riots in stadium by throwing water bottles
2006-09-09 18:47:52 · 5 answers · asked by soumya 1 in Sports ➔ Cricket
The 1996 Cricket World Cup was won by Sri Lanka, who beat Australia by 7 wickets at the final in Lahore.
The 1996 World Cup was played in India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. Controversy dogged the tournament before any games were played, however, when Australia and the West Indies refused to send their teams to Sri Lanka following the terrorist Central Bank Bombing by the LTTE in January that killed 90 people and injured thousands. Kenya and Zimbabwe, on the other hand, had no problem in playing their respective games in Sri Lanka. The Sri Lankan team were awarded four points from both games, which effectively qualified them for the quarter-finals of the tournament without playing a single game. Sri Lanka however subsequently went on to beat Australia emphatically in the Final leading most analysts of the game to believe that Australia did not want to play in Sri Lanka in fear of losing on the slow pitches of Sri Lanka which they were not accustomed to playing on and hence risk being eliminated in the opening round of the tournament.
The 1996 installment of the Cup featured three brand new teams - the United Arab Emirates, the Netherlands and Kenya. Kenya proved the best of the new teams, acquitting themselves proudly against their more experienced opponents, and actually defeating the West Indies in a league game. Defending a respectable total of 166, they skittled the West Indies for just 93.
The Sri Lankan team, revolutionized the one-day approach to the game by taking the attack to the bowling team within the first 15 overs. Led by Sanath Jayasuriya and Romesh Kaluwitharana, billed at the time as the most dangerous opening pair in the world, the Sri Lankan batting lineup for the tournament seemed unassailable. It was their dynamics that helped Sri Lanka amass the highest team score in limited-overs cricket in 1996 (current highest score being 443 for 9), 398 for 5, against Kenya. Sachin Tendulkar proved to be one of the tournament's most prolific run-scorers, and Australia's Mark Waugh scored the first ever back-to-back centuries in a World Cup.
The first semi-final saw India take on Sri Lanka in Eden Gardens, Calcutta. The two teams had met before in a league match, when Jayasuriya and Kaluwitharana destroyed the Indian bowling attack to win a high-scoring match. The semi-final, though, saw a different story; India struck early to remove the openers and have Sri Lanka on the back foot. A solid middle-order recovery, led by Aravinda De Silva's brilliant 66 off 47 balls, led the Sri Lankans to 251 for 8, a strong total. Sachin Tendulkar led the Indian fightback with a 66 of his own, but after his dismissal, the Indian wickets tumbled. From 98 for 2, India crashed to 120 for 8. The Indian crowd rioted, forcing match referee Clive Lloyd to award the match to Sri Lanka, a sensible decision at the time considering the state of the match.
In the other semi-final, the West Indies, lucky to have made it that far, faced Australia. The two had met before, with the West Indies barely triumphing. Australia, put in to bat first, were rocked by the bowling assault from Courtney Walsh and Curtly Ambrose, who reduced the Aussies to 17 for 4. The middle-order stabilized the collapse, though, with contributions from Michael Bevan and Ian Healy, to bring the Australian total to 207 for 9. The West Indians started strong, but Shane Warne tore through the West Indian batting lineup, as did Glenn McGrath. In the end, the West Indians were dismissed for 202.
The final was played between Sri Lanka and Australia at Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Pakistan. It was ironic, seeing how Australia refused to play Sri Lanka in the preliminary stages, that they now faced them with the World Cup at stake. Built on captain Mark Taylor's 74, Australia put up 241 for 7, then removed Jayasuriya and Kaluwitharna in quick succession to leave Sri Lanka tottering at 23 for 2. Asanka Gurusinha (66) and Aravinda De Silva (107 not out) took command, de Silva becoming only the third batsman to score a century in a World Cup final. In the end, Sri Lanka won the match with ease, the first team fielding first to be crowned world champions. It was the first, and thus far, only time a host nation has won a World Cup (Sri Lanka were part hosts, although the final itself was not played in Sri Lanka), and also the first time a team has won after fielding first.
As part of the lead up to the World Cup in Pakistan, a Pakistani youth organisation (Pasban), headed by its president Altaf Shakoor, made headlines by making the world's biggest cricket bat in Karachi. Thousands of people signed the bat, including Pakistan's president, prime minister, other dignitaries and members of the Pakistani cricket team.
Aravinda De Silva was named Man of the Match for the final, and Sachin Tendulkar was named Man of the Series.
Group A
Team Pts Pld W L NR T NRR
Sri Lanka 10 5 5 0 0 0 1.60
Australia 6 5 3 2 10 0 0.90
India 6 5 3 2 12 50 0.45
West Indies 4 5 2 3 50 50 −0.13
Zimbabwe 2 5 1 4 10 0 −0.93
Kenya 2 5 1 4 10 10 −1.00
Team Pts Pld W L NR T NRR
South Africa 10 5 5 0 0 0 2.04
Pakistan 8 5 4 1 0 0 0.96
New Zealand 6 5 3 2 0 0 0.55
England 4 5 2 3 0 0 0.08
United Arab Emirates 2 5 1 4 0 0 −1.83
Netherlands 0 5 0 5 0 0 −1.92
2006-09-09 22:26:37 · answer #1 · answered by FIGHTER 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
In the semi final of World Cup 1995/96 against Sri Lanka in the earden Gardens, Indian supporters wanted nothing less than an Indian Win. However, Indian Team did not rise to their expectations. Due to pathetic performance of Indian players, Indian supporters became restless and started throwing water bottles and a riot situation had started., which forced umpires to call off the match and award the match to Sri Lanka
2006-09-09 20:02:03 · answer #2 · answered by vakayil k 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes , .
That time every one was thinking that if shrilanka bat second .they must will win...shrilanka was very good in chasing.
India won the toss and elected to bowl first..despite groundsman already told the team managment that pich is going to broken in 2nd inning.
Jaysuria and kalu one goes for 0 and the another for 1.desilva.rantunga, mahanama palys good
India need may be 250 or something to win..india starts very good first wicket fall under 10 (siddhu) but second wicket around 100 i doesn't remembar but start was good.
Then jaysuria start spiinig the bowl..was terrible. every right hand batsman got difficulty in playing.. amy be within 20-25 runs 6-7 wickets fall
only Vinod kambli was survived(left hand batsman)..if in that match if india got some 3-4 lefthand batsman ...chance was there...
in 2003-04 india got very good batting lineup with left-hand bats man that time i though ..if this batting line up was in 1996 may be we had won the worldcup.
in the last people starts throwing bottles ..burning the seats...and i remember one person shows a very bad sign with the hand ..like 'F*** the shrilankan or may be indian batsman...
2006-09-09 22:14:38 · answer #3 · answered by Sam 1 · 1⤊ 0⤋
not 1995 it held in 1996
matched canceled and annouced sri lanka as winner
because for the behaviour of kolkata people throwing bottle onto field
2006-09-09 18:53:11 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
yes there ws india ws in a miserable condition and so srilankan fans made fun of india and so there were riots .... sorry but i dont remember the whole incident ... there were more reasons for the riots
2006-09-09 18:52:44 · answer #5 · answered by cool_dude 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋