1983 Cricket World Cup statistics

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 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, 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 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	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	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. 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.

External links

• Cricket World Cup 1983 Stats from Cricinfo