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M.2015.698
Title
White Ball by unknown maker, ICC Wills Cricket World Cup, 1996
Date
1996 - 1996
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circumference: 23 cm
Description
White cricket ball. Signed by eight of the captains who played in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, 1996. Atherton (England); Azharuddin (India); M Taylor ( Australia); Germon (new Zealand); Richie Richardson ( West Indies); Hansie Cronje(South Africa); Andrew Flower (Zimbabwe) and Wasim Akram (Pakistan) Signatures collected by Richard Illingworth. ‘The 1996 Cricket World Cup, also called the Wills World Cup after its official sponsors, ITC's Wills brand, was the sixth Cricket World Cup, organised by the International Cricket Council (ICC). It was the second World Cup to be hosted by Pakistan and India, and for the first time by Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia in the final at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan.’ ODI/One Day International competition
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Wills World Cup Ball, 1996
Signed by eight of the team captains who played in the World Cup tournament in Pakistan, India and Sri Lanka, 1996, including Pakistan’s Wasim Akram. Wasim Akram burst onto the scene taking ten wickets in only his second Test match, aged just eighteen. He learned the art of reverse swing from Imran and worked on his advice, practising in the nets using balls forty to fifty overs old. Imran also persuaded him to spend the summer of 1986 playing for Burnopfield in County Durham, learning how to take wickets in English conditions. He soon became one of the most formidable bowlers in the world, on all sorts of pitches. Australian Steve Waugh considered him ‘the most dangerous bowler in the world.’
MCC Collection: purchased 2015
M.2015.698
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