1987 Cricket World Cup officials

The 1987 Cricket World Cup (also known as Reliance World Cup) was the fourth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from October 8 to November 8, 1987, in India and Pakistan — the first held outside England on twenty-one different venues.[1] A total of 27 matches were played in 1987 Cricket World Cup including 2 Semifinals and a Final match.[2]

Umpires

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Out of the 12 selected umpires, 4 of them belong to Pakistan, 2 were from England and India each while 1 from Australia, New Zealand, West Indies and Sri Lanka each. The first semifinal was supervised by Dickie Bird and David Shepherd while Tony Crafter and Steve Woodward supervised the second semifinal.[3][4]

Ram Gupta and Mahboob Shah were elected to supervise the 1987 Cricket World Cup final.[5]

S.No. Umpire Country Matches
1 Mahboob Shah   Pakistan 6
2 David Shepherd   England 6
3 Ram Gupta   India 6
4 V.K. Ramaswamy   India 5
5 Steve Woodward   New Zealand 5
6 Dickie Bird   England 5
7 David Archer   West Indies 5
8 Tony Crafter   Australia 5
9 Khizer Hayat   Pakistan 5
10 PW Vidanagamage   Sri Lanka 4
11 Amanullah Khan   Pakistan 1
12 Khalid Aziz   Pakistan 1

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