Co-hosts New Zealand proved the surprise packet of the tournament, winning their first seven games to finish on top of the table after the round robin. The other hosts, Australia, were one of the pre-tournament favorites but lost their first two matches. They recovered somewhat to win four of the remaining six, but narrowly missed out on the semi-finals. The West Indies also finished with a 4–4 record, but were just behind Australia on run-rate.New Zealand on the top of PointstableEspncricinfo.com. Retrieved on 14-09-2011 South Africa made a triumphant return to international cricket with a win over Australia at the SCG in their first match. They and England had solid campaigns and easily qualified for the semis, despite upset losses to Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe respectively. India had a disappointing tournament and never looked likely to progress beyond the round robin. Sri Lanka were still establishing themselves at the highest level and beat only Zimbabwe (who did not yet have Test status) and South Africa. New Zealand were defeated only twice in the tournament, both times by Pakistan, in their final group match and in the semi-final. Pakistan had been lucky to be in the semi-finals at all: following only one victory in their first five matches, they were also fortunate to scrape a point from the washed-out match against England which appeared to be heading for a heavy English victory (Pak 74 all out, Eng 24/1): eventually they finished one point ahead of Australia with an inferior run-rate.Match Results 1992 Cricket World CupEspncricinfo.com. Retrieved on 14-09-2011
Points Table
TeamPtsPldWLNRTRDRR 14871000.594.7611852100.474.3610853000.144.369843100.174.338844000.204.228844000.074.145825100.144.95582510−0.684.21281700−1.144.03
Teams qualified for knockout stage and final
Tournament progression
Round-robin stage Knockout Team 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 SF F
New Zealand vs Australia
England vs India
Zimbabwe vs Sri Lanka
Pakistan vs West Indies
Sri Lanka vs New Zealand
Australia vs South Africa This is South Africa first World Cup win
Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
West Indies vs England
India vs Sri Lanka
South Africa vs New Zealand
West Indies vs Zimbabwe
Australia vs India
Pakistan vs England
South Africa vs Sri Lanka
New Zealand vs Zimbabwe
India vs Pakistan
South Africa vs West Indies
Australia vs England
India vs Zimbabwe
Sri Lanka vs Australia
West Indies vs New Zealand
South Africa vs Pakistan
England vs Sri Lanka
India vs West Indies
Zimbabwe vs South Africa
Pakistan vs Australia
India vs New Zealand
South Africa vs England
West Indies vs Sri Lanka
Australia vs Zimbabwe
England vs New Zealand
India vs South Africa
Sri Lanka vs Pakistan
New Zealand vs Pakistan
Zimbabwe vs England
Australia vs West Indies
References
External links Cricket World Cup 1992 from Cricinfo
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