Hyderabad, India: Jayasuriya ruled 1996 with bat and ball and bagged the Man of the Series award. Tendulkar and Kumble emerged as the best batsman and bowler of the tournament.
Wills World Cup 1996
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Hosts: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka
Duration: 14 Feb-17 March
Participants: 12
Matches: 37
Winner: Sri Lanka
Runner’s up: Australia
Other semifinalists: India and West Indies
Man of the Series: Sanath Jayasuriya of Sri Lanka
Most Runs: 523 by Sachin Tendulkar of India
Most wickets: 15 by Anil Kumble of India
Format: Two Groups of 7 teams each sent 4 teams for knockout rounds
Centuries: 15 (max 3 by Mark Waugh, 2 each by Aravinda and Tendulkar)
5wkts: 3 (Paul Strang, Dukanwala and Daniel Fleming)
Highest Total: 398/5 by SL vs Kenya (5 300 plus scores)
Highest partnerships by wicket
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1st 186 Kirsten and Hudson SA vs Netherlands
2nd 138 Chanderpaul and Lara WI vs SA
3rd 207 Mark waugh and Steve Waugh Aus vs Kenya
4th 168 Germon and Harris NZ vs Aus
5th 138 Law and Bevan Aus vs WI
6th 80* Saleem Malik and Wasim Akram Pak vs NZ
7th 44 Modi and Odoyo Kenya vs WI
8th 62 Reeve and Gough Eng vs SL
9th 80* Arshad Laeeq and Dukanwala UAE vs SA
10th 17 Matthews and de Villiers SA vs Eng
Matthews and PR Adams SA vs WI
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