1987 Cricket World Cup

Fourth edition of the Cricket World Cup

Cricket tournament

1987 Cricket World Cup

Dates| 8 October – 8 November 1987
Administrator(s)| International Cricket Conference
Cricket format| One Day International
Tournament format(s)| Double round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)|

* India
* Pakistan

Champions|  Australia (1st title)
Runners-up|  England
Participants| 8
Matches| 27
Most runs|  Graham Gooch (471)
Most wickets|  Craig McDermott (18)

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The 1987 Cricket World Cup (officially known as the Reliance Cup 1987 for sponsorship reasons) was the fourth Cricket World Cup. It was held from 8 October to 8 November 1987 in India and Pakistan – the first such tournament to be held outside England. The one-day format was unchanged from the eight-team 1983 event except for a reduction in the number of overs a team played from 60 to 50, the current standard for all ODIs.

The competition was won, for the first time, by Australia who defeated their arch-rivals England by seven runs in the second-most closely fought World Cup final to date in Kolkata's 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]

## Format

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The format of the competition was two groups of four teams each team playing each other twice in 50-over matches. The top two teams from each group would advance to the semi-finals where the two winners would then advance to the final. All matches were played during daytime and– for the final time in the tournament's history– saw the teams appear in traditional white clothing and use traditional red balls as used in Test/First Class matches.

## Qualification

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See also: 1986 ICC Trophy

The ICC decreed that all seven eligible countries holding Test status would automatically qualify for the tournament. One additional place would be awarded to the winners of the 1986 ICC Trophy. For the second consecutive tournament this was Zimbabwe, who defeated the Netherlands.

The following eight teams participated in the tournament:

*  Australia
*  England
*  India (co-hosts)
*  New Zealand
*  Pakistan (co-hosts)
*  Sri Lanka
*  West Indies
*  Zimbabwe

## Venues

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Calcutta

Delhi

Ahmedabad

Madras

Indore

Nagpur

Bangalore

Mumbai

Hyderabad

Cuttack

Chandigarh

Pune

Jaipur

Kanpur

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Venues in India

Peshawar

Lahore

Faisalabad

Gujranwala

Karachi

Rawalpindi

Hyderabad

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Venues in Pakistan

Venue | City | Capacity | Matches

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India
Eden Gardens | Calcutta, West Bengal | 120,000 | 2
Wankhede Stadium | Bombay, Maharashtra | 45,000 | 2
M. A. Chidambaram Stadium | Madras, Tamil Nadu | 50,000 | 2
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium | Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh | 30,000 | 1
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium | Bangalore, Karnataka | 45,000 | 1
Nehru Stadium | Indore, Madhya Pradesh | 25,000 | 1
Arun Jaitley Ground | Delhi | 48,000 | 1
Sardar Patel Stadium | Ahmedabad, Gujarat | 48,000 | 1
Sector 16 Stadium | Chandigarh, Punjab-Haryana | 48,000 | 1
Barabati Stadium | Cuttack, Odisha | 25,000 | 1
Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground | Nagpur, Maharashtra | 40,000 | 1
Green Park | Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh | 40,000 | 1
Sawai Mansingh Stadium | Jaipur, Rajasthan | 30,000 | 1
Nehru Stadium | Pune, Maharashtra | 25,000 | 1
Pakistan
Iqbal Stadium | Faisalabad, Punjab | 25,000 | 1
Municipal Stadium | Gujranwala, Punjab | 20,000 | 1
Niaz Stadium | Hyderabad, Sindh | 15,000 | 1
National Stadium | Karachi, Sindh | 45,000 | 3
Gaddafi Stadium | Lahore, Punjab | 35,000 | 2
Arbab Niaz Stadium | Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa | 25,000 | 1
Pindi Club Ground | Rawalpindi, Punjab | 25,000 | 1

## Squads

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Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup squads

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup Group A

Pos | Team

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* t
* e

| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR

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1  |  India | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 20  | 5.413
2  |  Australia | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 20  | 5.193
3  |  New Zealand | 6  | 2  | 4  | 0  | 0  | 8  | 4.887
4  |  Zimbabwe | 6  | 0  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 3.757

Source: ESPNcricinfo, The Age

9 October 1987
Scorecard

Australia
270/6 (50 overs)

India
269 (49.5 overs)

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Australia won by 1 run
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras, India

10 October 1987
Scorecard

New Zealand
242/7 (50 overs)

Zimbabwe
239 (49.4 overs)

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New Zealand won by 3 runs
Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, India

13 October 1987
Scorecard

Australia
235/9 (50 overs)

Zimbabwe
139 (42.4 overs)

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Australia won by 96 runs
MA Chidambaram Stadium, Madras, India

14 October 1987
Scorecard

India
252/7 (50 overs)

New Zealand
236/8 (50 overs)

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India won by 16 runs
M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore, India

17 October 1987
Scorecard

Zimbabwe
135 (44.2 overs)

India
136/2 (27.5 overs)

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India won by 8 wickets
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay, India

18 October 1987
Scorecard

Australia
199/4 (30 overs)

New Zealand
196/9 (30 overs)

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Australia won by 3 runs
Nehru Stadium, Indore, India

22 October 1987
Scorecard

India
289/6 (50 overs)

Australia
233 (49 overs)

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India won by 56 runs
Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi, India

23 October 1987
Scorecard

Zimbabwe
227/5 (50 overs)

New Zealand
228/6 (47.4 overs)

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New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India

26 October 1987
Scorecard

Zimbabwe
191/7 (50 overs)

India
194/3 (42 overs)

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India won by 7 wickets
Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad, India

27 October 1987
Scorecard

Australia
251/8 (50 overs)

New Zealand
234 (48.4 overs)

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Australia won by 17 runs
Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh, India

30 October 1987
Scorecard

Australia
266/5 (50 overs)

Zimbabwe
196/6 (50 overs)

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Australia won by 70 runs
Barabati Stadium, Cuttack, India

31 October 1987
Scorecard

New Zealand
221/9 (50 overs)

India
224/1 (32.1 overs)

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India won by 9 wickets
VCA Ground, Nagpur, India

### Group B

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Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup Group B

Pos | Team

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* t
* e

| Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR

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1  |  Pakistan | 6  | 5  | 1  | 0  | 0  | 20  | 5.007
2  |  England | 6  | 4  | 2  | 0  | 0  | 16  | 5.140
3  |  West Indies | 6  | 3  | 3  | 0  | 0  | 12  | 5.160
4  |  Sri Lanka | 6  | 0  | 6  | 0  | 0  | 0  | 4.041

Source: ESPNcricinfo, The Age

8 October 1987
Scorecard

Pakistan
267/6 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka
252 (49.2 overs)

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Pakistan won by 15 runs
Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Pakistan

9 October 1987
Scorecard

West Indies
243/7 (50 overs)

England
246/8 (49.3 overs)

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England won by 2 wickets
Municipal Stadium, Gujranwala, Pakistan

13 October 19871
Scorecard

Pakistan
239/7 (50 overs)

England
221 (48.4 overs)

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Pakistan won by 18 runs
Pindi Club Ground, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

13 October 1987
Scorecard

West Indies
360/4 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka
169/4 (50 overs)

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West Indies won by 191 runs
National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

16 October 1987
Scorecard

West Indies
216 (49.3 overs)

Pakistan
217/9 (50 overs)

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Pakistan won by 1 wicket
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

17 October 1987
Scorecard

England
296/4 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka
158/8 (45 overs)2

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England won by 108 runs
Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar, Pakistan

20 October 1987
Scorecard

England
244/9 (50 overs)

Pakistan
247/3 (49 overs)

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Pakistan won by 7 wickets
National Stadium, Karachi, Pakistan

21 October 1987
Scorecard

West Indies
236/8 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka
211/8 (50 overs)

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West Indies won by 25 runs
Green Park, Kanpur, India

25 October 1987
Scorecard

Pakistan
297/7 (50 overs)

Sri Lanka
184/8 (50 overs)

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Pakistan won by 113 runs
Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad, Pakistan

26 October 1987
Scorecard

England
269/5 (50 overs)

West Indies
235 (48.1 overs)

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England won by 34 runs
Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur, India

30 October 1987
Scorecard

Sri Lanka
218/7 (50 overs)

England
219/2 (41.2 overs)

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England won by 8 wickets
Nehru Stadium, Poona, India

30 October 1987
Scorecard

West Indies
258/7 (50 overs)

Pakistan
230/9 (50 overs)

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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 Lanka innings; their target was reduced to 267 in 45 overs by the Average Run Rate method.

## Knockout stage

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Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup knockout stage

| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 4 November – Lahore, Pakistan| |

|  Australia| 267/8

| 8 November – Calcutta, India

|  Pakistan| 249 |

|  Australia| 253/5

| 5 November – Bombay, India

| |  England| 246/8

|  England| 254/6

|  India| 219 |

### Semi-finals

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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). Earlier Steve Waugh scored 18 runs off the 50th over bowled by Saleem Jaffar and ironically Pakistan lost the match by 18 runs.

4 November 1987
Scorecard

Australia
267/8 (50 overs)

Pakistan
249 (49 overs)

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Australia won by 18 runs
Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore, Pakistan

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 50 runs 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 semi-final of the World Cup four years earlier in England.

5 November 1987
Scorecard

England
254/6 (50 overs)

India
219 (45.3 overs)

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England won by 35 runs
Wankhede Stadium, Bombay, India

### Final

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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 six overs of their innings. In the English reply, opener Tim Robinson was out LBW 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, going for a reverse sweep 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 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
Scorecard

Australia
253/5 (50 overs)

England
246/8 (50 overs)

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Australia won by 7 runs
Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India

## Statistics

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Main article: 1987 Cricket World Cup statistics

Leading run scorers[2] Matches | Player | Team | Runs

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8 | Graham Gooch |  England | 471
8 | David Boon |  Australia | 447
8 | Geoff Marsh |  Australia | 428
6 | Viv Richards |  West Indies | 391
8 | Mike Gatting |  England | 354
Leading wicket takers[3] Matches | Player | Team | Wickets

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8 | Craig McDermott |  Australia | 18
7 | Imran Khan |  Pakistan | 17
6 | Patrick Patterson |  West Indies | 14
7 | Maninder Singh |  India | 14
6 | Eddie Hemmings |  England | 13

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 the last three balls of the 42nd over.[4]

## References

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1. ^ "The gracious Mr Walsh". ESPNcricinfo. 5 April 2011. Archived from the original on 18 March 2011. Retrieved 5 April 2011.
2. ^ "Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
3. ^ "Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 April 2022.
4. ^ "24th Match: India v New Zealand at Nagpur, Oct 31, 1987". ESPNcricinfo. Archived from the original on 5 July 2009. Retrieved 11 July 2009.

## External links

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* Scorecards of all the 1987 World Cup matches[usurped] from Cricket Fundas
* Cricket World Cup 1987 from ESPNcricinfo
* Cricket World Cup 1987
* 1987 Cricket World Cup Archived 31 January 2011 at the Wayback Machine

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