All Time Great Championship: World Cup of World Cups

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Round 4 Results
Group A was dominated by home teams, with only one away victory for the round. The only team to not get a win in Group A this round was England '19, who just fell short of defending 342 against a rampaging India '83. Batsman dominated Group B with five out of the six matches featuring totals above 300. Speaking of big scores, Round 4's batting performance was Aaron Finch's 182 off just 132 balls. That's the highest score of the tournament so far. This round also saw the best figures of the tournament so far with Glenn McGrath taking 7-32, the only 7fa of the tournament.

Group A

WI 75 defeated SA 98 SA 98 lost to WI 75

ENG 19 lost to IND 83 IND 83 defeated ENG 19

IND 11 defeated AUS 03 AUS 03 defeated IND 11

PAK 92 - bye

Group B

WI 79lost to AUS 99 AUS 99 defeated WI 79

AUS 23 lost to AUS 87 AUS 87 defeated AUS 23

AUS 15 defeated AUS 07 AUS 07 defeated AUS 15

SL 96 - Bye

Current Standings

Group A	Played	Wins	Tie	NRR	Total
India '83	8	5	1	0.82	11
Australia '03	6	4		1.43	8
England '19	6	4		-0.13	8
West Indies '75	8	3	1	0.27	7
India '11	8	3		-0.34	6
Pakistan '92	6	3		-0.50	6
South Africa '98	6	0		-0.69	0

Group B	Played	Wins	N/R	NRR	Total
Australia '87	8	6		0.59	12
Australia '99	6	4		0.65	8
Australia '23	6	3		-0.24	6
Australia '07	6	3		-0.37	6
West Indies '79	8	3		-0.47	6
Australia '15	8	3		-0.66	6
Sri Lanka '96	6	2		-0.29	4

Tournament Stat Leaders

Batter	Runs	Bowler	Wickets
G Greenidge (WI 79)	584	M Starc (AUS 23)	19
A Finch (AUS 15)	550	G McGrath (AUS 99)	18
G Greenidge (WI 75)	489	C McDermott (AUS 87)	18
K Srikkanth (IND 83)	479	S Sreenath (IND 11)	16
J Miandad (PAK92)	478	Z Khan (IND 11) G Maxwell (AUS 15)	15

Round 4 Fixture

Group A

ENG 19 vs SA 98

IND 11 vs PAK 92

AUS 03 vs IND 83

PAK 92 - Bye

Group B

AUS 23 vs AUS 99

AUS 15 vs SL 96

AUS 07 vs AUS 87

WI 79 - Bye

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Game 24A: Australia '15 vs Australia '07
Australia '15 XI: D Warner, A Finch, S Smith, M Clarke, S Watson, G Maxwell, J Faulkner, B Haddin+, M Johnson, M Starc, J Hazelwood
Australia '07 XI: A Gilchrist+, M Hayden, R Ponting*, A Symonds, S Watson, M Clarke, M Hussey, B Hogg, N Bracken, S Tait, G McGrath
Australia '15 won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia '15
A Finch 182(132), M Clarke 53(61)
B Hogg 2-87, G McGrath 1-65

5-373 (50 overs)

Australia '07
M Hussey 59(45), S Watson 57(50)
J Hazelwood 4-34, M Johnson 2-62

286 (47.1 overs)

Australia '15 won by 87 runs
A Finch was awarded Man of the Match.

McGrath knocked over Warner's stumps with the first ball of the match but it was the Aaron Finch show for the other 49.5 overs. Finch carried his bat through the innings while scoring a blistering 182 runs. Just about all of the the '07 batsmen made it past the 20s except the tail and Clarke but with only Hussey and Watson making 50s, there were not enough runs to get close to the mammoth target set by the '15s.

Game 24B: Australia '07 vs Australia '15
Australia '07 XI: A Gilchrist+, M Hayden, R Ponting*, A Symonds, S Watson, M Clarke, M Hussey, B Hogg, N Bracken, S Tait, G McGrath
Australia '15 XI: D Warner, A Finch, S Smith, M Clarke, S Watson, G Maxwell, J Faulkner, B Haddin+, M Johnson, M Starc, J Hazelwood
Australia '15 won the toss and elected to bowl.

Australia '07
A Gilchrist 115(85), S Watson 71(59)
M Johnson 2-65, G Maxwell 2-73

6-376 (50 overs)

Australia '15
M Clarke 110(78), S Smith 72(67)
B Hogg 4-82, G McGrath 2-21

312 (47.4 overs)

Australia '07 won by 64 runs
A Gilchrist was awarded Man of the Match.

An all-round team effort, led by a Gilchrist ton, gave the '07s 376 to defend. The 15 bowlers never had the opportunity to find their rhythm as every batsman made solid scores and scored multiple boundaries. Despite the huge chase, the '15s looked like they were going to come out on top as Clarke and Smith quickly made runs. After a number of shoddy overs, Hogg removed both dangerous batsmen and picked up four wickets in the space of a couple of overs. In the end, the '07s took 10 wickets with plenty of runs to spare/

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Game 23A: Australia '23 vs Australia '87
Australia '23 XI: D Warner, T Head, M Marsh, S Smith, M Labuschagne, G Maxwell, J Inglis+, M Starc, P Cummins*, A Zampa, J Hazelwood
Australia '87 XI: D Boon, G Marsh, D Jones, A Border*, M Veletta, S Waugh, S O'Donnell, G Dyer+, T May, C McDermott, B Reid
Australia '23 won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia '23
S Smith 82(107), M Labuschagne 51(68)
S O'Donnell 2-45, C McDermott 2-58

7-246 (50 overs)

Australia '87
G Marsh 93(91), D Jones 86(65)
J Hazelwood 1-28, G Maxwell 1-45

3-247 (38.2 overs)

Australia '87 won by 7 wickets
D Jones was awarded Man of the Match.

A few quick wickets for the '87 Aussies saw the '23 Aussie batsman crawl into their shells to steady the innings but they never came out. Even with a bit of a slogfest at the end of the innings from Smith, Starc and Cummins, they only managed to put together 246 runs. The lower-than-average total was too easy for the '87 top order to chase down. Marsh and Jones made big 50s to finish the match with 12 overs to spare.

Game 23B: Australia '87 vs Australia '23
Australia '87 XI: D Boon, G Marsh, D Jones, A Border*, M Veletta, S Waugh, S O'Donnell, G Dyer+, T May, C McDermott, B Reid
Australia '23 XI: D Warner, T Head, M Marsh, S Smith, M Labuschagne, G Maxwell, J Inglis+, M Starc, P Cummins*, A Zampa, J Hazelwood
Australia '87 won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia '87
G Marsh 82(88), A Border 80(59)
M Starc 6-43, A Zampa 2-77

307 (49.3 overs)

Australia '23
T Head 113(137), S Smith 34(55)
C McDermott 4-42, B Reid 2-29

227 (45.3 overs)

Australia '87 won by 80 runs
C McDermott was awarded Man of the Match.

Starc excelled with the ball, taking six vital wickets throughout the innings. Fortunately for the '87s, the other bowlers lacked Starc's venom and allowed them to still reach a strong total of 307 runs. The fightback was led by none other than Border, who made a rapid-fire 80. Even though Head scored a well-earned century, his efforts alone were not enough for the '23s to get close to victory. McDermott was a force to be reckoned with with a 4fa.

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Game 22A: West Indies '79 vs Australia '99
West Indies '79 XI: D Haynes, G Greenidge, V Richards, A Kallicharran, C Lloyd*, C King, D Murray+, A Roberts, J Garner, M Holding, C Croft
Australia '99 XI: A Gilchrist+, M Waugh, R Ponting, D Lehmann, S Waugh*, M Bevan, T Moody, S Warne, P Reiffel, D Fleming, G McGrath
Australia '99 won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia '99
A Gilchrist 90(100), R Ponting 86(64)
C Croft 4-93, C King 3-77

8-314 (50 overs)

West Indies '79
G Greenidge 132(125), V Richards 57(61)
G McGrath 7-32, P Reiffel 2-60

269 (44.5 overs)

Australia won by 45 runs
G McGrath was awarded Man of the Match.

The West Indies opening quicks were economical and the Aussie openers could only bide their time until their spells were over. Once Garner and Holding were out of the attack, Gilchrist, Hayden and then Ponting went into attack mode, scoring almost all of Australia's runs. Despite being expensive, Croft and King took seven wickets between them, including a hattrick from Croft. Greenidge responded with a big 100 but just as things were getting comfortable for the West Indies, McGrath took four wickets in an over that included a double hattrick. McGrath tore through the tail, taking the final five wickets for zero runs.

Game 22A: West Indies '79 vs Australia '99
Australia '99 XI: A Gilchrist+, M Waugh, R Ponting, D Lehmann, S Waugh*, M Bevan, T Moody, S Warne, P Reiffel, D Fleming, G McGrath
West Indies '79 XI: D Haynes, G Greenidge, V Richards, A Kallicharran, C Lloyd*, C King, D Murray+, A Roberts, J Garner, M Holding, C Croft
Australia '99 won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia '99
R Ponting 125(96), S Waugh 46(42)
A Roberts 4-69, M Holding 3-36

293 (41 overs)

West Indies '79
G Greenidge 57(90), C King 48(34)
G McGrath 3-33, S Warne 3-57

195 (44.3 overs)

Australia '99 won by 99 runs
R Ponting was awarded Man of the Match.

A solid start from the top-order and a marvellous century from Ponting had Australia headed towards another big 300+ score but a clinic from Roberts and Holding put a premature end to the Australian's innings with nine overs to spare. Greenidge and Haynes never got going but soaked up more than half of the innings for under 100 runs. By the time they were back in the sheds, the required run rate was almost 10 an over and the rest of the West Indies batsman crumbled under pressure.

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Game 21A: India '11 vs Australia '03
India '11 XI: V Sehwag, S Tendulkar, G Gambhir, V Kohli, M Dhoni*+, Y Singh, S Raina, H Singh, Z Khan, M Patel, S Sreesanth
Australia '03 XI: A Gilchrist+, M Hayden, R Ponting*, D Martyn, D Lehmann, M Bevan, A Symonds, B Hogg, A Bichel, B Lee, G McGrath
India won the toss and elected to bowl.

Australia '03
D Martyn 92(79), R Ponting 75(77)
S Sreesanth 4-63, Z Khan 3-56

9-328 (50 overs)

India '11
V Kohli 122(103), M Dhoni 51(37)
G McGrath 3-50, B Hogg 2-84

7-332 (49.4 overs)

India '11 won by 3 wickets
V Kohli was awarded Man of the Match.

The Indian quicks got off to a flier, removing both openers in their opening spells but Ponting and Martyn steered the Aussies back on track with a wonderful partnership. Runs flowed freely throughout the middle overs and despite regular wickets from the likes of Sreesanth and Khan, Australia showed off their batting depth. They continued to hit boundaries throughout their whole innings. Stumps were sent flying three times in the first ten overs of the Indian innings but a stunning century from a young Kohli had the Indian team back on top with 100 runs needed off the last 15 overs, which Yuvraj Singh and Raina easily knocked off.

Game 21B: Australia '03 vs India '11
India '11 XI: V Sehwag, S Tendulkar, G Gambhir, V Kohli, M Dhoni*+, Y Singh, S Raina, H Singh, Z Khan, M Patel, S Sreesanth
Australia '03 XI: A Gilchrist+, M Hayden, R Ponting*, D Martyn, D Lehmann, M Bevan, A Symonds, B Hogg, A Bichel, B Lee, G McGrath
India won the toss and elected to bat.

India '11
Y Singh 46(77), M Dhoni 42(78)
B Lee 4-56, A Symonds 2-60

9-240 (50 overs)

Australia '03
D Lehmann 86*(70), M Hayden 71(76)
S Sreesanth 2-43, Z Khan 1-42

5-241 (40.4 overs)

Australia '03 won by 5 wickets
D Lehmann was awarded Man of the Match.

India's top order fell like dominos to the Australian quicks and while Dhoni and Y Singh steadied the ship, they couldn't increase the run rate before they were dismissed. This left India with an underwhelming total of 240 at the end of 50 overs but runs on the board nonetheless. Hayden and Gilchrist got the Australians off to an aggressive start to get the required run rate under four runs per over early on. The batting conditions proved difficult to get settled as the Indian bowlers picked up some soft wickets throughout the chase but once Hayden and Lehmann were set, the match was all but over.

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Game 20A: England '19 vs India '83
England '19 XI: J Roy, J Bairstow, J Root, E Morgan*, B Stokes, J Buttler+, C Woakes, L Plunkett, J Archer, A Rashid, M Wood
India '83 XI: S Gavaskar, K Srikkanth, M Amarnath, Y Sharma, S Patil, K Dev*, R Binny, K Azad, M Lal, S Kirmani+, B Sandhu
England '19 won the toss and elected to bowl.

India '83
M Amarnath 151(151), S Patil 74(39)
C Woakes 3-74, J Archer 2-33

6-342 (50 overs)

England '19
B Stokes 56(58), J Archer 44(35)
R Binny 3-52, M Lal 3-53

238 (41.4 overs)

India won by 104 runs
M Amarnath was awarded Man of the Match.

Archer and Woakes got the English off to the perfect start with a few top-order wickets and very few runs scored but the Indian middle-order capitalised on errant pace bowling. Amarnath led the way with a mammoth run-a-ball 151 and Patil, Binny and Azad finished the innings with fireworks to allow India to reach a total of 343 runs. The English batsmen found it difficult to stay at the crease and form partnerships like the Indian batsmen. Aside from a Stokes 50 and a low-order Archer cameo, India broke little sweat bowling England out for 100 runs short to give England their first loss of the tournament.

Game 20B: India '83 vs England '19
India '83 XI: S Gavaskar, K Srikkanth, M Amarnath, Y Sharma, S Patil, K Dev*, R Binny, K Azad, M Lal, S Kirmani+, B Sandhu
England '19 XI: J Roy, J Bairstow, J Root, E Morgan*, B Stokes, J Buttler+, C Woakes, L Plunkett, J Archer, A Rashid, M Wood
England '19 won the toss and elected to bat.

England '19
J Root 105(98), B Stokes 92(43)
R Binny 3-78, B Sandhu 2-84

6-342 (50 overs)

India '87
S Gavaskar 99(97), K Dev 73(57)
C Woakes 3-44, J Archer 3-78

9-345 (50 overs)

India won by one wicket
S Gavaskar was awarded Man of the Match.

A controlled partnership from Bairstow and Root set the launching pad for Stokes to go off in the last 10 overs. England was on track to reach 300 until Stokes blasted an unbeaten 92 runs off 43 balls to guide his team to 342. Gavaskar and the Indian top-order had India in a solid position and kept the large target in reach. Woakes and Archer tore through the middle-order to leave Dev at the crease with Kirmani and over 100 runs to get in the last 10 overs. Dev hit 73 of those runs before going out in the second last over, leaving the last wicket 11 runs off six balls for an Indian victory. Kirmani hit two 4s and was saved from an LBW shout by a no-ball. Needing 2 runs off the final ball, he hit Stokes through the covers for 4, guiding India to a last-ball win by one wicket.

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Game 19: West Indies '75 vs South Africa '98
West Indies '75 XI: R Fredericks, G Greenidge, A Kallicharran, R Kanhai, C Lloyd*, V Richards, K Boyce, B Julien, D Murray+, A Roberts, V Holder
South Africa '98 XI: D Cullinan, M Rindel, M Boucher+, J Kallis, H Cronje*, J Rhodes, D Benkenstein, D Crookes, N Boje, P Symcox, S Elworthy
South Africa won the toss and elected to bowl.

West Indies '75
G Greendge 130(129), R Fredericks 103(119)
D Crookes 4-69, N Boje 2-67

8-318 (50 overs)

South Africa '98
M Boucher 123(140), D Crookes 67(40)
A Roberts 4-49, V Holder 2-74

8-273 (50 overs)

West Indies won by 45 runs
G Greenidge was awarded Man of the Match.


Game 19B: South Africa '98 vs West Indies '75
South Africa '98 XI: D Cullinan, M Rindel, M Boucher+, J Kallis, H Cronje*, J Rhodes, D Benkenstein, D Crookes, N Boje, P Symcox, S Elworthy
West Indies '75 XI: R Fredericks, G Greenidge, A Kallicharran, R Kanhai, C Lloyd*, V Richards, K Boyce, B Julien, D Murray+, A Roberts, V Holder
South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

South Africa '98
M Boucher 69(96), H Cronje 60(55)
A Roberts 3-37, V Holder 2-38

9-246 (50 overs)

West Indies '75
G Greenidge 97(98), R Fredericks 74(98)
D Crookes 3-37, J Kallis 1-34

5-248 (47.4 overs)

West Indies won by 5 wickets
G Greenidge was awarded Man of the Match.

Fredericks and Greenidge both scored centuries and put on over 200 runs together for their opening stand. That allowed the rest of the West Indies batsmen to score rapidly in the later overs, putting on over 100 runs in 15 overs but losing eight wickets. In response, Roberts picked up early wickets that the South Africans could never recover from. Even a steady 100 from Boucher could not keep them in the game for too long.

In the follow-up match, the West Indies bowlers, especially Roberts and Holder, were landing every delivery on a twenty-cent piece making it very difficult for the South Africans to make any headway into their innings. Boucher and Cronje managed to get some boundaries away but it was slim pickings for the rest of their team. And just like in the first match, Greenidge and Fredericks put on a stalwart performance to ensure that the West Indies had a comfortable time keeping a stronghold on the result.

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Round 3 Results
Round 3 was a very one-sided affair for each set of matches. Pakistan '92, India '83, India '11, West Indies '79, Australia '87 and Australia '23 each walked away with back-to-back wins while their opponents had two swallow a pair of bitter defeats. The best performance with the bat this round would have to be Srikkanth. He scored twin centuries (144 and 116) to guide India '83 to their wins. Both tons were scored at over a run per ball too. While only picking up two wickets in his two matches for the round, Muralitharan conceded only 40 runs in his 16 overs. That's an economy of 2.5 runs in matches where Viv Richards teed off.

Group A

WI 75 lost to PAK 92 PAK 92 defeated WI 75

SA 98 lost to India 83 India 83 defeated SA 98

ENG 19 defeated IND 11 IND 11 lost to ENG 19

AUS 03 - Bye

Group B

WI 79 defeated SL 96 SL 96 lost to WI 79

AUS 99 lost to AUS 87 AUS 87 defeated AUS 99

AUS 23 defeated AUS 15 AUS 15 lost to AUS 23

AUS 07 - Bye

Current Standings

Group A	Played	Wins	Tie	NRR	Total
India '83	6	4	1	0.60	9
England '19	4	4		0.37	8
Australia '03	4	3		1.86	6
Pakistan '92	6	3		-0.50	6
India '11	6	2		-0.26	4
West Indies '75	6	1	1	0.05	3
South Africa '98	4	0		-3.57	0

Group B	Played	Wins	N/R	NRR	Total
Australia '87	6	4		0.27	8
Australia '23	4	3		0.44	6
West Indies '79	6	3		-0.07	6
Australia '99	4	2		0.25	4
Sri Lanka '96	6	2		-0.29	4
Australia '07	4	2		-0.44	4
Australia '15	6	2		-0.97	4

Tournament Stat Leaders

Batter	Runs	Bowler	Wickets
J Miandad (PAK92)	478	M Starc (AUS23)	12
A de Silva (SL 96)	447	L Plunkett (ENG19)	12
K Srikkanth (IND83)	400	C McDermott (AUS87)	12
G Greenidge (WI79)	395	G Maxwell (AUS15)	12
M Hayden (AUS07)	365	K Azad (IND83) +2 others	11

Round 4 Fixture

Group A

WI 75 vs SA 98

ENG 19 vs IND 83

IND 11 vs AUS 03

PAK 92 - Bye

Group B

WI 79 vs AUS 99

AUS 23 vs AUS 87

AUS 15 vs AUS 07

SL 96 - Bye

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Game 18A: Australia '23 vs Australia '15
Australia '23 XI: D Warner, T Head, M Marsh, S Smith, M Labuschagne, G Maxwell, J Inglis+, M Starc, P Cummins*, A Zampa, J Hazelwood
Australia '15 XI: D Warner, A Finch, S Smith, M Clarke*, S Watson, G Maxwell, J Faulkner, B Haddin+, M Johnson, M Starc, J Hazelwood
Australia '15 won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia '15
D Warner 69(83), M Clarke 64(51)
M Starc 2-33, J Hazelwood 2-70

8-298 (50 overs)

Australia '23
M Marsh 103(78), G Maxwell 55(62)
J Faulkner 3-59, M Johnson 3-71

8-301 (45.1 overs)

Australia '23 won by two wickets
M Marsh was awarded Man of the Match.

Game 18B: Australia '15 vs Australia '23
Australia '15 XI: D Warner, A Finch, S Smith, M Clarke*, S Watson, G Maxwell, J Faulkner, B Haddin+, M Johnson, M Starc, J Hazelwood
Australia '23 XI: D Warner, T Head, M Marsh, S Smith, M Labuschagne, G Maxwell, J Inglis+, M Starc, P Cummins*, A Zampa, J Hazelwood
Australia '23 won the toss and elected to bowl.

Australia '15
A Finch 102(96), M Clarke 62(83)
M Starc 3-50, M Marsh 3-104

335 (50 overs)

Australia '23
G Maxwell 84(58), T Head 57(69)
S Watson 4-59, G Maxwell 2-32

9-338 (49.2 overs)

Australia '23 won by 1 wicket
G Maxwell was awarded Man of the Match.

The 2015 Australian team was the beginning of what would soon become the champion 2023 team. With Clarke and Watson the only remaining members of the 'golden decade' of Australian cricket, the next generation got their first taste of World Cup glory. Young guns such as Warner, Smith, Maxwell, Starc and Hazelwood went toe-to-toe against their future selves. A mix of experience and youth, led by Warner and Clarke got the 2015s to a solid 298. A wisened Starc was almost unplayable and played a major role in keeping a lid on things. A blistering century from Marsh ended up getting the current champions over the line. It was touch and go for a while as Faulkner looked to rip through the tail in the final over of the match.

Two wickets from Starc in the first over got the current champions off to the best start possible. A 100 from Finch got things back on track for the 2015s while some lower-order slogging from Maxwell, Faulkner and Johnson got them to 335. A slow start from the 23s saw the required run rate climb to 8+ runs per over fairly quickly. A few wickets from Watson and Maxwell put the 2015 team in a difficult position. The more experienced Maxwell certainly thrived from that difficult position, making a fantastic unbeaten knock of 84 that got his team within six runs with one over left. Despite being nine wickets down, a cool-headed Hazelwood hit the only two balls he faced for 4, leading his team to victory.

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Game 17A: Australia '99 vs Australia '87
Australia '99 XI: M Waugh, A Gilchrist+, R Ponting, D Lehmann, S Waugh*, M Bevan, T Moody, S Warne, P Reiffel, D Fleming, G McGrath
Australia '87 XI: D Boon, G Marsh, D Jones, A Border*, M Veletta, S Waugh, S O'Donnell, G Dyer+, T May, C McDermott, B Reid
Australia '99 won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia '99
S Waugh 100(103), M Bevan 69(73)
T May 5-53, C McDermott 3-51

9-260 (50 overs)

Australia '87
M Veletta 74(63), D Jones 62(47)
T Moody 3-63, S Warne 2-49

7-261 (46.5 overs)

Australia '87 won by 3 wickets
T May was awarded Man of the Match.

Game 17B: Australia '87 vs Australia '99
Australia '87 XI: D Boon, G Marsh, D Jones, A Border*, M Veletta, S Waugh, S O'Donnell, G Dyer+, T May, C McDermott, B Reid
Australia '99 XI: M Waugh, A Gilchrist+, R Ponting, D Lehmann, S Waugh*, M Bevan, T Moody, S Warne, P Reiffel, D Fleming, G McGrath
Australia '99 won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia '99
R Ponting 60(86), M Waugh 41(78)
C McDermott 4-47, B Reid 2-63

8-268 (50 overs)

Australia '87
A Border 81(88), D Boon 45(57)
P Reiffel 2-41, S Warne 2-65

6-271 (47.5 overs)

Australia '87 won by 4 wickets
C McDermott was awarded Man of the Match.

After McDermott ripped through the top order, it looked like the '87 Aussies would roll through the '99 Aussies. Steve Waugh and Bevan held on for one partnership that included some glorious hitting managed to scrape a decent total for their team. They would've put on much more but May came into the attack and was able to pick off Steve Waugh and the rest of the middle order. In reply, '87 had a similar innings but pulled it off just a bit better, led by an explosive partnership between Veletta and Jones for a solid win.

Two of Australia's most respected captains met for a second time in a bit more of a subdued affair. None of the '99 batsmen were able to get ahold of the '87 bowlers and it hurt them when it came to finishing the innings and McDermott was able to capitalise with a few soft wickets late in the innings. The '87s were a bit more proactive with their run-scoring, which meant O'Donnell was free to launch some big hits to close out the match with litte risk.

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Game 16A: West Indies '79 vs Sri Lanka '96
West Indies '79 XI: G Greenidge, D Haynes, V Richards, A Kallicharran, C Lloyd*, C King, D Murray, A Roberts, J Garner, M Holding, C Croft
Sri Lanka '96 XI: S Jayasuriya, R Kaluwitharana+, A de Silva, A Ranatunga*, H Tillakaratne, R Mahanama, K Dharmasena, C Vaas, P Wickramasinghe, M Muralitharan
Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Sri Lanka '96
R Kaluwitharana 95(126), A de Silva 22(43)
M Holding 4-33, C Croft 2-27

179 (47.2)

West Indies '79
V Richards 104*(109), G Greenidge 51(72)
M Muralitharan 1-22, P Wickramasinghe 1-57

2-181 (33.4 overs)

West Indies won by 8 wickets
V Richards was awarded Man of the Match.

Game 16B: Sri Lanka '96 vs West Indies '79
Sri Lanka '96 XI: S Jayasuriya, R Kaluwitharana+, A de Silva, A Ranatunga*, H Tillakaratne, R Mahanama, K Dharmasena, C Vaas, P Wickramasinghe, M Muralitharan
West Indies '79 XI: G Greenidge, D Haynes, V Richards, A Kallicharran, C Lloyd*, C King, D Murray, A Roberts, J Garner, M Holding, C Croft
West Indies won the toss and elected to bowl.

Sri Lanka '96
Mahanama 77(68), C Vaas 36(54)
J Garner 4-39, M Holding 2-47

238 (47.4 overs)

West Indies '79
G Greenidge 81(115), V Richards 79(89)
K Dharmasena 2-49, M Muralitharan 1-18

5-239 (47.3 overs)

West Indies '79 won by 5 wickets
J Garner was awarded Man of the Match.

Holding and the rest of the West Indies fast-bowling cartel were unplayable for the Sri Lankans. Only two batsmen made it past 20 and only Kaluwitharana seemed comfortable against the pace with a 95. He was also the only batsman with a strike rate over 50. The West Indies easily chased down the total needed for victory. Richards scored most of the runs and reached his ton just before the match ended.

Sri Lanka batted first again and things looked dire again as the fast bowling quartet ripped through their top order. Some middle and lower-order partnerships steered them to a respectable total, mainly thanks to Mahanama's 77 off 68. As it turned out, 238 was a competitive score. At one stage, it looked as if the West Indies would struggle to reach the total but Richards and Lloyd turned up the heat in the last 10 or so overs of the match to bring a second victory of the round home.

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Game 15A: England '19 vs India '11
England '19 XI: J Roy, J Bairstow, J Root, E Morgan*, B Stokes, J Buttler+, C Woakes, L Plunkett, J Archer, A Rashid, M Wood
India '11 XI: V Sehwag, S Tendulkar, G Gambhir, V Kohli, M Dhoni*+, Y Singh, S Raina, H Singh, Z Khan, M Patel, S Sreesanth
England '19 won the toss and elected to bowl first.

India '11
M Dhoni 58(55), G Gambhir 56(62)
L Plunkett 4-34, C Wokes 3-54

266 (48.4 overs)

England '19
J Buttler 124(121), B Stokes 47(62)
Z Khan 3-51, S Sreesanth 2-52

7-267 (48 overs)

England won by 3 wickets
L Plunkett was awarded Man of the Match.

Game 15B: India '11 vs England '19
England '19 XI: J Roy, J Bairstow, J Root, E Morgan*, B Stokes, J Buttler+, C Woakes, L Plunkett, J Archer, A Rashid, M Wood
India '11 XI: V Sehwag, S Tendulkar, G Gambhir, V Kohli, M Dhoni*+, Y Singh, S Raina, H Singh, Z Khan, M Patel, S Sreesanth

India '11
V Sehwag 126(106), G Gambhir 72(74)
A Rashid 5-57, L Plunkett 4-73

331 (49.3 overs)

England '19
J Buttler 90(56), B Stokes 63(55)
S Sreesanth 3-76, Z Khan 1-52

6-332 (47.3 overs)

England won by 4 wickets
J Buttler was awarded Man of the Match.

The Indian batters struggled to get ahold of the English bowlers, particularly Woakes as he picked up three top-order wickets in his opening spell. Gambhir and Dhoni both made fifties to guide India to a respectable total. Both half-centurions were picked up by Plunkett who also tore through the lower order to bowl India out. The Indian quicks were all over the English batsmen and looked to be striding towards a win but Buttler produced a huge ton, batting mainly with Plunkett to guide the English to their third straight win.

The Indians were all over the English to begin with, sending the required run rate to above eight runs per over at the 25-over mark. The middle-lower order consisting of Morgan, Stokes, Buttler and Woakes went ballistic. Buttler once again led the way with a captain's knock of 90 off 56 while Woakes finished things off with a blistering, unbeaten 48 off 25. Deep batting and bowling in the English XI have given them the perfect start to their tournament.

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Game 14A: South Africa '98 vs India '83
South Africa '98 XI: D Cullinan, M Rindel, M Boucher+, J Kallis, H Cronje*, J Rhodes, D Benkenstein, D Crookes, N Boje, P Symcox, S Elworthy
India '83 XI: S Gavaskar, K Srikkanth, M Amarnath, Y Sharma, S Patil, K Dev*, K Azad, R Binny, M Lal, S Kirmani+, B Sandhu
South Africa '86 won the toss and elected to bat.

South Africa '98
M Rindel 126(136), J Kallis 58(77)
K Azad 3-49, M Lal 1-47

8-300 (50 overs)

India '83
K Srikkanth 144(127, S Gavaskar 61(95)
S Elworthy 2-63, N Boje 1-50

6-301 (47.1 overs)

India won by 4 wickets
K Srikkanth was awarded Man of the Match.

Game 14B: India '83 vs South Africa '98
India '83 XI: S Gavaskar, K Srikkanth, M Amarnath, Y Sharma, S Patil, K Dev*, K Azad, R Binny, M Lal, S Kirmani+, B Sandhu
South Africa '98 XI: D Cullinan, M Rindel, M Boucher+, J Kallis, H Cronje*, J Rhodes, D Benkenstein, D Crookes, N Boje, P Symcox, S Elworthy
India won the toss and elected to bat.

India '83
K Srikkanth 116(100), M Amarnath 83(99)
J Kallis 3-48, P Symcox 3-98

7-322 (50 overs)

South Africa '98
D Cullinan 60(94), M Rindel 47(75)
M Lal 4-41, K Azad 3-57

239 (47.2 overs)

India won by 83 runs
K Srikkanth was awarded Man of the Match.

Once again, South Africa '98 were unable to record a win. India '83 was dominant in both matches with both bat and ball. K Srikkanth led the way with two big hundred scored at a fast strike rate. South Africa's lack of bowling depth will hinder the South Africans in this tournament. On the other hand, India has shown remarkable batting depth, which allows their top order to bat aggressively. Their bowlers have also stood up, especially their all-rounders who have alleviated the load from their front-line quicks.

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Game 13A: West Indies '75 vs Pakistan '92
West Indies '75 XI: R Fredericks, G Greenidge, A Kallicharran, R Kanhai, C Lloyd*, V Richards, K Boyce, B Julien, D Murray, V Holder, A Roberts
Pakistan '92 XI: A Sohail, R Raja, I Khan*, J Miandad, I ul-Haq, S Malik, I Ahmed, M Khan+, W Akram, M Ahmed, A Javed
West Indies '75 won the toss and elected to bat.

West Indies
C Lloyd 33(44), R Fredericks 25(28)
W Akram 3-23, I Ahmed 2-25

154 (33.1 overs)

Pakistan '92
R Raja 51(65), J Miandad 46(54)
B Julien 2-26, V Richards 1-32

3-157 (37.2 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets
W Akram was awarded Man of the Match.

Game 13B: Pakistan '92 vs West Indies '75
Pakistan '92 XI: A Sohail, R Raja, I Khan*, J Miandad, I ul-Haq, S Malik, I Ahmed, M Khan+, W Akram, M Ahmed, A Javed
West Indies '75 XI: R Fredericks, G Greenidge, A Kallicharran, R Kanhai, C Lloyd*, V Richards, K Boyce, B Julien, D Murray, V Holder, A Roberts
West Indies '75 won the toss and elected to bat.

West Indies '75
G Greenidhe 77(96), C Lloyd 72(62)
I Khan 3-51, A Javed 1-42

7-293 (50 overs)

Pakistan '92
R Raja 121(115), J Miandad 121(117)
A Roberts 2-54, B Julien 1-46

5-294 (48.84)

Pakistan won by 5 wickets
R Raja was awarded Man of the Match.

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Round 2 Results
Round 2 started with the era-defining West Indies '75 team getting on the board with their first tournament win against India '83. Greenidge produced one of the knocks of the round with his 139. The second game between West Indies '95 and India '83 ended in a dramatic draw. A steely Holder bowled dot ball after dot ball in the death overs and strangled India's lower order, preventing India from grabbing the top spot of Group A.

Swing kings Akram and Khan gave Pakistan '92 a win against Australia '03 but it was a mammoth, unbeaten 136 from Sohail that put them on top. In the second match, the match was an almost carbon copy of the first, albeit with the opposite team winning. Ponting produced a massive century the key performances were Hogg and McGrath's 4fa's that stopped Pakistan in their tracks after being well on pace to chase down the huge total Australia set.

After a first-round bye, South Africa '98 started their tournament with two losses against arguably the greatest team to ever play for India. Things could've been much worse until Elworthy and Symcox put on a 90+ run partnership for the 10th wicket in the first match. Gambhir produced two great knocks in both matches but Sehwag's 114 off just 89 balls was one of the fastest 100s the tournament had seen so far.

If there was one captain who could topple the West Indian greats two matches in a row, it would have to be Border. While there have been some terrific performances with the bat, the bowlers haven't had the same success. Somehow the best performance of the tournament so far went to Dean Jones, who rolled his arm over with some part-time medium-pacers and took six wickets. Jones then hit a quickfire 82 to help the Aussies from '87 to their second victory of the round.

Sri Lanka did it again and beat an Aussie World Cup team everyone expected them to lose to. Captain Ranatunga put on an impressive ton to help his team to another ATG World Cup victory. The most prolific batsman after two rounds was de Silva and he put on his best performance against the '07 Aussies. Unfortunately, it wasn't enough as Sri Lanka's total of 352 was chased down on the final ball of the innings thanks to a blistering, finishing performance from Hussey.

The beginnings of one ODI dynasty came up against another when the '99 and '15 World Cup-winning Australian teams came up against each other. Waugh's men came out on top in both matches and it wasn't even particularly close. The usual suspects such as McGrath and Gilchrist were front and centre but the likes of Moody and Lehmann also put on quality shows. Despite only having played one round of matches, Australia '99 has already rocketed to the top of their group and established themselves as an early favourite.

Group A

WI 75 defeated IND 83 WI 75 tied with IND 83

PAK 92 defeated AUS 03 AUS 03 defeated PAK 92

SA 98 lost to IND 11 IND 11 defeated SA 98

ENG 19 - Bye

Group B

WI 79 def AUS 87 AUS 87 defeated WI 79

SL 96 defeated AUS 07 AUS 07 defeated SL 96

AUS 99 defeated AUS 15 AUS 15 lost to AUS 98

AUS 23 - Bye

Current Standings

Group A	Played	Wins	Tie	NRR	Total
Australia '03	4	3		1.86	6
India '83	4	2	1	0.47	5
England '19	2	2		0.44	4
India '11	4	2		-0.25	4
West Indies '75	4	1	1	-0.77	3
Pakistan '92	4	1		-0.41	2
South Africa	2			-0.55	0

Group B	Played	Wins	N/R	NRR	Total
Australia '99	2	2		0.97	4
Australia '87	4	2		0.16	4
Sri Lanka '96	4	2		0.14	4
Australia '07	4	2		-0.44	4
Australia '15	4	2		-1.21	4
Australia '23	2	1		0.38	2
West Indies '79	4	1		-0.56	2

Tournament Stat Leaders

Batter	Runs	Bowler	Wickets
A de Silva (SL96)	423	G McGrath (AUS07)	9
M Hayden (AUS07)	365	B Lee (AUS03)	8
J Miandad (PAK92)	311	B Hogg (AUS03)	8
D Haynes (WI79)	296	S Tait (AUS07)	8
A Gilchrist (AUS03)	287	K Dharmasena (SL96) +3 others	8

Round 2 Fixture

Group A

WI 75 vs PAK 92

SA 98 vs IND 83

ENG 19 vs IND 11

AUS 03 - Bye

Group B

WI 79 vs SL 96

AUS 99 vs AUS 87

AUS 23 vs AUS 15

AUS 07 - Bye