The 1992 Cricket World Cup (Benson & Hedges World Cup) was the fifth edition of the tournament and was held from 22 February to 25 March 1992 in Australia and New Zealand.
It was a complete round-robin, with all nine teams playing each other, replacing the two qualifying groups that were present earlier competitions. The participants included Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies and Zimbabwe. In this tournament, for the first time, Man of the Series was awarded and it went to Martin Crowe from New Zealand. It was sponsored by Benson and Hedges, and was won by Pakistan, who defeated England in the final. "Who'll rule the World?" was the theme song for the World Cup.
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