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Wills World Cup 1996

Results Summary




Scorecards and reports from a number of warm up games are available.

Group A - Summary of Results

Australia, India, Kenya, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe
Date        Venue               Between      Winner   Margin
==============================================================
16 Feb      Hyderabad (I)       WI-Zim       WI       6 wkts   card report
17 Feb      Colombo (SL)        Aus-SL       SL       forfeit* card
18 Feb      Cuttack (I)         Ind-Ken      Ind      7 wkts   card report
21 Feb      Colombo (SL)        SL-Zim       SL       6 wkts   card report
21 Feb      Gwalior (I)         Ind-WI       Ind      5 wkts   card report
23 Feb      Vis'patnam (I)      Aus-Ken      Aus      97 runs  card report
25 Feb      Colombo (SL)        SL-WI        SL       forfeit* card
26 Feb      Patna (I)           Zim-Ken      abandoned         card
27 Feb      Patna (I)           Zim-Ken      Zim      5 wkts   card report
27 Feb      Bombay (I)          Ind-Aus      Aus      16 runs  card report
29 Feb      Pune (I)            WI-Ken       Ken      73 runs  card report
01 Mar      Nagpur (I)          Aus-Zim      Aus      8 wkts   card report
02 Mar      New Delhi (I)       Ind-SL       SL       6 wkts   card report
04 Mar      Jaipur (I)          Aus-WI       WI       4 wkts   card report
06 Mar      Kanpur (I)          Ind-Zim      Ind      40 runs  card report
06 Mar      Kandy (SL)          SL-Ken       SL       144 runs card report

* Australia and West Indies chose to forfeit their games in 
  Sri Lanka due to safety concerns

Group B - Summary of Results

England, Netherlands, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, United Arab Emirates
  
Date        Venue               Between      Winner   Margin
==============================================================
14 Feb      Ahmedabad (I)       Eng-NZ       NZ       11 runs  card report
16 Feb      Rawalpindi (P)      SA-UAE       SA       169 runs card report
17 Feb      Baroda (I)          NL-NZ        NZ       119 runs card report
18 Feb      Peshawar (P)        Eng-UAE      Eng      8 wkts   card report
20 Feb      Faisalabad (P)      NZ-SA        SA       5 wkts   card report
22 Feb      Peshawar (P)        Eng-NL       Eng      49 runs  card report
24 Feb      Gujranwala (P)      Pak-UAE      Pak      9 wkts   card report
25 Feb      Rawalpindi (P)      Eng-SA       SA       78 runs  card report
26 Feb      Lahore (P)          Pak-NL       Pak      8 wkts   card report
27 Feb      Faisalabad (P)      NZ-UAE       NZ       109 runs card report
29 Feb      Karachi (P)         Pak-SA       SA       5 wkts   card report
01 Mar      Lahore (P)          NL-UAE       UAE      7 wkts   card report
03 Mar      Karachi (P)         Eng-Pak      Pak      7 wkts   card report
05 Mar      Rawalpindi (P)      NL-SA        SA       160 runs card report
06 Mar      Lahore (P)          NZ-Pak       Pak      46 runs  card report

Quarter Finals

Date        Venue               Between      Winner   Margin
==============================================================
09 Mar      Faisalabad (P)      Eng-SL       SL       5 wkts   card report
09 Mar      Bangalore (I)       Ind-Pak      Ind      39 runs  card report
11 Mar      Karachi (P)         RSA-WI       WI       19 runs  card report
11 Mar      Madras (I)          Aus-NZ       Aus      6 wkts   card report

Semi Finals

Date        Venue               Between      Winner   Margin
==============================================================
13 Mar      Calcutta (I)        Ind-SL       SL       runrate  card report
14 Mar      Mohali (I)          Aus-WI       Aus      5 runs   card report

Final

Date        Venue               Between      Winner   Margin
==============================================================
17 Mar      Lahore (P)          Aus-SL       SL       7 wkts  card report

Sri Lanka 1996 World Cup champions


Date-stamped : 18 Nov1998 - 10:34