Final
21 June 1975 Final: Australia v West Indies.
| West Indies 291/8 (60 overs) | v | Australia 274 all out (58.4 overs) | West Indies won by 17 runs Lord's Cricket Ground, London, England Umpires: HD Bird (Eng) and TW Spencer (Eng) Man of the Match: CH Lloyd (WI) | |
| CH Lloyd 102 (85) GJ Gilmour 4/48 (12) | IM Chappell 62 (93) KD Boyce 4/50 (12) | |||
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WORLD CUP - 1979
Final
| June 23, 1979 | West Indies 286/9 (60 overs) | v | England 194 all out (51 overs) | West Indies won by 92 runs Lord's, London, England Umpires: Dickie Bird and Barrie Meyer Man of the Match: Viv Richards |
| Viv Richards 138* (157) Phil Edmonds 2/40 (12 overs) | Mike Brearley 64 (130) Joel Garner 5/38 (11 overs) | |||
England won the toss and chose to field first. The West Indies got off to a bad start, falling to 4/99 with the loss of Greenidge, Haynes, Kallicharan, and captain Clive Lloyd. However, Vivian Richards (138 from 157 balls, 11 fours, 3 sixes) and Collis King (86 from 66 balls, 10 fours, 3 sixes) consolidated the innings. King especially ripped through the English bowling, with a strike rate of 130.3. The West Indies were already at 5/238 when the 139 run partnership ended with the loss of Collis King. Vivian Richards and the tail then took the West Indies to a very imposing total of 286 (9 wickets, 60 overs).
The English batsmen got off to a good start. But the openers, Mike Brearley (64 from 130 balls, 7 fours) and Geoff Boycott (57 from 105 balls, 3 fours) scored very slowly. They put together a very methodical opening partnership of 129 runs in 38 overs, playing as if the match were a five-day Test. By the time both batsmen were out, the run rate had risen too high. Graham Gooch played some hefty strokes in scoring his 32, taking England to 2/183. However, the loss of Gooch triggered the most devastating collapse in World Cup history, as England lost 8/11. They were eventually bowled all out for 194 (all out, 51 overs). Vivian Richards was declared Man of the Match.
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WORLD CUP - 1983
Final
| 25 June 1983 (scorecard) | India 183 (54.4 overs) | v | West Indies 140 (52 overs) | India won by 43 runs Lord's, London, England Umpires: HD Bird and BJ Meyer (ENG). |
| K Srikkanth 38 (57) S Madan Lal 3/31 (12) | IVA Richards 33 (28) AME Roberts 3/32 (10) | |||
In the final, India lost the toss and were asked to bat first against a West Indies team that arguably boasted the world's best bowling attack. Only Mohinder Amarnath (26 from 80 balls) and Kris Srikkanth (38 from 57 balls) put up any significant resistance as Roberts, Marshall, Joel Garner and Michael Holding ripped through the Indian batsmen, ably supported by Gomes. Surprising resistance by the tail allowed India to compile 183 (all out, 54.4 overs). Only three sixes were hit in the Indian innings, one from Srikkanth, one from Sandeep Patil (27 from 29 balls), and one from Madan Lal (17 from 27 balls). However, the Indian bowling exploited the weather and pitch conditions perfectly to bowl out the best batting lineup of the era for 140 from 52 overs in return, winning by 43 runs and completing one of the most stunning upsets in cricket history, defeating the previously invincible West Indies. Amarnath and Madan Lal (3-31) each took three wickets, and one memorable moment was the sight of Kapil Dev running a great distance(about 18-20 yards) to take a catch to dismiss Richards, West Indies top scorer with 33 from 28 balls. Amarnath was the most economical bowler, conceding just 12 runs from his seven overs while taking 3 wickets, and was once again awarded the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance. [3] There was no 'Man of the Series' awarded in 1983.
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Final
| November 8, 1987 | Australia 253/5 (50 overs) | v | England 246/8 (50 overs) | Australia won by 7 runs Eden Gardens, Kolkata, India Umpires: Ram Gupta and Mahboob Shah Man of the Match: David Boon |
| David Boon 75 (125) Eddie Hemmings 2/48 (10 overs) | Bill Athey 58 (103) Steve Waugh 2/37 (9 overs) | |||
Australia won the toss and chose to bat. David Boon (75 from 125 balls, 7 fours) top-scored for Australia, whose batsmen scored fluently. Australia posted 253 (5 wickets, 50 overs). Mike Veletta (45 from 31 balls, 6 fours) cut loose late in the innings, as Australia scored 65 runs from the last 6 overs of their innings. In the English reply, opener Tim Robinson was bowled for a first ball duck. Bill Athey (58 from 103 balls, 2 fours) top-scored, and England were almost on target,when captain Mike Gatting (41 from 45 balls, 3 fours, 1 six) handed back the initiative with the loss of his wicket, which ended a growing partnership of 69 runs in 13 overs between him and Athey. Allan Lamb (45 from 55 balls, 4 fours) also posted a great innings, but it was in vain as the required run-rate for England began to rise. When England failed to score the last 17 runs from the final over, the cup went to Australia.
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WORLD CUP - 1992
Final
| March 25, 1992 scorecard | Pakistan 249/6 (50 overs) | v | England 227 all out (49.2 overs) | Pakistan won by 22 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne, Australia Umpires: Brian Aldridge and Steve Bucknor Man of the Match: Wasim Akram |
| Imran Khan 72 (110 balls) Derek Pringle 3/22 (10 overs) | Neil Fairbrother 62 (70 balls) Mushtaq Ahmed 3/41 (10 overs) | |||
Derek Pringle took two early wickets for England before Imran Khan and Javed Miandad added 139 for the third wicket to steady the Pakistan innings. Late flourishes from Inzamam-ul-haq (42 off 35 balls) and Wasim Akram (33 off 18 balls) took Pakistan to a total of 6 for 249. England also struggled early in their innings with Mushtaq Ahmed's googly accounting for Graham Hick. Neil Fairbrother and Allan Lamb then took England to 4 for 141 when Wasim Akram re-entered the attack and bowled from around the wicket. He bowled Lamb and Chris Lewis with consecutive deliveries. England fell 22 runs short with captain Imran Khan, in his final One Day International, taking the final wicket of Richard Illingworth to give Pakistan its first World Cup title.
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WORLD CUP - 1996
Final
| 17 March 1996 scorecard | Australia 241/7 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 245/3 (46.2 overs) | Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan Umpires: Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd Man of the Match: Aravinda de Silva |
| Mark Taylor 74 (83) Aravinda de Silva 3/42 (9 overs) | Aravinda de Silva 107 (124) Damien Fleming 1/43 (6 overs) | |||
Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field. Mark Taylor (74 from 83 balls, 8 fours, 1 six) and Ricky Ponting (45 from 73 balls, 2 fours) shared a second-wicket partnership of 101 runs. When Ponting and Taylor were dismissed, however, Australia fell from 1/137 to 5/170 as the famed 4-pronged spin attack of Sri Lanka took its toll. Despite the slump, Australia struggled on to 241 (7 wickets, 50 overs)
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WORLD CUP - 1999
Final - 20 June 1999 | Pakistan 132 (39 overs) | v | Australia 133/2 (20.1 overs) | Australia won by 8 wickets[33] Lord's, London, England Umpires: SA Bucknor (WI) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Man of the Match: SK Warne (AUS) | |
| Ijaz Ahmed 22 (46) SK Warne 4/33 | AC Gilchrist 54 (36) Saqlain Mushtaq 1/21 | |||
Shane Warne was adjudged Man of the Match in the final as well as in the semi final. Rahul Dravid of India made the most runs while Lance Klusener of South Africa was declared the Player of the Tournament[34] for his brilliant all round performance. Sourav Ganguly of India made the highest score by posting a mammoth 183 against Sri Lanka at Taunton.
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WORLD CUP - 2003
Final
| 23 March 2003 (scorecard) | Australia 359/2 (50 overs) | v | India 234 (39.2 overs) | Australia won by 125 runs Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg, South Africa Umpires: SA Bucknor (WIN) and DR Shepherd (ENG). Man of the Match: RT Ponting (AUS) |
| RT Ponting 140* (121) H Singh 2/49 (8) | V Sehwag 82 (81) GD McGrath 3/52 (8.2) | |||
India won the toss, and Ganguly, slightly strangely, asked Australia to bat, hoping to take advantage of a pitch left damp by dew and rain. On a lively Wanderers Stadium pitch, the Australian openers took advantage of very wayward Indian opening bowlers to get off to a flying start. Adam Gilchrist (57 from 48 balls, 8 fours, 1 six) and Matthew Hayden (37 from 54 balls, 5 fours) shared an opening partnership of 105 runs in 14 overs, forcing Ganguly to bring on the spinners unusually early. The change of pace brought wickets with Adam Gilchrist, who had been swinging at everything, holing out off a sweep shot from the bowling of Harbhajan Singh. Matthew Hayden, looking somewhat better than he had throughout the tournament, soon followed for 37, leaving Australia at 2/125. Captain Ricky Ponting (140 from 121 balls, 4 fours, 8 sixes) and Damien Martyn (88 from 84 balls, 7 fours, 1 six) (playing with a broken thumb) then completed a partnership of 234 runs in 30.1 overs, an Australian record for one-day cricket. Ponting and Martyn started efficiently, putting away bad balls but mostly keeping the scoring going with good running, then letting loose in the last ten overs, taking 109 from them. Ponting in particular dispatched the bowling over the fence with fearsome regularity in scoring 8 sixes, the most from one batsman in any World Cup match at the time. The final Australian total of 359 (2 wickets, 50 overs), at a run rate of 7.18 runs an over, was their second highest ever in ODI history.
India's colossal run chase was made even more difficult after their trump card, Sachin Tendulkar, was out in the first over after skying a pull shot, Glenn McGrath completing the caught and bowled. Nevertheless, Virender Sehwag's (82 from 81 balls, 10 fours, 3 sixes) run-a-ball half century gave India respectability as they maintained a high scoring rate. Their only realistic hope—a washout—looked a possibility as the game was interrupted by rain in the eighteenth over. This rain proved fleeting, but Australia had taken few wickets and when more rain looked to arrive India were leaders according to DL method. However, this rain passed by, and India's hopes were dashed when Sehwag was run out by Darren Lehmann, and again when Rahul Dravid (47 from 57 balls, 2 fours) was bowled by Brett Lee, ending their partnership of 88 runs in 13.2 overs. India's batsmen continued to throw wickets away in the chase as the run rate crept up past 7 an over, and they were finally bowled out for 234 (all out, 39.2 overs) at a run rate of 5.97 runs an over giving Australia an emphatic victory by a record margin (in World Cup finals thus far) of 125 runs, underlining their dominance of the tournament. Ponting was named "Man Of The Match", and Sachin Tendulkar, for his demolition of bowling attacks, was named "Player of the Series."[3]
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WORLD CUP - 2007
Final
| 28 April 2007 1330 UTC (scorecard) | Australia 281/4 (38 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 215/8 (36 overs) | Australia won by 53 runs (DL) Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Aleem Dar Man of the Match: Adam Gilchrist |
| Adam Gilchrist 149 (104) Lasith Malinga 2/49 (8 overs) | Sanath Jayasuriya 63 (67) Michael Clarke 2/30 (4 overs) | |||
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This was the first World Cup final to be a repeat – the sides previously met in the 1996 World Cup final, which Sri Lanka won. Australia has won every World Cup match against Sri Lanka apart from that loss.[23] The match was Sri Lanka's second World Cup final appearance and Australia's sixth, their fourth in a row.
Ricky Ponting won the toss and elected to bat. However, the start of play was delayed due to rain, and the match was reduced to 38 overs per side. Adam Gilchrist played an incredible innings of 149 - the highest for any batsman in a World Cup final - to give Australia an imposing total going in at to break.[24] While Sri Lankan batsmen Kumar Sangakkara and Sanath Jayasuriya were adding 116 for the second wicket, the contest was alive, but after the pair got out, Sri Lanka's chances slowly washed way.[24] Further rain forced the reduction of Sri Lanka's innings to just 36 overs, with the target revised to 269. At the culmination of the 33rd over, with Sri Lanka still trailing the adjusted Duckworth-Lewis target by 37 runs, the umpires suspended the game due to bad light. While Australia's players began to celebrate their victory (since the minimum 20 overs had been reached), the umpires incorrectly announced that because the match was suspended due to light and not rain, the final three overs would have to be bowled the following day. With Sri Lanka needing 61 runs from 18 deliveries, Mahela Jayawardene agreed there was no need to return the following day, and instructed his team to resume batting, with Ricky Ponting agreeing to play only spinners. Umpires later apologized for their error, and that the match should have ended then with Australia winning by 37 runs.[25] The last three overs were played in almost complete darkness, during which Sri Lanka added nine runs, giving Australia a 53-run victory via the DL method, as Sri Lanka had batted 2 overs fewer than Australia.[26]
Australia won the tournament undefeated, concluding a streak of 29 World Cup games without a loss.[27] Australian bowler Glenn McGrath was named 'Player of the Series'.[28]
