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The 1987 Cricket World Cup (also known as the Reliance World Cup for
It was held from 8 October to 8 November 1987 in India and Pakistan the first such

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tournament to be held outside England. The one-day format was unchanged from the

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eight-team 1983 event except for a reduction in the number of overs a team played

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from 60 to 50, the current standard.

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The competition was won, for the first time, by Australia who defeated their arch-rivals

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England by seven runs in the most closely fought World Cup final to date in Kolkata's

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Eden Gardens stadium. The two host nations, India and Pakistan failed to reach the
final, after both being eliminated in the semi-finals. The West Indies failed to live up to
expectations and did not advance from the group stage.[1]
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1 Format
2 Qualification
3 Venues

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4 Squads

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5 Group stage

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5.1 Group A

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5.2 Group B

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6 Knockout stage

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6.1 Semi-finals

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6.2 Final

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ICC Cricket World Cup 1987

(Reliance World Cup)

sponsorship reasons) was the fourth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament.

7 Statistics
7.1 Records
8 References

Australian captain Allan Border with the trophy

Dates

8 October 8 November
1987

Administrator(s)

International Cricket
Council

Cricket format

One Day International

Tournament
format(s)

Round robin and

Knockout

Host(s)

India
Pakistan

Champions
Participants

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Australia (1st title)

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8 References

Matches played

9 External links

Deutsch
Espaol
Franais

Format

Italiano

Most runs

Graham Gooch (471)

Most wickets

Craig McDermott

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(18)

The format of the competition was two groups of four teams each team playing each

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1983

1992

other twice in fifty-over matches. The top two teams from each group would advance to

Nederlands

the semi-finals where the two winners would then advance to the final. All matches were played during daytime and for a final time

in the event's history saw the teams appear in traditional white clothing and use traditional red balls.

Qualification

Portugus
Suomi

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See also: 1986 ICC Trophy

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The ICC decreed that all seven (eligible) countries holding Test status would automatically qualify for the tournament; One
additional entry place would be awarded to the winners of the 1986 ICC Trophy; and for the second time this turned out to be
Zimbabwe, who defeated the Netherlands to earn the berth.
The following eight teams participated in the final tournament:
ACA (1)

ACC (3)

Zimbabwe
ACA (1)
West Indies

EAP (2)

India (Hosts)

Australia

Pakistan (Hosts)

New Zealand

Sri Lanka

ECC (1)
England

Venues

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Venue

City

Capacity Matches

India
Eden Gardens

Calcutta, West Bengal

120,000

Wankhede Stadium

Bombay, Maharashtra

45,000

M. A. Chidambaram
Stadium
Lal Bahadur Shastri

Madras, Tamil Nadu

Hyderabad (Currently in

50,000

30,000

Stadium

Telangana)

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium

Bangalore, Karnataka

55,000

Nehru Stadium

Indore, Madhya Pradesh

25,000

Feroz Shah Kotla

Delhi

48,000

Sardar Patel Stadium

Ahmedabad, Gujarat

48,000

48,000

Cuttack, Odisha

25,000

Nagpur, Maharashtra

40,000

Green Park

Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh

40,000

Sawai Mansingh Stadium

Jaipur, Rajasthan

30,000

Nehru Stadium

Pune, Maharashtra

25,000

Sector 16 Stadium
Barabati Stadium
Vidarbha Cricket
Association Ground

Chandigarh,
Punjab-Haryana

Chandigarh
Delhi
Jaipur
Ahmedabad

Kanpur

Indore
Nagpur

Calcutta
Cuttack

Bombay

Pune
Hyderabad

Bangalore

Madras

Venues in India

Peshawar

Gujranwala
Faisalabad
Lahore

Pakistan
Iqbal Stadium

Faisalabad, Punjab

25,000

Municipal Stadium

Gujranwala, Punjab

20,000

Niaz Stadium

Hyderabad, Sindh

15,000

National Stadium

Karachi, Sindh

45,000

Gaddaffi Stadium

Lahore, Punjab

65,250

25,000

Arbab Niaz Stadium

Peshawar, Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa

Rawalpindi

Karachi
Venues in Pakistan

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Hyderabad

Pindi Club Ground

Squads

Rawalpindi, Punjab

25,000

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Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup squads

Group stage

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Group A [edit]
Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup Group A
Team

Pld

NRR

Pts

India

5.41

20

Australia

5.19

20

New Zealand

4.89

Zimbabwe

3.76

Australia

9 October 1987
Scorecard

10 October 1987
Scorecard

13 October 1987
Scorecard

14 October 1987
Scorecard

17 October 1987
Scorecard

18 October 1987
Scorecard

22 October 1987
Scorecard

270/6 (50 overs)

New Zealand

269 (49.5 overs)

242/7 (50 overs)

Australia

v
v
v

289/6 (50 overs)

India
136/2 (27.5 overs)

199/4 (30 overs)

India

New Zealand
236/8 (50 overs)

135 (44.2 overs)

Australia

Zimbabwe
139 (49.4 overs)

252/7 (50 overs)

Zimbabwe

Zimbabwe
239 (49.4 overs)

235/9 (50 overs)

India

India

New Zealand
196/9 (30 overs)

Australia
233 (49 overs)

Australia won by 1 run

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras, India

New Zealand won by 3 runs

Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India

Australia won by 96 runs

MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras, India

India won by 16 runs

M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India

India won by 8 wickets

Wankhede Stadium, Bombay, India

Australia won by 3 runs

Nehru Stadium, Indore, India

India won by 56 runs

Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India

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23 October 1987

Zimbabwe

Scorecard

227/5 (50 overs)

26 October 1987

Zimbabwe

Scorecard

228/6 (47.4 overs)

191/7 (50 overs)

27 October 1987

Australia

Scorecard

Australia

Scorecard

New Zealand

Scorecard

New Zealand
234 (48.4 overs)

266/5 (50 overs)

31 October 1987

India
194/3 (42 overs)

251/8 (50 overs)

30 October 1987

New Zealand

Zimbabwe
196/6 (50 overs)

221/9 (50 overs)

India
224/1 (32.1 overs)

New Zealand won by 4 wickets

Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India

India won by 7 wickets

Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India

Australia won by 17 runs

Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh, India

Australia won by 70 runs

Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India

India won by 9 wickets

VCA Ground, Nagpur, India

Group B [edit]
Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup Group B
Team

Pld

NRR

Pts

Pakistan

5.01

20

England

5.14

16

West Indies

5.16

12

Sri Lanka

4.04

Pakistan

8 October 1987
Scorecard

9 October 1987
Scorecard

13 October 19871
Scorecard

13 October 1987
Scorecard

16 October 1987
Scorecard

267/6 (50 overs)

West Indies

252 (49.2 overs)

243/7 (50 overs)

Pakistan

216 (50 overs)

England
221 (48.4 overs)

360/4 (50 overs)

West Indies

England
246/8 (49.3 overs)

239/7 (50 overs)

West Indies

Sri Lanka

Sri Lanka
169/4 (50 overs)

Pakistan
217/9 (50 overs)

Pakistan won by 15 runs

Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Pakistan

England won by 2 wickets

Municipal Stadium, Gujranwala, Pakistan

Pakistan won by 18 runs

Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

West Indies won by 191 runs

National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

Pakistan won by 1 wicket

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

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17 October 1987

England

Scorecard

296/4 (50 overs)

20 October 1987

England

Scorecard

158/8 (45 overs)

244/9 (50 overs)

21 October 1987

West Indies

Scorecard

Pakistan

Scorecard

England

Scorecard

Sri Lanka

Scorecard

West Indies

Scorecard

Sri Lanka
West Indies
235 (48.1 overs)

218/7 (50 overs)

30 October 1987

Sri Lanka

184/8 (50 overs)

269/5 (50 overs)

30 October 1987

Pakistan

211/8 (50 overs)

297/7 (50 overs)

26 October 1987

247/3 (49 overs)

236/8 (50 overs)

25 October 1987

Sri Lanka

England
219/2 (41.2 overs)

258/7 (50 overs)

Pakistan
230/9 (50 overs)

England won by 108 runs

Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan

Pakistan won by 7 wickets

National Stadium, Karachi, pakistan

West Indies won by 25 runs

Green Park, Kanpur, India

Pakistan won by 113 runs

Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan

England won by 34 runs

Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India

England won by 8 wickets

Nehru Stadium, Poona, India

West Indies won by 28 runs

National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

Note 1: This match was scheduled for 12 October but abandoned without play due to rain. The reserve day was instead used.
Note 2: Rain interrupted the Sri Lankan innings; their target was reduced to 267 in 45 overs.

Knockout stage

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Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup knockout stage

Semi-finals

Final

4 November Lahore, Pakistan

Australia

267/6

Pakistan

249
8 November Calcutta, India
Australia

253/5

England

246/8

5 November Bombay, India

England
India

254/6
219

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Semi-finals [edit]
Australia won the toss and chose to bat. The Australian batsmen got off to a very good start, and they scored fluently, with David
Boon (65 from 91 balls, 4 fours) top scoring, and making an 82 run second-wicket partnership with DM Jones. Australia were
looking to reach 300 with strong batting before Imran Khan took 3 wickets for 17 runs in 5 overs. Australia lost 4/31, but a high
number of extras (34) from the Pakistani bowlers, as well as the solid batting from earlier on, brought Australia to 267 (8 wickets, 50
overs). Pakistan started badly, falling to 3/38. Imran Khan (58 from 84 balls, 4 fours) and Javed Miandad (70 from 103 balls, 4
fours) shared a partnership of 112 runs in 26 overs. However, with the required run rate at 7.87 runs when Miandad fell, there was
just too much for the upcoming batsmen to do, and Pakistan lost 6/99 as they were bowled all out for 249 (all out, 49 overs)
India won the toss and chose to field. After reaching 2/79, Graham Gooch (115 from 136 balls, 11 fours) and captain Mike Gatting
(56 from 62 balls, 5 fours) shared a partnership of 117 runs in 19 overs. After Gooch was finally stumped, 51 more runs were
added, and England reached 254 (6 wickets, 50 overs). India made a bad start, falling to 3/73. The middle order scored fluently,
with Mohammed Azharuddin, (64 from 74 balls, 7 fours) top scoring. Before Azharuddin was removed lbw by Eddie Hemmings,
India were at 5/204, needing 5 runs an over from the last 10 overs, with 5 wickets in hand, and it looked like it would be a very close
game. However, the middle and tailend order for India collapsed, as India lost 5/15. India were eventually bowled all out for 219 (all
out, 45.3 overs), giving England both a berth in the final and a measure of revenge for the loss they suffered to India in the semifinal
of the World Cup four years earlier in England.
4 November 1987
Scorecard

Australia

267/6 (50 overs)

Pakistan
249 (49.2 overs)

Australia won by 18 runs

Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan
Attendance: 57,413

5 November 1987
Scorecard

England
254/6 (50 overs)

India
219 (45.3 overs)

England won by 35 runs

Wankhede Stadium, Bombay, India
Attendance: 45,000

Final [edit]
Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup Final
Australia won the toss and chose to bat. David Boon (75 from 125 balls, 7 fours) top-scored for Australia, whose batsmen scored
fluently. Australia posted 253 (5 wickets, 50 overs). Mike Veletta (45 from 31 balls, 6 fours) cut loose late in the innings, as Australia
scored 65 runs from the last 6 overs of their innings. In the English reply, opener Tim Robinson was bowled for a first ball duck. Bill
Athey (58 from 103 balls, 2 fours) top-scored, and England were almost on target,when captain Mike Gatting (41 from 45 balls, 3
fours, 1 six) handed back the initiative with the loss of his wicket, which ended a growing partnership of 69 runs in 13 overs between
him and Athey. Allan Lamb (45 from 55 balls, 4 fours) also posted a great innings, but it was in vain as the required run-rate for
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England began to rise. When England failed to score the last 17 runs from the final over, the cup went to Australia.
8 November 1987

Australia

Scorecard

253/5 (50 overs)

England

Australia won by 7 runs

246/8 (50 overs)

Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India

Attendance: 95,000

Statistics

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Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup statistics

Leading run scorers
Runs

Player

Leading wicket takers

Team

Matches

Wickets

Player

Team

Matches

471

Graham Gooch

England

18

Craig McDermott

Australia

447

David Boon

Australia

17

Imran Khan

Pakistan

428

Geoff Marsh

Australia

14

Patrick Patterson

West Indies 6

391

Sir Viv Richards

West Indies

14

Maninder Singh

India

354

Mike Gatting

England

13

Eddie Hemmings

England

Records [edit]
The first hat-trick in Cricket World Cup history was taken by Chetan Sharma of India during their final group match against New
Zealand. He clean bowled Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield with last three balls of the 42nd over.[2]
Navjot Singh Sidhu hit 9 sixes during the tournament the highest number of sixes by a player during a single tournament.

References

[edit]

1. ^ "The gracious Mr Walsh"

. ESPNcricinfo. 5 April 2011.

2. ^ "24th Match: India v New Zealand at Nagpur, Oct 31, 1987"

External links

. Cricinfo. Retrieved 11 July 2009.

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Scorecards of all the 1987 World Cup matches

Cricket World Cup 1987

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from Cricinfo

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