1996 continued the trend, begun in 1983 by India, and reinforced by Australia in 1987 and Pakistan in 1992, of the underdogs winning the premier tournament.

1996 also saw organisation take another leap forward, with three countries -- India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka -- joining hands to stage the World Cup.

Unlike past World Cups, this one was dominated entirely by the batsmen, with bowlers being reduced pretty much to fetch and carry men. The strategy of going for broke in the early overs -- practised in an amateurish fashion by Krish Srikkanth in 1983, refined by Kiwi skipper Martin Crowe through the bat of Mark Greatbatch in 1992, was elevated to a fine art by the Lankan openers Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana, who in this tournament redefined the grammer of one day cricket.

In a series of tables, we present the tale of the 1996 Cup, as numbers tell it.
SUMMARY OF MATCHES

Countries	Matches Played	Won	Lost	No Result	Quarter Final	Semi Final	Runner Up	Winner
Sri Lanka	6	6	-	-	-	-	-	1
Australia	7	5	2	-	-	-	1	-
India	7	4	3	-	-	1	-	-
West Indies	6	3	3	-	-	1	-	-
South Africa	6	5	1	-	1	-	-	-
Pakistan	6	4	2	-	1	-	-	-
New Zealand	6	3	3	-	1	-	-	-
England	6	2	4	-	1	-	-	-
Zimbabwe	6	1	4	1	-	-	-	-
Kenya	6	1	4	1	-	-	-	-
UAE	5	1	4	-	-	-	-	-
Holland	5	-	5	-	-	-	-	-
	72	35	35	2	4	2	1	1

The forfieted matches against Sri Lanka by Australia and West Indies are not included in the above tally. However the original "no-result" match between Zimbabwe and Kenya has been included in the above tally.

HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS

Score	Overs	Match	Venue	Date
398-5	(50 overs)	Sri Lanka v Kenya	Kandy	06-03-96
328-3	(50 overs)	South Africa v Holland	Rawalpindi	05-03-96
321-2	(50 overs)	South Africa v UAE	Rawalpindi	16-02-96
307-8	(50 overs)	New Zealand v Holland	Baroda	17-02-96
304-7	(50 overs)	Australia v Kenya	Visakhapatnam	23-02-96

HIGHEST TEAM AGGREGATES

Score	Overs	Match	Venue	Date
652-12	(100 overs)	SL (398-5) v Kenya (254-7)	Kandy	06-03-96
575-13	(97.5 overs)	NZ (286-9) v Aus (289-4)	Chennai	11-03-96

LOWEST COMPLETED TEAM TOTALS

Score	Overs	Match	Venue	Date
93	(35.2 overs)	West Indies v Kenya	Pune	29-02-96
134	(49.4 overs)	Kenya v Zimbabwe	Patna	27-02-96
136	(48.3 overs)	UAE v England	Peshawar	18-02-96
145-7	(50 overs)	Holland v Pakistan	Lahore	26-02-96
Also :
109-9	(33 overs)	UAE v Pakistan	Gujranwala	24-02-96
120-8	(34.1 overs)	India v Sri Lanka	Calcutta	13-03-96

LOWEST MATCH AGGREGATES

Score	Overs	Match	Venue	Date
221-10	(51overs)	UAE (109-9) v Pak (112-1)	Gujranwala	24-02-96
259-20	(84.5 overs)	Kenya (166) v WI (93)	Pune	29-02-96

INDIVIDUAL HUNDREDS (16)

Score	Batsmen	Match	Venue	Date
188*	G Kirsten	South Africa v UAE	Rawalpindi	16-02-96
161	AC Hudson	South Africa v Holland	Rawalpindi	05-03-96
145	PA deSilva (1)	Sri Lanka v Kenya	Kandy	06-03-96
137	SR Tendulkar (1)	India v Sri Lanka	Delhi	02-03-96
130	ME Waugh (1)	Australia v Kenya	Visakhapatnam	23-02-96
130	CZ Harris	New Zealand v Australia	Chennai	11-03-96
127*	SR Tendulkar (2)	India v Kenya	Cuttack	18-02-96
126	ME Waugh (2)	Australia v India	Mumbai	27-02-96
111	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan v South Africa	Karachi	29-02-96
111	BC Lara	West Indies v South Africa	Karachi	11-03-96
110	ME Waugh (3)	Australia v New Zealand	Chennai	11-03-96
107*	PA deSilva (2)	Sri Lanka v Australia	Lahore	17-03-96
106	VG Kambli	India v Zimbabwe	Kanpur	06-03-96
104*	GA Hick	England v Holland	Peshawar	22-02-96
102	RT Ponting	Australia v West Indies	Jaipur	04-03-96
101	NJ Astle	New Zealand v England	Ahmedabad	14-02-96

HIGHEST RUN AGGREGATES

Player	Country	Matches	Ins	No	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50
SR Tendulkar	India	7	7	1	523	137	87.17	2	3
ME Waugh	Australia	7	7	1	484	130	80.67	3	1
PA deSilva	Sri Lanka	6	6	1	448	145	89.60	2	2
G Kirsten	South Africa	6	6	1	391	188*	78.20	1	1
Saeed Anwar	Pakistan	6	6	2	329	83*	82.25	-	3
AP Gurusinha	Sri Lanka	6	6	-	307	87	51.17	-	3

CENTURY PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH WICKET (28)

1st wkt (5)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
186	G Kirsten (83) / AC Hudson (161)	SA v Holl	Rawalpindi	05-03-96
163	AD Jadeja (53) / SR Tendulkar (127*)	Ind v Ken	Cuttack	18-02-96
147	RS Smith (75) / MA Atherton (66)	Eng v Pak	Karachi	03-03-96
117	Saeed Azhar (32) / Saleem Raza (84)	UAE v Holl	Lahore	01-03-96
103	ME Waugh (126) / MA Taylor (59)	Aus v Ind	Mumbai	27-02-96

2nd wicket (6)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
138	S Chanderpaul (56) / BC Lara (111)	WI v SA	Karachi	11-03-96
118	CM Spearman (68) / SP Fleming (66)	NZ v Holl	Baroda	17-02-96
116	G Kirsten (188) / WJ Cronje (57)	SA v UAE	Rawalpindi	16-02-96
105*	Saeed Anwar (40*) / Ijaz Ahmed (50*)	Pak v UAE	Gujranwala	24-02-96
101	ST Jayasuriya (82)/AP Gurusinha (45)	SL v Eng	Faisalabad	09-03-96
101	MA Taylor (74) / RT Ponting (45)	Aus v SL	Lahore	17-03-96

3rd wicket (10)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
207	ME Waugh (130) / SR Waugh (82)	Ken v Aus	Visakhapatnam	23-02-96
184	AP Gurusinha (84) / PA deSilva (145)	SL v Ken	Kandy	06-03-96
175	SR Tendulkar (137) /M Azharuddin (72*)	Ind v SL	Delhi	02-03-96
172	AP Gurusinha (87) / PA deSilva (91)	SL v Zim	Colombo	21-02-96
145*	G Kirsten (188*) / DJ Cullinan (41*)	SA v UAE	Rawalpindi	16-02-96
143	GA Hick (104*) / GP Thorpe (89)	Eng v Holl	Peshawar	22-02-96
125	AP Gurusinha (65) / PA deSilva (107*)	SL v Aus	Lahore	17-03-96
120	CM Spearman (78) / RG Twose (92)	NZ v UAE	Faisalabad	27-02-96
110	RT Ponting (102) / SR Waugh (57)	Aus v WI	Jaipur	04-03-96
102	K Otieno (85) / M Odumbe (50)	Ken v Aus	Visakhapatnam	23-02-96

4th wicket (4)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
168	LK Germon (89) / CZ Harris (130)	NZ v Aus	Chennai	11-03-96
142	NS Sidhu (80) / VG Kambli (106)	Ind v Zim	Kanpur	06-03-96
137	S Tikolo (96) / H Modi (41)	Ken v SL	Kandy	06-03-96
105	PA deSilva (145) / A Ranatunga (75*)	SL v Ken	Kandy	06-03-96

5th wicket (3)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
138	SG Law (72) / MG Bevan (69)	Aus v WI	Mohali	14-03-96
131*	A Ranatunga(46*)/HP Tillekeratne(70*)	SL v Ind	Delhi	02-03-96
104	KJ van Noortwijk (64)/B Zuiderent (54)	Holl v Eng	Peshawar	22-02-96

6th wkt (Best)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
80*	Salim Malik (55*) / Wasim Akram (28*)	Pak v NZ	Lahore	06-03-96

7th wkt (Best)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
44	H Modi (28) / T Odoyo (24)	Ken v WI	Pune	29-02-96

8th wkt (Best)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
62	DA Reeve (67) / D Gough (26*)	Eng v SL	Faisalabad	09-03-96

9th wkt (Best)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
80*	Arshad Laiq (43*) / S Dukanwala (40*)	UAE v SA	Rawalpindi	16-02-96

10th wkt (Best)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
17	CR Matthews (9*) / PS deVilliers (12)	SA v Eng	Rawalpindi	25-02-96
17	CR Matthews (8*) / PR Adams (10)	SA v WI	Karachi	11-03-96

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS IN A MATCH (8)

Analysis	Bowler	Match	Venue	Date
5-21	PA Strang (1)	Zimbabwe v Kenya	Patna	27-02-96
5-29	S Dukanwala	UAE v Holland	Lahore	01-03-96
5-36	DW Fleming	Australia v India	Mumbai	27-02-96
4-26	Waqar Younis	Pakistan v Holland	Lahore	26-02-96
4-34	SK Warne (1)	Australia v Zimbabwe	Nagpur	01-03-96
4-36	SK Warne (2)	Australia v West Indies	Mohali	14-03-96
4-40	PA Strang (2)	Zimbabwe v West Indies	Hyderabad (I)	16-02-96
4-47	RA Harper	West Indies v South Africa	Karachi	11-03-96

HIGHEST WICKET AGGREGATES

Player	Country	Matches	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	4 wickets	Best
A Kumble	India	7	69.4	3	280	15	18.67	-	3-28
Waqar Younis	Pakisrtan	6	54	4	253	13	19.46	1	4-26
PA Strang	Zimbabwe	5	42.1	4	192	12	16.00	2	5-21
RA Harper	West Indies	6	58	6	219	12	18.25	1	4-47
DW Fleming	Australia	6	45.2	3	221	12	18.42	1	5-36
SK Warne	Australia	7	68.3	3	263	12	21.92	2	4-34

MOST DISMISSALS IN A MATCH

Dismissals	Wicketkeeper	Match	Venue	Date
5 (4ct + 1st)	JC Adams	West Indies v Kenya	Pune	29-02-96
5 (4ct + 1st)	Rashid Latif	Pakistan v N Zealand	Lahore	06-03-96

LEADING WICKET-KEEPERS

Player	Country	Matches	Dismissals	Catches	stumpings
IA Healy	Australia	7	12	9	3
Rashid Latif	Pakistan	6	9	7	2

MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDER IN A MATCH

Catches	player	Match	Venue	Date
3	CL Cairns	N Zealand v UAE	Faisalabad	27-02-96

LEADING FIELDERS

Name	Country	Matches	Catches
Anil Kumble	India	7	8
CL Cairns	New Zealand	6	5
ADR Campbell	Zimbabwe	5	5
ST Jayasuriya	Sri Lanka	6	5
GP Thorpe	England	6	5
B Zuiderent	Holland	5	5

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