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On This Day: March 25, 1992 - Pakistan win the World Cup - Your memories of that day?

Hi,

Can anyone advise where I could acquire full ball by ball highlights of the 92 final as currently being shown?

Thanks!

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OMG, thank you so much for this, been looking for it for a few years! Do you happen to have the Semi Final as well ball by ball? Thanks again!
 
OMG, thank you so much for this, been looking for it for a few years! Do you happen to have the Semi Final as well ball by ball? Thanks again!

I found this thanks to the legend that is [MENTION=59855]robelinda[/MENTION]. I can't say for sure, but he might have the semi-final as well.
 
I was 17. Studying for A-levels. Sadly Sky sports in the UK had bought the television rights so didn't watch any of the games live. Didn't know anyone who had satellite tv at the time. So had to listen to it on the radio. And then as I had morning lectures had to check the score via radio in between lectures. Found out Pakistan had won driving home from college. Watched the highlights on BBC TV during the evening. A joyous day but didn't get to enjoy the ups and downs of following it ball by ball.
 
Enjoy guys!

I dont share much full match stuff so consider it a coronavirus lockdown gift &#55358;&#56691;
 
greatest all rounder of pakistan. greatest all rounder possibly ever after kalis, sobers. hadlee 4th and stokes 5th.
 
My memories are - a vague sense of unease that Pakistan had got too many runs, and that the team batting first had won every final up to that point.

A gradually deepening foreboding that turned into despair when Fairbrother got out.

Deep sadness that England had lost three finals out of three, especially after the crushing disappointment of 1987, and that it was the last chance for Gooch, Botham and Lamb to win the thing. Poor old Goochie, lion of English batting, yet beaten finalist three times.
 
Our finest hour, bar none.

Still gets me emotional every single time.

What a team that was (imagine if waqar younis had played) , and what a captain we had. What a leader.
 
Pakistan’s legendary former fast-bowler Wasim Akram and former batsman Ramiz Raja, who were a major part of the country’s World Cup winning side in 1992, talked about the turning points and surprising moments of their historic World Cup campaign in a YouTube video.

Raja revealed that the Pakistan side, who were the first to arrive in Australia for the tournament, had a miserable start but able leadership kept them driven towards their goal of achieving glory.

“There seemed to be a selection process when we first got to Australia because we were the first team to show up. Our captain wanted us to acclimatise to the conditions and we took several extra players. We were losing to mediocre teams there and our confidence was low. We were trying out different combinations. Then we suddenly played West Indies and lost badly. We kept losing but one thing we had was the quality leadership of Imran Khan which kept us engaged,” said Raja.

The 57-year-old claimed that a combination of desperation and a right direction led to performances that surprised the world.

“We were thinking forward after every loss. We were battle hardened and ready to play our best cricket because of that initial time,” he said. “When a team comes into desperation mode and you know that your direction is right, you take a leap that surprises everyone including yourself. Individual performances started coming out. Everyone started pinching in. If you play as one and you want to win with a noble cause [building a hospital] nothing can stop you. The desperation mode and our spirit turned everything around.”

Akram revealed that the Men in Green had even lost to an over-40 side before the tournament while the team still held on to hope even after defeats in the initial stages of the tournament.

“We even lost a game against an over-40 team. Our condition was really bad. Imran Khan still gave us confidence that we would win. We peaked at the right time. We defeated one of the favorite teams of the tournament New Zealand. We had faith that we could beat them,” said Akram. “Once we started winning, we knew that we would keep the momentum going. Ramiz in the end took the final catch which was a great moment.”

The legendary pacer stated that a newspaper article helped him bowl faster and with confidence which ended up helping the Men in Green in their pursuit of a maiden World Cup victory.

“Before the game against Australia, when I was having breakfast I saw the newspaper. I wasn’t controlling the new ball very well. The newspaper quoted Imran as saying that Wasim should be bowling fast. I think I started bowling as fast as I could after that and that helped me get wickets. My favorite moment and the highlight of my career was taking those two wickets in one over,” he concluded.

https://cricketpakistan.com.pk/en/n...-point-surprising-moment-of-1992-world-cup-ca
 
Present and past members of the Pakistan national cricket teams today joined to celebrate one of the most iconic and memorable moments in country’s cricket history – a 22-run victory over England in the final of the ICC Men’s Cricket World Cup in front of more than 89,000 spectators at the Melbourne Cricket Ground.

While Misbah-ul-Haq, Mohammad Hafeez, Nida Dar, Sarfaraz Ahmed and Younis Khan reflected on the impact of Melbourne win on their careers, members of the 1992 side Aamer Sohail, Aqib Javed and Mushtaq Ahmed shared their experiences and the champions mind-set with current members of the national teams.

The World Cup victory was the catalyst for future triumphs, including back-to-back ICC U19 Cricket World Cup titles in 2004 and 2006, ICC T20 World Cup 2009 trophy, lifting of the ICC Test Championship mace in 2016 and the ICC Champions Trophy 2017 victory at The Oval.

When Pakistan won the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, it became only the second country after India to win all four ICC Majors – the World Cup, the T20 World Cup, Champions Trophy and the ICC Test Championship mace.

Younis Khan, who was 14 years old in 1992 and subsequently became the second Pakistan captain to win a major ICC event in 2009 before finishing as the most successful Test batsman, said: “The final of the 1992 World Cup is the only match of which I watched every ball. It was the month of Ramadan and I did not move from where I was sitting, even for Iftar [to break the fast]. I remember every ball of that match and it inspired me to win a trophy for my country and luckily Pakistan won the ICC Men’s T20 World Cup under my captaincy in 2009.

“The 1992 World Cup victory changed the landscape of Pakistan’s cricket and after that we dominated the 90s.”

Misbah-ul-Haq, who was then 17 years old and 24 years later lifted the ICC Test Championship mace, said: “It was an important milestone in our cricketing history and I remember that match. I was in FSc. We had to get up early in the morning to watch the matches and I have special memories of that event.

“That win inspired me to take up cricket. I used to play with tape ball before the 1992 win, but after it I started to play with the cricket ball. The way Javed Miandad and Imran Khan led the side and the way youngsters like Inzamam-ul-Haq, Wasim Akram and Aqib Javed rose to the occasion, I still remember everything as it is. Those moments became the shining light for me throughout my cricketing career and I applied them in my captaincy.”

Sarfaraz Ahmed, who was then a five-year-old but captained Pakistan to ICC U19 Cricket World Cup 2006 and ICC Champions Trophy 2017 titles, said: “I was five when Pakistan won the World Cup and it is one of those moments which stay with you from the childhood. I started to play cricket after that win.

“I think it revived cricket in the country and it gave us the stars in Inzamam-ul-Haq, Mushtaq Ahmed and Moin Khan who went on to become legends. That victory remains a huge motivation for us as after it we went on to win the Asia Cup and the ICC Champions Trophy in 2017. Such victories inspire the coming generations to push themselves.”

Mohammad Hafeez, a school-going 11-year-old in 1992 who went on to represent Pakistan in ICC events and was a member of the side that won the ICC Champions Trophy 2017, said: “It remains a moment of great pride for every Pakistani and it influenced me into becoming a cricketer. I was only 11, such events inspire you as a kid and I salute those heroes who inspired me to take up the game.”

Nida Dar, Pakistan’s most successful bowler in Women’s T20Is who was five years old when Pakistan came from behind to win the title, said: “I was nearly five and we as a family used to sit together and watch cricket. There was a lot of happiness in my house and it was very special how my cousins celebrated the win. It made me realise that it is a huge thing to become a cricketer.

“It was at that moment that I decided that I will become an all-rounder and represent Pakistan. It is now that I realise that how much effort it takes to win such a big moment and how much strategy sessions and planning goes into it. It was a very special moment for the whole country.”

Meanwhile, members of the champion squad – Aamer Sohail, Aqib Javed and Mushtaq Ahmed – held mentoring sessions with the current crop of cricketers to provide insights about the successful journey. They furthered shared their thoughts on what it takes to develop a champion mind-set.

Aamer Sohail, who scored 326 runs in the tournament at 32.60, while speaking to Amad Butt, Asif Ali, Abdullah Shafique, Danish Aziz, Haider Ali, Imam-ul-Haq and Saud Shakeel, said: “Despite enduring some heavy losses we somehow stayed in the hunt. Before the do-or-die match against Australia, a meeting was called where each and every member of the squad including the junior ones were asked to contribute and identify the mistakes we were making.

“That meeting turned a corner for us and we never looked back. In cricket at times a lot of challenges are mental but I firmly feel that having a solid technique can help overcome lack of form, my message for all you youngsters is simple, make your technique as solid as you can and it will pull you through tough situations in your playing career.”

Aqib Javed, who took two for 27 in the final while speaking to Shaheen Shah Afridi and Haris Rauf, said: “Lack of form is due to the creation of self-doubt, champions or people with champions’ mindset have the ability of overcoming their doubts. We were of course doubting ourselves because of our poor start, but our leader Imran Khan had no doubt that we will win the tournament. After our win against Australia, we gained momentum which helped us all the way to the final.

“My worst and most favourite memory of the tournament came in the space of two balls, in the semi-final against New Zealand, Mark Greatbatch hit me for a massive six and the ball rebounded of the stands and landed near my bowling mark. Next ball, I wanted to bounce him out but due to the short size of the boundaries at the Eden Park (Auckland) and fearing a top-edged six, I changed my plans almost in my delivery stride and bowled a slow off-spinner which I had never ball before in a match, the ball totally bamboozled Greatbatch and bowled him as he was deceived in the air and off the pitch, I was overjoyed and fondly remember the ball to date.”

Mushtaq Ahmed, who took three for 41 in the final while speaking to Nida Dar, Shadab Khan and Usman Qadir, said: “A champion’s mind does not give-up! We were down and out but our captain Imran Khan never had doubts about us or about us winning the tournament. He kept motivating us and through our hard work we changed our fortunes midway in the tournament and ended up making history.

“By the time the final was played, the entire team had become super confident. I was also extremely confident about my ability as I was bowling really well. Graeme Hick was England’s in-form batsman but I felt he was weak against leg-spin especially googlies. When he came into bat, I wanted to bowl at him and get him out. By the grace of Allah, everything went according to my plan as I dismissed him lbw with a sharp googly which he failed to read, that wicket gave us tremendous boost and pegged England back in their chase.

“The 1992 World Cup reminds us that we should never give-up, fight till the very end and have confidence in our ability which comes with sincerity, hard work and practice and a never-say-die attitude.”
 
LAHORE: The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has announced to celebrate the 30th anniversary of the 1992 World Cup triumph with great enthusiasm during the final day of the third and deciding Test of the ongoing Benaud-Qadir Trophy.

According to the PCB, The 1992 World Cup trophy will be placed tomorrow at Gaddafi Stadium on the occasion of the 30th anniversary of Pakistan’s maiden glory in a global event.

The fans sitting in the enclosures will be also allowed to take selfies and pictures with the glittering trophy. Whereas, the trophy will also be taken to the dressing rooms of both Pakistan and Australia.

Furthermore, the PCB will also release a slideshow featuring pictorial highlights of the 1992 World Cup final tomorrow.

https://a-sports.tv/pcb-to-celebrate-the-30th-anniversary-of-the-1992-world-cup/
 
I didn't get to watch it live as I was less than 2 years old.

But, I saw the highlights and it seemed like a great final.
 
Akram's 2 wickets of Lamb and Lewis were the highlight for me.
 
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I was 13 years old then. Started watching cricket more seriously just before that world cup and it was the sharjah cup where aaqib took 7 wickets in the final.
As a bowler till then I was only aware about imran khan and waqar who was more famous than wasim during those days as he was the fastest. Very liitle I knew about wasim as a bowler who more had an image of a six hitter in my mind. And then came the 92 world cup final where those 2 deliveries by wasim made him my all time favorite bowler.
 
I was 2 at that time. So, I didn't watch this World Cup. My first World Cup was 1999.

Anyway, I saw the highlights of 1992 WC. Seemed like a great World Cup. Good old days when World Cups used to feel like World Cups.

Great final.
 
Great achievement but Man should have known his limits and stayed a cricketing legend. The most he should have done is become a humanitarian/NGO and helped improve the condition of the poor in his country or around the world like Princess Diana

Instead he misused the popularity and adulation he received for a warpath, and the consequences of going on this path are his own doing.

Play stupid games

Win stupid prizes.
 
NZ v Pak SF was the best match of the tournament. An unknown Inzamam wrecking havoc and Moin Khan finishing off in style overshadowing a great batting effort by Martin Crowe.

Final was boring as it was slow. Only good part was great batting by Wasim at the end and those two wickets off two balls (Lamb and Chris Lewis)
 
I was too young to witness it with my own eyes, but in a Pakistani home of the 90s, some stories weren’t just told… they were inherited like faith.

March 25, 1992. The night 1992 Cricket World Cup Final turned into folklore.I grew up hearing my elders speak of Imran Khan like he wasn’t just a captain, but a man who walked into destiny and bent it to his will. A leader who looked at a wounded team and said, quietly but firmly, “we’re not done yet.”

And then there was Wasim Akram… those two balls. In our living room retellings, they were never just deliveries, they were lightning strikes from the heavens ⚡

I didn’t see the crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground that night, but I’ve felt it in every retelling. The roar. The disbelief. The moment Pakistan, a nation so used to chaos and contradiction, stood still… and smiled.

As a Shia kid of Iranian roots growing up in Pakistan, identity was always layered. But Cricket was pure. It erased accents, sects, origins. It made us one. And 1992 was its crown jewel.

That victory wasn’t just a trophy. It was a declaration that We might stumble, we might be counted out… but we rise. And when we rise, we make the world watch.

Even today, every time I see that green jersey, it carries a whisper from that night…Cornered Tigers. 🐅 and the belief that against all odds, we still can.

Pakistan Zindabad 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰
 
NZ v Pak SF was the best match of the tournament. An unknown Inzamam wrecking havoc and Moin Khan finishing off in style overshadowing a great batting effort by Martin Crowe.

Final was boring as it was slow. Only good part was great batting by Wasim at the end and those two wickets off two balls (Lamb and Chris Lewis)
Those two wickets of Lamb and Lewis were pure magic.
 
We had a video cassette of the final, the aura confidence swag & buzz IK had during the WC was unparallel, destiny had written this for him.
 
Cricket peaked here and was never the same again. The hero won, the villains lost. The rest was history.
 
I was 2 at that time. So, I didn't watch this World Cup. My first World Cup was 1999.

Anyway, I saw the highlights of 1992 WC. Seemed like a great World Cup. Good old days when World Cups used to feel like World Cups.

Great final.

Even for the most rabidly anti-Indian pro-Pakistani poster like you it will be difficult to explain this stat:

This is India's ODI record across 2 WorldCups + CT since 2019: 26 - Matches 22 - Wins 3 - losses 1 - NR



And this Pakistans record in the 1992 WC alone: 10 - Matches - 6 Wins 3 Losses 1- NR( which was a sure loss but for rain)


So in other words no team has gone on to win a WC in more shambolic circumstances than what Pakistan did in 1992.

Not their fault but certainly the fault of the organizers and the technical committee that came up with that laughable rain rule. The fact that nobody ever even gave a second thought about using that rain rule going forward in even bilateral matches and distanced themselves from it altogether tells us all there is to know. Completely wrecked the WC
 
I was too young to witness it with my own eyes, but in a Pakistani home of the 90s, some stories weren’t just told… they were inherited like faith.

March 25, 1992. The night 1992 Cricket World Cup Final turned into folklore.I grew up hearing my elders speak of Imran Khan like he wasn’t just a captain, but a man who walked into destiny and bent it to his will. A leader who looked at a wounded team and said, quietly but firmly, “we’re not done yet.”

And then there was Wasim Akram… those two balls. In our living room retellings, they were never just deliveries, they were lightning strikes from the heavens ⚡

I didn’t see the crowd at the Melbourne Cricket Ground that night, but I’ve felt it in every retelling. The roar. The disbelief. The moment Pakistan, a nation so used to chaos and contradiction, stood still… and smiled.

As a Shia kid of Iranian roots growing up in Pakistan, identity was always layered. But Cricket was pure. It erased accents, sects, origins. It made us one. And 1992 was its crown jewel.

That victory wasn’t just a trophy. It was a declaration that We might stumble, we might be counted out… but we rise. And when we rise, we make the world watch.

Even today, every time I see that green jersey, it carries a whisper from that night…Cornered Tigers. 🐅 and the belief that against all odds, we still can.

Pakistan Zindabad 🇵🇰🇵🇰🇵🇰

ChatGPT?
 
I wasn't born yet but when I seriously started to follow cricket just before 2003 WC, the 92 win was the gravity well around which the Pakistan cricket revolved.

All the popular players in team were either from that WC or inspired by that WC. I think that effect lasted till 2015.
 
Great achievement but Man should have known his limits and stayed a cricketing legend. The most he should have done is become a humanitarian/NGO and helped improve the condition of the poor in his country or around the world like Princess Diana

Instead he misused the popularity and adulation he received for a warpath, and the consequences of going on this path are his own doing.

Play stupid games

Win stupid prizes.

Dear Rana bhai,
For us Pakistanis, Imran Khan was never meant to stay inside a glass trophy cabinet.

The man didn’t just win a World Cup, he awakened a generation that believed this country could stand upright instead of negotiating on its knees.

Diana healed through compassion like an honourable lady that she was. Imran being a man walked straight into the machinery that keeps nations dependent, elites comfortable, and voices controlled. That was never going to end with applause and charity galas.

Being loved as a sports hero is easy. But when you become a political disruptor that is when the machinery starts working against you. Imran paid the price for being the disruptor, for choosing to do what you and me wouldn't as Pakistanis.

For millions of us, Imran Khan isn’t just a former PM or cricketer. He’s that rare figure who made Pakistanis feel just for a moment that dignity wasn’t negotiable. That we didn’t have to play small on the global stage. That we could demand more from our own system.

His sacrifices must never go unnoitced and unthanked.

Imran Khan is an emotion for Pakistanis wherever they live in the world. We love him and we are proud of him. That will never go away.

Pakistan Zindabad
:pakflag2
 
All downhill from this point unfortunately. The team went from being a team to a group of stars and eventually the stars faded and we are left with whatever we have today.

That said, great achievement and the fact that they won it in Melbourne, Australia is icing on the cake.
 
All downhill from this point unfortunately. The team went from being a team to a group of stars and eventually the stars faded and we are left with whatever we have today.

That said, great achievement and the fact that they won it in Melbourne, Australia is icing on the cake.

Pakistan were a heavyweight till 2003.

After 2003, all the legends retired and a transition phase started.
 
Dear Rana bhai,
For us Pakistanis, Imran Khan was never meant to stay inside a glass trophy cabinet.

The man didn’t just win a World Cup, he awakened a generation that believed this country could stand upright instead of negotiating on its knees.

Diana healed through compassion like an honourable lady that she was. Imran being a man walked straight into the machinery that keeps nations dependent, elites comfortable, and voices controlled. That was never going to end with applause and charity galas.

Being loved as a sports hero is easy. But when you become a political disruptor that is when the machinery starts working against you. Imran paid the price for being the disruptor, for choosing to do what you and me wouldn't as Pakistanis.

For millions of us, Imran Khan isn’t just a former PM or cricketer. He’s that rare figure who made Pakistanis feel just for a moment that dignity wasn’t negotiable. That we didn’t have to play small on the global stage. That we could demand more from our own system.

His sacrifices must never go unnoitced and unthanked.

Imran Khan is an emotion for Pakistanis wherever they live in the world. We love him and we are proud of him. That will never go away.

Pakistan Zindabad
:pakflag2
Man you sometimes write some good raw and evocative sh*t

Even though I am an Indian, Mere andar ka Pakistani bhi jaag gaya yeh parh kay! 😂
 
Heavyweights who got whitewashed in Australia back in 1999 with those 'legends'?

Aussies whitewashed everybody. Even South Africa got whitewashed. India got destroyed 0-3 also.

Are you aware that was an ATG Aussie team? :inti

Pakistan were heavyweights in the 90's. Won 1992 WC, went to 1996 WC quarterfinal, and went to 1999 WC final.
 
Aussies whitewashed everybody. Even South Africa got whitewashed. India got destroyed 0-3 also.

Are you aware that was an ATG Aussie team? :inti

Pakistan were heavyweights in the 90's. Won 1992 WC, went to 1996 WC quarterfinal, and went to 1999 WC final.
ATG Australia couldn't win in India, lost in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2008, 2010, 2013, 2017, 2023.

ATG Australia team won by fluke in 2004, that too because Sachin didn't play in first 2 test matches & 2nd test match was rained out on the last day.

That's ATG Australia's only victory in India since 1969. One series win in India in nearly 60 years. India have won twice in Australia in same period.

Btw Australia have hammered your favorite Sri Lanka in Sri Lanka & Pakistan in Pakistan in every series:misbah
 
Aussies whitewashed everybody. Even South Africa got whitewashed. India got destroyed 0-3 also.

Are you aware that was an ATG Aussie team? :inti

Pakistan were heavyweights in the 90's. Won 1992 WC, went to 1996 WC quarterfinal, and went to 1999 WC final.
Heavyweights that lost 2 Test series at home against Sri Lanka, and 1 Test series at home against Zimbabwe in the 90's? Reaching the quarter finals or the finals mean jack unless you win the tournament.​
 
Great win, but sadly thing is now sport is'nt an individual player game, it' a team game now, and pak will probably be a mediocre team, unless they change this one man performance, that's why the aussies have 6 titles and the next best is windies and ind with 2 (though windies won back to back), massive gap, ad I reckon one of India or Aus will clinch the next title in Sa
 
Pakistan fumbled big time in 1999 and 2011
1999 was South Africa's trophy, shitty rule of carrying forwards points from 1st round destroyed their chance of making the final.

South Africa was the #1 ODI team from 1996-2000, they had won the 1998 ICC Knockout Trophy as well 1998 Commonwealth gold medal against Australia in the final.
 
1999 was South Africa's trophy, shitty rule of carrying forwards points from 1st round destroyed their chance of making the final.

South Africa was the #1 ODI team from 1996-2000, they had won the 1998 ICC Knockout Trophy as well 1998 Commonwealth gold medal against Australia in the final.
What a team they had Donald, Pollock, Gibbs, Kallis, Rhodes, and then probably the greatest allrounder of ODI Lance Klussener who was playing like Peak Ian Botham in that WC.really they were the deserving one, though I must say Pak and AUs both had great teams on paer too
 
What a team they had Donald, Pollock, Gibbs, Kallis, Rhodes, and then probably the greatest allrounder of ODI Lance Klussener who was playing like Peak Ian Botham in that WC.really they were the deserving one, though I must say Pak and AUs both had great teams on paer too
Yeah Pakistan beat all in group stage except that Bangladesh game, Australia too peaked at the right time after losing to Pakistan & New Zealand in group stage.
 
That day was when I understood the real meaning of “qudrat ka nizam”! A total fluke win but hey, it gave Pakistani fans something to remember and made Imran a cult figure.
 
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