1996 Cricket World Cup statistics

This is a list of statistics for the 1996 Cricket World Cup.

Team statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.^[1]

Team	Total	Opponent	Ground
Sri Lanka	398/5	Kenya	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka
South Africa	328/3	Netherlands	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
South Africa	321/2	United Arab Emirates	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
New Zealand	307/8	Netherlands	Reliance Stadium, Vadodara, India
Australia	304/7	Kenya	Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India
Australia	289/4	New Zealand	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
India	287/8	Pakistan	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India
New Zealand	286/9	Australia	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
Pakistan	281/5	New Zealand	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
England	279/4	Netherlands	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan

Largest winning margin

By runs

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
South Africa	169 runs	United Arab Emirates	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan	16 Feb 1996
South Africa	160 runs	Netherlands	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan	5 Mar 1996
Sri Lanka	144 runs	Kenya	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka	6 Mar 1996
New Zealand	119 runs	Netherlands	Reliance Stadium, Vadodara, India	17 Feb 1996
New Zealand	109 runs	United Arab Emirates	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan	27 Feb 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo

By wickets

Team	Margin	Overs Remaining	Opponent	Ground	Date
Pakistan	9 wickets	15.0	United Arab Emirates	Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, Pakistan	24 Feb 1996
England	8 wickets	15.0	United Arab Emirates	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan	18 Feb 1996
Pakistan	8 wickets	19.2	Netherlands	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan	26 Feb 1996
Australia	8 wickets	14.0	Zimbabwe	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India	1 Mar 1996
India	7 wickets	8.1	Kenya	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India	18 Feb 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

By balls remaining

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
West Indies	123 balls	Zimbabwe	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India	16 Feb 1996
Pakistan	116 balls	Netherlands	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan	26 Feb 1996
England	90 balls	United Arab Emirates	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan	18 Feb 1996
Pakistan	90 balls	United Arab Emirates	Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, Pakistan	24 Feb 1996
Australia	84 balls	Zimbabwe	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India	1 Mar 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

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
West Indies	93 (35.2 overs)	Kenya	Nehru Stadium, Pune, India	29 Feb 1996
Kenya	134 (49.4 overs)	Zimbabwe	Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, India	27 Feb 1996
United Arab Emirates	136 (48.3 overs)	England	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan	18 Feb 1996
England	152 (44.3 overs)	South Africa	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan	25 Feb 1996
Zimbabwe	154 (45.3 overs)	Australia	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India	1 Mar 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [3]

Smallest winning margin

By runs

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
Australia	5 runs	West Indies	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India	14 Mar 1996
New Zealand	11 runs	England	Sardar Patel Stadium, Motera, Ahmedabad, India	14 Feb 1996
Australia	16 runs	India	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India	27 Feb 1996
West Indies	19 runs	South Africa	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	11 Mar 1996
India	39 runs	Pakistan	M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India	9 Mar 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

By wickets

Team	Margin	Overs Remaining	Opponent	Ground	Date
West Indies	4 wickets	1.1	Australia	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India	4 Mar 1996
India	5 wickets	10.4	West Indies	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India	4 Mar 1996
South Africa	5 wickets	12.3	West Indies	Captain Roop Singh Stadium, Gwalior, India	21 Feb 1996
South Africa	5 wickets	5.5	New Zealand	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan	20 Feb 1996
South Africa	5 wickets	5.4	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	29 Feb 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

By balls remaining

Team	Margin	Opponent	Ground	Date
Sri Lanka	8 balls	India	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India	2 Mar 1996
Australia	13 balls	New Zealand	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India	11 Mar 1996
Pakistan	14 balls	England	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	3 Mar 1996
Sri Lanka	22 balls	Australia	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan	17 Mar 1996
South Africa	34 balls	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan	29 Feb 1996
Source: ESPNcricinfo [2]

Individual statistics

Batting statistics

Most runs

The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.^[2]

Players	Team	Runs	Matches	Inns	Avg	S/R	HS	100s	50s	4s	6s
Sachin Tendulkar	India	523	7	7	87.16	85.87	137	2	3	57	7
Mark Waugh	Australia	484	7	7	80.66	85.96	130	3	1	40	6
Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	448	6	6	89.60	107.69	145	2	2	57	7
Gary Kirsten	South Africa	391	6	6	78.20	90.09	188*	1	1	33	4
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	329	6	6	82.25	95.91	83*	0	3	29	5
Asanka Gurusinha	Sri Lanka	307	6	6	51.16	75.24	87	0	3	25	11
Hansie Cronje	South Africa	276	6	6	55.20	87.34	78	0	2	20	6
Andrew Hudson	South Africa	275	4	4	68.75	101.47	161	1	1	32	4
Aamer Sohail	Pakistan	272	6	6	45.33	81.92	111	1	2	35	1
Brian Lara	West Indies	269	6	6	53.80	105.07	111	1	1	33	2

Highest scores

This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.^[3]

Player	Team	Score	Balls	4s	6s	Opponent	Ground
Gary Kirsten	South Africa	188*	159	13	4	United Arab Emirates	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Andrew Hudson	South Africa	161	132	13	4	Netherlands	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	145	115	14	5	Kenya	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka
Sachin Tendulkar	India	137	137	8	5	Sri Lanka	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India
Mark Waugh	Australia	130	128	14	1	Kenya	Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India
Chris Harris	New Zealand	130	124	13	4	Australia	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
Sachin Tendulkar	India	127*	138	15	1	Kenya	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India
Mark Waugh	Australia	126	135	8	3	India	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
Aamer Sohail	Pakistan	111	139	8	0	South Africa	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
Brian Lara	West Indies	111	94	16	0	South Africa	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

Most boundaries

Total Fours				Total Sixes
Player	Team	No. of Fours		Player	Team	No. of Sixes
Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	57		Asanka Gurusinha	Sri Lanka	11
Sachin Tendulkar	India	57		Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	8
Mark Waugh	Australia	40		Aravinda de Silva	Sri Lanka	7
Aamer Sohail	Pakistan	35		Sachin Tendulkar	India	7
Gary Kirsten	South Africa	33		Mark Waugh	Australia	6
Source: ESPNcricinfo				Source: ESPNcricinfo

Bowling statistics

Most wickets

The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the tournament.^[6]

Player	Team	Wkts	Mts	Ave	S/R	Econ	BBI
Anil Kumble	India	15	7	18.73	27.8	4.03	3/28
Waqar Younis	Pakistan	13	6	19.46	24.9	4.68	4/26
Paul Strang	Zimbabwe	12	6	16.00	21	4.55	5/21
Roger Harper	West Indies	12	6	18.25	29	3.77	4/47
Damien Fleming	Australia	12	6	18.41	22.6	4.87	5/36
Shane Warne	Australia	12	7	21.91	34.2	3.83	4/34
Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	10	6	17.00	33.9	3	3/28
Rajab Ali	Kenya	10	6	19.00	24.8	4.59	3/17
Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan	10	6	23.80	34.2	4.17	3/16
Allan Donald	South Africa	8	4	15.75	25.5	3.7	3/21
Venkatapathy Raju	India	8	4	19.75	30	3.95	3/30

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.^[7]

Player	Team	Overs	Figures	Opponent	Ground
Paul Strang	Zimbabwe	9.4	5/21	Kenya	Moin-ul-Haq Stadium, Patna, India
Shaukat Dukanwala	United Arab Emirates	10.0	5/29	Netherlands	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
Damien Fleming	Australia	9.0	5/36	Kenya	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai, India
Waqar Younis	Pakistan	10.0	4/26	Netherlands	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
Shane Warne	Australia	9.3	4/34	Zimbabwe	Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur, India
Shane Warne	Australia	9.0	4/36	West Indies	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India
Paul Strang	Zimbabwe	7.3	4/40	West Indies	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India
Roger Harper	West Indies	10.0	4/47	South Africa	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
Brian McMillan	South Africa	8.0	3/11	United Arab Emirates	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	7.0	3/12	India	Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India

Most maidens

Player	Team	Inns	Mdns	Ave
Glenn McGrath	Australia	7	10	43.00
Curtly Ambrose	West Indies	6	9	17.00
Courtney Walsh	West Indies	6	9	30.00
Heath Streak	Zimbabwe	5	8	43.75
Ian Bishop	West Indies	6	6	64.66
Source: ESPNcricinfo [10]

Fielding statistics

Most dismissals

This is a list of the wicket keepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.^[8]

Player	Team	Matches	Dismissals	Caught	Stumped	Max
Ian Healy	Australia	7	12	9	3	3
Rashid Latif	Pakistan	6	9	7	2	5
Steve Palframan	South Africa	6	8	8	0	3
Jack Russell	England	6	8	7	1	3
Nayan Mongia	India	7	8	5	3	3

Most catches

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

Player	Team	Innings	Catches
Anil Kumble	India	7	8
Alistair Campbell	Zimbabwe	5	5
Chris Cairns	New Zealand	6	5
Sanath Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	6	5
Graham Thorpe	England	6	5
Source: ESPNcricinfo [14]

Other Statistics

Highest partnerships

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.^[4][5]

By wicket
Wicket	Runs	Team	Players		Opposition	Ground
1st	186	South Africa	Gary Kirsten	Andrew Hudson	Netherlands	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
2nd	138	West Indies	Shivnarine Chanderpaul	Brian Lara	South Africa	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
3rd	207	Australia	Mark Waugh	Steve Waugh	Kenya	Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India
4th	168	New Zealand	Lee Germon	Chris Harris	Australia	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
5th	138	Australia	Stuart Law	Michael Bevan	West Indies	Punjab Cricket Association IS Bindra Stadium, Mohali, India
6th	80*	Pakistan	Saleem Malik	Wasim Akram	New Zealand	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
7th	44	Kenya	Hitesh Modi	Thomas Odoyo	West Indies	Nehru Stadium, Pune, India
8th	62	England	Dermot Reeve	Darren Gough	Sri Lanka	Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan
9th	80*	United Arab Emirates	Arshad Laeeq	Shaukat Dukanwala	South Africa	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
10th	17	South Africa	Craig Matthews	Fanie de Villiers	England	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
By runs
3rd	207	Australia	Mark Waugh	Steve Waugh	Kenya	Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Vizag, India
1st	186	South Africa	Gary Kirsten	Andrew Hudson	Netherlands	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
3rd	183	Sri Lanka	Asanka Gurusinha	Aravinda de Silva	Kenya	Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka
3rd	175	India	Sachin Tendulkar	Mohammad Azharuddin	Sri Lanka	Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India
3rd	172	Sri Lanka	Asanka Gurusinha	Aravinda de Silva	Zimbabwe	Sinhalese Sports Club, Colombo, Sri Lanka
4th	168	New Zealand	Lee Germon	Chris Harris	Australia	MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai, India
1st	163	India	Ajay Jadeja	Sachin Tendulkar	Kenya	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India
1st	147	England	Robin Smith (cricketer)	Michael Atherton	Pakistan	National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan
3rd	145*	South Africa	Gary Kirsten	Daryll Cullinan	United Arab Emirates	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi, Pakistan
3rd	143	England	Graeme Hick	Graham Thorpe	Netherlands	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan