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7th Cricket World Cup - 1999
ICC World Cup 1999 - England
Steve Waugh Winner 1999
Winner : Australia
Final Man of The Match : Shane Warne (Australia)

Seventh ODI Cricket World Cup was played in England between 12 International Teams. England, India, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, West Indias, South Africa, UAE, Kenya and Neterlands participated for the 7th Cricket World Cup tournament. Total 42 games were played at 21 different venues of England. The players as previous world cup wore coloured clothing, with names on the back.

The fourth World Cup in England, with Super Sixes rounds for the first time won by Australia with consistent performances in tournament. This was Australia's 2nd World Cup title. In Final match Australia beat Pakistan by 8 wickets (with 179 balls remaining) in 20.1 overs. Shane Warne (Australia) was man of the match for his 4 wickets spending 33 runs in his 9 overs.

World Cup 1999 Facts and Figures
Host Country :
England
Teams :
12
   
(England, India, New Zealand, Australia, Pakistan, Sri Lanka,West Indies, Zimbabwe, South Africa, UAE, Kenya, Netherlands)
Games :
42
Venues :
21
Format :
The 12 entrants were split into two groups, and the top three in each group went into the Super Six, carrying with them the points they had earned against the two teams who had also qualified from their group. They then played the qualifying teams from the other group, creating a final all-played-all league table, with the top four going into the semi-finals and finally two teams for final.
Winner : Australia
Runners-up : Pakistan
Prize money(winner) : 30000 pounds
Prize money(Runners-up) : 12000 pounds
Man of the match (Final) : Shane Warne (Australia)
Tournament Stats
Most Runs
  Player Country Match Runs HS Ave SR
  R Dravid Ind 8 461 145 65.85 85.52
  SR Waugh Aus 10 398 120* 79.60 77.73
  SC Ganguly Ind 7 379 183 54.14 81.15
  ME Waugh Aus 10 375 104 41.66 76.21
  Saeed Anwar Pak 10 368 113* 40.88 72.01
Most Wickets
  Player Country Match Wickets BBI Ave Econ
  GI Allott NZ 9 20 4/37 16.25 3.70
  SK Warne Aus 10 20 4/29 18.05 3.82
  GD McGrath Aus 10 18 5/14 20.38 3.83
  L Klusener SA 9 17 5/21 20.58 4.61
  Saqlain Mushtaq Pak 10 17 5/35 22.29 4.52
7th Cricket World Cup 1999 winner - Australia
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