Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup

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Pakistani cricket team history at ICC Men’s World Cup Events

The Pakistan cricket team won the World Cup in 1992 under the captaincy of Imran Khan. Pakistan have also been runners up at the 1999 Cricket World Cup where they lost to Australia in the Final. They have been Semi Finalists 4 times (1979, 1983, 1987 & 2011) and have also reached the Quarter Finals twice (1996 & 2015). Pakistan’s historical win–loss record at the cricket world cup is 45-32, with 3 no results. Javed Miandad has appeared in six Cricket World Cups which is more than any other player from Pakistan.

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Overall record[edit]

By tournament[edit]

White: Group/round-robin stage

Green: Quarter-finals/Super Six

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Brown: Semi-finals

Silver: Runner-up

Gold: Champions

By opponent[edit]

Pakistan at the 1975 World Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]



  • Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to field
  • Ajit de Silva (SL) made his ODI debut.

Pakistan at the 1979 World Cup[edit]

Group A[edit]


  • Reserve day used; June 13 washed out

Semi-final[edit]

Pakistan at the 1983 World Cup[edit]

Group A[edit]


  • Reserve day on 12 June used, 56 overs of New Zealand’s innings completed on 11 June.




Semi-final[edit]

Pakistan at the 1987 World Cup[edit]

Pakistan were the favourites going into the 1987 World Cup.[3]

Group B[edit]


  • Play was abandoned due to rain on 12 October. Reserve day on 13 October used.




Semi-final[edit]

Pakistan at the 1992 World Cup[edit]

Round-robin stage[edit]

Points table[edit]

Tournament progression[edit]

Note: The total points at the end of each group match are listed.
Note: Click on the points (group matches) or W/L (knockout) to see the match summary.




  • Match reduced to 49 overs per side due to a slow over rate by Pakistan.

  • When Pakistan was 74/2 after 21.3 overs, rain halted the play for an hour and the target was revised to 194 in 36 overs.



  • Pakistan qualified for the semi-finals and Australia were eliminated as a result of this match.

Semi-final[edit]

Final[edit]

The MCG played host to 87,182 people for the final

Pakistan at the 1996 World Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]



  • Bucknor replaced Ian Robinson as an umpire in this match after protests by Pakistan.


Quarter-final[edit]

Pakistan at the 1999 World Cup[edit]

Group B[edit]



  • Scotland conceded 59 extras, the joint highest in an ODI.[4]


  • Pakistan qualified for Super Six stage

Super Six[edit]

Teams who qualified for the Super Six stage only played against the teams from the other group; results against the other teams from the same group were carried forward to this stage. As a result Pakistan carried forward 4 points from the group stage, with their wins against Australia and New Zealand. Results against the non-qualifying teams were therefore discarded at this point.



Semi-final[edit]

Final[edit]

Pakistan at the 2003 World Cup[edit]

Pool A[edit]







Pakistan at the 2007 World Cup[edit]

Group D[edit]




Pakistan at the 2011 World Cup[edit]

Group A[edit]


  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Shahid Afridi, who was named man of the match, set a new record of becoming the first player in World Cup matches to take four or more wickets in three consecutive games.

  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Rain reduced the game. Zimbabwe made 151/7 in 39.4 overs; so the target for Pakistan was 162 in 38 overs

  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • The loss was Australia’s first loss in a World Cup match since 23 May 1999, when Pakistan defeated Australia at Headingley in the group stage of the 1999 World Cup. This ended a 34-match unbeaten streak (including 32 wins, a tie and a no-result).

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-final[edit]

  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.

Semi-final[edit]

  • India won the toss and elected to bat

Pakistan at the 2015 World Cup[edit]

Pool B[edit]


  • India Won the toss and elected to bat first.

  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Pakistan recorded the worst start to an innings in an ODI, losing four wickets for only one run.
  • This was the West Indies’ biggest margin of victory over Pakistan by runs in an ODI.

  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Wahab Riaz became the first Pakistan player to score a 50 and take four wickets in a World Cup match.

  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
  • Shahid Afridi became the fourth Pakistan player to score 8,000 runs in ODI matches.

  • South Africa won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match reduced to 47 overs per side and South Africa’s target moved to 232 due to rain.
  • This was the first time Pakistan defeated South Africa in a World Cup match.
  • Sarfaraz Ahmed (Pak) became only the tenth player to take 6 dismissals in an ODI innings and only the second in a World Cup match.

  • Ireland won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sarfraz Ahmed scored his maiden ODI century and became the first Pakistan wicket-keeper to score a century in a World Cup match.
  • Pakistan and West Indies qualified for the quarter-finals as a result of this match.
  • Ireland were eliminated from the World Cup as a result of this match.

Knockout stage[edit]

Quarter-final[edit]

  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • This was the last ODI for Shahid Afridi and Misbah-ul-Haq (both Pak).
  • Wahab Riaz (Pak) was fined 50% of his match fee, and Shane Watson (Aus) was fined 15% of his match fee, after a verbal encounter at the end of the 33rd over.

Pakistan at the 2019 World Cup[edit]

There were eerie similarities between Pakistan’s performance in the group stage in the 2019 and 1992 World Cups.[5]

Group stage[edit]

Points table[edit]

Source: ICC, ESPNcricinfo
Rules for classification: 1) Points; 2) Wins; 3) Net run rate; 4) Results of games between tied teams; 5) Pre-tournament seeding
(H) Host
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • Hasan Ali (Pak) played in his 50th ODI.
  • Shai Hope (WI) took his 100th catch as a wicket-keeper in international cricket.
  • Chris Gayle (WI) scored his 40th six in World Cup matches, the most by any batsman in World Cup history, surpassing AB de Villiers’s record of 37.
  • This was Pakistan’s eleventh consecutive loss, their worst winless streak in ODIs.
  • Pakistan scored their second lowest total in the Cricket World Cup, and also recorded their biggest margin of defeat in the Cricket World Cup in terms of balls remaining (218 balls).

  • England won the toss and elected to field.
  • Jason Roy (Eng) scored his 3,000th run in ODIs.
  • This was the first time England had lost a run chase in ODIs played at home since 2015, ending a streak of 16 consecutive wins when batting second.
  • England became the first team to lose a World Cup match with two players scoring centuries.

  • No toss.
  • No play was possible due to rain.


  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Pakistan were set a revised target of 302 runs from 40 overs due to rain.
  • Virat Kohli (Ind) became the ninth batsman (and fastest in terms of innings) to score 11,000 runs in ODIs (222).
  • India’s score was the highest team total against Pakistan in a World Cup match.
  • Hasan Ali conceded 84 runs, the most by a Pakistani bowler in a World Cup match.
  • Vijay Shankar (Ind) was the third bowler to take a wicket with his first ball in the World Cup.

  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Andile Phehlukwayo (SA) played in his 50th ODI.
  • Shadab Khan (Pak) took his 50th wicket in ODIs.
  • South Africa were eliminated as a result of this match, making it the first time since 2003 that they have failed to progress to the knock-out stage of a world cup.

  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Babar Azam became the fastest batsman for Pakistan, in terms of innings, to score 3,000 runs in ODIs (68).
  • Babar Azam also scored his 10th century in ODIs.

  • Afghanistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohammad Nabi (Afg) took his 200th wicket in international cricket.

Batting records[edit]

Highest team score[edit]

Highest individual innings[edit]

Highest successful run chase[edit]

Most runs[edit]

Most runs in a single tournament[edit]

Most centuries[edit]

Most fifties[edit]

Highest averages[edit]

Most sixes[edit]

Lowest team score[edit]

Most ducks[edit]

Bowling records[edit]

Most wickets[edit]

Most wickets in a single tournament[edit]

Best bowling figures[edit]

Most five-wicket hauls[edit]

Most four-wicket hauls[edit]

Wicket-keeping records[edit]

Most dismissals[edit]

Most dismissals in an innings[edit]

Most dismissals in a tournament[edit]

Fielding records[edit]

Most catches[edit]

Most catches in an innings[edit]

Most catches in a tournament[edit]

Partnership records[edit]

Highest partnership by wicket[edit]

Wicket Runs Partners Opponent Venue Year
1st 194 Saeed Anwar, Wajahatullah Wasti  New Zealand Manchester 1999
2nd 167 Ramiz Raja, Saleem Malik  England Karachi 1987
3rd 145 Amir Sohail, Javed Miandad  Zimbabwe Hobart 1992
4th 147* Zaheer Abbas, Imran Khan  New Zealand Nottingham 1983
5th 118 Misbah-ul-Haq, Umar Akmal  Kenya Hambantota 2011
6th 144 Imran Khan, Shahid Mahboob  Sri Lanka Leeds 1983
7th 74 Azhar Mahmood, Wasim Akram  West Indies Bristol 1999
8th 64 Sarfaraz Ahmed, Wahab Riaz  Australia Taunton 2019
9th 66 Abdul Razaq, Umar Gul  New Zealand Pallekele 2011
10th 54 Saqlain Mushtaq, Shoaib Akhtar  England Cape Town 2003
Source: [11]

Highest partnerships by runs[edit]

Most matches[edit]

Most matches as a player[edit]

Most matches as a captain[edit]

References[edit]


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