The tournament provided more matches and more wickets than previous tournaments. Check the complete statistics.
1999 World Cup: Matches and Results
1999 World Cup: Mighty Australians Arrive
Statistics
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Host: England (Scotland and Ireland also hosted some games)
Teams: 12
Matches: 42
Duration: 14 May-20 June 1999
Winner: Australia
Runner’s up: Pakistan
Man of the Series: Lance Klusener
Most Runs: 461 by Dravid (Ind)
Most wickets: 20 by Geoff Allott (NZ) and Shane Warne (Aus)
Centuries: 11 (max 2 each by Dravid and Saeed Anwar)
5 wkts: 6 (Mcgrath, Klusener, Venkatesh, Robin Singh, Saqlain and Pollock)
Highest Total: 373/6 by Ind Vs SL (3 300 plus scores)
Biggest Partnerships by Wickets
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1st 194 Saeed Anwar and Wajahatullah Wasti Pak vs NZ
2nd 318 Ganguly and Dravid Ind vs SL
3rd 237* Dravid and Tendulkar Ind vs Kenya
4th 126 Ponting and Steve Waugh Aus vs SA
5th 148 Twose and Cairns NZ vs Aus
6th 161 Odumbe and VAdher Kenya vs SL
7th 83 Fleming and Harris NZ vs Pak
8th 64 Mahela and Vaas SL vs Kenya
9th 44 Klusener and Elworthy SA vs SL
10th 35 Klusener and Donald SA vs Zim
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