History Of Cricket World Cup (1999)

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The 1999 Cricket World Cup, the seventh version of the tournament, was hosted primarily by England, but Ireland, Wales, Scotland and the Netherlands also hosted some games. The World Cup was won by Australia, who beat Pakistan by 8 wickets at Lord's Cricket Ground in London. New Zealand and South Africa were the other semifinalists.

It was the time when the world cup was back in the England after 1983.The format of the world cup was as follows: The 12 teams were divided into 2 groups, in each of which teams played each other in the league stage. The top three from each group advanced to the Super Sixes, a new concept brought about in this World Cup, where each qualifier from group 1 played with each qualifier from group 2. The teams also carried forward their points from games against each qualifier from their group. The top four in the Super Sixes contested the semifinals.

Australia and Pakistan went on to play the final match in this tournament where Australia beat Pakistan quite convincingly and went on to win their 2^nd world cup right after 1987 Cricket World Cup held up in India.

TEAMS PLAYED IN 1999 WORLD CUP

·         Australia

·         England

·         India

·         New Zealand

·         Pakistan

·         South Africa

·         Sri Lanka

·         West Indies

·         Zimbabwe

·         Bangladesh

·         Kenya

·         Scotland