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00:00:01I enjoyed it thoroughly when we got our new kit. I loved the color of that kit.
00:00:05And when I got our track suits, they were beautiful as well.
00:00:09It was something very different. It was something very festive for me as a player.
00:00:14Something very new for me as a player. And I suppose for every team as well.
00:00:30The Melbourne Cricket Ground. One of the most iconic sports venues in the world.
00:00:49And host of the 1992 Cricket World Cup Final between England and Pakistan.
00:00:55What a magnificent start to this marvellous day of cricket. The World Cup Final 1992.
00:01:06The MCG staged the final match of a Cricket World Cup that had been dramatic and exciting.
00:01:13Closely fought matches, spectators in tens of thousands and innovations that catapulted cricket into the modern day era.
00:01:25Well, it was cricket entertainment, wasn't it? It was cricket appealing to the masses.
00:01:30The white ball, the black sight screens. It was color. It was, it was Palladium.
00:01:35It was fantastic. It's what cricket needed. And it delivered.
00:01:38Crowds were great.
00:01:43That's what both in C4.
00:01:45There were some good matches.
00:01:47Oh, brilliantly caught.
00:01:49Australia, New Zealand, one of the best places in my opinion, in my opinion, to play cricket.
00:01:58The 1992 World Cup had everything. It even had a decent song.
00:02:02It was the Cricket World Cup that changed the one day game. Innovations to make the matches more exciting, more competitive and easy on the eye for the players and fans alike.
00:02:25The interest that was created was massive, where the interest for the game just took off and it went through the roof.
00:02:34Whenever we see the footage, you start feeling, yeah, that was a great time.
00:02:39The fifth Cricket World Cup launched facets of the game known and loved today.
00:02:44Colored clothing, white cricket balls, black sight screens and day-night matches.
00:02:49The tournament held for the first time in Australia and New Zealand truly had a feeling of something different.
00:02:56It was very exciting for me.
00:02:58As a young cricketer, getting into the World Cup with white balls, color clothing and the black sight screens.
00:03:06It took me some time to get used to the white balls, to control the white balls because it's showing a lot more than the red balls, especially first 15 to 20 overs.
00:03:16Nine teams faced each other once in a round-robin group, with the top four teams progressing to semi-finals and eventual final.
00:03:24Expectations were high for the hosts Australia, who were the reigning champions having won in India in 1987.
00:03:29The current holders of the World Cup back here again and there is on the float one of Australia's all-time greats, Richie Benno.
00:03:39The World Cup is the pinnacle tournament for all cricketers globally.
00:03:45It's a chance for us all to come together and perform for our countries against all the best players from all the other countries.
00:03:51India was also amongst the favourites, having won the Cricket World Cup nine years earlier on English soil.
00:03:59Four years previously, their showing was also strong at the 1987 Cricket World Cup.
00:04:05Expectations were high.
00:04:06Having won the World Cup once, they had actually taken to one day cricket.
00:04:15They made changes, they thought they had a good young team.
00:04:18They had Tendulkar then, young Tendulkar coming up, Azruddin as captain and so on.
00:04:22And they were really quite confident going to Australia.
00:04:24England arrived with a strong and experienced squad, with strength in both batting and bowling.
00:04:29Pakistan were led by Imran Khan and his steely determination to succeed during the final chance of his career.
00:04:38Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe were the new emerging nations and then there was South Africa, reinstated into international cricket after the end of apartheid in 1990.
00:04:47I'd led the fight to keep them out of it, but now that we'd seen the end of apartheid and they had genuine democratic government there, it was marvellous to see them back in the fold and they've always been a significant force in world cricket since.
00:05:10South Africa was led by Kepler vessels, who'd played 24 tests for Australia during the apartheid era.
00:05:17He joined a short list of cricketers to play for two countries.
00:05:21It was a big build up to that 92 World Cup because we knew quite a long time before we actually went that we were going to go.
00:05:29So there was an enormous build up and quite a tense build up I must admit.
00:05:34The fact that we were there after 27 years of sporting isolation was almost good enough and in a way that took pressure off us.
00:05:40So for us to perform was just a bonus.
00:05:47This was the Cricket World Cup played as a league with all nine teams facing each other once in the qualifying round robin stage.
00:05:56First up in the opening game were the hosts Australia and New Zealand playing at a packed Eden Park.
00:06:01New Zealand won the toss and chose to bat, getting off to the worst possible start.
00:06:05The alarm bells hadn't rung with me in the lead up really. The fact that hang on we're playing New Zealand. In New Zealand we could get hijacked here.
00:06:19At three for 53 New Zealand was struggling and needed inspiration from their captain Martin Crowe and he delivered.
00:06:37Read back.
00:06:42And he's got it down between two fielders.
00:06:45Martin Crowe is one of the great cricket thinkers. One of the few people that I've known in cricket who can see into the future.
00:06:53Crowe introduced spin with the new ball and then Great Batch was introduced as a pinch hitter against the new ball.
00:06:59Crowe's batting, so organised technically but so adaptable, so able to play one day cricket as instinctively as he was to play test match cricket pragmatically.
00:07:12Oh what a glorious shot.
00:07:14Crowe fought the Australian attack but his partners fell regularly during this extraordinary innings.
00:07:19As New Zealand approached 200, a Chris Harris run out could have jeopardised their chances.
00:07:24Well a chance of a run out, he's gone.
00:07:27Harris, good thinking by Crowe, he kept coming.
00:07:29Once again it's broader at a cover position, makes a great save.
00:07:33Another run out, this time Chris Harris.
00:07:37We knew that man for man they were probably a better cricket team than us, they'd proven that time and time again.
00:07:42But we also knew that we had Eden Park up our sleeve.
00:07:47New Zealand still had Martin Crowe at the crease who kept on coming at Australia
00:07:51and with 99 on the board, he gave the home crowd at Eden Park what they wanted.
00:07:57A century.
00:07:59He's on 99, walls the bowler.
00:08:01And he's got it away.
00:08:03That's 100 for Cairns, that's 100 for Crowe, and they're onto the ground, oh no!
00:08:08Your best batsman should face as many deliveries as possible, in all honesty.
00:08:13And that way he can control the game, and he was our controller.
00:08:16He had that ability just to work the ball around, he ran well between the wickets.
00:08:21He was the real package.
00:08:23New Zealand's score of 248 gave Australia a real challenge, thanks mainly to Martin Crowe's master class.
00:08:30He made sure it wasn't about an individual 100, it was making sure that we got a credible total to say to Australia, are you good enough?
00:08:37As Australia began their innings, Martin Crowe unleashed his off-spinner Dipak Patel to open the bowling, a surprise tactic in one-day cricket.
00:08:47Look, it was a fantastic innovation that Martin Crowe and Warren Lees came up with.
00:08:54It was certainly very unexpected.
00:08:56He was his right arm off-spinner.
00:08:59Martin Crowe, captain of New Zealand, was the first innovative captain that bowled a spinner to open the bowling.
00:09:09And that sort of took a couple of overs to get used to, what do we do here?
00:09:12Do we attack him? Do we murk him around? We've never seen this before.
00:09:16Australia's openers began well, but Geoff Marsh was dismissed with the score on 62.
00:09:20Good bowling by Larson, Marsh going to the drive, went to play, died forward.
00:09:25When you're losing wickets, it's difficult in one-day cricket, because every time that happens, your momentum slows again.
00:09:33Dean Jones then stepped in, adding 30 runs quickly to mount pressure on New Zealand.
00:09:39We've picked up the run rate for Australia there.
00:09:42Jones, you know, he was our go-to man really in one-day cricket, he played well, unfortunately got himself out.
00:09:48And then, of course, we hit a bit of a submerged log from there.
00:09:53Dean Jones looking to put the pressure on the New Zealand fielders.
00:09:57The short boundary, and he's in trouble. He's on his way.
00:10:00Dean Jones tried to take on the fielder there.
00:10:05Australia did not look comfortable, and soon lost their captain, Alan Borda.
00:10:12Alan Borda does take some risks here. There's a fieldsman in the outfield.
00:10:15He's come around, taken the catch.
00:10:17We just put too much pressure on ourselves by losing wickets in the middle order.
00:10:22I never blame the tail when you get into those circumstances.
00:10:25It's more, you know, what should have been done.
00:10:27We got a reasonable start at the top of the order.
00:10:29The middle order just fell away, of which I was one, so I've got to put my hand up.
00:10:32Down but not out, David Boone kept Australia's hopes alive with an excellent 100.
00:10:41There's his century. It's been a very good inning for Australia. Another fine inning from David Boone.
00:10:46Whilst you've always got a gritty little player like David Boone at the crease, you're always worried, because in one day cricket you need one guy to stay and you can bat around him.
00:10:55And Boone, he set himself the task of doing that.
00:10:59But with Australia on 200, Boone was run out by Chris Harris and New Zealand sensed an upset.
00:11:08There's another chance for a run out at the direct hit and there it is. Another wicket for New Zealand.
00:11:14That's where the game changed.
00:11:16We felt comfortable after that. Once we got Boone out, we felt that, you know, we could go on and win.
00:11:22They put the pressure on our tail, which we left them too much to do, so you can't blame them for, you know, the wickets falling, you know, in a rush at the end.
00:11:33In the air, and that's gone. So may well be Australia.
00:11:39Reid has hit it in the air. That's the end of the game. That's it. New Zealand has won.
00:11:44A surprise victory here and 30,000 New Zealand supporters, well a fair percentage of them are going to make a dash to congratulate their team as they head off the ground.
00:11:56It was euphoric. Inside the dressing room it was, wow, do we just sort of do that? You know, have we just caused the biggest upset of the World Cup on day one?
00:12:04A great tournament opener, which set the precedent for a month of dramatic and exciting cricket action for both players and fans across the world.
00:12:14It was great. It was just exciting. You know, I mean, in Australia, day-night cricket, floodlights.
00:12:19It's gone again. That could be six. That's a big, long hit.
00:12:22We were happy to wear anything that was representing South Africa. We weren't fussy. I think these days the guys must be tight-fitting and this and that.
00:12:31They just wanted to play.
00:12:33It was something very different. It was something very festive for me as a player. It was fun all around.
00:12:40The 1992 Cricket World Cup started with the defeat of Australia by New Zealand in Auckland.
00:12:52A day later, England was up against India and expectations were high for both sides. For one cricket legend, the tournament's new formats and innovations were improving the spectacle of the game.
00:13:05That's what Bocam's here for, from England's point of view, to get things moving in the first 15 overs.
00:13:23One day cricket is different to test cricket, so why shouldn't you be in the coloured clothing, the white ball? And if you're going to play day-night games, if you did, the white ball makes so much sense. So, yeah, it was just another step in the direction.
00:13:39Some innovations were coming from the teams themselves, with players like Bocam opening the batting as pinch hitters.
00:13:46I've been banging on the door to open for quite some time and I felt that batting at six down the order, quite often you went in for the last couple of overs if you were playing well.
00:13:56And if you weren't, you were playing badly as a number six gets used to, then you go out there and back to the wall stuff with the tail.
00:14:03So I said I'd love to have a go. I got the opportunity. I think it went pretty well.
00:14:08Against India, Botham was out for nine, but better results would come from his new role in England's next matches.
00:14:15That's a great shot there from Graham Gooch.
00:14:20Graham Gooch combined with Robin Smith in a 120 run partnership as England put the pressure on India.
00:14:27I remember Robin Smith hitting one of the biggest sixes I've ever seen.
00:14:32Robin Smith's innings of 91 was the cornerstone of England's final score of 236. England had made their statement.
00:14:47We got off the start we wanted to. India were a dangerous side, you know, they had some quality players.
00:14:53Obviously, Tendulkar was around then and Kapal Dev played, you know, so you never know.
00:14:58India struck back with an opening partnership of 63 between Ravi Shastri and Chris Srikant.
00:15:04Later, Sachin Tendulkar's impressive 35 made an important contribution to the innings.
00:15:10We were very much in patches. We didn't really play as well as we should have.
00:15:16We had the experience during that period. We had everything, but it just wasn't coming on our side.
00:15:23It was a close finish with India's final score of 227, nine runs short of England's 236.
00:15:42India had looked tired, having been away from home for a considerable time.
00:15:47When you're three, three and a half months on a tour of Australia, you've not done that well in the test match series,
00:15:53you know, you're plagued with injuries, you know, then you can have problems.
00:15:57But having said that, you know, I still thought India, you know, had a pretty good team to go the distance.
00:16:03After that defeat, India recovered by beating Sri Lanka and then faced Australia at the Gabba in Brisbane
00:16:10in one of the most exciting matches so far in the tournament.
00:16:13Mark Taylor really finding the middle of the bat very early on. They look for three here and have to hurry.
00:16:20Starting well, Kapaldev struck early and had Australia on two for 31.
00:16:28Oh, he's done it again. He's dragged the ball back onto his stump.
00:16:32Winning the World Cup is you start playing well somewhere during the tournament.
00:16:37David Boone and Dean Jones partnership steadied the Australian innings.
00:16:41The middle order providing a much needed recovery.
00:16:44Beautiful shot, that's a huge six over the four.
00:16:49It's a magnificent shot.
00:16:51We went into the game now, it was a must win for us.
00:16:54So, you know, your planning and your preparation, we're as good as it can get.
00:17:02This was a match India had to win, but the pressure for Australia at home was also proving hard to handle.
00:17:09Oh, magnificent shot.
00:17:11Picked it up off the legs and really corroborated it.
00:17:16I don't think we went in there with huge confidence like we have done in other World Cups,
00:17:21where we're thinking, you know, if we get it right, you know, there's not too many teams that can stand in our way.
00:17:27He's gone for that one, this is in the air, this could be out.
00:17:31It is, oh, brilliantly caught.
00:17:34Absolutely magnificently caught by the DJ coming in there and what a catch that is.
00:17:41With Australia on 235, Alan Borda was Kapeldev's third wicket, prompting a collapse of the Australian tail.
00:17:49What did the Stubs do? So that's a run out.
00:17:51Walking off the ground, you sort of think, you know, we've made 237.
00:17:55You know, that's a defendable score in my opinion.
00:17:59At that ground, yeah, you always walk off thinking, I'd like a few more, but you're comfortable.
00:18:05In reply, India's openers Chris Srikant and Ravi Shastri went cheaply.
00:18:17In partnerships with Sachin Tendulkar and Kapeldev, the captain, Muhammad Azaruddin, settled the Indian innings
00:18:24and they started to look impressive.
00:18:27When you had such stars, you know, like Azar and, well, Kapil was there
00:18:32and, of course, you had Sachin who's, you know, burst onto the international scene.
00:18:37So, yeah, there were certain expectations, but cricket is like that, you know,
00:18:41some days you're up and some days you're not.
00:18:44Later, Azaruddin went for 93.
00:18:48He was followed by Sanjay Mandraka, who'd made the Australian attack sweat before he went for 47.
00:18:56Coming back for the second, he's got to be out, surely.
00:18:58It's gone, yes, good throw by McDermott.
00:19:01They had to take it on Sanjay Mandraka.
00:19:03Run out by a great throw by Craig McDermott.
00:19:06David Boone had the fouls off in a fight.
00:19:08And that could be the end for India.
00:19:10Three to tie, a boundary will win it.
00:19:14It's got that away, they have to run.
00:19:16Oh dear, oh dear, it's not even running.
00:19:19So he'll run out, so that's virtually it.
00:19:22After Pravaka was run out, the game went down to the last ball of the match.
00:19:27India needed four runs to win.
00:19:30Well, I suppose you're always thinking that hitting a boundary, that can be done.
00:19:38When he first hits it, you think, oh no.
00:19:40He's got it at six, he's got a B.
00:19:42He's coming around, that was a steep wall.
00:19:44Yeah, you've got your heart in your mouth hoping he takes the catch.
00:19:47He's dropped that.
00:19:49He's got to go back to the third, come on run.
00:19:51Good throw over the stumps.
00:19:53They're running.
00:19:55It's goal, they win by one run.
00:19:57Australia, what a finish.
00:19:59He managed to get one and a half or, yeah.
00:20:03He dropped the catch, but the throw was good enough and the funnel was not fast enough.
00:20:07So India, miss out by one run to Ty.
00:20:10The feelings after that match were one of, probably more relief than anything else.
00:20:16You were back in the tournament, albeit just.
00:20:21India had lost and was eventually knocked out of the Cricket World Cup, losing three more matches.
00:20:29I think it was a case of being in Australia for too long.
00:20:33I don't think they were confident.
00:20:34They were a demoralized lot at that stage.
00:20:36And therefore it was no real surprise that they weren't even able to qualify.
00:20:40Having won unexpectedly in 83, there were very high expectations.
00:20:44And the country went through quite a depressed phase after 92.
00:20:47India's neighbours and rivals, Pakistan, arrived in Australia lean and mean
00:20:53under the leadership of their inspirational captain, Imran Khan.
00:20:57We were the first team to land in Australia.
00:20:59We played something like ten matches before and I think that is where Imran was so clever
00:21:04because he wanted to see how the players will shape up to this strange environment
00:21:11because Australia gets to your system.
00:21:14Pakistan's record in the round robin was inconsistent.
00:21:17They lost to the West Indies in their opening game, but then went on to beat Zimbabwe.
00:21:22Next up was England, in a game they had to win.
00:21:26The Pakistan match always comes into question because we played at Adelaide in very un-Adelaide conditions.
00:21:33Dark, dank, and the ball moved around at our medium pace and pace bowlers bowled Pakistan out, I think, just over 70 runs.
00:21:45A bit of grass, overcast condition, the ball was seeming around, and 74 all out.
00:21:51And I thought of the youngster, okay, that's it for us for this World Cup.
00:21:55They were at the losing end. And then, divine intervention, and they were saved by the bell.
00:22:01Oh, they're going off. Well, they finally decided to go off.
00:22:05And we drew the game, we got one point each, and eventually that point, one point helped us to qualify for the semi-finals against New Zealand.
00:22:15That match, which saved Pakistan, in fact, won the World Cup for them.
00:22:21That point saved Pakistan's campaign, and helped them qualify for the semi-finals at the expense of Australia.
00:22:28I remember Imran telling me, or telling the team at the time, I said, look, this is God helping us.
00:22:34Australia's Cricket World Cup campaign was not going to plan, having lost their first two games, and then defeated India by only one run.
00:22:42Two weeks into the tournament, they faced England, and Ian Botham.
00:22:47Something about Australia brings the best out of beef, he always did.
00:22:50He just loved taking on the Aussies and beating them.
00:22:54Botham striking.
00:22:56No, I wasn't 100% fit, because I had a back injury, and then coming back from that surgery, I'd never going to be the same cricketer.
00:23:02But I still could do a job.
00:23:04Australia had lost four wickets, but their skipper, Alan Borda, was settling in.
00:23:09Graham Gooch turned to the one player he knew could make a difference, Ian Botham.
00:23:15A great ball to Alan Borda, if I remember.
00:23:17Knit one back or something and got him bowled.
00:23:22Bould him!
00:23:23And he gave us this little shuffling dance.
00:23:25Neck and a crop.
00:23:28And then he did a strange little thing there, yes, I don't know quite what that was.
00:23:32Yeah, I enjoyed it, and also it wound the opposition up.
00:23:34And I used to like winding the opposition up.
00:23:36And that's why they loved him so much.
00:23:38Botham's role as a pinch hitter was finally a revelation.
00:23:41He scored 53 as Australia's attack desperately tried to pin back England's run rate.
00:23:47That's the sort of thing that Botham will do to try and annoy the Australian bowlers.
00:23:52Throughout your career, you know, some players had the wood over teams.
00:23:57And Ian always reserved his best performances for Australia.
00:24:01He got four wickets in that match, if I remember.
00:24:03As you say, took out the captain and took out the heart of the Australian team.
00:24:08And that's 53 in Botham, and the crowd have enjoyed every one of them.
00:24:12Botham eventually out for 53, but the damage was done,
00:24:16and Australia's chances of reaching the semi-finals were in jeopardy.
00:24:26The Pakistan-South Africa game was one of the most memorable matches of the tournament,
00:24:30not because of the contest, but for one special moment.
00:24:35The South Africa-Pakistan match in Brisbane really grabbed the imagination of the South African public,
00:24:39and it always goes back to the John T. Rose dive.
00:24:43We had literally two games left of which we had to win both to qualify.
00:24:46We batted first.
00:24:47It wasn't all, from a batting point of view, that easy.
00:24:51Not easy at all.
00:24:52Skipper Vessels dismissed for seven runs with South Africa on 31.
00:24:56Oh, that's out.
00:24:57Caught behind.
00:24:58Surely you're here.
00:24:59Oh, that's got to be out.
00:25:00The strategy for Wanda cricket then was totally different to what it is now.
00:25:04From then it was pretty much a bull for the first 15 overs,
00:25:07try and not lose wickets for around 60 after 15.
00:25:10And then because you used two wide balls, reverse swing didn't really come into it.
00:25:14So your attacking overs were from, say, over 35 to 50 with wickets in hand.
00:25:19So that was how the game was played.
00:25:21South Africa was four for 111 after Mark Rashmi was caught off Mushtag Ahmed.
00:25:27The scene bowlers got some swing.
00:25:28There was, like, a lot of bounce available.
00:25:30Both teams had good pace attacks.
00:25:32And the game was on the night fish right throughout.
00:25:36On a lively wicket, South Africa pushed on to a total of 198 with just six wickets down.
00:25:43Oh, and that should have been caught.
00:25:46It's gone straight through his hands.
00:25:48And this sort of fielding must be driving Imran mad.
00:25:51South Africa eventually scored 211 from their full 50 overs.
00:25:56But was it enough?
00:25:58We were probably 20 or 30 runs short in the last couple of overs
00:26:01because we literally had no idea where the ball was being bowled.
00:26:04Dave Richardson walked off and just went,
00:26:05Sorry, guys, I must have looked stupid.
00:26:07But I didn't know where the ball was going.
00:26:09South Africa had to attack Pakistan's openers
00:26:13to have any chance of progressing further in the tournament.
00:26:16Their attack was making an impression in a match they had to win.
00:26:20We played really well in defending that title.
00:26:24We bowled well, we fielded well.
00:26:26We realised the strength of the South African team,
00:26:29you know, especially their bowling,
00:26:31because the conditions suited them really well.
00:26:33Inzamam al-Hak was Pakistan's new batting sensation
00:26:37at the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
00:26:39Young and hungry, his batting could turn a game quickly.
00:26:43Oh, he's hit that superbly.
00:26:45Fieldsman can't get it.
00:26:46Superb strength.
00:26:47Inzamam had just entered international arena
00:26:51and Imran straightaway picked him as another match winner.
00:26:54Imran Khan's instincts were correct
00:26:57and his young protege took on the South African attack
00:27:00with a partnership of 85 alongside his captain Imran Khan.
00:27:04Inzamam and Imran Khan were batting really well together.
00:27:08They were achieving the required rate.
00:27:10And for us it was, you know, we needed a wicket quite desperately.
00:27:13Punished by the brilliance of youth, flair and experience,
00:27:16South Africa needed a breakthrough.
00:27:19Oh, not interested. Inzamam could be run out.
00:27:21And Jonty Rhodes has demolished the stumps.
00:27:25The run-out was a typical Jonty Rhodes run-out.
00:27:28I was running towards the wicket, tripped over my laces
00:27:30and some guy took a great picture.
00:27:33An almost feline, low centre of gravity.
00:27:37A better man you could not find than Jonty Rhodes.
00:27:41He was quite a lumbering runner, so I backed myself to beat him to the crease.
00:27:46Jonty Rhodes knew there was a chance, decided not to throw.
00:27:49Suddenly I could see out the corner of my eye that he was getting home quicker than I'd anticipated.
00:27:53So for me the fastest way to get to the stumps over those last two metres was through the air.
00:27:58He gets there first and wipes everything out.
00:28:02It's one of the greatest cricketing moments of all time.
00:28:05You know, that Inzamam run-out was the turning point.
00:28:07And that probably turned the game in our favour.
00:28:12Pakistan's batting collapsed after Inzamam was run-out.
00:28:16And they eventually lost to South Africa in a rain-affected match by 20 runs.
00:28:27South Africa went on to qualify for the semi-finals, winning two of their remaining three matches.
00:28:33They joined New Zealand, who topped the table by winning seven of their eight matches.
00:28:38And England joined them after their solid campaign of five wins and two losses.
00:28:43Pakistan made up the final four by winning all of their remaining three matches,
00:28:48qualifying by one point ahead of Australia and the West Indies.
00:28:53It was exciting. I thought it was brilliantly organised in Australia.
00:28:56Every team played each other once first and the top four went through.
00:29:01I thought that was a very fair way of formatting the tournament.
00:29:05So if you finished in the top four out of those seven games, you deserve to be in the semi-final.
00:29:08You deserve to be in the semi-final.
00:29:12The semi-final was one of the greatest matches that I've covered in one-day cricket.
00:29:20Against New Zealand, we Pakistanis at the time, we were always very confident that we can beat them.
00:29:28Semi-final was one of the greatest matches that I have covered in one day cricket.
00:29:36Against New Zealand, we Pakistanis at the time were always very confident that we can
00:29:41beat them.
00:29:42They had Amran Khan, they had Wazi Makram, they had Aakib Javad, they had Pace.
00:29:46The Cricket World Cup had now reached the semi-final stage and New Zealand winners of
00:29:52seven out of eight round-robin matches faced Pakistan.
00:29:58From then on, Pakistan was Pakistan, the real Pakistan, under Amran Khan.
00:30:05It's going to be a great battle, a great Wazi Makram who very swiftly comes in for the first
00:30:10ball of the semi-final.
00:30:14We knew that any team playing at home and if they're on a winning streak, they're bound
00:30:19to lose one because there's so much pressure on them, expectations are so high.
00:30:26Swing and a mess, well there's the nerves for Mark Wright-Batch, he's been the star of the
00:30:30bat for New Zealand along with Martin Crowe.
00:30:32There were players within there we knew that could hurt us but could they handle the pressure?
00:30:36You know, could we beat them if we posted a score, could we defend it?
00:30:42Losing Mark Wright-Batch was a bit of a dent to us because he was so punishing and he
00:30:55was so damaging to the opposition and you could see when you lose key players the opposition's
00:31:00reaction to that.
00:31:01Mark Wright-Match was sensational during that 92 World Cup.
00:31:04We were quite afraid of his caliber and the form that he was in but he was undone by a beautiful
00:31:09slow delivery by Aakib.
00:31:11The match didn't start well for New Zealand, having lost two openers for 39 runs and it
00:31:16was time for Captain Martin Crowe to shine.
00:31:21Beautiful stroke, he just waited on it.
00:31:24Martin Crowe innings was simply outstanding, I mean, best player on the biggest occasion and
00:31:31he did it again and this was Imran Khan, this was Imran Khan, this was Imran Khan, this
00:31:36is a pretty damn good bowling attack that he manufactured around that day.
00:31:40Martin Crowe pulls the first ball away for four, there's no doubt a battle for Martin Crowe
00:31:47is in top touch here at Eden Park.
00:31:50Absolutely fearless and rising to the occasion.
00:31:53Champions play the best game when it matters most and what a game he played, in fact right
00:32:08throughout the World Cup he was outstanding.
00:32:10That's gone, into the stand, yes well Michael Crowe's certainly looking to dominate now and he's
00:32:20going to one of the shorter boundaries.
00:32:22New Zealand's run rate gathered pace under the partnership of Crowe and Ken Rutherford who
00:32:27led a merciless onslaught against the Pakistan attack.
00:32:31This is a tremendous partnership building up here.
00:32:34They really did build this understanding of how to have momentum and what we needed to
00:32:41be competitive or what we needed to win.
00:32:44And into the gap and no third man, that'll be four. Imran doesn't know what to do.
00:32:53In the midst of his innings Martin Crowe became injured but carried on with a runner.
00:32:58Had he pushed himself too far during the tournament.
00:33:01Martin Crowe pulled a hamstring and we didn't know to what extent, how bad it was.
00:33:06But it was to the point where he needed a runner.
00:33:09And whether that was the stress of having batted so long so often in the tournament,
00:33:14had come to pass and that was just too much for his body to handle.
00:33:18Of course we'll never know but the fact of the matter is he did.
00:33:22Crowe's heroic innings of 91 put his team right back into the match.
00:33:26Eventually he'd go on to be voted undisputed man of the series.
00:33:30Outstanding innings.
00:33:32There was a player that I liked after Dave Richards.
00:33:36It would be Martin Crowe because Martin Crowe was technically so good.
00:33:40Side on, stylish player.
00:33:42And he would take on the opposition, take on fast bowling like nobody else during his era.
00:33:47He was outstanding and what a knock he played.
00:33:49I mean, you know, hitting was seen for six over square leg was a special shot.
00:33:57They played hard.
00:33:58And I think the best thing happened for us.
00:34:00Martin Crowe got injured while batting.
00:34:02He got 90 odd and then he got injured and that helped the cause.
00:34:05Seven for two, 61.
00:34:11Gavin Larson and Ian Smith were still there as New Zealand reached 262 after 50 overs.
00:34:18Game on.
00:34:19It was 30 more than we thought we needed.
00:34:24And we were pretty confident going into the half time break except I pulled a hamstring.
00:34:31And I had to tell the team that if I was to play in Melbourne, I had to put my hammy up and try and rest it in basically 72 hours.
00:34:42And therefore John Wright had to go out and captain the side.
00:34:49262 was a big chase for Pakistan.
00:34:52But Imran Khan not impressed and told his team to dig deep.
00:34:57He gave a speech to the boys.
00:34:59He said, look, you've got to strike back like a cornered tiger.
00:35:03A cornered tiger is the one who then attacks.
00:35:06Defining moment when Imran Khan says to his team, come out and fight like cornered tigers.
00:35:13And they did.
00:35:14Martin Crowe's tournament innovation of having spin bowler Deepak Patel open the bowling paid off almost immediately against Pakistan.
00:35:24We'd realised that we had to come up with something different.
00:35:27Warren Lees had left that board and brand new balls in my room and said, you know, start having a little tweak with them and see how you feel.
00:35:34However, not one to be outdone by tactics, Imran Khan came up with an innovation of his own.
00:35:41And Imran made that massive decision to promote himself of the otter, batting at number three.
00:35:47Imagine a captain making that decision in the semi-final of the World Cup.
00:35:52He wanted to make a statement.
00:35:53This is me.
00:35:54This is my time.
00:35:55And I'm going to win this World Cup for us.
00:35:58That's it well.
00:36:01That's it hard down to third man.
00:36:03Again, only one run.
00:36:06You know, if you don't disguise it well enough, those guys will eat you for breakfast and lunch and dinner.
00:36:10And he did.
00:36:11And he played some great shots.
00:36:12A little bit of something, you know, probably didn't quite mean to place it that fine at
00:36:16a third man or whatever.
00:36:17But hey, when it's your day, you're rock and rolling.
00:36:21That's very, very firmly struck through mid-on.
00:36:25Pitched up by Danny Morrison.
00:36:26Cammy's rider not really needing to move his feet much.
00:36:29They're certainly not deciding to.
00:36:30I was working away nicely with Imran and we got a partnership going.
00:36:35And Imran, I think it was the first time that he was batting it.
00:36:40That'll be four more.
00:36:41This time Danny Morrison dropping short.
00:36:42Rami's rider in complete control of his shot.
00:36:43We needed aggression up front because in those days, to get a total of 260 was extremely
00:36:47steep.
00:36:48In modern day times, it'd be like getting a 300 target.
00:36:49So we had to get going straight away, which we did.
00:36:55And that's another great shot from Imran.
00:36:56Imran Khan taking the offensive.
00:36:57We thought to ourselves, well, we only have to get rid of these guys.
00:37:02Only have to get rid of one of these.
00:37:03We only have to open one end up.
00:37:04But unfortunately, we kept saying it for about 35 overs, you know?
00:37:05And that makes it too tough.
00:37:06And it's a tough one.
00:37:07We only have to get rid of these guys.
00:37:08Only have to get rid of one of these.
00:37:09We only have to open one end up.
00:37:10But unfortunately, we kept saying that for about 35 overs, you know?
00:37:11And that makes it too tough.
00:37:12Vance coming back for it.
00:37:13Could be a good catch.
00:37:14It is a super catch.
00:37:15It is a super catch.
00:37:16And the last time, it would be like getting a 300 target.
00:37:17And the last time, it would be like getting a 300 target.
00:37:18And the last time, it would be like getting a 300 target.
00:37:20So we had to get going straight away, which we did.
00:37:21That's another great shot from Imran.
00:37:22Imran Khan taking the offensive.
00:37:23We thought to ourselves, well, we only have to get rid of these guys.
00:37:24Only have to get rid of one of these.
00:37:25We only have to open one end up.
00:37:27But unfortunately, we kept saying that for about 35 overs, you know?
00:37:30And that makes it too tough.
00:37:32Vance coming back for it.
00:37:37Could be a good catch.
00:37:38It is a super catch.
00:37:40Yes, it was a good innings.
00:37:42It could have been a lot better.
00:37:44And I played one in the air against the wind.
00:37:46And Danny Morrison took a very, very good catch, actually.
00:37:49I distinctly remember going out and there was that air of real confidence
00:37:53and saying, well, we're on our way to Melbourne.
00:37:55Ramiz Raja went for 44 with his team 2 for 84.
00:37:59The tactic of holding and getting the innings established had worked.
00:38:04They were led by Imran Khan.
00:38:06Now, that's power.
00:38:07You know, when Imran speaks, everyone sort of listens.
00:38:10And he ruled that team.
00:38:13He went up and down the batting order because he backed himself to be the man.
00:38:18Not getting the batsman too much width.
00:38:20He smashed that one.
00:38:22Beautifully hit down the ground.
00:38:24Way up into the terraces.
00:38:26What a magnificent straight six that was.
00:38:29Imran is going to cut loose.
00:38:30You know, you're playing 50 over cricket and it gets dominated by batsmen, really.
00:38:35And on that pitch was a bit like, for a lot of those guys, playing in Pakistan.
00:38:39You know, it was brown.
00:38:40It was shaven.
00:38:41It was pretty benign.
00:38:42And pace off the ball was ideal.
00:38:44At that point, Javed Meandad stepped in to partner Imran Khan.
00:38:53Good shot.
00:38:54Beautifully placed by Meandad.
00:38:55That's four.
00:38:56Good shot.
00:38:57But there was a problem with Pakistan's premier batsman.
00:39:01Month or two before the World Cup, he got used to eating betel nuts and chewing tobacco,
00:39:09which really damages inside the membrane of his stomach.
00:39:13Every time he ran a single or a couple of runs, he would crouch on the ground.
00:39:20He would get hold of the handle of the bat and he always looked in pain.
00:39:25Imran Khan was eventually caught by Chris Harris.
00:39:29His impact on the match had been huge and cued Javed Meandad to join Inzamam al-Haq in a match-winning partnership.
00:39:37Inzamam was struggling.
00:39:38I think early on in the World Cup, we batted at number three.
00:39:41But Imran and we all knew how great talent he is.
00:39:44So Imran said, okay, instead of him batting at number three, I'll go at number three.
00:39:49He should come at number five or six because then the ball will be slightly older
00:39:54and he was able to play.
00:39:55He showed in that semi-final.
00:39:57The inning he played, he got 50 out of 30 balls and he won us a game out of nowhere.
00:40:03It was between the two fielders.
00:40:07Just four and this guy is a dangerous batsman.
00:40:12In that match when I was batting, Imran advised me to play my natural game.
00:40:21So I played my natural game.
00:40:24Javed, who was at the other end, told me to defend a few as well and occupy the crease.
00:40:31He was the senior player in 1992.
00:40:38It's gone right over.
00:40:41That fielder, for a moment, would have thought the wind was going to hold it up.
00:40:44The way he played the innings, you know, it was total aggression, sensational hitting
00:40:58against the wind, you know, wind can be a real problem for bowlers and batsmen in New
00:41:03Zealand, but, you know, he just took it to a different level in that innings, brilliant.
00:41:09Inzamam al-Haq played the innings of his life, but it nearly didn't happen, but for the
00:41:15brilliant captaincy of Imran Khan.
00:41:17That's four, take it away.
00:41:21Inzi was throwing up all the night before, he didn't want to go and bat.
00:41:26Oh, he's got that one away, right into the middle of the gap, four.
00:41:31So it was a big blow because Imran always felt that Inzi had the talent to pull it off.
00:41:37I think the odds are certainly in favour of Pakistan at the moment.
00:41:40Imran had basically to force him.
00:41:44He's got that one away too, exactly the same place.
00:41:48Imran wrote down the playing eleven without the name of Inzamam al-Haq.
00:41:53Just as he was about ten yards outside the dressing room, came back again and asked Inzi.
00:42:00He said to me that no matter how sick you are feeling, you'll have to play.
00:42:09I, of course, obliged.
00:42:11I took a few breaks during my innings against New Zealand to help me, but to begin with, I didn't think I'd be playing at all.
00:42:17But Imran had confidence in me, and he thought if I scored, our team would win.
00:42:30I think it would be a good idea.
00:42:31Make up your own mind.
00:42:32Pakistan was on four for 227 when Imran was run out.
00:42:37Oh, and he's got Imran.
00:42:38He's got Imran.
00:42:39He's got Imran.
00:42:40Imran.
00:42:41Imran Al-Haq is unrun out.
00:42:43They have tried it once too often.
00:42:45That was a crucial body blow to us, that he came out and did it so quickly.
00:42:50It poured pressure on our bowlers where they hadn't had pressure.
00:42:53It made us change the bowling plans, which we hadn't done before in the field placings.
00:42:57And it was in innings of real brilliance.
00:43:01The target was now in sight.
00:43:04All Pakistan had to do was pass it.
00:43:07It's called it.
00:43:08Man out there at square leg.
00:43:09He's defending.
00:43:10It's going fine.
00:43:11It could go all the way.
00:43:12It's coming around quickly.
00:43:13We die.
00:43:14That's four runs.
00:43:15And Pakistan have won the first semi-final in Park.
00:43:19A magnificent performance by Jarvan Meehan.
00:43:22Into the middle half.
00:43:23And against Pakistan in that semi-final, they just wanted it more.
00:43:28That game was the ultimate.
00:43:29I think I couldn't sleep for about a couple of days after winning the semi-finals.
00:43:32Still shell-shocked that we have qualified for the finals.
00:43:36Pakistan was through to their first ever Cricket World Cup final.
00:43:42For their captain, the ambition to win it went beyond the sport that he loved.
00:43:48My motivation was not personal ambitions or personal success.
00:43:56My driving force was that we needed to win the World Cup to build a cancer hospital.
00:44:06The second semi-final of the 1992 Cricket World Cup took place at the famous Sydney Cricket Ground.
00:44:25For the South African team, it had been a journey of great pride and joy.
00:44:30That was the incredible thing about playing in 1992.
00:44:33Even though there wasn't yet a democracy, there was so much support from the entire country.
00:44:37The reception from everybody across all cultures and races was incredible.
00:44:42And I think that support had been throughout the tournament.
00:44:45Apartheid had kept South Africa out of international sport for two decades.
00:44:55The man who played an influential role in ending apartheid was the former Australian Prime Minister, Bob Hawke.
00:45:02I think the fact that we did lead the fight against apartheid and I recognised the role of Australia.
00:45:08I think that gives them a feeling of particular warmth towards Australia.
00:45:14So there is, I think, underlying, even if it's not openly expressed,
00:45:19I think there is an underlying affection for Australia because of that.
00:45:23And we both play aggressive cricket and attractive cricket.
00:45:32It was an exciting time for South Africa, now back playing international cricket.
00:45:37Their team was led by Kepler Vessels at the 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup.
00:45:47Well, a very special time from a South African sporting point of view.
00:45:50Back for the first time after so many years into a big international event.
00:45:55So it was daunting at the same time, but it was also very exciting.
00:45:59No one knew much about the South African team per se going into the 1992 World Cup.
00:46:05But we knew a fair bit about Kepler Vessels.
00:46:08You know, me personally, I played with Kepler here in Queensland
00:46:12and obviously for Australia for a number of years.
00:46:14So I knew that they'd be a very well-prepared and disciplined cricket team.
00:46:19The South Africans lit up the round-robin stage, winning five of their eight matches.
00:46:24The highlight being Jonty Rhodes' unforgettable run-out of Inzumarmul Huck.
00:46:29The umpire not interested in Inzumarm, could be run out.
00:46:33And Jonty Rhodes has demolished the stunts.
00:46:36Well, we started really well.
00:46:38And once we'd beaten Pakistan, we beat Zimbabwe, and we were really on a roll.
00:46:43Welcome to the SCG for this second semi between England and South Africa.
00:46:50Kepler, not too worried about the rain?
00:46:57Yeah, it is a calculated risk, but if it rains while we're bowling, it's not too bad.
00:47:01The problem comes if you're batting tonight and it rains.
00:47:03It's going to be a good game. The weather conditions look a bit suspect, but you can't worry about that.
00:47:08You've got to get on with it.
00:47:12In the air and wide there. If that had been a third slip, it would have taken a catch.
00:47:16However, a good delivery.
00:47:18We didn't have our best day at the tournament.
00:47:20I won the toss under helpful conditions.
00:47:23Decided to bowl first, which was a good decision.
00:47:26But we just weren't as good as we were with the ball during different times in that tournament.
00:47:32Good shot, straight down the ground. That's what he's there for.
00:47:38England's openers settled in early with Ian Botham, enjoying his role as a pinch hitter.
00:47:44Send out to get on with it.
00:47:46It was an aging team. We were, a few of us getting, well, I was certainly well into the twilight of my career.
00:47:52And the body was finished, but I still could do a job, so, yeah, I enjoyed it.
00:48:02Oh, what a ball being appealed there for court behind. He's given him out. He's given him out.
00:48:06That didn't lift back.
00:48:08Gooch is on his way.
00:48:10It was a tight game. South Africa are always tough to beat.
00:48:13You know, very competitive, in-your-face type cricketers.
00:48:16South Africa rattled Ian Botham, who lost his wicket not long after Graham Gooch.
00:48:22England was in trouble early in their innings at 39 for two.
00:48:26Graham Hick then stepped in and got a lucky call.
00:48:29A couple of vessels nearly had a heart attack there at first lip.
00:48:35We bowled a few wide, a few no balls.
00:48:38One of those no balls resulted in me catching Graham Hick at first lip when he was on nought.
00:48:42So that was very expensive. A mistake that cost us dearly.
00:48:46It was tough luck. Hick's partnership of 71 with Alex Stewart helped push England's run rate up and gave them the advantage.
00:48:54Into the pitch and bounced straight over Johnty Rhodes' head.
00:49:01Got him. Brilliantly done.
00:49:04Alex Stewart was dismissed for 33.
00:49:09I always felt we were winning that game. That was a thing.
00:49:11And what people do forget is that South Africa slowed down their overrate when they were bowling.
00:49:16And I think they only bowled, was it 45, 46 overs, top whack.
00:49:21South Africa's slow run rate didn't deter England's middle order, who scored impressively to keep their run rate up.
00:49:28He's got that way square. That'll be four. Good shot.
00:49:32So I think we had a pretty decent attack. Graham Hick really played well.
00:49:35I mean, there weren't many people scoring at a strike rate of close to 100 in limited overs cricket way back in 1992.
00:49:41We weren't expecting to ball them out for 200. I mean, they were a good, England were a good side if they got going. We knew that.
00:49:46But there was that lovely touch of class about his play. And no better example than that stroke away through extra cover.
00:49:58South Africa's slow overrate continued as Hick was dismissed for 83.
00:50:03John D. Rhodes in the way. And anything close to him is going to be hauled down as he pulled that one down, two handed.
00:50:10Eventually, at 6.10pm, the scheduled close of play for the first innings, the players were called off the field after 45 overs.
00:50:18It's gone again. That could be six. That's a big, long hit. Just bounces over the fence. Great over for England.
00:50:25250 was a good score. And with a good bowling side, you know, with our variety, and our fielding was good as well.
00:50:33We thought we could protect that, so we were confident.
00:50:35And the players coming off the ground after 45 overs. That's a disappointing aspect.
00:50:39They only received 45 overs, but England have done very well. Six for 252.
00:50:44In the end, I still felt that we restricted England to a total that we could get.
00:50:50And our run chase, our run chase wasn't a bad one. We were sort of on target. Rain was always going to be a problem.
00:50:59Those words proved ominous as South Africa began their run chase.
00:51:04Welcome back to the FCG. Well, we've got a game on our hands here.
00:51:07Even though they were only permitted 45 overs by the South Africans. Six for 252 England. That's a terrific score.
00:51:15And I can tell you it'll be no easy target for the South Africans to reach.
00:51:20That was a very loose delivery from Lewis. Put away for four.
00:51:31England's first breakthrough came when Kepler Vessels was dismissed with South Africa's score on 26.
00:51:37He's gone. That's the wicked of England wanted.
00:51:41Kepler Vessels up for 17. It's one for 26.
00:51:44England's supporters who were getting a name for themselves as the Barmy Army had more joy when danger man Peter Kirsten went next.
00:51:53What a delivery. What a blow for England.
00:51:58The Freitas has removed the danger man for South Africa.
00:52:04The big scorer in this World Cup, Peter Kirsten.
00:52:07Here's the Freitas.
00:52:10With South Africa wobbling at two for 61 England's fans went wild.
00:52:16The Barmy Army actually probably started in that World Cup in 1992.
00:52:22These guys followed the run all over.
00:52:25And that's gone straight down to square leg. It's going to be out. It's well held. Not a problem at all.
00:52:30Graham Hick, Ladson Small has earned this wicked.
00:52:33Jonty Rhodes stepped in to post South Africa's second highest score of 43 just when they needed it.
00:52:40Long way to carry down there.
00:52:43And finally South Africa reached the boundary.
00:52:45I got 40-odd in the game but I don't remember how I got them.
00:52:48I slashed a couple over sort of slips and inside edged a few to mid wickets and ran really hard.
00:52:53I mean it's a big field at Sydney at the SCG.
00:52:56And there was a lot of runs available.
00:52:58I think we'd been bogged down a bit in this sort of middle period so the run rate had gone up quite high.
00:53:05Again he's gone for this time. Lewis is underneath. He's going to catch it.
00:53:11Rhodes was eventually out.
00:53:13But South Africa was going steadily.
00:53:16David Richardson joined Brian McMillan to maintain the momentum.
00:53:21We had Brian McMillan to wicket. David Richardson. They were going quite well. The game could have gone either way.
00:53:25Fair brother again. Throws wide. He's safe. We have excellent running. South Africa still in this match.
00:53:30And the rain came.
00:53:32Well the situation is we're in the 43rd over. At the end of 42 South Africa would need 251. At the end of 43 South Africa would need 252.
00:53:47It was only 12 minutes of rain but it was enough to ruin South Africa's hopes of reaching the final. In an incident that eventually led to the introduction of the Duckworth Lewis system.
00:53:57As the rain started to fall I knew we were in trouble because I knew exactly how the calculation was going to go.
00:54:03And once we'd been off the field for like 10 or 12 minutes whenever we went back in on we were going to struggle.
00:54:09And that's exactly what happened which was unfortunate.
00:54:12When play resumed South Africa's batsmen Brian McMillan and Dave Richardson were confronted by this.
00:54:19The scoreboard has gone up that South Africa need 22 to win from seven balls.
00:54:23There was confusion even on the scoreboard.
00:54:25And Ian Chappell has some further information.
00:54:28Yes Richie we've got a strange situation here because Alan Jordan has just come back to me and said that the umpires have come back to him.
00:54:35And they've changed it to say that there is only one ball remaining.
00:54:38One day cricket as you know there's a time span for it. There's time allocated and you can't go over that time.
00:54:44Of course when it came to the end of the match when it was really close and there was a bit of a rain delay and whatever and the recalculation come out and they wanted 22 off one ball.
00:54:54Everyone said what ridiculous rain delay. But people do forget what happened earlier in the game. When they are under pressure they slowed it down.
00:55:01The Bionns have no sympathies for South Africa because they use it as a tactic. They are entitled to do that. Did it penalise them in the end? Probably.
00:55:08Now it's a disappointing. In comes Chris Lewis to buy the final delivery. It's pushed away to mid-wicket.
00:55:15You can see that all the players are disappointed with that end. The crowd will roar here at the Sydney Cricket Ground.
00:55:20So at the end it's England and a disappointing finish to a wonderful match. Disappointed Brian McMillan.
00:55:26Well the end of the match was very emotional. It was the end of a two month stint full of pressure and full of highlights and a few disappointments as well.
00:55:41So for it to come down to what was amounted to 22 runs off one delivery was naturally devastating.
00:55:48The only thing I really remember was Merrick Pringle standing outside the dressing room at the SCG holding the banister and tears literally. He was crying.
00:55:56South Africa, they got to the semi-final and they told everybody we're back and we're here to stay.
00:56:02They played the game with a lot of flair and a lot of thought and they were a definite plus point for world cricket and for that tournament.
00:56:09So England the victors here at the SCG in the second semi-final of the Benson Hedges World Cup of 1992.
00:56:15We say goodbye from the Sydney Cricket Ground.
00:56:19England through to their second consecutive Cricket World Cup final.
00:56:27All that stood between them was Imran Khan and his cornered Tigers.
00:56:36When I got LNN and I think me and Pakistan team thought, in fact the whole Pakistan thought at the time, the World Cup is ours.
00:56:45Melbourne Australia was the final destination for the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
00:57:04The host city welcomed both the England and Pakistan teams after a dinner reception that didn't go quite to plan.
00:57:11There was about 600, 800 people there. Both teams there the night before the final compulsory.
00:57:16It just wouldn't happen and it shouldn't have happened then.
00:57:19We went along to it. When you're preoccupied, all you're thinking about is the final the next day.
00:57:23And we paraded in, sat down and then in the wisdom of Cricket Australia, they decided to have this comedian on.
00:57:32It was her intention to privatise my real family.
00:57:37About as funny as...
00:57:40Anyway, I won't go into that.
00:57:42Apparently, we voted to come in as the Foster's Royal Family.
00:57:47My head's on spinning anyways, I don't want to be there.
00:57:50And I'm thinking about the final and I just said, I don't need this.
00:57:53And I got up and walked out.
00:57:56Myself and Ian, obviously very proud of our heritage, of our country, of our Queen and all it stands for.
00:58:02We thought it was completely in bad taste and we just got out and when he was performing we just walked straight out.
00:58:07I remember very clearly that Imran looked over at the stage and had a bit of a chuckle saying, look, it's only the Colonials that are left.
00:58:14Myself, born in Barbados. Dermot Reeves, born in Hong Kong. Chris Lewis, born in Diana. Robert Smith, born in Sam.
00:58:21It was only the Colonials that was left in the room ten minutes into this show.
00:58:26As we went down the staircase to get in the cast to go to the ground for the final, the world's press was there.
00:58:32But then Prime Minister Paul Keating had said, well, I don't like impersonators.
00:58:36Probably any more than the England cricketers, David. I mean, that's their problem.
00:58:40And I just turned and said, well, I'm very proud of my heritage and my country. Unlike you, we have a heritage.
00:58:46And that made me feel a bit better.
00:58:50This was England's third World Cup final and Pakistan's first. For both teams, it was a nervous occasion.
00:58:57I woke up early. I had early night, obviously with the World Cup final. You know, you're not supposed to have a late night anyway.
00:59:03It's a World Cup final. It's the ultimate dream for any sports person.
00:59:07You try and treat it, as we all said, try and treat it as just another game.
00:59:11Well, it was more than just another game, obviously, because you don't get to too many World Cup finals.
00:59:15Pakistan's appearance owed much to their inspirational captain, Imran Khan.
00:59:20His leadership and man management skills had gelled together a tight unit of committed and competitive players who had one goal, to win the Cricket World Cup.
00:59:31Imran was an extremely honest leader and picked the team on merit.
00:59:36I was saying breakfast in the morning and I saw the newspaper. I went straight to the sports page and the heading was,
00:59:41I want Vaseem to bowl fast. I want him to bowl express. And that was coming from Imran Khan.
00:59:49That gave me so much confidence as a young cricketer.
00:59:53When Imran backed you, it meant you played. When Imran said, sorry, you're not going to make it to the playing 11,
00:59:59we knew that even if we went anywhere for help, we'll not get it because Imran was the last, last word on everything when he was the captain.
01:00:08Imran Khan had inspired his team to play like cornered tigers throughout the tournament.
01:00:19I see you've got your tiger on again. You want him to play like cornered tigers?
01:00:22Yes, that's the motto recently and they've done a great job. You know, they've played like tigers, especially the younger boys, you know.
01:00:29They haven't been overawed by any situation.
01:00:31He got us in a corner and he said, I want you to fight like this. I said, fight like what skipper? He said, fight like cornered tigers.
01:00:38You know what happens when tiger gets cornered? He attacks back.
01:00:41Pakistan now faced England in the final at the famous Melbourne Cricket Ground.
01:00:46Led by Graham Gooch, England had been one of the strongest sides throughout the tournament.
01:00:52We had a good team of experienced cricketers. There was no novices in our team. They'd all been playing for a number of years.
01:00:59We had a lot of skill and depth.
01:01:07I still remember Imran Khan telling us when he had come out after doing the toss that the captain looked just a little bit nervous and it was Graham Gooch.
01:01:15We are delighted to be here, front of the full house of Melbourne. It's our object to reach the World Cup Final. We obviously like to win it, but we hope it's a good game of cricket.
01:01:24The World Cup Final, 1992.
01:01:2788,000 or whatever it was at the MCG. I'm not sure how many Australians are actually supporting England.
01:01:33I think there's probably more siding on the side of Pakistan because of the Australian-England rivalry anyway.
01:01:39But we had good support. We had really good support.
01:01:42The match did not start well for Pakistan. They were two for 24 when Derek Pringle, one of England's most consistent bowlers, lined up Rammys Raja.
01:01:51I felt, you know, with the two new balls that were swinging, I was a threat and it's always nice to feel that.
01:01:57Yes. Looked as though it had to be desperately close. Steve Buckner took his time.
01:02:09I still feel that the ball that hit me and got me out leg before wicket was a little high because it hit my thigh.
01:02:15Perhaps the only doubt about the height of the ball, but Steve Buckner deciding the ball was on target.
01:02:20After that, Pakistan's two most senior players, Imran Khan, the captain, and his deputy, Javed Meyandad, dug in.
01:02:29Quite frankly, they'd been rivals. There was no love loss at all.
01:02:35It was deep mutual respect, but also indefinitely edge, big edge.
01:02:46Really trying to consolidate here.
01:02:48That long partnership between Javed and Imran, it's such an extraordinary partnership.
01:02:54They lose some early wickets and Javed and Imran are going along at one or two and over.
01:03:00Imran Khan allows himself a right grin.
01:03:03Him and Meyad are blocked, blocked, blocked.
01:03:06This is a one-day final.
01:03:08Obviously, the idea was to have wickets in hand.
01:03:10During that partnership, Derek Pingel had two appeals for LBW against Javed turned down.
01:03:18And there's another one which must be very close and the Englishmen are astonished this time as well.
01:03:24It was a brave decision.
01:03:26Yes, that LBW, but it wasn't your heart in your mouth when you appeal for an LBW.
01:03:32It looked out. It looked out at the time as well.
01:03:34I did think they were pretty adjacent. Two against Javed, but Steve Buckner ruled that they weren't.
01:03:41You've got to go with that decision. Sometimes it works for you, sometimes it don't.
01:03:45It got worse for England when their captain, Graeme Gooch, dropped Imran Khan on nine.
01:03:52Later, he went on to score a crucial 72 runs.
01:03:56A difficult swirling catch for Graeme Gooch.
01:03:58He skied a ball to me at mid-wicket and I didn't get a hand on it really, which was a crucial moment in the game.
01:04:05And the rub of the green and little breaks that you need to turn matches didn't go for us and it went for them.
01:04:11The gutsy Javed continued to give crucial support in a brave innings.
01:04:15Before the start of the match, he had ignored medical advice to play.
01:04:19I think the doctor has advised him not to play. And yet, because Miadad being Miadad, he said,
01:04:24no, I will play no matter what happens to me.
01:04:28And this time to the left, Javed Miadad may be distressed out there by illness, but he still can put away a full toss.
01:04:37I mean, he was struggling. Imran was struggling. He had a bad shoulder during the World Cup.
01:04:41He used to take injection in his shoulders, painkillers, and he bowled.
01:04:45But again, these guys were the true greats of the game.
01:04:48He's got that one away beautifully. Nice and fine, that'll be Paul.
01:04:51Yeah, they turned the game really, and Javed Miadad, supreme street fighting batsman,
01:04:57a guy you'd probably put your money on to bat for your life.
01:05:01Javed's problem worsened during the innings, so he had to call for a runner as he continued with Imran.
01:05:08The partnership was worth a vital 139 runs before the sick Javed was out for 58.
01:05:15And Javed has gone to the reverse sweep, to both of them at point.
01:05:21And Illingworth gets the wicket, and Javed Miadad, who for the last half an hour or so of his innings,
01:05:28has been distressed and needed a runner.
01:05:30Those guys dug deep for their country, and they put in a performance that made the difference.
01:05:36With Javed gone, semi-final hero, ace batsman, and raw talent Inzam Amal-Huk, was again inspirational.
01:05:46Inzam Amal-Huk was really the spirit of Pakistan cricket at the time.
01:05:51He didn't have a good education, he came from a very poor background.
01:05:56He was the spirit and the quintessence, the boiled down essence of what Pakistan cricket at that moment represented.
01:06:04Inzam Amal's exciting batting inspired the MCG crowd, who really got behind him.
01:06:12And once more for the Pakistanis, Inzam Amal is the man.
01:06:16It was amazing how suddenly all these Australian supporters who bought tickets thinking their team was going to be in the final.
01:06:22Sorry about that. They weren't, were you?
01:06:25They actually suddenly all became Pakistani supporters, so we thought we were playing in Karachi.
01:06:30I don't know about MCG, but it was a terrific atmosphere.
01:06:33It was Ian Botham who ended Imran Khan's incredible innings of 72, with Pakistan at 4 for 197.
01:06:41And Imran, who has done it so well for his 70, finally goes.
01:06:50That really was the critical innings, because that partnership got Pakistan first out of trouble,
01:06:56and then allowed the likes of Inzi and Wasim Akram to come and blast the opposition.
01:07:02That's a good hit. That's going all the way through mid-wicket for 4.
01:07:05I got 33 of 18, Inzi got 30 plus, about 15 deliveries, so in the end we got to 249.
01:07:13It wasn't that when we run out, so after 50 overs, Pakistan are 6 for 249.
01:07:22Imran Khan had inspired his team with his batting.
01:07:25Now it was time for his bowlers to take the fight to England.
01:07:29He was still able to galvanise those around him.
01:07:32And in particular was Imran Khan, who he told not to worry about no balls.
01:07:37Just bowl as fast as you can.
01:07:39He's gone. He's given Botham. Botham, I think I can say, without any fear of contradiction, is far from impressed by that.
01:07:59I was given that court behind off my shirt.
01:08:01Pakistan crowd think it's marvellous.
01:08:04Things just didn't go right in that final.
01:08:06There's a loud appeal from Pakistan, Razimekran, given the benefit of the doubt.
01:08:14When we got beefy out, I couldn't hear anything. I just heard a bit of noise.
01:08:18I went with the appeal and so did the team.
01:08:22I actually was quite furious and it was one of the best career bats I've had in my career.
01:08:26And I actually smashed it to splinters in the dressing.
01:08:29I got nicked from Ian Botham and he still says he didn't make it.
01:08:33Botham, it's hard to impress.
01:08:34I was furious because you've worked so hard for that moment.
01:08:39Botham, out for a duck in his last Cricket World Cup, was soon followed by Alex Stewart.
01:08:45Oh, he's on his way, he's caught behind.
01:08:50Stewart turned and walked away. He knew it was all over.
01:08:56It was tough. It was really tough.
01:08:58We got off to a slow start.
01:09:00Their bowling attack was pretty special.
01:09:03They could swing the new ball well.
01:09:04After the loss of both Graham Hick and Graham Gooch, England was 69 for four.
01:09:11Neil Fairbrother and Alan Lamb launched an impressive recovery.
01:09:16So Imran Khan turned to his strike bowler.
01:09:19Wasim Akram was a wicket-taker.
01:09:22I did not want him to bowl as a run container.
01:09:25I wanted to use his overs to take wickets.
01:09:28I remember that delivery I bowled to Alan Lamb.
01:09:32He was playing. There were two balls, remember?
01:09:33Two wide balls each end.
01:09:35And I think Imran said this partnership is building up.
01:09:38Two top one-day players are batting.
01:09:39So we need a wicket.
01:09:44What a great delivery.
01:09:45Left arm around the wicket.
01:09:46Alan Lamb has been cleaned up.
01:09:48Perhaps so too England.
01:09:51You've got to admire the skills, haven't you?
01:09:53You've got to marvel at those skills.
01:09:55And those sort of little passages play turn the game.
01:09:58But I got Alan Lamb.
01:10:00And I think me and Pakistan team caught the World Cup for us.
01:10:03Next up was Chris Lewis,
01:10:05who stepped into Wasim Akram's line of fire.
01:10:09A defining moment in the match for the tournament's best bowler.
01:10:14I wanted him to bowl fast and to get us breakthroughs.
01:10:18I had a chat with Imran at Bedouin.
01:10:19He said in-swing length.
01:10:22Your brother is still there.
01:10:25She've tracked Lewis from that list.
01:10:28Wasim Akram is on a hat-trick.
01:10:31I can't forget Chris Lewis when he bowled in Dipper.
01:10:35Quick one, coming off the wicket so quick.
01:10:37I think Wasim had that art.
01:10:39I think he's the one of the best left-term seam bowler I've ever seen.
01:10:45He bowled fantastically well.
01:10:46He was in good rhythm.
01:10:47He was happy bowling quick.
01:10:49And then he was bowling with control as well.
01:10:51It was a devastating spell that tore the England Middle Order apart.
01:10:56From then on there wasn't much resistance.
01:10:58Particularly after Neil Fairbrother was dismissed for a defiant 62.
01:11:03Is it in the air? Sure this must be out.
01:11:05Keeper coming around.
01:11:06Mohan Khan. He's got it.
01:11:07That could be the World Cup.
01:11:08As a unit we clicked brilliantly and in important matches we got our egg together.
01:11:16With Pakistan poised for victory Imran Khan bowled the final ball of the 1992 Cricket World Cup.
01:11:22The air is getting under it.
01:11:23This could be victory it is.
01:11:24Pakistan win the World Cup.
01:11:25A magnificent performance in front of 87,000 people.
01:11:30Imran Khan has wed his side to victory.
01:11:33What a great victory.
01:11:35It was the greatest moment for Pakistan.
01:11:38Well the Pakistani players in prayer on the ground to give thanks for their victory.
01:11:45After 15 years of being rivals, representing different cultures, there's this embrace between Javed and Imran.
01:11:55If you read Javed's wonderful, very generous autobiography, he says, you know, it was too deep for words.
01:12:02It was beyond words what was going on between us.
01:12:04The 1992 World Cup has been an outstanding success.
01:12:10There's two ways of looking at it.
01:12:12Disappointment, reaching the final, losing all three.
01:12:16Some pride, I only played in three.
01:12:18We reached the final in all three.
01:12:20So we must have been doing something right.
01:12:24If you want me to pick an image of the World Cup, it was Imran Khan holding the trophy.
01:12:28Because that was a mission.
01:12:30You mustn't drop it.
01:12:32Thank you very much.
01:12:35We had the best captain I played under, that I can promise you.
01:12:37He believed in hard work and if you do hard work, you'll eventually succeed.
01:12:43That was his mantra and we followed his mantra all the way during that World Cup.
01:12:46I would just like to say that I feel very proud that at the twilight of my career, finally I managed to win the World Cup.
01:12:58Thank you very much, Imran Khan.
01:12:59Congratulations to Pakistan.
01:13:00That's all from down here.
01:13:01Thank you very much.
01:13:02Congratulations to Pakistan.
01:13:03That's all from down here.
01:13:28Thank you very much.
01:13:29Thank you, everyone.
01:13:30Thank you very much, everyone.
01:13:34Thank you very much.
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