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
 West Indies 360/4  Sri Lanka National Stadium, Karachi
 Pakistan 297/7  Sri Lanka Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad
 England 296/4  Sri Lanka Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
 India 289/6  Australia Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi
 Australia 270/6  India MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
 India 269  Australia MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
 England 269/5  West Indies Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur
 Pakistan 267/6  Sri Lanka Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sind
 Australia 267/8  Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
 Australia 266/5  Zimbabwe 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  England 471 8 8 58.87 70.29 115 1 3 45 0
David Boon  Australia 447 8 8 55.87 76.67 93 0 5 38 3
Geoff Marsh  Australia 428 8 8 61.14 68.26 126* 2 1 35 4
Sir Viv Richards  West Indies 391 6 6 65.16 107.41 181 1 3 29 13
Mike Gatting  England 354 8 8 50.57 95.93 60 0 3 26 2
Rameez Raja  Pakistan 349 7 7 49.85 63.33 113 1 2 15 0
Saleem Malik  Pakistan 323 7 7 53.83 91.24 100 1 2 30 0
Dean Jones  Australia 314 8 8 44.85 77.72 58* 0 3 9 9
Sunil Gavaskar  India 300 7 7 50.55 79.15 103* 1 2 36 4
Allan Lamb  England 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
Sir Viv Richards  West Indies 181 125 16 7  Sri Lanka National Stadium, Karachi
Dave Houghton  Zimbabwe 142 137 13 6  New Zealand Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan
Geoff Marsh  Australia 126* 149 12 3  New Zealand Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh
Graham Gooch  England 115 136 11 0  India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Rameez Raja  Pakistan 113 148 5 0  England National Stadium, Karachi
Geoff Marsh  Australia 110 141 7 1  India MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Richie Richardson  West Indies 110 135 8 2  Pakistan National Stadium, Karachi
Desmond Haynes  West Indies 105 124 10 1  Sri Lanka National Stadium, Karachi
Sunil Gavaskar  India 103* 88 10 3  New Zealand Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur
Javed Miandad  Pakistan 103 100 6 0  Sri Lanka Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sind

Highest partnerships

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

By wicket
Wicket Runs Team Players Opposition Ground
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]

Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI
Craig McDermott  Australia 18 8 18.94 24.3 4.67 5/44
Imran Khan  Pakistan 17 7 13.05 17.5 4.45 4/37
Patrick Patterson  West Indies 14 6 18.07 24.0 4.51 3/31
Maninder Singh  India 14 7 20.00 30.0 4.00 3/21
Eddie Hemmings  England 13 6 21.07 27.4 4.60 4/52
Abdul Qadir  Pakistan 12 7 20.16 34.0 3.55 4/31
Phil DeFreitas  England 12 8 23.58 34.5 4.09 3/28
Steve Waugh  Australia 11 8 26.18 34.6 4.53 2/36
Ravi Ratnayeke  Sri Lanka 10 6 31.30 32.4 5.79 3/41
Courtney Walsh  West Indies 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
Craig McDermott  Australia 10.0 5/44  Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Manoj Prabhakar  India 8.0 4/19  Zimbabwe Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Abdul Qadir  Pakistan 10.0 4/31  England Pindi Club Ground' Rawalpindi
Imran Khan  Pakistan 8.3 4/37  West Indies Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Imran Khan  Pakistan 8.3 4/37  England National Stadium, Karachi
Simon O'Donnell  Australia 12.0 5/39  Pakistan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
Courtney Walsh  West Indies 10.0 4/40  Pakistan M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Eddie Hemmings  England 9.3 4/52  India Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
Craig McDermott  Australia 10.0 4/56  India M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai
Mohammad Azharuddin  India 3.5 3/19  Australia 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  India 6 11 6 5 4
Greg Dyer  Australia 8 11 9 2 4
Saleem Yousuf  Pakistan 7 9 9 0 3
Paul Downton  England 8 9 8 1 3
Dave Houghton  Zimbabwe 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  India 7 5 2
Bill Athey  England 6 4 1
Martin Crowe  New Zealand 6 4 2
Carl Hooper  West Indies 6 4 2
Simon O'Donnell  Australia 7 4 2
Dean Jones  Australia 8 4 1
Bruce Reid  Australia 8 4 2
Mudassar Nazar  Pakistan 2 3 2
Robin Brown  Zimbabwe 3 3 2
Rumesh Ratnayake  Sri Lanka 3 3 2

References

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

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