ICC World Cup - Final

Australia v Pakistan

Australia won by 8 wickets (with 179 balls remaining)

ODI no. 1484 | 1999 season
Played at Lord's, London (neutral venue)
20 June 1999 (50-over match)


Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
Saeed Anwar	b Fleming	15	26	17	3	0	88.23
5.1 inseamer to the left hander, Fleming around the wicket, Saeed trying a cover drive, inside edge onto middle and off stump 21/2
Wajahatullah Wasti	c ME Waugh b McGrath	1	20	14	0	0	7.14
4.4 prodding his bat at it, trying to glide it away to the 3rd man, wide of the slips, but he doesn't account for the gymnastics of Mark Waugh, leaping to his right from 2nd slip 21/1
Abdul Razzaq	c SR Waugh b Moody	17	67	51	2	0	33.33
19.4 puts this one into the covers, but dispatches himself instead, onto the front foot, driving, the captain dives forward and rolls taking a good clean catch low to the ground 68/3
Ijaz Ahmed	b Warne	22	79	46	2	0	47.82
23.4 leg spinner, pitched up a little, on the leg stump, Ijaz onto the back foot for some reason, trying to defend, misses, into the off stump, fantastic delivery 77/4
Inzamam-ul-Haq	c †Gilchrist b Reiffel	15	47	33	0	0	45.45
30.1 coming forward outside the off stump, playing the defence close to the pad, ball makes have just shaved the outside edge, Sheppy gives it, Inzamam isn't happy and is going to double the time it takes to walk to the pavilion 104/6
Moin Khan†	c †Gilchrist b Warne	6	16	12	0	0	50.00
27.1 pushing at it wide of the off stump, trying to play it into the pads, faint outside edge, Moin isn't happy, but Bucky the Batsman Slayer gives him 91/5
Shahid Afridi	lbw b Warne	13	22	16	2	0	81.25
31.6 he was playing a sweep virtually every ball, and so indeed he gets out to it, ball was pitched up, bat goes over the top of it, into the pads, Bucknor nods his head before raising the finger after the trademarked pause 113/7
Azhar Mahmood	c & b Moody	8	32	17	1	0	47.05
36.6 trying to drive on the off side, but didn't keep it on the ground, perhaps deceived by the usual lack of pace from Moody, Moody bends down the mile to catch it near the ankles 129/8
Wasim Akram*	c SR Waugh b Warne	8	23	20	0	1	40.00
37.2 swinging trying to loft over the mid wicket on one knee, only problem was that it wasn't high enough and went straight to the fielder, more than a minor problem that 129/9
Saqlain Mushtaq	c Ponting b McGrath	0	10	4	0	0	0.00
38.6 short and at the chest, trying to defend it away, does so, but there's a brilliant catch by Ponting at the 3rd slip, leaping a huge distance forward and to his right, ball sticks in his right hand 132/10
Shoaib Akhtar	not out	2	8	6	0	0	33.33

Extras	(lb 10, w 13, nb 2)	25

Total	(all out; 39 overs)	132	(3.38 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-21 (Wajahatullah Wasti, 4.4 ov), 2-21 (Saeed Anwar, 5.1 ov), 3-68 (Abdul Razzaq, 19.4 ov), 4-77 (Ijaz Ahmed, 23.4 ov), 5-91 (Moin Khan, 27.1 ov), 6-104 (Inzamam-ul-Haq, 30.1 ov), 7-113 (Shahid Afridi, 31.6 ov), 8-129 (Azhar Mahmood, 36.6 ov), 9-129 (Wasim Akram, 37.2 ov), 10-132 (Saqlain Mushtaq, 38.6 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
GD McGrath	9	3	13	2	1.44
4.4 to Wajahatullah Wasti, prodding his bat at it, trying to glide it away to the 3rd man, wide of the slips, but he doesn't account for the gymnastics of Mark Waugh, leaping to his right from 2nd slip 21/1 38.6 to Saqlain Mushtaq, short and at the chest, trying to defend it away, does so, but there's a brilliant catch by Ponting at the 3rd slip, leaping a huge distance forward and to his right, ball sticks in his right hand 132/10
DW Fleming	6	0	30	1	5.00	(2nb, 4w)
5.1 to Saeed Anwar, inseamer to the left hander, Fleming around the wicket, Saeed trying a cover drive, inside edge onto middle and off stump 21/2
PR Reiffel	10	1	29	1	2.90	(2w)
30.1 to Inzamam-ul-Haq, coming forward outside the off stump, playing the defence close to the pad, ball makes have just shaved the outside edge, Sheppy gives it, Inzamam isn't happy and is going to double the time it takes to walk to the pavilion 104/6
TM Moody	5	0	17	2	3.40	(1w)
19.4 to Abdul Razzaq, puts this one into the covers, but dispatches himself instead, onto the front foot, driving, the captain dives forward and rolls taking a good clean catch low to the ground 68/3 36.6 to Azhar Mahmood, trying to drive on the off side, but didn't keep it on the ground, perhaps deceived by the usual lack of pace from Moody, Moody bends down the mile to catch it near the ankles 129/8
SK Warne	9	1	33	4	3.66	(2w)
23.4 to Ijaz Ahmed, leg spinner, pitched up a little, on the leg stump, Ijaz onto the back foot for some reason, trying to defend, misses, into the off stump, fantastic delivery 77/4 27.1 to Moin Khan, pushing at it wide of the off stump, trying to play it into the pads, faint outside edge, Moin isn't happy, but Bucky the Batsman Slayer gives him 91/5 31.6 to Shahid Afridi, he was playing a sweep virtually every ball, and so indeed he gets out to it, ball was pitched up, bat goes over the top of it, into the pads, Bucknor nods his head before raising the finger after the trademarked pause 113/7 37.2 to Wasim Akram, swinging trying to loft over the mid wicket on one knee, only problem was that it wasn't high enough and went straight to the fielder, more than a minor problem that 129/9


Australia innings (target: 133 runs from 50 overs)		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
ME Waugh	not out	37	95	52	4	0	71.15

AC Gilchrist†	c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Saqlain Mushtaq	54	49	36	8	1	150.00
10.1 pitched up outside the off stump, driven hard on the off side to Inzamam at mid off, Pakistan take a wicket 75/1
RT Ponting	c †Moin Khan b Wasim Akram	24	32	27	3	0	88.88
17.4 seemed to be trying a lazy glide down to the 3rd man, no footwork, easy catch for Moin 112/2
DS Lehmann	not out	13	12	9	2	0	144.44

Extras	(lb 1, w 1, nb 3)	5

Total	(2 wickets; 20.1 overs)	133	(6.59 runs per over)

Did not bat SR Waugh*, MG Bevan, TM Moody, SK Warne, PR Reiffel, DW Fleming, GD McGrath

Fall of wickets 1-75 (Gilchrist, 10.1 ov), 2-112 (Ponting, 17.4 ov)


Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Wasim Akram	8	1	41	1	5.12	(2nb, 1w)
17.4 to Ponting, seemed to be trying a lazy glide down to the 3rd man, no footwork, easy catch for Moin 112/2
Shoaib Akhtar	4	0	37	0	9.25	(1nb)

Abdul Razzaq	2	0	13	0	6.50

Azhar Mahmood	2	0	20	0	10.00

Saqlain Mushtaq	4.1	0	21	1	5.04
10.1 to Gilchrist, pitched up outside the off stump, driven hard on the off side to Inzamam at mid off, Pakistan take a wicket 75/1

Match details

Toss Pakistan, who chose to bat
Series Australia won the 1999 ICC World Cup

Player of the match SK Warne (Australia)
Player of the series L Klusener

Umpires SA Bucknor (West Indies) and DR Shepherd
TV umpire S Venkataraghavan (India)
Match referee RS Madugalle (Sri Lanka)

Match notes

4th (reserve) umpire: R Palmer
Reserve umpire: CW Smith (WI)
12th Men: BP Julian (Australia) and Mushtaq Ahmed (Pakistan)
Start of match delayed by 30 minutes to 11:15am after morning rain. Lunch break rescheduled to 2:45pm to 3:15pm, and close of play extended to 6:45pm. However, upon the early finish of the Pakistan innings at just prior to 2:15pm, the Australia innings was recheduled to begin at 3:00pm.
AC Gilchrist 50 off 33 balls, 8x4 1x6
Match was completed at 4:32pm

Tournament Results

Australia v Pakistan at Lord's - Jun 20, 1999
Australia won by 8 wickets (with 179 balls remaining)

Australia v South Africa at Birmingham - Jun 17, 1999
Match tied

New Zealand v Pakistan at Manchester - Jun 16, 1999
Pakistan won by 9 wickets (with 15 balls remaining)

Australia v South Africa at Leeds - Jun 13, 1999
Australia won by 5 wickets (with 2 balls remaining)

India v New Zealand at Nottingham - Jun 12, 1999
New Zealand won by 5 wickets (with 10 balls remaining)

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Jun 20, 1999

Ricky Ponting celebrates Australia's victory

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