The World Cup finals
| Season | Venue | Winners | Runners-up | Victory margin | Man of the Final | | 1975 | Lord's | West Indies (*291-8/60) | Australia (274/58.4) | 17 runs | Clive Lloyd (WI) | | 1979 | Lord's | West Indies (*286-9/60) | England (194/51) | 92 runs | Viv Richards (WI) | | 1983 | Lord's | India (*183/54.4) | West Indies (140/52) | 43 runs | Mohinder Amarnath (Ind) | | 1987-88 | Kolkata | Australia (*253-5/50) | England (246-8/50) | 7 runs | David Boon ( Aust) | | 1991-92 | Melbourne | Pakistan (*249-6/50) | England (227/49.2) | 22 runs | Wasim Akram ( Pak ) | | 1995-96 | Lahore | Sri Lanka (245-3/46.2) | Australia (*241-7/50) | 7 wkts | Aravinda de Silva (SL) | | 1999 | Lord's | Australia (133-2/20.1) | Pakistan (*132/39) | 8 wkts | Shane Warne ( Aust) | | 2002-03 | Johannesburg | Australia (*359-2/50) | India (234/39.2) | 125 runs | Ricky Ponting (Aust) | Note :
The following three players were named Man of the Tournament during the last three World Cups : Sanath Jayasuriya ( SL in 1995-96 ) , Lance Klusener ( SA in 1999 ) and Sachin Tendulkar ( Ind in 2002-03) .
* denotes batted first
The final statistics :
Highest score : Australia ( 359-2/50) vs India at Johannesburg , 2002-03
Highest score batting second : Australia (274/58.4) vs West Indies at Lord's , 1999
Lowest score : Pakistan (132/39) vs Australia at Lord's , 1999
Centuries (4) :
Clive Lloyd (WI) -102 vs Australia at Lord's , 1975
Viv Richards (WI) -138* vs England at Lord's , 1979
Aravinda de Silva (SL) -107* vs Australia at Lahore , 1995-96
Ricky Ponting ( Aust) -140* vs India at Johannesburg , 2002-03
Five wickets (2) :
Gary Gilmour ( Aust)-5-48 vs West Indies at Lord's , 1975
Joel Garner (WI)-5-38 vs England at Lord's , 1979 |
