1983 Cricket World Cup Final

1983 ICC Cricket World Cup Final
Event 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup
India West Indies
India West Indies Cricket Board
183 140
54.4 overs 52 overs
India won by 43 runs
Date 25 June 1983
Venue Lord's Cricket Ground, England
Umpires Dickie Bird and Barrie Meyer
Attendance 30,000
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The final of the 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup was played between India and West Indies at the Lord's Cricket Ground on 25 June 1983. This was the third consecutive World Cup final appearance for West Indies. India playing their first finals defeated the West Indies to claim the title. It was the first world cup win for India.

Scorecard

Indian Innings

R M B 4s 6s SR
Sunil Gavaskar c Dujon b Roberts 1 14 12 0 0 16.66
K Srikkanth lbw b Marshall 38 105 57 7 1 66.66
Mohinder Amarnath b Holding 26 108 80 3 0 32.50
Yashpal Sharma c sub (Logie) b Gomes 11 45 32 1 0 34.37
Sandeep Patil c Gomes b Garner 27 48 29 0 1 93.10
Kapil Dev (c) c Holding b Gomes 16 10 8 4 0 187.50
Kirti Azad c Garner b Roberts 0 3 3 0 0 0.00
RMH Binny c Garner b Roberts 2 9 8 0 0 25.00
S Madan Lal b Marshall 17 31 27 0 1 62.96
Syed Kirmani (wk) b Holding 14 55 43 0 0 32.55
Balwinder Sandhu not out 11 42 30 1 0 36.66
Extras (b 5, lb 5, w 9, nb 1) 20
Total (all out; 54.4 overs) 183 (3.34 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1–2 (Gavaskar), 2–59 (Srikkanth), 3–90 (Amarnath), 4–92(Yashpal Sharma), 5–110 (Kapil Dev), 6–111 (Azad), 7–130 (Binny), 8–153 (Patil), 9–161 (Madan Lal), 10–183 (Kirmani)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Andy Roberts 10 3 32 3 3.20
Joel Garner 12 4 24 1 2.00
Malcolm Marshall 11 1 24 2 2.18
Michael Holding 9.4 2 26 2 2.68
Larry Gomes 11 1 49 2 4.45
Viv Richards 1 0 8 0 8.00

West Indies Innings

R M B 4s 6s SR
Gordon Greenidge b Sandhu 1 11 12 0 0 8.33
Desmond Haynes c Binny b Madan Lal 13 45 33 2 0 39.39
Viv Richards c Kapil Dev b Madan Lal 33 42 28 7 0 117.85
Clive Lloyd c Kapil Dev b Binny 8 32 17 1 0 47.05
Larry Gomes c Gavaskar b Madan Lal 5 18 16 0 0 31.25
Faoud Bacchus c Kirmani b Sandhu 8 37 25 0 0 32.00
Jeff Dujon b Amarnath 25 94 73 0 1 34.24
Malcolm Marshall c Gavaskar b Amarnath 18 73 51 0 0 35.29
Andy Roberts lbw b Kapil Dev 4 16 14 0 0 28.57
Joel Garner not out 5 34 19 0 0 26.31
Michael Holding lbw b Amarnath 6 28 24 0 0 25.00
Extras (lb 90, w 10) 14
Total (all out; 52 overs) 140 (2.69 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-5 (Greenidge), 2-50 (Haynes), 3-57 (Richards), 4-66 (Gomes), 5-66 (Lloyd), 6-76 (Bacchus), 7-119 (Dujon), 8-124 (Marshall), 9-126 (Roberts), 10-140 (Holding)

Bowling O M R W Econ
Kapil Dev 11 4 21 1 1.90
Balwinder Sandhu 9 1 32 2 3.55
Madan Lal 12 2 31 3 2.58
Roger Binny 10 1 23 1 2.30
Mohinder Amarnath 7 0 12 3 1.71
Kirti Azad 3 0 7 0 2.33

Match details

25 June 1983
Scorecard
India 
183 (54.4 overs)
v
 West Indies
140 (52 overs)
K Srikkanth 38 (57)
AME Roberts 3/32 (10)
IVA Richards 33 (28)
S Madan Lal 3/31 (12)
India won by 43 runs
Lord's, London, England
Attendance : 30,000
Umpires: HD Bird and BJ Meyer (ENG).
Player of the match: M Amarnath (IND)

After losing the toss, India were asked to bat first against a West Indies team that arguably boasted the world's best bowling attack. Only Mohinder Amarnath (26 from 80 balls) and Kris Srikkanth (38 from 57 balls) put up any significant resistance as Andy Roberts, Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner and Michael Holding ripped through the Indian batsmen, ably supported by Gomes. Surprising resistance by the tail allowed India to compile 183 (all out, 54.4 overs). Only three sixes were hits in the Indian innings, one from Srikkanth, one from Sandeep Patil (27 from 29 balls), and one from Madan Lal (17 from 27 balls). However, the Indian bowling exploited the weather and pitch conditions perfectly to bowl out the best batting line-up of the era for 140 from 52 overs in return, winning by 43 runs and completing one of the most stunning upsets in cricket history, defeating the previously invincible West Indies. Amarnath and Madan Lal (3–31) each took three wickets, and one memorable moment was the sight of Kapil Dev running a great distance (about 18–20 yards) to take a catch to dismiss Richards, the West Indies top scorer with 33 from 28 balls. Amarnath was the most economical bowler, conceding just 12 runs from his seven overs while taking 3 wickets, and was once again awarded the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance.[1] There was no "Man of the Series" award in 1983.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "India defy the odds". Wisden. reprinted by ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 November 2013.

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