World Cup in Aust _HEADING_ NZ Feb/Mar 1992 - Scores Summary

Australia:   BENSON AND HEDGES WORLD CUP CRICKET 1992
               A Brief Compilation of Scores

 (1) [22 Feb, Perth]
     Eng beat Ind by 9 runs     (MoM: Ian Botham)
        Eng 236/9 in 50   (Gooch 51, Smith 91)
        Ind 227ao in 49.2 (Shastri 57, Reeve 38/3)

 (2) [22 Feb, Auckland]           
     NZ beat Aus by 37 runs     (MoM: Martin Crowe)
        NZ  248/6 in 50   (Crowe 100*, Rutherford 57)
        Aus 211ao in 48.1 (Boon 100)

 (3) [23 Feb, Melbourne]          
     Pak lost to WI by 10 wkts  (MoM: Brian Lara)
        Pak 220/2 in 50   (Raja 102*, Miandad 57*)
        WI  221/0 in 46.5 (Haynes 93*, Lara 88* rtd hrt)

 (4) [23 Feb, New Plymouth (NZ)]        
     Zim lost to SL by 3 wkts   (MoM: Andy Flower)
        Zim 312/4 in 50   (Flower 115*, Arnott 52, Waller 83*)
        SL  313/7 in 49.2 (Mahanama 59, Samarasekara 75,
        Ranatunga 88*)

 (5) [25 Feb, Hamilton (NZ)]    
     SL lost to NZ by 6 wkts    (MoM: Ken Rutherford)
        SL  206/9 in 50   (Mahanama 80, de Silva 31, 
        Watson 37/3, Harris 43/3)
        NZ  210/4 in 48.2 (Wright 57, Jones 49, Rutherford 65*)

 (6) [26 Feb, Sydney]           
     Aus lost to SA by 9 wkts   (MoM: Kepler Wessels)
        Aus 170/9 in 49   (Boon 27, Waugh 27, Donald 34/3)
        SA  171/1 in 46.5 (Wessels 81*, Kirsten 49*)

 (7) [27 Feb, Hobart]           
     Pak beat Zim by 53 runs    (MoM: Aamir Sohail)
        Pak 254/4 in 50   (Sohail 114, Miandad 89, 
        Butchart 57/3)
        Zim 201/7 in 50   (Houghton 44, Waller 44, Akram 21/3,
        Sohail 26/2)

 (8) [27 Feb, Melbourne]        
     WI lost to Eng by 6 wkts   (MoM: Chris Lewis)
        WI  157ao in 49.2 (Haynes 38, Arthurton 54, Lewis 30/3,
        DeFreitas 34/3)
        Eng 160/4 in 39.5 (Gooch 65, Hick 54, Benjamin 22/2)

 (9) [28 Feb, Mackay (Aus)]
     Ind vs. SL match abandoned
        Ind   1/0 in  0.2

(10) [29 Feb, Brisbane]         
     WI beat Zim by 75 runs     (MoM: Brian Lara)
        WI  264/8 in 50   (Lara 72, Richardson 56, Hooper 63,
        Brandes 45/3)
        Zim 189/7 in 50   (Houghton 55, Shah 60*, Benjamin 27/3)

(11) [29 Feb, Auckland]         
     SA lost to NZ by 7 wkts    (MoM: Mark Greatbatch)
        SA  190/7 in 50   (Kirsten 90)
        NZ  191/3 in 34.3 (Greatbatch 68, Latham 60, Jones 34*)

(12) [01 Mar, Brisbane]         
     Aus beat Ind by 1 run      (MoM: Dean Jones)
        Aus 237/9 in 50   (Jones 90, Boon 43, Kapil 41/3,
        Prabhakar 41/3)
        set @ 235 in 47
        Ind 234ao in 47   (Azharuddin 93, Manjrekar 47, Moody
        56/3)

(13) [01 Mar, Adelaide]         
     Pak vs. Eng match abandoned
        Pak  74ao in 40.2 (Pringle 8/3, Botham 12/2)
        set @  63 in 16
        Eng  24/1 in  9

(14) [02 Mar, Wellington]       
     SA lost to SL by 3 wkts    (MoM: Arjuna Ranatunga)
        SA  195ao in 50   (Wessels 40, Kirsten 47, 
        Anurasiri 41/3)
        SL  198/7 in 49.5 (Mahanama 68, Ranatunga 64*, 
        Donald 42/3)

(15) [03 Mar, Napier]           
     NZ beat Zim by 48 runs     (MoM: Martin Crowe)
        NZ  162/3 in 20.5 (Crowe 74*, Jones 57)
        set @ 153 in 18
        Zim 105/7 in 18   (Harris 15/3, Larsen 16/3)

(16) [04 Mar, Sydney]           
     Ind beat Pak by 43 runs    (MoM: Sachin Tendulkar)
        Ind 216/7 in 49   (Jadeja 46, Tendulkar 54*, Kapil 35,
        Mushtaq 59/3)
        Pak 173ao in 48.1 (Sohail 62, Miandad 40, Prabhakar
        22/2)

(17) [05 Mar, Sydney]           
     Aus lost to Eng by 8 wkts  (MoM: Ian Botham)
        Aus 171ao in 49   (Moody 51, Botham 31/4)
        Eng 173/2 in 40.5 (Gooch 58, Botham 53)

(18) [05 Mar, Christchurch]     
     SA beat WI by 64 runs      (MoM: Meyrick Pringle)
        SA  200/8 in 50   (Kirsten 56, Marshall 26/2)
        WI  136ao in 38.4 (Logie 61, Haynes 30, Pringle 11/4,
        Snell 16/2)

(19) [07 Mar, Adelaide]         
     SL lost to Aus by 7 wkts   (MoM: Tom Moody)
        SL  189/9 in 50   (Samarasekera 34, de Silva 62)
        Aus 190/3 in 44   (Marsh 60, Moody 57)

(20) [07 Mar, Hamilton (NZ)]    
     Ind beat Zim by 55 runs    (MoM: Sachin Tendulkar)
        Ind 203/7 in 32   (Tendulkar 81, Traicos 35/3, 
        Burmester 36/3)
        set @ 158 in 19
        Zim 104/1 in 19.1 (Flower 43*, Shah 31)
        was 103/1 in 19

(21) [08 Mar, Brisbane]         
     SA beat Pak by 20 runs     (MoM: Andrew Hudson)
        SA  211/7 in 50   (Hudson 54, Rushmere 35, Cronje 47*)
        set @ 193 in 36
        Pak 173/8 in 36   (ul-Haq 48, Imran 34, Kuiper 40/3)

(22) [08 Mar, Auckland]         
     WI lost to NZ by 5 wkts    (MoM: Martin Crowe)
        WI  203/7 in 50   (Lara 52, Arthurton 40)
        NZ  206/5 in 48.3 (Greatbatch 63, Crowe 81*)

(23) [09 Mar, Ballarat (Aus)]   
     Eng beat SL by 106 runs    (MoM: Chris Lewis)
        Eng 280/6 in 50   (Botham 47, Hick 41, Fairbrother 63,
        Stewart 59)
        SL  174ao in 44   (Ranatunga 36, Lewis 30/4, Reeve 14/2)

(24) [10 Mar, Canberra]         
     Zim lost to SA by 7 wkts   (MoM: Peter Kirsten)
        Zim 163ao in 48.3  (McMillan 30/3, Kirsten 31/3, 
        Cronje 17/2)
        SA 164/3  in 45.1  (Wessels 70, Kirsten 62*)

(25) [10 Mar, Wellington]       
     Ind lost to WI by 5 wkts   (MoM: Anderson Cummins)
        Ind 197ao in 49.2  (Srikkanth 40, Azharuddin 61, 
        Cummins 33/4)
        set @ 194 in 46
        WI  195/5 in 40.3  (Lara 41, Arthurton 58*, Hooper 34*,
        Srinath 23/2)

(26) [11 Mar, Perth]            
     Pak beat Aus by 48 runs    (MoM: Aamir Sohail)
        Pak 220/9 in 50    (Sohail 76, Raja 34, Miandad 46, 
        S. Waugh 36/3)
        Aus 172ao in 45.2  (Marsh 39, Jones 47, Aaqib 21/3,
        Mushtaq 41/3)

(27) [12 Mar, Melbourne]        
     SA lost to Eng by 3 wkts   (MoM: Alan Stewart)
        SA  236/4 in 50    (Wessels 85, Hudson 79)
        set @ 225 in 41
        Eng 226/7 in 40.5  (Stewart 77, Fairbrother 75*, Snell
        42/3)

(28) [12 Mar, Dunedin]          
     Ind lost to NZ by 4 wkts   (MoM: Mark Greatbatch)
        Ind 230/6 in 50    (Azharuddin 55, Tendulkar 84, 
        Kapil 33, Patel 29/2)
        NZ  231/6 in 47.1  (Greatbatch 73, Jones 67*,
        Prabhakar 46/3)

(29) [13 Mar, Berri (Aus)]      
     WI beat SL by 91 runs      (MoM: Phil Simmons)
        WI  268/8 in 50    (Simmons 110, Arthurton 40,
        Hathurusinghe 57/4)
        SL  177/9 in 50    (Samarasekera 40, Hooper 19/2,
        Ambrose 24/2)

(30) [14 Mar, Hobart]           
     Aus beat Zim by 128 runs   (MoM: Steve Waugh)
        Aus 265/6 in 46    (Boon 48, Jones 54, M. Waugh 66*, 
        S. Waugh 55)
        Zim 137ao in 41.4  (Taylor 14/2, Whitney 15/2,
        S. Waugh 28/2)

(31) [15 Mar, Adelaide]         
     Ind lost to SA by 6 wkts   (MoM: Peter Kirsten)
        Ind 180/6 in 30    (Azharuddin 79, Kapil 42)
        SA  181/4 in 29.1  (Hudson 53, Kirsten 84)

(32) [15 Mar, Perth]            
     SL lost to Pak by 4 wkts   (MoM: Javed Miandad)
        SL  212/6 in 50    (Samarasekara 38, de Silva 43,
        Gurusinghe 37)
        Pak 216/6 in 49.1  (Miandad 57, Malik 51)

(33) [15 Mar, Wellington]       
     Eng lost to NZ by 7 wkts   (MoM: Andrew Jones)
        Eng 200/8 in 50    (Stewart 41, Hick 56, Smith 38,
        Patel 26/2)
        NZ  201/3 in 40.5  (Greatbatch 35, Jones 78, Crowe 73*)

(34) [18 Mar, Melbourne]        
     Aus beat WI by 57 runs     (MoM: David Boon)
        Aus 216/6 in 50    (Moody 42, Boon 100, Cummins 38/3)
        WI  159ao in 42.4  (Lara 70, Whitney 34/4)

(35) [18 Mar, Albury (Aus)]     
     Zim beat Eng by 9 runs     (MoM: Eddo Brandes)
        Zim 134ao in 46.1  (Botham 23/3, Illingworth 33/3)
        Eng 125ao in 49.1  (Brandes 21/4, Shah 17/2)

(36) [18 Mar, Christchurch]     
     NZ lost to Pak by 7 wkts   (MoM: Mushtaq Ahmed)
        NZ  166ao in 48.2 (Greatbatch 42, Larsen 37, Akram 32/4)
        Pak 167/3 in 44.4 (Raja 119*, Miandad 30, Morrison 42/3)


Position at the end of first round:

(Played, Won, Lost, Tied, Run Rate, Run Differential & Points)

     P   W   L   T   RR       RD    .s

NZ   8   7   1   0  4.761  +0.5918  14
Eng  8   5   2   1  4.355  +0.4701  11
SA   8   5   3   0  4.363  +0.1385  10
Pak  8   4   3   1  4.327  +0.1657   9
Aus  8   4   4   0  4.223  +0.2009   8
WI   8   4   4   0  4.139  +0.0744   8
Ind  8   2   5   1  4.945  +0.1408   5
SL   8   2   5   1  4.207  -0.6860   5
Zim  8   1   7   0  4.036  -1.1426   2
World Cup Champion Cricketer: Martin Crowe

------------------SEMI's and FINAL----------------------
(37) [21 Mar, Auckland]  Semifinal #1 vs. #4
     NZ lost to Pak by 4 wkts   (MoM: Inzamam ul-Haq)
        NZ  262/7 in 50   (Rutherford 50, Crowe 91)
        Pak 264/6 in 49   (Raja 44, Imran 44, ul-Haq 60, 
        Miandad 57*)

(38) [22 Mar, Sydney]    Semifinal #2 vs. #3
     Eng beat SA by 20 runs     (MoM: Greame Hick)
        Eng 252/6 in 45   (Stewart 33, Hick 83)
        set @ 252 in 43
        SA  232/6 in 43   (Hudson 46, Kuiper 36, Rhodes 43)

(39) [25 Mar, Melbourne] Final
     Pak beat Eng by 22 runs    (MoM: Wasim Akram)
        Pak 249/6 in 50   (Imran 70, Miandad 58, ul-Haq 42,
        Pringle 22/3)
        Eng 227ao in 49.2 (Fairbrother 62, Akram 49/3, 
        Mushtaq 41/3)

World Cup Champion: Pakistan

Overall record of semifinalists:

     P   W   L   T   RR       RD    (.s)

Pak 10   6   3   1  4.525  +0.1948  (13)
Eng 10   6   3   1  4.533  +0.3668  (13)
NZ   9   7   2   0  4.823  +0.5085  (14)
SA   9   5   4   0  4.476  +0.0683  (10)

 Contributed by Balayoghan  (vbb@cs.utexas.edu)