Wednesday, February 2, 2011

Individual awards

Since 1992, one player has been declared as "Man of the Tournament" at the end of the World Cup finals:[57]

YearPlayerPerformance details
1992New Zealand Martin Crowe456 runs
1996Sri Lanka Sanath Jayasuriya221 runs and 7 wickets
1999South Africa Lance Klusener281 runs and 17 wickets
2003India Sachin Tendulkar673 runs and 2 wickets
2007Australia Glenn McGrath26 wickets

Previously, there was no tournament award, although Man of the Match awards have always been given for individual matches. Winning the Man of the Match in the final is logically noteworthy, as this indicates the player deemed to have played the biggest part in the World Cup final. To date the award has always gone to a member of the winning side. The Man of the Match award in the final of the competition has been awarded to:[57]

YearPlayerPerformance details
1975Clive Lloyd102 runs
1979Viv Richards138*
1983India Mohinder Amarnath3/12 and 26
1987Australia David Boon75 runs
1992Pakistan Wasim Akram33 and 3/49
1996Sri Lanka Aravinda de Silva107* and 3/42
1999Australia Shane Warne4/33
2003Australia Ricky Ponting140*
2007Australia Adam Gilchrist149

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