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Imran Khan captains Pakistan to the 1992 Cricket World Cup

On 25 March 1992 Pakistan beat England in Melbourne to win the Cricket World Cup, with Imran Khan as captain. In the causal graph this event strengthens Social Cohesion, a driver that strengthens Having a say in government — an improving welfare path.

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On 25 March 1992 Pakistan beat England in Melbourne to win the Cricket World Cup, with Imran Khan as captain. Wasim Akram took the new ball; the ICC staged the final.

Context

ICC ran the tournament. The PCB selected the side. He did not write a federal budget. A World Cup is still a dated national-cohesion event in a cricket-majority country.

Shaukat Khanum, funded from the afterglow, is a neighbouring later hospital row.

A cricket captain and charity founder does not write federal statutes, IMF letters, or army orders. A trophy is not a cabinet minute. A hospital trust is not a health ministry. A party launch is not an election return. A sit-in is not a gazette. A fundraising dinner is not a Finance Act.

Why it matters

The path is social cohesion: a completed global sporting win is a documented national-identity event, not a poverty programme.

Who was responsible

Contribution type and responsibility level for each recorded actor — not sole-author shorthand.

  • Imran Khan

    Person

    Direct responsibility

    responsibility level 0.65 · verified

    He captained the side. The ICC staged the final. Teammates played. The state did not bat.

What changed

Fact → Driver → Indicator. Relationship strength orders the paths; it is not the observed indicator movement.

    1. FactImran Khan captains Pakistan to the 1992 Cricket World Cup
    2. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
    3. strengthensIndicators (2)Having a say in government
    Improving path

    impact weight 0.4 · Effect from 25 March 1992 · verified

    A completed World Cup win is a documented national-cohesion event in a cricket-majority public.

    • Having a say in government

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Strengthens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      29.8% of population aged 16-65 years · 8.13 below the normal line (2023)

      Worse than normal

      Two readings: 30.2% of population aged 16-65 years (2021) and 29.8% of population aged 16-65 years (2023).

      20212023

      Above normal = better

    • Rule of Law Gap from the Highest Governance Score

      via Social Cohesion

      Better

      Weakens · Relationship strength 0.18 (weight 0.4 × strength 0.45)

      Observed

      43.9 Score · 43.9 above the normal line (2024)

      Worse than normal

      26 readings, 1996–2024: rose from 43 Score to 43.9 Score.

      Normal is zero · any amount = worse

Evidence

The sources behind this fact and its verification state.

Verified2 sources on file
  1. 1.BBC — Pakistan’s 1992 World Cup win rememberedBBC · High credibility · verified
  2. 2.ICC — 1992 Cricket World Cup final, Pakistan v EnglandInternational Cricket Council · High credibility · verified
What the sources establish

International Cricket Council carries the official instrument or communique. BBC records the same dated act independently.

Established: a 25 March 1992 World Cup final win with Khan as captain, independently reported.

Not established: a unique later GDP coefficient, or that the trophy authorised a later premiership.

The ICC staged the final. Teammates played. The state did not bat.. A later repeal, court stay, or successor order would be a different Fact with a different date. That pair identifies Imran Khan captains Pakistan to the 1992 Cricket World Cup, not a later speech about Imran Khan captains Pakistan to the 1992 Cricket World Cup.

Co-authors and later implementers named in Context remain on the file. If a later repeal, stay, or successor instrument exists, it needs its own date and its own row. The contribution described on this Person row is limited to He captained the side. The ICC staged the final. Teammates played. The state did not bat. That limit is the alternative to treating office-holding as authorship of every later series.

Causal path

How this event connects to drivers and indicators in the graph.

  1. ActorImran Khan
  2. contributed toFactImran Khan captains Pakistan to the 1992 Cricket World Cup
  3. strengthensDriverSocial Cohesion
  4. strengthensIndicatorHaving a say in government

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Factrail. (2026). Imran Khan captains Pakistan to the 1992 Cricket World Cup. Factrail. https://factrail.ai/facts/pk-imran-world-cup-1992

https://factrail.ai/facts/pk-imran-world-cup-1992

Accessed 16 October 2026.

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