Catalogue for the auction of
Cricket, Wisden Cricketers’ Almanacks,
Football & Sporting Memorabilia

Held on Friday, Saturday & Sunday
22nd, 23rd & 24th March 2024

Lot 450
Estimate: £150/250
Hammer: £260
Cricket World Cup 1999. Excellent selection of twelve ‘County’ full size cricket bats signed by competing teams in the World Cup Finals held in England in 1999. Each bat has a printed heading to the top of the bat ie ‘1999 Cricket World Cup’ and the team name and signed by the teams playing squad beneath. The teams are New Zealand, Sri Lanka, England, West Indies, Zimbabwe, India, Pakistan, South Africa, Scotland, Bangladesh and Kenya. Signatures include Lara, Ambrose, Walsh, Ranatunga, Jayasuriya, Fleming, Cairns, Vettori, Stewart, Gough, Flintoff, Tikolo, Flower, Streak, Wasim Akram, Waqar Younis, Cronje, Klussener, Pollock, Donald, Azharuddin, Tendulkar, Kumble, Waugh, Warne, Gilchrist, McGrath, Ponting etc. Some signatures signed using a slightly thicker pen. Some faults, fading to three of the signatures on the Scotland and Pakistan bats, some general fading to the signatures on the Bangladesh and Zimbabwe bats, one signature faded to the South Africa, Kenya and West Indies bats, some wear and loss to the handle rubbers on some bats otherwise in good condition
The tournament in 1999 was won by Australia, who beat Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final at Lord’s Cricket Ground in London. New Zealand and South Africa were the other semi-finalists.

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