South Africa vs maths

Not a player or a team, South Africa have had a far more formidable foe in World Cups

Interview

Lance Klusener: 'I wanted to be there at the end. That was my drug'

Twenty years on from the last World Cup in England, the allrounder who wrote the book on finishing in ODIs in that 1999 tournament and either side of it, talks about how it's done

New Zealand vs PakistanSemi-final, Manchester

RESULT

New Zealand

241/7

Pakistan

(47.3/50 ov, T:242) 242/1

Pakistan won by 9 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

Shoaib shatters the Kiwis

The Rawalpindi Express showed fast bowling is supposed to be just that - fast

Australia vs South AfricaSuper Sixes, Leeds

RESULT

South Africa

271/7

Australia

(49.4/50 ov, T:272) 272/5

Australia won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

Greatest World Cup Matches No. 10: 'You've just dropped the World Cup'

Steve Waugh didn't say exactly those words, but Headingley 1999 was no less memorable for it

Waugh's finest hour

When the chips were down at Headingley, Australia's captain turned it on

Bangladesh vs PakistanNorthampton

RESULT

Bangladesh

223/9

Pakistan

(44.3/49 ov, T:224) 161

Bangladesh won by 62 runs

Bangladesh v Pakistan - Reliving the 1999 miracle

Twenty years ago, on May 31, Bangladesh began a swift rise to Full Membership that culminated in their becoming the tenth Test playing side in the world.

Much more than a win for the Tigers

When serene Northampton transformed into downtown Dhaka

ICC World Cup 1999 Points Table

Super Sixes

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PAK	5	3	2	6	0.654
AUS	5	3	2	6	0.358
SA	5	3	2	6	0.174
NZ	5	2	2	5	-0.520
ZIM	5	2	2	5	-0.786
IND	5	1	4	2	-0.153

Group A

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
SA	5	4	1	8	0.859
IND	5	3	2	6	1.285
ZIM	5	3	2	6	0.017
ENG	5	3	2	6	-0.331
SL	5	2	3	4	-0.809
KENYA	5	0	5	0	-1.198

Group B

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PAK	5	4	1	8	0.526
AUS	5	3	2	6	0.731
NZ	5	3	2	6	0.575
WI	5	3	2	6	0.497
BAN	5	2	3	4	-0.543
SCOT	5	0	5	0	-1.928

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ICC World Cup 1999 Top Wicket Takers

Geoff Allott

NZ, Lfm

Innings: 9Average: 16.25

Shane Warne

AUS, Lbg

Innings: 10Average: 18.05

Glenn McGrath

AUS, Rfm

Innings: 10Average: 20.38

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ICC World Cup 1999 Top Run Scorers

Rahul Dravid

IND, Rhb

461

Innings: 8Average: 65.85

Steve Waugh

AUS, Rhb

398

Innings: 8Average: 79.60

Sourav Ganguly

IND, Lhb

379

Innings: 7Average: 54.14

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The start of something big

Who could ever be surprised by Mr Warne?

The greatest one-dayer and other tales

Warne's magic ball, and a bizarre tie

Ganguly and Dravid's Taunton rampage

South Africa flunk the Johnson test

Glenn McGrath's words of doom

Australia lay the first brick of the treble

Shoaib Akhtar announces himself

The unimprovable game

Daryll Cullinan: 'The birth of the chokers tag'

Swing wild, sweet game

The No. 10 who ran

The Edgbaston tie

South Africa vs maths

Lance Klusener: 'I wanted to be there at the end. That was my drug'

Shoaib shatters the Kiwis

Greatest World Cup Matches No. 10: 'You've just dropped the World Cup'

Waugh's finest hour

Bangladesh v Pakistan - Reliving the 1999 miracle

Much more than a win for the Tigers

ICC World Cup 1999 Points Table

ICC World Cup 1999 Top Wicket Takers

ICC World Cup 1999 Top Run Scorers