"The one player who really stood out for me was Wasim Akram. It was in that tournament that we realised just what a special talent he was and how much trouble he was going to give us and the rest of the world in the years to come. What a player he was." - Ian Botham on Wasim Akram's performance in the 1992 World Cup.
Assisted by reverse swing, he produced a high-quality over and picked up two wickets in two balls as Pakistan surged ahead.
Lamb was the first to go. The ball pitched at an awkward length and first arrested Lamb's foot movement, and then swung late enough to disturb the stumps. Immediately after that, Chris Lewis failed to block an incoming delivery that was comparatively short of length and was bowled.
“It sunk in that we won the World Cup only two or three days later. First of all, we couldn't sleep that night. I remember I had to share half a sleeping pill with Ijaz (Ahmed) to go to bed because we couldn't sleep till three or four in the morning.” - Wasim Akram on what happened after the World Cup win.
