1996 World Cup Cricket Info The World Cup will be held from February 14th to March 17th in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka. GROUP A : West Indies, Australia, India, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe, Kenya GROUP B : Pakistan, England, South Africa, New Zealand, United Arab Emirates, Holland * Top four qualifiers of each group move to the Quarter-finals. * Ind and Pak will stage two Quarter-final matches each. * Ind will stage both the Semi-final matches. * Pak will stage the Final. * SL will play four of its group matches in SL and the match vs Ind in Ind. * Of the remaining 26 group matches, Ind and Pak will stage 13 each. * 1996 World Cup is to be played on more grounds than in any of the previous five tournaments. A total of 26 grounds will be used for a total of 37 games. When the 1987 World Cup was held in India and Pakistan, it was spread over the previous highest total of 21 venues. |