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1992 Cricket World Cup

1992 Benson and Hedges World Cup

Dates	22 February – 25 March
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and knockout
Host(s)	New Zealand Australia
Champions	Pakistan (1st title)
Participants	9
Matches played	39
Man of the Series	Martin Crowe
Most runs	Martin Crowe (456)
Most wickets	Wasim Akram (18)

Venue	City	Matches
Adelaide Oval	Adelaide, South Australia	3
Lavington Sports Oval	Albury, New South Wales	1
Eastern Oval	Ballarat, Victoria, Victoria	1
Berri Oval	Berri, South Australia	1
The Gabba	Brisbane, Queensland	3
Manuka Oval	Canberra, ACT	1
Bellerive Oval	Hobart, Tasmania	2
Ray Mitchell Oval	Mackay, Queensland	1
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne, Victoria	5
WACA Ground	Perth, Western Australia	3
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney, New South Wales	4

Venue	City	Matches
Eden Park	Auckland, Auckland	4
Lancaster Park	Christchurch, Canterbury	2
Carisbrook	Dunedin, Otago	1
Trust Bank Park	Hamilton, Waikato	2
McLean Park	Napier, Hawke's Bay	1
Pukekura Park	New Plymouth, Taranaki	1
Basin Reserve	Wellington, Wellington	3

1992 Cricket World Cup round-robin stage

CAPTAINS OF 1992 WORLD CUP

             Co-hosts New Zealand proved the surprise packet of the tournament, winning their first seven games to finish on top of the table after the round-robin. The other hosts, Australia, one of the pre-tournament favourites lost their first two matches. They recovered somewhat to win four of the remaining six, but narrowly missed out on the semi-finals. The West Indies also finished with a 4-4 record, but were just behind Australia on run-rate. South Africa made a triumphant return to international cricket with a win over Australia at the SCG in their first match. They and England had solid campaigns and easily qualified for the semis, despite upset losses to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe respectively.

India had a disappointing tournament and never looked likely to progress beyond the round-robin. Sri Lanka were still establishing themselves at the highest level and beat only Zimbabwe (who did not yet have Test status) and South Africa.

New Zealand were defeated only twice in the tournament, both times by Pakistan, in their final group match and in the semi-final. Pakistan had been lucky to be in the semi-finals at all: following only one victory in their first five matches, they were also fortunate to scrape a point from the washed-out match against England which appeared to be heading for a heavy English victory (Pak 74 all out, Eng 24/1):eventually they finished one point ahead of Australia with an inferior run-ra

Match Scores

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22 February 1992 Scorecard	New Zealand 248/6 (50 overs)	v	Australia 211 (48.1 overs)	New Zealand won by 37 runs Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Umpires: Khizer Hayat and David Shepherd Player of the match: Martin Crowe
	Martin Crowe 100* (134) Craig McDermott 2/43 (10 overs)		David Boon 100 (133) Gavin Larsen 3/30 (10 overs)

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22 February 1992 Scorecard	England 236/9 (50 overs)	v	India 227 (49.2 overs)	England won by 9 runs WACA Ground, Perth, Australia Umpires: Dooland Buulltjens and Peter McConnell Player of the match: Ian Botham
	Robin Smith 91 (108) Manoj Prabhakar 2/34 (10 overs)		Ravi Shastri 57 (112) Dermot Reeve 3/38 (6 overs)

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23 February 1992 Scorecard	Zimbabwe 312/4 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 313/7 (49.2 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets Pukekura Park, New Plymouth, New Zealand Umpires: Piloo Reporter and Steve Woodward Player of the match: Andy Flower
	Andy Flower 115* (152) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 2/50 (10 overs)		Arjuna Ranatunga 88* (61) Eddo Brandes 3/70 (10 overs)

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23 February 1992 Scorecard	Pakistan 220/2 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 221/0 (46.5 overs)	West Indies won by 10 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Umpires: Steve Randell and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Brian Lara
	Rameez Raja 102* (158) Roger Harper 1/33 (10 overs)		Desmond Haynes 93* (144) Wasim Akram 0/37 (10 overs)

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25 February 1992 Scorecard	Sri Lanka 206/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 210/4 (48.2 overs)	New Zealand won by 6 wickets Trust Bank Park, Hamilton, New Zealand Umpires: Piloo Reporter and David Shepherd Player of the match: Ken Rutherford
	Roshan Mahanama 80 (131) Willie Watson 3/37 (10 overs)		Ken Rutherford 65* (71) Ruwan Kalpage 2/33 (10 overs)

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26 February 1992 Scorecard	Australia 170/9 (49 overs)	v	South Africa 171/1 (46.5 overs)	South Africa won by 9 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve Bucknor Player of the match: Kepler Wessels
	David Boon 27 (31) Alan Donald 3/34 (10 overs)		Kepler Wessels 81* (148) Peter Taylor 1/32 (10 overs)

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27 February 1992 Scorecard	Pakistan 254/4 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 201/7 (50 overs)	Pakistan won by 53 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia Umpires: Dooland Buulltjens and Steve Randell Player of the match: Aamir Sohail
	Aamir Sohail 114 (136) Iain Butchart 3/57 (10 overs)		Andy Waller 44 (36) Wasim Akram 3/21 (10 overs)

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27 February 1992 Scorecard	West Indies 157 (49.2 overs)	v	England 160/4 (39.5 overs)	England won by 6 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and Steve Woodward Player of the match: Chris Lewis
	Keith Arthurton 54 (101) Chris Lewis 3/30 (8.2 overs)		Graham Gooch 65 (101) Winston Benjamin 2/22 (9.5 overs)

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28 February 1992 Scorecard	India 1/0 (0.2 overs)	v	Sri Lanka	No result Ray Mitchell Oval, Mackay, Australia Umpires: Ian Robinson and David Shepherd
The match was initially reduced to 20 overs a side due to rain. A helicopter was used to dry the pitch but as play began rain fell again, washing out the game.

                                                

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29 February 1992 Scorecard	South Africa 190/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 191/3 (34.3 overs)	New Zealand won by 7 wickets Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Piloo Reporter Player of the match: Mark Greatbatch
	Peter Kirsten 90 (129) Willie Watson 2/30 (10 overs)		Mark Greatbatch 68 (60) Peter Kirsten 1/22 (7 overs)

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Fe29 bruary 1992 Scorecard	West Indies 264/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 189/7 (50 overs)	West Indies won by 75 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and Steve Woodward Player of the match: Brian Lara
	Brian Lara 72 (71) Eddo Brandes 3/45 (10 overs)		Ali Shah 60* (87) Winston Benjamin 3/27 (10 overs)

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1 March 1992 Scorecard	Australia 237/9 (50 overs)	v	India 234 (47 overs)	Australia won by 1 run (revised target) Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Dean Jones
	Dean Jones 90 (108) Kapil Dev 3/41 (10 overs)		Mohammed Azharuddin 93 (102) Tom Moody 3/56 (9 overs)
Rain interrupted play after 16.2 overs in the Indian innings (45/1). India's target recalculated to 236 off 47 overs.

  

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1 March 1992 Scorecard	Pakistan 74 (40.2 overs)	v	England 24/1 (8 overs)	No result Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Peter McConnell
	Saleem Malik 17 (20) Derek Pringle 3/8 (8.2 overs)		Ian Botham 6* (22) Wasim Akram 1/7 (3 overs)

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2 March 1992 Scorecard	South Africa 195 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 198/7 (49.5 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Steve Woodward Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga
	Peter Kirsten 47 (81) Don Anurasiri 3/41 (10 overs)		Roshan Mahanama 68 (121) Alan Donald 3/42 (9.5 overs)

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3 March 1992 Scorecard	New Zealand 162/3 (20.5 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 105/7 (18 overs)	New Zealand won by 48 runs (revised target) McLean Park, Napier, New Zealand Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and Dooland Buultjens Player of the match: Martin Crowe
	Martin Crowe 74* (43) Kevin Duers 1/17 (6 overs)		Andy Flower 30 (28) Chris Harris 3/15 (4 overs)
New Zealand innings interrupted at 9/1 (2.1 overs). Match reduced to 35 overs per side. Further interruption at 52/2 (11.2 ov). Match reduced to 24 overs per side. Innings ended by a third interruption after 20.5 overs. Zimbabwe set a target of 154 from 18 overs.

                                                                                                     

   

                                           

4 March 1992 Scorecard	India 216/7 (49 overs)	v	Pakistan 173 (48.1 overs)	India won by 43 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: Peter McConnell and David Shepherd Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar
	Sachin Tendulkar 54* (62) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/59 (10 overs)		Aamir Sohail 62 (95) Manoj Prabhakar 2/22 (10 overs)
Match reduced to 49 overs per side due to a slow over rate by Pakistan.

                          

5 March 1992 Scorecard	South Africa 200/8 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 136 (38.4 overs)	South Africa won by 64 runs Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve Randell Player of the match: Meyrick Pringle
	Peter Kirsten 56 (91) Malcolm Marshall 2/26 (10 overs)		Gus Logie 61 (69) Meyrick Pringle 4/11 (8 overs)

5 March 1992 Scorecard	Australia 171 (49 overs)	v	England 173/2 (40.5 overs)	England won by 8 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Khizer Hayat Player of the match: Ian Botham
	Tom Moody 51 (88) Ian Botham 4/31 (10 overs)		Graham Gooch 58 (112) Mike Whitney 1/28 (10 overs)

7 March 1992 Scorecard	India 203/7 (32 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 104/1 (19.1 overs)	India won by 55 runs (revised target) Trust Bank Park, Hamilton, New Zealand Umpires: Dooland Buultjens and Steve Randell Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar
	Sachin Tendulkar 81 (88) John Traicos 3/35 (6 overs)		Andy Flower 43 (56) Sachin Tendulkar 1/35 (6 overs)
After rain forced the early close of the Indian innings, the target was recalculated to 159 runs in the 19 overs.

7 March 1992 Scorecard	Sri Lanka 189/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 190/3 (44 overs)	Australia won by 7 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Umpires: Piloo Reporter and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Tom Moody
	Aravinda de Silva 62 (83) Peter Taylor 2/34 (10 overs)		Geoff Marsh 60 (113) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 2/29 (10 overs)

8 March 1992 Scorecard	West Indies 203/7 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 206/5 (48.3 overs)	New Zealand won by 5 wickets Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and Peter McConnell Player of the match: Martin Crowe
	Brian Lara 52 (81) Gavin Larsen 2/41 (10 overs)		Martin Crowe 81* (81) Winston Benjamin 2/34 (9.3 overs)

8 March 1992 Scorecard	South Africa 211/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 173/8 (36 overs)	South Africa won by 20 runs (revised target) Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane, Australia Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve Bucknor Player of the match: Andrew Hudson
	Andrew Hudson 54 (77) Imran Khan 2/34 (10 overs)		Inzamam-ul-Haq 48 (44) Adrian Kuiper 3/40 (6 overs)
When Pakistan was 74/2 after 21.3   overs, rain halted the play for an hour and the target was revised to 194 in 36 overs.

9 March 1992 Scorecard	England 280/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 174 (44 overs)	England won by 106 runs Eastern Oval, Ballarat, Australia Umpires: Khizer Hayat and Piloo Reporter Player of the match: Chris Lewis
	Neil Fairbrother 63 (70) Asanka Gurusinha 2/67 (10 overs)		Arjuna Ranatunga 36 (51) Chris Lewis 4/30 (8 overs)

10 March 1992 Scorecard	India 197 (49.4 overs)	v	West Indies 195/5 (44 overs)	West Indies won by 5 wickets (revised target) Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand Umpires: Steve Randell and Steve Woodward Player of the match: Anderson Cummins
	Mohammed Azharuddin 61 (84) Anderson Cummins 4/33 (10 overs)		Keith Arthurton 58 (99) Javagal Srinath 2/23 (9 overs)

10 March 1992 Scorecard	Zimbabwe 163 (48.3 overs)	v	South Africa 164/3 (45.1 overs)	South Africa won by 7 wickets Manuka Oval, Canberra, Australia Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd Player of the match: Peter Kirsten
	Eddo Brandes 20 (28) Peter Kirsten 3/51 (5 overs)		Kepler Wessels 70 (137) Malcolm Jarvis 1/23 (9 overs)

11 March 1992 Scorecard	Pakistan 220/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 172 (45.2 overs)	Pakistan won by 48 runs WACA Ground, Perth, Australia Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and Piloo Reporter Player of the match: Aamir Sohail
	Aamir Sohail 76 (104) Steve Waugh 3/36 (10 overs)		Dean Jones 47 (79) Aaqib Javed 3/21 (8 overs)

12 March 1992 Scorecard	India 230/6 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 231/6 (47.1 overs)	New Zealand won by 4 wickets Carisbrook, Dunedin, New Zealand Umpires: Peter McConnell and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Mark Greatbatch
	Sachin Tendulkar 84 (107) Chris Harris 3/55 (9 overs)		Mark Greatbatch 73 (77) Manoj Prabhakar 3/46 (10 overs)

12 March 1992 Scorecard	South Africa 236/4 (50 overs)	v	England 226/7 (40.5 overs)	England won by 3 wickets (revised target) Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Dooland Buultjens Player of the match: Alec Stewart
	Kepler Wessels 85 (126) Graeme Hick 2/44 (8.2 overs)		Alec Stewart 77 (88) Richard Snell 3/42 (7.5 overs)
Rain disrupted play in England's innings for 43 minutes when they were 62/0 after 12.0 overs. The target was revised to 226 in 41 overs.

13 March 1992 Scorecard	West Indies 268/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 177/9 (50 overs)	West Indies won by 91 runs Berri Oval, Berri, Australia Umpires: David Shepherd and Steve Woodward Player of the match: Phil Simmons
	Phil Simmons 110 (125) Chandika Hathurusinghe 4/57 (8 overs)		Athula Samarasekera 40 (41) Carl Hooper 2/19 (10 overs)

14 March 1992 Scorecard	Australia 265/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 137 (41.4 overs)	Australia won by 128 runs Bellerive Oval, Hobart, Australia Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve Bucknor Player of the match: Steve Waugh
	Mark Waugh 66* (39) John Traicos 1/30 (10 overs)		Eddo Brandes 23 (28) Peter Taylor 2/14 (3.4 overs)

15 March 1992 Scorecard	England 200/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 201/3 (40.5 overs)	New Zealand won by 7 wickets Basin Reserve, Wellington, New Zealand Umpires: Steve Randell and Ian Robinson Player of the match: Andrew Jones
	Graeme Hick 56 (70) Dipak Patel 2/26 (10 overs)		Andrew Jones 78 (113) Ian Botham 1/19 (4 overs)

15 March 1992 Scorecard	India 180/6 (30 overs)	v	South Africa 181/4 (29.1 overs)	South Africa won by 6 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide, Australia Umpires: Dooland Buultjens and Khizer Hayat Player of the match: Peter Kirsten
	Mohammad Azharuddin 79 (77) Adrian Kuiper 2/28 (6 overs)		Peter Kirsten 84 (86) Manoj Prabhakar 1/33 (5.1 overs)
Rain reduced the match to 30 overs per side

15 March 1992 Scorecard	Sri Lanka 212/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 216/6 (49.1 overs)	Pakistan won by 4 wickets  WACA Ground, Perth, Australia Umpires: Karl Liebenberg and Peter McConnell Player of the match: Javed Miandad
	Aravinda de Silva 43 (56) Mushtaq Ahmed 2/43 (10 overs)		Javed Miandad 57 (84) Champaka Ramanayake 2/37 (10 overs)

18 March 1992 Scorecard	New Zealand 166 (48.2 overs)	v	Pakistan 167/3 (44.4 overs)	Pakistan won by 7 wickets Lancaster Park, Christchurch, New Zealand Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Steve Randell Player of the match: Mushtaq Ahmed
	Mark Greatbatch 42 (67) Wasim Akram 4/32 (9.2 overs)		Rameez Raja 119* (155) Danny Morrison 3/42 (10 overs)

18 March 1992 Scorecard	Zimbabwe 134 (46.1 overs)	v	England 125 (49.1 overs)	Zimbabwe won by 9 runs Lavington Sports Oval, Albury, Australia Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Khizer Hayat Player of the match: Eddo Brandes
	David Houghton 29 (74) Ian Botham 3/23 (10 overs)		Alec Stewart 29 (96) Eddo Brandes 4/21 (10 overs)

18 March 1992 Scorecard	Australia 216/6 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 159 (42.4 overs)	Australia won by 57 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Umpires: Piloo Reporter and David Shepherd Player of the match: David Boon
	David Boon 100 (147) Andy Cummins 3/38 (10 overs)		Brian Lara 70 (97) Mike Whitney 4/34 (10 overs)

Points Table

Team	Pts	Played	W	L	NR	T	RD	RR
New Zealand	14	8	7	1	0	0	0.59	4.76
England	11	8	5	2	1	0	0.47	4.36
South Africa	10	8	5	3	0	0	0.14	4.36
Pakistan	9	8	4	3	1	0	0.17	4.33
Australia	8	8	4	4	0	0	0.20	4.22
West Indies	8	8	4	4	0	0	0.07	4.14
India	5	8	2	5	1	0	0.14	4.95
Sri Lanka	5	8	2	5	1	0	−0.68	4.21
Zimbabwe	2	8	1	7	0	0	−1.14	4.03

1992 Cricket World Cup SEMIFINALS

In the first semi final, Pakistan defeated tournament favorites New Zealand in a high scoring encounter to win 

their first semi final in 4 attempts and book a place in the World Cup Final for the first time. Inzaman-ul-Haq smashed a 37 ball 60 in the run chase to achieve the target with one over remaining and also won the Man of the Match award.

In the second semi final between South Africa and England, the match ended in controversial circumstances when, after a rain delay, the rule in use for revising target scores in rain-affected matches revised their target from 22 runs from 13 balls to an impossible and ludicrous 21 runs from one ball. This rule was replaced for One-day International matches in Australia after the World Cup as a result of this incident, and it was eventually superseded by the Duckworth-Lewis method for the 1999 World Cup onwards. According to the late Bill Frindall, the revised target (had the Duckworth-Lewis method been applied at that rain interruption) would have been four runs to tie or five to win from the final ball. (As a point of clarity, Cricinfo points out that England's innings was cut short by rain, and that had Duckworth-Lewis been applied to the entire game, South Africa's target from the original 45 overs would have been 273, which would then have been reduced to 257 from 43 overs, i.e. five runs more than they were set under the "highest scoring overs" rule) 

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Ist Semi final

21 March 1992 scorecard	New Zealand 262/7 (50 overs) Martin Crowe 91 (83 balls)	v	Pakistan 263/6 (49 overs) Inzamam-ul-Haq 60 (37 balls)	Pakistan won by 4 wickets Eden Park, Auckland, New Zealand Umpires: Steve Bucknor   David Shepherd Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq
	Wasim Akram 2/40 (10 overs) Mushtaq Ahmed 2/40 (10 overs)		Willie Watson 2/39 (10 overs)

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2nd Semi final

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22 March 1992 scorecard	England 252/6 (45 overs)	v	South Africa 232/6 (43 overs)	England won by 19 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney, Australia Brian Aldridge and Steve Randell Player of the match: Graeme Hick
	Graeme Hick 83 (90 balls) Meyrick Pringle 2/36 (9 overs)		Andrew Hudson 46 (52 balls) Richard Illingworth 2/46 (10 overs)
Rain interrupted play before the last ball of the 43rd over. South Africa then required 22 runs off 13 balls for victory. With 2 overs lost due to rain, the target was reduced to 22 runs from only 1 ball.

MCG THE FINAL

 In a thrilling final, Pakistan beat England by 22 runs at the Melbourne Cricket Ground  (MCG), allowing the "cornered tigers" captain Imran Khan to lift the trophy. Derek Pringle took two early wickets for England before Imran Khan and Javed Miandad added 139 for the third wicket to steady the Pakistan innings - although both were very slow to score early on, and Imran benefited from a dropped catch just as he was trying to increase the tempo, having up to that point scored only 9 in 16 overs.      Late flourishes from Inzamam-ul-Haq (42 off 35 balls) and Wasim Akram (33 off 18 balls) took Pakistan to a total of 6 for 249. England also struggled early in their innings with Mushtaq Ahmed's googly accounting for Graeme Hick. Neil Fairbrother and Allan Lamb then took England to 4 for 141 when Wasim Akram re-entered the attack and bowled from around the wicket. He bowled Lamb and Chris Lewis with consecutive deliveries. England fell 22 runs short with captain Imran Khan, in his final One Day International, taking the final wicket of Richard Illingworth to give Pakistan World Cup title

The final began with eerie resemblances to same fixture earlier in the tournament when England bowled out Pakistan for a paltry 74, as Derek Pringle dismissed both Pakistani openers at 24. However, Imran Khan and Javed Miandad settled down to see off the new ball. A crucial moment occurred when Imran Khan was dropped by Graham Gooch at 9 runs. He later went on to score a match-winning 72. At the 25 over mark, Pakistan had only scored 70, but accelerated the score to 139 by the 31st over as Javed Miandad summoned a runner and Imran and he built a steady partnership. During his innings, Imran Khan hit a huge six off Richard Illingworth that landed far back into the members section. Imran went onto score 72 and Miandad 58 to steady the innings, expectedly followed by an onslaught from Inzamam (42) and Wasim Akram (35) enabling Pakistan to give England a fighting target of 250.

England's start was shaky. Ian Botham was dismissed for a duck by Wasim Akram, followed by Stewart, Hick and Gooch, which left England tumbling at 69/4. A solid partnership of 71 between Allan Lamb and Neil Fairbrother left Imran with no choice but to give an early second spell to his main pacer Wasim Akram in the 35th over. The decision wrote the fate of the match. Two magical deliveries from the great left arm fast bowler showed Allan Lamb and the dangerous Chris Lewis the pavilion door. . Soon Fairbrother was caught by Moin Khan off Aaqib Javed to seal England's last hope. When the cards were laid down, Captain Imran Khan had the last laugh when Richard Illingworth was caught by Ramiz Raja off his delivery to finish off the final and crown Pakistan World Champions of cricket. 

1992 Cricket World Cup Final

25 March 1992 scorecard	Pakistan 249/6 (50 overs)	v	England 227 all out (49.2 overs)	Pakistan won by 22 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Umpires: Steve Bucknor  and   Brian Aldridge
	Imran Khan 72 (110 balls) Derek Pringle 3/22 (10 overs)		Neil Fairbrother 62 (70 balls) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/41 (10 overs)
Player of the match: Wasim Akram

Leading run scorers Runs Player Match 456 Martin Crowe 9 437 Javed Miandad 9 410 Peter Kirsten 8 368 David Boon 8 349 Rameez Raja 8

Leading wicket taker Wickets Player Matches 18 Wasim Akram 10 16 Ian Botham 10 16 Mushtaq Ahmed 9 16 Chris Harris 9 14 Eddo Brandes 8

PICTURE OF 1992 WORLD CUP FINAL