Event | 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup | ||||||||
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Pakistan won by 22 runs | |||||||||
Date | 25 March 1992 | ||||||||
Venue | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | ||||||||
Player of the match | Wasim Akram (Pak) | ||||||||
Umpires | Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Steve Bucknor (WI) | ||||||||
Attendance | 87,182 | ||||||||
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The final of the 1992 ICC Cricket World Cup was played at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 25 March 1992.[1] The match was won by Pakistan, under the captaincy of Imran Khan, as they defeated England by 22 runs to lift their first ever World Cup trophy. This was the second Cricket World Cup final to be played outside England and the first in Australia. 87,182 spectators turned out to see the final.[2]