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, were one of the pre-tournament favorites but 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.[1] 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-rate.[2]
Points Table
edit| Team | Pts | Pld | W | L | NR | T | RD | RR |
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 New Zealand
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14 | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.59 | 4.76 |
 England
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11 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0.47 | 4.36 |
 South Africa
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10 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0.14 | 4.36 |
 Pakistan
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9 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0.17 | 4.33 |
 Australia
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8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.20 | 4.22 |
 West Indies
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8 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0.07 | 4.14 |
 India
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5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0.14 | 4.95 |
 Sri Lanka
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5 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 0 | −0.68 | 4.21 |
 Zimbabwe
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2 | 8 | 1 | 7 | 0 | 0 | −1.14 | 4.03 |
| Teams qualified for knockout stage and final |
Tournament progression
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| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | SF | F | |
| Australia
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0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |||
| England
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2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 11 | 11 | W | L | |
| India
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0 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| New Zealand
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2 | 4 | 6ij | 8 | 10 | 12 | 14 | 14 | L | ||
| Pakistan
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0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 9 | W | W | |
| South Africa
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2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 10 | L | ||
| Sri Lanka
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2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | |||
| West Indies
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2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Zimbabwe
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0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | |||
| Won | Lost | No result |
- Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
- Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (knockout) to see the match summary.
New Zealand vs Australia
editEngland vs India
editZimbabwe vs Sri Lanka
editPakistan vs West Indies
editSri Lanka vs New Zealand
editAustralia vs South Africa
editThis is South Africa first World Cup win
Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
editWest Indies vs England
editIndia vs Sri Lanka
editSouth Africa vs New Zealand
editWest Indies vs Zimbabwe
editAustralia vs India
edit 1 March 1992
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- Rain interrupted play after 16.2 overs in the Indian innings (45/1). India's target recalculated to 236 off 47 overs.
Pakistan vs England
editSouth Africa vs Sri Lanka
editNew Zealand vs Zimbabwe
edit 3 March 1992
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- 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.
India vs Pakistan
editSouth Africa vs West Indies
editAustralia vs England
editIndia vs Zimbabwe
edit 7 March 1992
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- After rain forced the early close of the Indian innings, the target was recalculated to 159 runs in the 19 overs.
- Zimbabwe were eliminated as a result of this match.
Sri Lanka vs Australia
editWest Indies vs New Zealand
editSouth Africa vs Pakistan
edit 8 March 1992
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- 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.
England vs Sri Lanka
editIndia vs West Indies
editZimbabwe vs South Africa
editPakistan vs Australia
editIndia vs New Zealand
editSouth Africa vs England
edit 12 March 1992
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- 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.
West Indies vs Sri Lanka
editAustralia vs Zimbabwe
editEngland vs New Zealand
editIndia vs South Africa
edit 15 March 1992
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- Rain reduced the match to 30 overs per side
- South Africa qualified for semi-finals as a result of this match.
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
editNew Zealand vs Pakistan
edit 18 March 1992
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- Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals and Australia were eliminated as a result of this match.
Zimbabwe vs England
editAustralia vs West Indies
editReferences
edit- ^ New Zealand on the top of PointstableEspncricinfo.com. Retrieved on 14-09-2011
- ^ Match Results 1992 Cricket World CupEspncricinfo.com. Retrieved on 14-09-2011