1983 World Cup Statistics

Cricketing World sensed a change of guards in 1983. Indian victory made everyone believe that West Indies era is nearing an end. Kapil Dev, Amarnath, Roger Binny and Madan Lal emerged as heroes. Here is the tournament statistics.

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Tournament Statistics

Teams: 8
Matches: 27
Winner: India
Runner’s up: West Indies
Period: 9-25 June
Groups: 2 groups 4 team each
Group A: England, Pakistan, New Zealand and Sri Lanka
Group B: West Indies, India, Australia and Zimbabwe
Centuries: 7
5 wkts in match: 7 (de Mel of SL took 5 wkts twice)
Max MOM: 3 by Viv Richards
Highest Totals: 338/5 by Pakistan v SL
300 plus scores: 4 (twice by England, once by Pak and Aus each)
Biggest Victory by Run: 162 runs by Aus v India
Biggest Victory by Wickets: 10 wkts by WI v Zim
Century Partnerships: 14 (2 for 1st wkt, 3 for 2nd, 4 for 3rd, 2 for 4th, 2 for 6th and 1 for 9th)

Batting Records
Most Runs: 384 runs
High Score: 175* by Kapil Dev

384 David Gower, 7 Innings, 1 century, 1 50
367 Viv Richards, 7 Innings, 1 century, 2 50s
360 Grant Fowler, 7 Innings, 4 50s
313 Zaheer Abbas, 7 Innings, 1 century, 2 50s
303 Kapil Dev, 8 Innings, 1 century
283 Imran Khan, 7 Innings, 1 century, 2 50s
278 Allan Lamb, 6 Innings, 1 century, 1 50

Bowling Records
Max Wickets: 18 wkts by Roger Binny (Ind)
Best Bowling 7 wkts by Winston Davis

18 Roger Binny in 8 innings
17 Asantha de Mel (SL) in 6 innings
17 Madan Lal in 8 innings
14 Richard Hadlee in 6 innings
13 VJ Marks (Eng) in 7 innings
12 Marshall (6 ings), Holding (7 ings) (WI), Kapil Dev (8 ings), Abdul Qadir (6 ings)

Fielding Records

Most Catches 7 by Kapil
Most Dismissals 16 by Dujon (WI)

Highest Partnerships by Wickets

1st 172* Haynes and Bacchus (WI) vs Zimbabwe
2nd 144 Chappell and Hughes (Aus) v India
3rd 195* Greenidge and Gomes (WI) v Zim
4th 147* Zaheer Abbas and Imran Khan (Pak) v NZ
5th 92 Houghton and D Fletcher (Zim) v WI
6th 144 Imran Khan and Shahid Mahboob (Pak) v SL
7th 75* D Fletcher and Butchard (zim) V Aus
8th 62 Kapil and Madan Lal (India) v Zim
9th 126* Kapil and Kirmani (India) v ZIm
10th 71 Roberts and Garner (WI) v Ind

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1979 Prudential World Cup: Revisited
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