World Cup smallest victories by wickets: There is a famous phrase “Batsmen win you games, bowlers win you tournaments.” You just need 10 balls to wrap the entire innings compared to scoring runs on every ball. In a tournament like the World Cup, you need bowlers, who provide you crucial breakthrough.
In the 12 ICC World Cup editions, there are numerous occasions when bowlers won his team the World Cup single-handedly. Who can forget the 1983 World Cup, when Mohinder Amarnath changed the scenario with his deadly spell or Shane Warne taking four-wicket haul in 1999 World Cup final.
Let’s have a look at the World Cup smallest victories by wickets that also include the tied matches:-
Winner Margin Balls Rem Target Overs Opposition Ground Match Date West Indies 1 wicket 2 267 59.4 v Pakistan Birmingham 11 Jun 1975 Pakistan 1 wicket 0 217 50.0 v West Indies Lahore 16 Oct 1987 South Africa 1 wicket 10 210 48.2 v Sri Lanka Providence 28 Mar 2007 England 1 wicket 1 301 49.5 v West Indies Bridgetown 21 Apr 2007 Afghanistan 1 wicket 3 211 49.3 v Scotland Dunedin 26 Feb 2015 New Zealand 1 wicket 161 152 23.1 v Australia Auckland 28 Feb 2015 New Zealand 2 wickets 1 235 59.5 v England Birmingham 15 Jun 1983 England 2 wickets 3 244 49.3 v West Indies Gujranwala 9 Oct 1987 Australia 2 wickets 2 205 49.4 v England Port Elizabeth 2 Mar 2003 Bangladesh 2 wickets 6 226 49.0 v England Chattogram 11 Mar 2011 Ireland 2 wickets 4 279 49.2 v U.A.E. Brisbane 25 Feb 2015 Sri Lanka 3 wickets 43 182 52.5 v New Zealand Derby 18 Jun 1983 Sri Lanka 3 wickets 4 313 49.2 v Zimbabwe New Plymouth 23 Feb 1992 Sri Lanka 3 wickets 1 196 49.5 v South Africa Wellington 2 Mar 1992 England 3 wickets 1 226 40.5 v South Africa Melbourne 12 Mar 1992 South Africa 3 wickets 6 221 49.0 v Pakistan Nottingham 5 Jun 1999 Ireland 3 wickets 32 128 41.4 v Pakistan Kingston 17 Mar 2007 Ireland 3 wickets 5 328 49.1 v England Bengaluru 2 Mar 2011 South Africa 3 wickets 2 297 49.4 v India Nagpur 12 Mar 2011 New Zealand 3 wickets 151 143 24.5 v Scotland Dunedin 17 Feb 2015 New Zealand 3 wickets 7 289 48.5 v Bangladesh Hamilton 13 Mar 2015 New Zealand 4 wickets 7 231 58.5 v India Manchester 14 Jun 1975 Australia 4 wickets 188 94 28.4 v England Leeds 18 Jun 1975 New Zealand 4 wickets 14 228 47.4 v Zimbabwe Kolkata 23 Oct 1987 New Zealand 4 wickets 17 231 47.1 v India Dunedin 12 Mar 1992 Pakistan 4 wickets 5 213 49.1 v Sri Lanka Perth 15 Mar 1992 Pakistan 4 wickets 6 263 49.0 v New Zealand Auckland 21 Mar 1992 West Indies 4 wickets 7 230 48.5 v Australia Jaipur 4 Mar 1996 South Africa 4 wickets 16 254 47.2 v India Hove 15 May 1999 Sri Lanka 4 wickets 24 198 46.0 v Zimbabwe Worcester 22 May 1999 Kenya 4 wickets 9 198 48.3 v Canada Cape Town 15 Feb 2003 England 4 wickets 31 144 44.5 v Bangladesh Bridgetown 11 Apr 2007 Pakistan 4 wickets 54 177 41.0 v Australia Colombo (RPS) 19 Mar 2011 Ireland 4 wickets 25 305 45.5 v West Indies Nelson 16 Feb 2015 Zimbabwe 4 wickets 12 286 48.0 v U.A.E. Nelson 19 Feb 2015 Sri Lanka 4 wickets 10 233 48.2 v Afghanistan Dunedin 22 Feb 2015 India 4 wickets 65 183 39.1 v West Indies Perth 6 Mar 2015 New Zealand 4 wickets 1 298 42.5 v South Africa Auckland 24 Mar 2015
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