Mohandas Menon

This was the year a third venue was added to the World Cup roster -- the competition, this time, being hosted by Australia and New Zealand in tandem.

The tournament provided many fascinating aspects for the connoisseur. Home side New Zealand's innovative tactics under captain Martin Crowe was one of them. The entry of South Africa onto the World Cup stage was another. The anomalous rain rule, that made a mockery of South Africa's clash against England, was one of the downsides. And finally, there was Pakistan -- a team that started badly, found its second wind, peaked at just the right time and, powered by the likes of Inzamam ul Haq and Wasim Akram, pulled off a come from behind win.

Here are the numbers that tell the story:

SUMMARY OF MATCHES

Countries	Matches Played	Won	Lost	No Result	Semi Final	Runner Up	Winner
Pakistan	10	6	3	1	-	-	1
England	10	6	3	1	-	1	-
New Zealand	9	7	2	-	1	-	-
South Africa	9	5	4	-	1	-	-
Australia	8	4	4	-	-	-	-
West Indies	8	4	4	-	-	-	-
India	8	2	5	1	-	-	-
Sri Lanka	8	2	5	1	-	-	-
Zimbabwe	8	1	7	-	-	-	-

HIGHEST TEAM TOTALS

Score	Overs	Match	Venue	Date
313-7	(49.2 overs)	Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe	New Plymouth	23-02-92
312-4	(50 overs)	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka	New Plymouth	23-02-92
280-6	(50 overs)	England v Sri Lanka	Ballarat	09-03-92

HIGHEST TEAM AGGREGATES

Score	Overs	Match	Venue	Date
625-11	(99.2 overs)	Zim (312-4) v SL (313-7)	New Plymouth	23-02-92
526-13	(99 overs)	NZ (262-7) v Pak (264-6)	Auckland	21-03-92

LOWEST COMPLETED TEAM TOTALS

Score	Overs	Match	Venue	Date
74	(40.2 overs)	Pakistan v England	Adelaide	01-03-92
125	(49.1 overs)	England v Zimbabwe	Albury	18-03-92
134	(46.1 overs)	Zimbabwe v England	Albury	18-03-92
136	(38.4 overs)	West Indies v South Africa	Christhurch	05-03-92
137	(46.1 overs)	Zimbabwe v Australia	Hobart	14-03-92

LOWEST MATCH AGGREGATES

Score	Overs	Match	Venue	Date
259-20	(95.2 overs)	Zim (134) v Eng (125)	Albury	18-03-92
267-10	(38.5 overs)	NZ (162-3) v Zim (105-7)	Napier	03-03-92

INDIVIDUAL HUNDREDS (8)

Score	Batsmen	Match	Venue	Date
119*	Rameez Raja (1)	Pakistan v New Zealand	Christchurch	18-03-92
115*	A Flower	Zimbabwe v Sri Lanka	New Plymouth	23-02-92
114	Aamer Sohail	Pakistan v Zimbabwe	Hobart	27-02-92
110	PV Simmons	West Indies v Sri Lanka	Berri	13-03-92
102*	Rameez Raja (2)	Pakistan v West Indies	Melbourne	23-02-92
100*	MD Crowe	N Zealand v Australia	Auckland	22-02-92
100	DC Boon (1)	Australia v New Zealand	Auckland	22-02-92
100	DC Boon (2)	Australia v West Indies	Melbourne	18-03-92

HIGHEST RUN AGGREGATES

Player	Country	Matches	Ins	No	Runs	HS	Avg	100	50
MD Crowe	New Zealand	9	9	5	456	100*	114.00	1	4
Javed Miandad	Pakistan	9	9	2	437	89	62.42	-	5
PN Kirsten	South Africa	8	8	2	410	90	68.33	-	4
DC Boon	Australia	8	8	1	368	100	52.57	2	-

CENTURY PARTNERSHIPS FOR EACH WICKET (23)

1st wkt (8)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
175*	DL Haynes (93*) / BC Lara (88*)	WI v Pak	Melbourne	23-02-92
(although this unfinished partnerhship was worth 221 runs, it consisted of two partenerships: 175 between Haynes and Lara [retd hurt], and then 46 more runs were added by Hyanes & RB Richardson)
151	KC Wessels (85) / AC Hudson (79)	SA v Eng	Melbourne	12-03-92
128	RS Mahanama (59) / MAR Samarasekara (75)	SL v Zim	New Plymouth	23-02-92
128	AC Hudson (53) / PN Kirsten (84)	SA v Ind	Adelaide	15-03-92
120	TM Moody (57) / GR Marsh (60)	Aus v SL	Adelaide	07-03-92
114	MJ Greatbatch (68) / RT Latham (60)	NZ v SA	Auckland	29-02-92
107	GA Gooch (58) / IT Botham (53)	Eng v Aus	Sydney	05-03-92
107	TM Moody (42) / DC Boon (100)	Aus v WI	Melbourne	18-03-92

2nd wicket (3):

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
127	M Azharuddin (55) / SR Tendulkar (84)	Ind v NZ	Dunedin	12-03-92
(145 runs were added for this wicket. AD Jadeja (13) retired hurt after 18 runs were added)
112	KC Wessels (70) / PN Kirsten (62*)	SA v Zim	Canberra	10-03-92
110	GA Gooch (51) / RA Smith (91)	Eng v Ind	Perth	22-02-92

3rd wicket (7):

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
145	Aamer Sohail (114) / J Miandad (89)	Pak v Zim	Hobart	27-02-92
139	Imran Khan (72) / Javed Miandad (58)	Pak v Eng	Melbourne	25-03-92
129	AH Jones (57) / MD Crowe (74*)	NZ v Zim	Napier	03-03-92
123*	Rameez Raja (102*) / Javed Miandad (57*)	Pak v WI	Melbourne	23-02-92
117	RB Richardson (56) / CL Hooper (63)	WI v Zim	Brisbane	29-02-92
115	Rameez Raja (119*) / Javed Miandad (30)	Pak v NZ	Christchurch	18-03-92
109	AH Jones (78) / MD Crowe (73*)	NZ v Eng	Wellington	15-03-92

4th wicket (3):

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
118	MD Crowe (100*) / KR Rutherford (57)	NZ v Aus	Auckland	22-02-92
107	MD Crowe (91) / KR Rutherford (50)	NZ v Pak	Auckland	21-03-92
101	Javed Miandad (57) / Saleem Malik (51)	Pak v SL	Perth	15-03-92

5th wicket (2)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
145*	A Flower (115*) / AC Waller (83*)	Zim v SL	New Plymouth	23-02-92
113	ME Waugh (66*) / SR Waugh (55)	Aus v Zim	Hobart	14-03-92

6th wkt (Best)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
83*	KLT Arthurton (58*) / CL Hooper (34*)	WI v Ind	Wellington	10-03-92

7th wkt (Best)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
46	DL Haynes (30) / AL Logie (61)	WI v SA	Christchurch	05-03-92

8th wkt (Best)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
33	GF Labrooy (19) / CPH Ramanayake (12)	SL v Eng	Ballarat	09-03-92

9th wkt (Best)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
44	GR Larsen (37) / DK Morrison (12)	NZ v Pak	Christchurch	18-03-92

10th wkt (Best)

Runs	Players	Match	Venue	Date
28*	RS Kalpage (13*) / GP Wickremasinghe (21*)	SL v WI	Berri	13-03-92

FOUR OR MORE WICKETS IN A MATCH (8)

Analysis	Bowler	Match	Venue	Date
4-11	MW Pringle	S Africa v West Indies	Christchurch	05-03-92
4-21	EA Brandes	Zimbabwe v England	Albury	18-03-92
4-30	CC Lewis	England v Sri Lanka	Ballarat	09-03-92
4-31	IT Botham	England v Australia	Sydney	05-03-92
4-32	Wasim Akram	Pakistan v New Zealand	Christchurch	18-03-92
4-33	AC Cummins	West Indies v India	Wellington	10-03-92
4-34	MR Whitney	Australia v West Indies	Melbourne	18-03-92
4-57	UC Hathurusinghe	Sri Lanka v West Indies	Berri	13-03-92

HIGHEST WICKET AGGREGATES

Player	Country	Matches	Overs	Maidens	Runs	Wickets	Average	4 wickets	Best
Wasim Akram	Pakistan	10	89.4	2	338	18	18.78	1	4-32
IT Botham	England	10	89	8	306	16	19.13	1	4-31
Mushtaq Ahmed	Pakistan	9	78	3	311	16	19.44	-	3-41
CZ Harris	New Zealand	9	72.1	4	342	16	21.38	-	3-15

MOST DISMISSALS IN A MATCH

Dismissals	Wicketkeeper	Match	Venue	Date
4 (4ct)	D Williams	West Indies v N Zealand	Auckland	08-03-92

LEADING WICKET-KEEPERS

Player	Country	Matches	Dismissals	Catches	stumpings
DJ Richardson	South Africa	9	15	14	1
D Williams	West Indies	8	14	11	3
Moin Khan	Pakistan	10	14	11	3

MOST CATCHES BY A FIELDER IN A MATCH

Catches	player	Match	Venue	Date
3	DA Reeves	England v Pakistan	Adelaide	01-03-92
3	Ijaz Ahmed	Pakistan v Australia	Perth	11-03-92
3	AR Border	Australia v Zimbabwe	Hobart	14-03-92

LEADING FIELDERS

Name	Country	Matches	Catches
KC Wessels	South Africa	9	7
NH Fairbrother	England	9	6

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