1983 Cricket World Cup statistics

This is a list of statistics for the 1983 Cricket World Cup.

Contents

Team statistics

Highest team totals

The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.[1]

Team Total Opponent Ground
 Pakistan 338/5  Sri Lanka St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea
 England 333/9  Sri Lanka County Ground, Taunton
 England 322/6  New Zealand The Oval, London
 Australia 320/9  India Trent Bridge, Nottingham
 Sri Lanka 288/9  Pakistan St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea
 Sri Lanka 286  England County Ground, Taunton
 West Indies 282/9  India The Oval, London
 West Indies 276/3  Australia Lord's cricket ground, London
 Australia 273/6  West Indies Lord's cricket ground, London
 Australia 272/7  Zimbabwe County Cricket Ground, Southampton

Batting statistics

Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.[2]

Player Team Runs Matches Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s
David Gower  England 384 7 7 76.80 84.95 130 1 1
Sir Viv Richards  West Indies 367 8 7 73.40 81.19 119 1 2
Graeme Fowler  England 360 7 7 72.00 62.82 81* 0 4
Zaheer Abbas  Pakistan 313 7 7 62.60 81.72 103* 1 2
Kapil Dev  India 303 8 8 60.60 108.99 175* 1 0
Imran Khan  Pakistan 283 7 7 70.75 76.48 102* 1 2
Allan Lamb  England 278 7 6 69.50 80.11 102 1 1
Larry Gomes  West Indies 258 8 7 64.50 55.96 78 0 3
Gordon Greenidge  West Indies 250 7 7 41.66 60.53 105* 1 1
Desmond Haynes  West Indies 240 8 8 34.28 55.94 88* 0 1

Highest scores

This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.[3]

Player Team Score Balls 4s 6s Opponent Ground
Kapil Dev  India 175* 138 16 6  Zimbabwe Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
David Gower  England 130 120 12 5  Sri Lanka County Ground, Taunton
Sir Viv Richards  West Indies 119 146 6 1 [ India The Oval, London
Trevor Chappell  Australia 110 131 8 0  India Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Gordon Greenidge  West Indies 105* 146 5 1  Zimbabwe New Road, Worcester
Zaheer Abbas  Pakistan 103* 121 6 0  New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Imran Khan  Pakistan 102* 133 11 0  Sri Lanka Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Allan Lamb  England 102 105 12 2  New Zealand The Oval, London
Martin Crowe  New Zealand 97 118 8 0  England The Oval, London
Sir Viv Richards  West Indies 95* 117 9 3  Australia Lord's cricket ground, London

Highest partnerships

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.[4][5]

By wicket
Wicket Runs Team Players Opposition Ground
1st 172*  West Indies Desmond Haynes Faoud Bacchus  Zimbabwe Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
2nd 144  Australia Trevor Chappell Kim Hughes  India Trent Bridge, Nottingham
3rd 195*  West Indies Gordon Greenidge Larry Gomes  Zimbabwe New Road, Worcester
4th 147*  Pakistan Zaheer Abbas Imran Khan  New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham
5th 92  Zimbabwe Dave Houghton Duncan Fletcher  West Indies New Road, Worcester
6th 144  Pakistan Imran Khan Shahid Mahboob  Sri Lanka Headingley Stadium, Leeds
7th 75*  Zimbabwe Duncan Fletcher Iain Butchart  Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham
8th 62  India Kapil Dev Madan Lal  Zimbabwe Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
9th 126*  India Kapil Dev Syed Kirmani  Zimbabwe Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
10th 71  West Indies Andy Roberts Joel Garner  India Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
By runs
3rd 195*  West Indies Gordon Greenidge Larry Gomes  Zimbabwe New Road, Worcester
1st 172*  West Indies Desmond Haynes Faoud Bacchus  Zimbabwe Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
4th 147*  Pakistan Zaheer Abbas Imran Khan  New Zealand Trent Bridge, Nottingham
2nd 144  Australia Trevor Chappell Kim Hughes  India Trent Bridge, Nottingham
6th 144  Pakistan Imran Khan Shahid Mahboob  Sri Lanka Headingley Stadium, Leeds
3rd 132*  West Indies Sir Viv Richards Larry Gomes  Pakistan The Oval, London
9th 126*  India Kapil Dev Syed Kirmani  Zimbabwe Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
2nd 124  West Indies Gordon Greenidge Sir Viv Richards  Australia Lord's cricket ground, London
4th 115  England Allan Lamb Mike Gatting  New Zealand The Oval, London
1st 115  England Graeme Fowler Chris Tavare  Pakistan Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester

Bowling statistics

Most wickets

The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the tournament.[6]

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
Roger Binny  India 18 8 18.66 29.3 3.81 4/29
Ashantha de Mel  Sri Lanka 17 6 15.58 23.2 4.01 5/32
Madan Lal  India 17 8 16.76 29.2 3.43 4/20
Sir Richard Hadlee  New Zealand 14 6 12.85 27.9 2.76 5/25
Vic Marks  England 13 7 18.92 36.0 3.15 5/39
Malcolm Marshall  West Indies 12 6 14.58 35.0 2.50 3/28
Michael Holding  West Indies 12 7 19.58 37.4 3.14 3/40
Kapil Dev  India 12 8 20.41 42.0 2.91 5/43
Abdul Qadir  Pakistan 12 6 22.00 33.8 3.90 5/44
Bob Willis  England 11 7 18.72 40.1 2.79 4/42

Best bowling figures

This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.[7]

Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground
Winston Davis  West Indies 10.3 7/51  Australia Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Ken MacLeay  Australia 11.5 6/39  India Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Sir Richard Hadlee  New Zealand 10.1 5/25  Sri Lanka County Cricket Ground, Bristol
Ashantha de Mel  Sri Lanka 12.0 5/32  New Zealand County Cricket Ground, Derby
Vic Marks  England 12.0 5/39  Sri Lanka County Ground, Taunton
Ashantha de Mel  Sri Lanka 12.0 5/39  Pakistan Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Kapil Dev  New Zealand 12.0 5/43  Australia Trent Bridge, Nottingham
Abdul Qadir  Pakistan 12.0 5/44  Sri Lanka Headingley Stadium, Leeds
Madan Lal  India 8.2 4/20  Australia County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
Abdul Qadir  Pakistan 12.0 4/21  New Zealand Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham

Fielding statistics

Most dismissals

This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.[8]

Player Team Matches Dismissals Caught Stumped Max
Jeff Dujon  West Indies 8 16 15 1 3
Syed Kirmani  India 8 14 12 2 5
Ian Gould  England 7 12 11 1 3
Wasim Bari  Pakistan 7 9 6 3 4
Rod Marsh  Australia 6 8 8 0 3

Most catches

This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.[9]

Player Team Matches Catches Max
Kapil Dev  India 8 7 2
Allan Lamb  England 7 6 2
Desmond Haynes  West Indies 8 5 2
Clive Lloyd  West Indies 8 5 2
Bruce Edgar  New Zealand 5 4 2
Sir Ian Botham  West Indies 7 4 2
Imran Khan  Pakistan 7 4 2
Bob Willis  England 7 4 2
Sir Viv Richards  West Indies 8 4 2

References

  1. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest Totals". ESPN Cricinfo. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/records/team/highest_innings_totals.html?id=573;type=tournament. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 
  2. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest Run Scorers". ESPN Cricinfo. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=573;type=tournament. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 
  3. ^ "Cricket World Cup: High Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/records/batting/most_runs_innings.html?id=573;type=tournament. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 
  4. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_by_wicket.html?id=573;type=tournament. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 
  5. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by runs". ESPN Cricinfo. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/records/fow/highest_partnerships_for_any_wicket.html?id=573;type=tournament. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 
  6. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=573;type=tournament. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 
  7. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Best Bowling Figures". ESPN Circinfo. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/records/bowling/best_figures_innings.html?id=573;type=tournament. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 
  8. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/records/keeping/most_dismissals_career.html?id=573;type=tournament. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 
  9. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Catches". ESPN Circinfo. http://stats.espncricinfo.com/wc1983/engine/records/fielding/most_catches_career.html?id=573;type=tournament. Retrieved 2011-08-25. 

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