1987 Cricket World Cup statistics

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

Team statistics

Highest team totals

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

TeamTotalOpponentGround
 West Indies360/4 Sri LankaNational Stadium, Karachi
 Pakistan297/7 Sri LankaIqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
 England296/4 Sri LankaArbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
 India289/6 AustraliaFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
 Australia270/6 IndiaMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
 India269 AustraliaMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
 England269/5 West IndiesSawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
 Pakistan267/6 Sri LankaNiaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sind
 Australia267/8 PakistanGaddafi Stadium, Lahore
 Australia266/5 ZimbabweBarabati Stadium, Cuttack

Batting statistics

Most runs

The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.[2]

PlayerTeamRunsMatchesInnsAvgS/RHS100s50s4s6s
Graham Gooch England4718858.8770.2911513450
David Boon Australia4478855.8776.679305383
Geoff Marsh Australia4288861.1468.26126*21354
Sir Viv Richards West Indies3916665.16107.41181132913
Mike Gatting  England3548850.5795.936003262
Rameez Raja Pakistan3497749.8563.3311312150
Saleem Malik Pakistan3237753.8391.2410012300
Dean Jones Australia3148844.8577.7258*0399
Sunil Gavaskar India3007750.5579.15103*12364
Allan Lamb England2998759.8094.927602203

Highest scores

This table contains the top ten highest scores of the tournament made by a batsman in a single innings.[3]

PlayerTeamScoreBalls4s6sOpponentGround
Sir Viv Richards West Indies181125167 Sri LankaNational Stadium, Karachi
Dave Houghton Zimbabwe142137136 New ZealandLal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan
Geoff Marsh Australia126*149123 New ZealandSector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Graham Gooch England115136110 IndiaWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Rameez Raja Pakistan11314850 EnglandNational Stadium, Karachi
Geoff Marsh Australia11014171 IndiaMA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Richie Richardson West Indies11013582 PakistanNational Stadium, Karachi
Desmond Haynes West Indies105124101 Sri LankaNational Stadium, Karachi
Sunil Gavaskar India103*88103 New ZealandVidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Javed Miandad Pakistan10310060 Sri LankaNiaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sind

Highest partnerships

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

By wicket
WicketRunsTeamPlayersOppositionGround
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

Most wickets

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

PlayerTeamWktsMtsAveS/REconBBI
Craig McDermott Australia18818.9424.34.675/44
Imran Khan Pakistan17713.0517.54.454/37
Patrick Patterson West Indies14618.0724.04.513/31
Maninder Singh India14720.0030.04.003/21
Eddie Hemmings England13621.0727.44.604/52
Abdul Qadir Pakistan12720.1634.03.554/31
Phil DeFreitas England12823.5834.54.093/28
Steve Waugh Australia11826.1834.64.532/36
Ravi Ratnayeke Sri Lanka10631.3032.45.793/41
Courtney Walsh West Indies9625.4437.04.124/40

Best bowling figures

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

PlayerTeamOversFiguresOpponentGround
Craig McDermott Australia10.05/44 PakistanGaddaffi Stadium, Lahore
Manoj Prabhakar India8.04/19 ZimbabweWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Abdul Qadir Pakistan10.04/31 EnglandPindi Club Ground' Rawalpindi
Imran Khan Pakistan8.34/37 West IndiesGaddaffi Stadium, Lahore
Imran Khan Pakistan8.34/37 EnglandNational Stadium, Karachi
Simon O'Donnell Australia12.05/39 PakistanGaddaffi Stadium, Lahore
Courtney Walsh West Indies10.04/40 PakistanM. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Eddie Hemmings England9.34/52 IndiaWankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Craig McDermott Australia10.04/56 IndiaM. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Mohammad Azharuddin India3.53/19 AustraliaFeroz Shah Kotla, Delhi

Fielding statistics

Most dismissals

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

PlayerTeamMatchesDismissalsCaughtStumpedMax
Kiran More India611654
Greg Dyer Australia8 11924
Saleem Yousuf Pakistan79903
Paul Downton England89813
Dave Houghton Zimbabwe65322

Most catches

This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.[9]

PlayerTeamMatchesCatchesMax
Kapil Dev India752
Bill Athey England641
Martin Crowe New Zealand642
Carl Hooper West Indies642
Simon O'Donnell Australia742
Dean Jones Australia841
Bruce Reid Australia842
Mudassar Nazar Pakistan232
Robin Brown Zimbabwe332
Rumesh Ratnayake Sri Lanka332

References
  1. "Cricket World Cup 1987: Highest Totals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  2. "Cricket World Cup 1987: Highest Run Scorers". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-09-10.
  3. "Cricket World Cup 1987: High Scores". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-09-11.
  4. Highest partnerships by wicket ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-09-12
  5. Highest partnerships by runs ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-09-12
  6. "Cricket World Cup 1987: Most Wickets". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  7. "Cricket World Cup 1987: Best Bowling Figures". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  8. "Cricket World Cup 1987: Most Dismissals". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
  9. "Cricket World Cup 1987: Most Catches". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 2011-09-12.
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