1996 Cricket World Cup

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Cricket World Cup One Day International cricket tournament

The 1996 Cricket World Cup was the sixth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup, co-hosted by India, Pakistan, and Sri Lanka, and notable for Sri Lanka’s first title win and several historic upsets.

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Label Occurrences
1996 Cricket World Cup canonical 10
1996 Cricket World Cup final 1
ICC Cricket World Cup 1996 1

Statements (50)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Cricket World Cup ⓘ
One Day International cricket tournament ⓘ
ballType White cricket ball ⓘ
champion Sri Lanka national cricket team ⓘ
coHostBoard Board of Control for Cricket in India ⓘ
Pakistan Cricket Board ⓘ
Sri Lanka Cricket ⓘ
continent Asia ⓘ
defendingChampion Pakistan national cricket team ⓘ
editionNumber 6 ⓘ
endDate 1996-03-17 ⓘ
featuredAssociateTeam Netherlands national cricket team ⓘ
United Arab Emirates national cricket team ⓘ
finalCity Lahore ⓘ
finalCountry Pakistan ⓘ
finalDate 1996-03-17 ⓘ
finalResult Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets ⓘ
finalVenue Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore ⓘ
format One Day International ⓘ
groupStageFormat Two groups of six teams ⓘ
hostCountry India ⓘ
Pakistan ⓘ
Sri Lanka ⓘ
knockoutStage Quarter-finals, semi-finals, final ⓘ
matchFormat Day and day-night matches ⓘ
mostRuns 523 ⓘ
mostRunsScoredBy Sachin Tendulkar ⓘ
mostWickets 15 ⓘ
mostWicketsTakenBy Anil Kumble ⓘ
nextEdition 1999 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
notableBattingInnovation Aggressive opening batting by Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana ⓘ
notableUpset Kenya defeated West Indies in group stage ⓘ
Sri Lanka awarded win over Australia by forfeit in Colombo ⓘ
Sri Lanka awarded win over West Indies by forfeit in Colombo ⓘ
numberOfMatches 37 ⓘ
numberOfTeams 12 ⓘ
officialName 1996 Cricket World Cup self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Wills World Cup 1996
organizer International Cricket Council ⓘ
oversPerInnings 50 ⓘ
playerOfTheTournament Sanath Jayasuriya ⓘ
previousEdition 1992 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
runnerUp Australia national cricket team ⓘ
semiFinalIncident India vs Sri Lanka semi-final abandoned due to crowd trouble ⓘ
semiFinalResult Sri Lanka awarded victory over India at Eden Gardens ⓘ
semiFinalVenue Eden Gardens ⓘ
surface form: Eden Gardens, Kolkata
sponsor Wills ⓘ
sport Cricket ⓘ
startDate 1996-02-14 ⓘ
trophyWonByCaptain Arjuna Ranatunga ⓘ
winnerFirstWorldCupTitle Sri Lanka national cricket team ⓘ

Referenced by (13)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Eden Gardens → hostedEvent → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
Chaminda Vaas → playedInTournament → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
1999 Cricket World Cup → previousEdition → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
Sri Lanka national cricket team → worldCupWinner → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
Kenya national cricket team → worldCupDebut → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
Netherlands national cricket team → WorldCupAppearances → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
ICC Cricket World Cup → edition → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
1992 Cricket World Cup → nextEdition → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
Playing It My Way → coversEvent → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
India national cricket team → worldCupHost → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
1996 Cricket World Cup → officialName → 1996 Cricket World Cup self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Wills World Cup 1996
Gaddafi Stadium → hostedEvent → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
this entity surface form: 1996 Cricket World Cup final
Stephen Fleming → participatedIn → 1996 Cricket World Cup ⓘ
this entity surface form: ICC Cricket World Cup 1996