1987 Cricket World Cup statistics

This is a list of statistics for the 1987 Cricket World Cup.

Team statistics

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Highest team totals

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

Team Total Opponent Ground
  West Indies 360/4   Sri Lanka National Stadium, Karachi
  Pakistan 297/7   Sri Lanka Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
  England 296/4   Sri Lanka Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
  India 289/6   Australia Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
  Australia 270/6   India MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
  India 269   Australia MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
  England 269/5   West Indies Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
  Pakistan 267/6   Sri Lanka Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sind
  Australia 267/8   Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
  Australia 266/5   Zimbabwe Barabati Stadium, Cuttack

Batting statistics

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Most runs

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The top ten 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 4s 6s
Graham Gooch   England 471 8 8 58.87 70.29 115 1 3 45 0
David Boon   Australia 447 8 8 55.87 76.67 93 0 5 38 3
Geoff Marsh   Australia 428 8 8 61.14 68.26 126* 2 1 35 4
Sir Viv Richards   West Indies 391 6 6 65.16 107.41 181 1 3 29 13
Mike Gatting   England 354 8 8 50.57 95.93 60 0 3 26 2
Rameez Raja   Pakistan 349 7 7 49.85 63.33 113 1 2 15 0
Saleem Malik   Pakistan 323 7 7 53.83 91.24 100 1 2 30 0
Dean Jones   Australia 314 8 8 44.85 77.72 58* 0 3 9 9
Sunil Gavaskar   India 300 7 7 50.55 79.15 103* 1 2 36 4
Allan Lamb   England 299 8 7 59.80 94.92 76 0 2 20 3

Highest scores

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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
Sir Viv Richards   West Indies 181 125 16 7   Sri Lanka National Stadium, Karachi
Dave Houghton   Zimbabwe 142 137 13 6   New Zealand Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan
Geoff Marsh   Australia 126* 149 12 3   New Zealand Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Graham Gooch   England 115 136 11 0   India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Rameez Raja   Pakistan 113 148 5 0   England National Stadium, Karachi
Geoff Marsh   Australia 110 141 7 1   India MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Richie Richardson   West Indies 110 135 8 2   Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi
Desmond Haynes   West Indies 105 124 10 1   Sri Lanka National Stadium, Karachi
Sunil Gavaskar   India 103* 88 10 3   New Zealand Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Javed Miandad   Pakistan 103 100 6 0   Sri Lanka Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sind

Highest partnerships

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

By wicket
Wicket Runs Team Players Opposition Ground
1st 136   India Kris Srikkanth Sunil Gavaskar   New Zealand Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
2nd 167   Pakistan Rameez Raja Saleem Malik   England National Stadium, Karachi
3rd 182   West Indies Desmond Haynes Sir Viv Richards   Sri Lanka National Stadium, Karachi
4th 116   West Indies Sir Viv Richards Gus Logie   Sri Lanka National Stadium, Karachi
5th 83   West Indies Jeff Dujon Gus Logie   England Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, Pakistan
6th 73   Pakistan Imran Khan Saleem Yousuf   West Indies Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
7th 46*   New Zealand Jeff Crowe Ian Smith   Zimbabwe Eden Gardens, Kolkata
8th 117   Zimbabwe Dave Houghton Iain Butchart   New Zealand Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan
9th 39   New Zealand Martin Snedden Willie Watson   India Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
10th 36   Zimbabwe Andy Pycroft Malcolm Jarvis   India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
By runs
3rd 182   West Indies Desmond Haynes Sir Viv Richards   Sri Lanka National Stadium, Karachi
2nd 167   Pakistan Rameez Raja Saleem Malik   England National Stadium, Karachi
3rd 137   West Indies Richie Richardson Sir Viv Richards   Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi
1st 136   India Kris Srikkanth Sunil Gavaskar   New Zealand Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
3rd 135   England Bill Athey Mike Gatting   Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi
2nd 126   Australia Geoff Marsh Dean Jones   New Zealand Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh, India
1st 123   England Graham Gooch Tim Robinson   Sri Lanka Nehru Stadium, Pune, India
8th 117   Zimbabwe Dave Houghton Iain Butchart   New Zealand Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan
2nd 117   Australia David Boon Dean Jones   New Zealand Nehru Stadium, Indore, Deccan
3rd 117   England Graham Gooch Mike Gatting   India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai

Bowling statistics

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Most wickets

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

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
Craig McDermott   Australia 18 8 18.94 24.3 4.67 5/44
Imran Khan   Pakistan 17 7 13.05 17.5 4.45 4/37
Patrick Patterson   West Indies 14 6 18.07 24.0 4.51 3/31
Maninder Singh   India 14 7 20.00 30.0 4.00 3/21
Eddie Hemmings   England 13 6 21.07 27.4 4.60 4/52
Abdul Qadir   Pakistan 12 7 20.16 34.0 3.55 4/31
Phil DeFreitas   England 12 8 23.58 34.5 4.09 3/28
Steve Waugh   Australia 11 8 26.18 34.6 4.53 2/36
Ravi Ratnayeke   Sri Lanka 10 6 31.30 32.4 5.79 3/41
Courtney Walsh   West Indies 9 6 25.44 37.0 4.12 4/40

Best bowling figures

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

Player Team Overs Figures Opponent Ground
Craig McDermott   Australia 10.0 5/44   Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Manoj Prabhakar   India 8.0 4/19   Zimbabwe Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Abdul Qadir   Pakistan 10.0 4/31   England Pindi Club Ground' Rawalpindi
Imran Khan   Pakistan 8.3 4/37   West Indies Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Imran Khan   Pakistan 8.3 4/37   England National Stadium, Karachi
Simon O'Donnell   Australia 12.0 5/39   Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Courtney Walsh   West Indies 10.0 4/40   Pakistan M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Eddie Hemmings   England 9.3 4/52   India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Craig McDermott   Australia 10.0 4/56   India M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Mohammad Azharuddin   India 3.5 3/19   Australia Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Fielding statistics

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Most dismissals

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

Player Team Matches Dismissals Caught Stumped Max
Kiran More   India 6 11 6 5 4
Greg Dyer   Australia 8 11 9 2 4
Saleem Yousuf   Pakistan 7 9 9 0 3
Paul Downton   England 8 9 8 1 3
Dave Houghton   Zimbabwe 6 5 3 2 2

Most catches

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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 7 5 2
Bill Athey   England 6 4 1
Martin Crowe   New Zealand 6 4 2
Carl Hooper   West Indies 6 4 2
Simon O'Donnell   Australia 7 4 2
Dean Jones   Australia 8 4 1
Bruce Reid   Australia 8 4 2
Mudassar Nazar   Pakistan 2 3 2
Robin Brown   Zimbabwe 3 3 2
Rumesh Ratnayake   Sri Lanka 3 3 2

References

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  1. ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Highest Totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  2. ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Highest Run Scorers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
  3. ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: High Scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
  4. ^ Highest partnerships by wicket ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011
  5. ^ Highest partnerships by runs ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011
  6. ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  7. ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Best Bowling Figures". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  8. ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Most Dismissals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
  9. ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Most Catches". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
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