1983 Cricket World Cup statistics

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

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, London
  Australia 273/6   West Indies Lord's, 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, Royal 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, 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, 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   India 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   England 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. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  2. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest Run Scorers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  3. ^ "Cricket World Cup: High Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  4. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  5. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by runs". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  6. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  7. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Best Bowling Figures". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  8. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-25.
  9. ^ "Cricket World Cup: Most Catches". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 2011-08-25.