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]
Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
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360/4 | ![]() |
National Stadium, Karachi |
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297/7 | ![]() |
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad |
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296/4 | ![]() |
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar |
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289/6 | ![]() |
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
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270/6 | ![]() |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
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269 | ![]() |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
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269/5 | ![]() |
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
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267/6 | ![]() |
Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sind |
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267/8 | ![]() |
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
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266/5 | ![]() |
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |
Batting statistics
Most runs
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 | ![]() |
471 | 8 | 8 | 58.87 | 70.29 | 115 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 0 |
David Boon | ![]() |
447 | 8 | 8 | 55.87 | 76.67 | 93 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 3 |
Geoff Marsh | ![]() |
428 | 8 | 8 | 61.14 | 68.26 | 126* | 2 | 1 | 35 | 4 |
Sir Viv Richards | ![]() |
391 | 6 | 6 | 65.16 | 107.41 | 181 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 13 |
Mike Gatting | ![]() |
354 | 8 | 8 | 50.57 | 95.93 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 2 |
Rameez Raja | ![]() |
349 | 7 | 7 | 49.85 | 63.33 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
Saleem Malik | ![]() |
323 | 7 | 7 | 53.83 | 91.24 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
Dean Jones | ![]() |
314 | 8 | 8 | 44.85 | 77.72 | 58* | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
Sunil Gavaskar | ![]() |
300 | 7 | 7 | 50.55 | 79.15 | 103* | 1 | 2 | 36 | 4 |
Allan Lamb | ![]() |
299 | 8 | 7 | 59.80 | 94.92 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 3 |
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 |
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Sir Viv Richards | ![]() |
181 | 125 | 16 | 7 | ![]() |
National Stadium, Karachi |
Dave Houghton | ![]() |
142 | 137 | 13 | 6 | ![]() |
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan |
Geoff Marsh | ![]() |
126* | 149 | 12 | 3 | ![]() |
Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh |
Graham Gooch | ![]() |
115 | 136 | 11 | 0 | ![]() |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Rameez Raja | ![]() |
113 | 148 | 5 | 0 | ![]() |
National Stadium, Karachi |
Geoff Marsh | ![]() |
110 | 141 | 7 | 1 | ![]() |
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Richie Richardson | ![]() |
110 | 135 | 8 | 2 | ![]() |
National Stadium, Karachi |
Desmond Haynes | ![]() |
105 | 124 | 10 | 1 | ![]() |
National Stadium, Karachi |
Sunil Gavaskar | ![]() |
103* | 88 | 10 | 3 | ![]() |
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur |
Javed Miandad | ![]() |
103 | 100 | 6 | 0 | ![]() |
Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sind |
Highest partnerships
The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.[4][5]
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 |
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Craig McDermott | ![]() |
18 | 8 | 18.94 | 24.3 | 4.67 | 5/44 |
Imran Khan | ![]() |
17 | 7 | 13.05 | 17.5 | 4.45 | 4/37 |
Patrick Patterson | ![]() |
14 | 6 | 18.07 | 24.0 | 4.51 | 3/31 |
Maninder Singh | ![]() |
14 | 7 | 20.00 | 30.0 | 4.00 | 3/21 |
Eddie Hemmings | ![]() |
13 | 6 | 21.07 | 27.4 | 4.60 | 4/52 |
Abdul Qadir | ![]() |
12 | 7 | 20.16 | 34.0 | 3.55 | 4/31 |
Phil DeFreitas | ![]() |
12 | 8 | 23.58 | 34.5 | 4.09 | 3/28 |
Steve Waugh | ![]() |
11 | 8 | 26.18 | 34.6 | 4.53 | 2/36 |
Ravi Ratnayeke | ![]() |
10 | 6 | 31.30 | 32.4 | 5.79 | 3/41 |
Courtney Walsh | ![]() |
9 | 6 | 25.44 | 37.0 | 4.12 | 4/40 |
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 |
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Craig McDermott | ![]() |
10.0 | 5/44 | ![]() |
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
Manoj Prabhakar | ![]() |
8.0 | 4/19 | ![]() |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Abdul Qadir | ![]() |
10.0 | 4/31 | ![]() |
Pindi Club Ground' Rawalpindi |
Imran Khan | ![]() |
8.3 | 4/37 | ![]() |
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
Imran Khan | ![]() |
8.3 | 4/37 | ![]() |
National Stadium, Karachi |
Simon O'Donnell | ![]() |
12.0 | 5/39 | ![]() |
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
Courtney Walsh | ![]() |
10.0 | 4/40 | ![]() |
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Eddie Hemmings | ![]() |
9.3 | 4/52 | ![]() |
Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
Craig McDermott | ![]() |
10.0 | 4/56 | ![]() |
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
Mohammad Azharuddin | ![]() |
3.5 | 3/19 | ![]() |
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
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 |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Kiran More | ![]() |
6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
Greg Dyer | ![]() |
8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
Saleem Yousuf | ![]() |
7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
Paul Downton | ![]() |
8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
Dave Houghton | ![]() |
6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |
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 | ![]() |
7 | 5 | 2 |
Bill Athey | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 1 |
Martin Crowe | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 |
Carl Hooper | ![]() |
6 | 4 | 2 |
Simon O'Donnell | ![]() |
7 | 4 | 2 |
Dean Jones | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 1 |
Bruce Reid | ![]() |
8 | 4 | 2 |
Mudassar Nazar | ![]() |
2 | 3 | 2 |
Robin Brown | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 2 |
Rumesh Ratnayake | ![]() |
3 | 3 | 2 |
References
- ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Highest Totals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Highest Run Scorers". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 10 September 2011.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: High Scores". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 September 2011.
- ^ Highest partnerships by wicket ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011
- ^ Highest partnerships by runs ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011
- ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Most Wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Best Bowling Figures". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Most Dismissals". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
- ^ "Cricket World Cup 1987: Most Catches". ESPN Circinfo. Retrieved 12 September 2011.
External links
- Cricket World Cup 1987 Stats from ESPNcricinfo