This is a list of statistics for the 1999 Cricket World Cup.
Team Statistics
Highest team totals
The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.
Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
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373/6 | ![]() |
County Ground, Taunton, England |
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329/2 | ![]() |
County Ground, Bristol, England |
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303/4 | ![]() |
Lord's, England |
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287/5 | ![]() |
Edgbaston, Birmingham, England |
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282/6 | ![]() |
Kennington Oval, London, England |
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275/8 | ![]() |
Headingley, Leeds, England |
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275/8 | ![]() |
County Ground, Southampton, England |
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272/5 | ![]() |
Headingley, Leeds, England |
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271/9 | ![]() |
Kennington Oval, London, England |
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271/7 | ![]() |
Headingley, Leeds, England |
Largest winning margin
By runs
Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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157 runs | ![]() |
County Ground, Taunton, England | 26 May 1999 |
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148 runs | ![]() |
Kennington Oval, London, England | 11 Jun 1999 |
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122 runs | ![]() |
Kennington Oval, London, England | 22 May 1999 |
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94 runs | ![]() |
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England | 20 May 1999 |
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94 runs | ![]() |
County Ground, Bristol, England | 23 May 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
By wickets
Team | Margin | Overs Remaining | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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9 wickets | 11.0 | ![]() |
St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury, England | 18 May 1999 |
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9 wickets | 2.3 | ![]() |
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England | 16 Jun 1999 |
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8 wickets | 3.1 | ![]() |
Lord's, England | 14 May 1999 |
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8 wickets | 39.5 | ![]() |
Grace Road, Leicester, England | 27 May 1999 |
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8 wickets | 29.5 | ![]() |
Lord's, England | 20 Jun 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
By balls remaining
Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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239 balls | ![]() |
Grace Road, Leicester, England | 27 May 1999 |
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193 balls | ![]() |
The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland | 31 May 1999 |
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181 balls | ![]() |
Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street, England | 27 May 1999 |
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179 balls | ![]() |
Lord's, England | 20 Jun 1999 |
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102 balls | ![]() |
County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England | 17 May 1999 |
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 |
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68 (31.3 overs) | ![]() |
Grace Road, Leicester, England | 27 May 1999 |
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103 (41 overs) | ![]() |
Kennington Oval, London, England | 22 May 1999 |
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110 (35.2 overs) | ![]() |
County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England | 19 May 1999 |
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110 (46.4 overs) | ![]() |
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England | 30 May 1999 |
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116 (37.4 overs) | ![]() |
County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford, England | 17 May 1999 |
Smallest winning margin
By runs
Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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3 runs | ![]() |
Grace Road, Leicester, England | 19 May 1999 |
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10 runs | ![]() |
Headingley, Leeds, England | 23 May 1999 |
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22 runs | ![]() |
The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland | 24 May 1999 |
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27 runs | ![]() |
County Ground, Bristol, England | 16 May 1999 |
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44 runs | ![]() |
Lord's, England | 09 Jun 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
By wickets
Team | Margin | Overs Remaining | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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3 wickets | 1.0 | ![]() |
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | 05 Jun 1999 |
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4 wickets | 2.4 | ![]() |
County Cricket Ground, Hove, England | 15 May 1999 |
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4 wickets | 4.0 | ![]() |
New Road, Worcester, England | 22 May 1999 |
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5 wickets | 0.2 | ![]() |
Headingley, Leeds, England | 13 Jun 1999 |
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5 wickets | 1.4 | ![]() |
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | 12 Jun 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
By balls remaining
Team | Margin | Opponent | Ground | Date |
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2 balls | ![]() |
Headingley, Leeds, England | 13 Jun 1999 |
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6 balls | ![]() |
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | 05 Jun 1999 |
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10 balls | ![]() |
Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England | 12 Jun 1999 |
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15 balls | ![]() |
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England | 16 Jun 1999 |
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16 balls | ![]() |
County Cricket Ground, Hove, England | 15 May 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
Individual statistics
Batting statistics
Most runs
The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.
Players | Team | Runs | Matches | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
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Rahul Dravid | ![]() |
461 | 8 | 8 | 65.85 | 85.52 | 145 | 2 | 3 | 49 | 1 |
Steve Waugh | ![]() |
398 | 10 | 8 | 79.60 | 77.73 | 120* | 1 | 2 | 35 | 6 |
Sourav Ganguly | ![]() |
379 | 7 | 7 | 54.14 | 81.15 | 183 | 1 | 1 | 39 | 8 |
Mark Waugh | ![]() |
375 | 10 | 10 | 41.66 | 76.21 | 104 | 1 | 2 | 39 | 1 |
Saeed Anwar | ![]() |
368 | 10 | 10 | 40.88 | 72.01 | 113* | 2 | 0 | 42 | 0 |
Neil Johnson | ![]() |
367 | 8 | 8 | 52.42 | 73.99 | 132* | 1 | 3 | 43 | 4 |
Ricky Ponting | ![]() |
354 | 10 | 10 | 39.33 | 66.54 | 69 | 0 | 1 | 32 | 5 |
Herschelle Gibbs | ![]() |
341 | 9 | 9 | 37.88 | 73.01 | 101 | 1 | 2 | 34 | 4 |
Roger Twose | ![]() |
318 | 9 | 9 | 79.50 | 74.64 | 80* | 0 | 3 | 29 | 4 |
Jacques Kallis | ![]() |
312 | 8 | 8 | 52.00 | 66.38 | 96 | 0 | 4 | 18 | 4 |
Highest scores
This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.
Player | Team | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Opponent | Ground |
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Sourav Ganguly | ![]() |
183 | 158 | 17 | 7 | ![]() |
County Ground, Taunton, England |
Rahul Dravid | ![]() |
145 | 129 | 17 | 1 | ![]() |
County Ground, Taunton, England |
Sachin Tendulkar | ![]() |
140* | 101 | 16 | 3 | ![]() |
County Ground, Bristol, England |
Neil Johnson | ![]() |
132* | 144 | 14 | 2 | ![]() |
Lord's, England |
Steve Waugh | ![]() |
120* | 110 | 10 | 2 | ![]() |
Headingley, Leeds, England |
Saeed Anwar | ![]() |
113* | 148 | 9 | 0 | ![]() |
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England |
Rahul Dravid | ![]() |
104* | 109 | 10 | 0 | ![]() |
County Ground, Bristol, England |
Mark Waugh | ![]() |
104 | 120 | 13 | 0 | ![]() |
Lord's, England |
Saeed Anwar | ![]() |
103 | 144 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
Kennington Oval, London, England |
Herschelle Gibbs | ![]() |
101 | 134 | 10 | 1 | ![]() |
Headingley, Leeds, England |
Most boundaries
Total Fours | Total Sixes | |||||
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Player | Team | No. of Fours | Player | Team | No. of Sixes | |
Rahul Dravid | ![]() |
49 | Lance Klusener | ![]() |
10 | |
Neil Johnson | ![]() |
43 | Sourav Ganguly | ![]() |
8 | |
Saeed Anwar | ![]() |
42 | Moin Khan | ![]() |
6 | |
Sourav Ganguly | ![]() |
39 | Thomas Odoyo | ![]() |
6 | |
Mark Waugh | ![]() |
39 | Wasim Akram | ![]() |
6 | |
Source: Cricinfo | Source: Cricinfo |
Bowling statistics
Most wickets
The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the tournament.
Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
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Geoff Allott | ![]() |
20 | 9 | 16.25 | 26.3 | 3.70 | 4/37 |
Shane Warne | ![]() |
20 | 10 | 18.05 | 28.3 | 3.82 | 4/29 |
Glenn McGrath | ![]() |
18 | 10 | 20.38 | 31.8 | 3.83 | 5/14 |
Lance Klusener | ![]() |
17 | 9 | 20.58 | 26.7 | 4.61 | 5/21 |
Saqlain Mushtaq | ![]() |
17 | 10 | 22.29 | 29.5 | 4.52 | 5/35 |
Allan Donald | ![]() |
16 | 9 | 20.31 | 30.7 | 3.96 | 4/17 |
Shoaib Akhtar | ![]() |
16 | 10 | 24.43 | 30.3 | 4.83 | 3/11 |
Wasim Akram | ![]() |
15 | 10 | 22.80 | 36.2 | 3.77 | 4/40 |
Damien Fleming | ![]() |
14 | 10 | 25.85 | 37.7 | 4.11 | 3/57 |
Abdul Razzaq | ![]() |
13 | 9 | 23.23 | 35.5 | 3.92 | 3/25 |
Best bowling figures
This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.
Player | Team | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
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Glenn McGrath | ![]() |
8.4 | 5/14 | ![]() |
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England |
Lance Klusener | ![]() |
8.3 | 5/21 | ![]() |
VRA Cricket Ground, Amstelveen, Netherlands |
Venkatesh Prasad | ![]() |
9.3 | 5/27 | ![]() |
Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester, England |
Robin Singh | ![]() |
9.3 | 5/31 | ![]() |
County Ground, Taunton, England |
Saqlain Mushtaq | ![]() |
10.0 | 5/35 | ![]() |
County Cricket Ground, Northampton, England |
Shaun Pollock | ![]() |
9.2 | 5/36 | ![]() |
Edgbaston, Birmingham, England |
Chris Harris | ![]() |
3.1 | 4/7 | ![]() |
The Grange Club, Edinburgh, Scotland |
Allan Donald | ![]() |
8.0 | 4/17 | ![]() |
Kennington Oval, London, England |
Courtney Walsh | ![]() |
10.0 | 4/25 | ![]() |
Castle Avenue, Dublin, Ireland |
Shane Warne | ![]() |
10.0 | 4/29 | ![]() |
Edgbaston, Birmingham, England |
Most maidens
Player | Team | Inns | Mdns | Ave |
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Shaun Pollock | ![]() |
6 | 9 | 40.75 |
Steve Elworthy | ![]() |
5 | 8 | 17.85 |
Glenn McGrath | ![]() |
7 | 8 | 14.60 |
Shane Warne | ![]() |
7 | 8 | 17.00 |
Javagal Srinath | ![]() |
4 | 7 | 18.00 |
Source: Cricinfo |
Hat-tricks
Player | Team | Batsmen out | Opponent | Date |
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Saqlain Mushtaq | ![]() |
Henry Olonga | ![]() |
11 June 1999 |
Source: Cricinfo |
Fielding statistics
Most dismissals
This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.
Player | Team | Matches | Dismissals | Caught | Stumped | Max |
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Moin Khan | ![]() |
10 | 16 | 12 | 4 | 3 |
Ridley Jacobs | ![]() |
5 | 14 | 14 | 0 | 5 |
Adam Gilchrist | ![]() |
10 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 4 |
Mark Boucher | ![]() |
9 | 11 | 11 | 0 | 4 |
Nayan Mongia | ![]() |
7 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 5 |
Most catches
This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.
Player | Team | Innings | Catches |
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Daryll Cullinan | ![]() |
9 | 8 |
Graeme Hick | ![]() |
5 | 6 |
Graham Thorpe | ![]() |
5 | 6 |
Nathan Astle | ![]() |
9 | 6 |
Inzamam-ul-Haq | ![]() |
10 | 6 |
Source: Cricinfo |
Other Statistics
Highest partnerships
The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.