The 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup (also known as Prudential World Cup) was the third edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament. India beat West Indies in the final at Lord's to won their first world cup title.


Top 5 Batsman
 Player Team Matches   I   R HS Avg. SR 100 50
 D Gower ENG 7 7 384 130 76.80 84.95 1 1
 Viv Richards WI 8 7 367 119 73.40 81.19 1 2
 G Fowler ENG 7 7 360 81* 72.00 62.82 0 4
 Zaheer Abbas PAK 7 7 313 103* 62.60 81.72 1 2
 Kapil Dev IND 8 8 303 175* 60.60 108.99 1 0
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Top Bowlers
Bowler Team M Wkts BBI Avg. Econ SR 5w
Roger Binny IND 8 18 4/29 18.66 3.81 29.3 0
ALF de Mel SL 6 17 5/32 15.58 4.01 23.2 2
Madan Lal IND 8 17 4/20 16.76 3.43 29.2 0
R Hadlee NZ 6 14 5/25 12.85 2.76 27.9 1
VJ Marks ENG 7 13 5/39 18.92 3.15 36.0 1
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Top Individual Scores
Player Team Opposition Runs Balls SR 4s 6s Ground
Kapil Dev IND ZIM 175* 138 126.81 16 6 Tunbridge
David Gower ENG SL 130 120 108.33 12 5 Taunton
Viv Richards WI IND 119 146 81.50 6 1 The Oval
T Chappell AUS IND 110 131 83.96 11 0 Nottingham
C Greenidge WI ZIM 105* 147 71.42 5 1 Worcester

 

Top Bowling Figures in an inning
Bowler Team Opp. Bowling Figures Ground
WW Davis WI AUS 7/51 in 10.3 Overs Leeds
K MacLeay AUS IND 6/39 in 11.5 Overs Nottingham
R Hadlee NZ SL 5/25 in 10.1 Overs Bristol
ALF de Mel SL NZ 5/32 in 12 Overs Derby
VJ MArks ENG SL 5/39 in 12 Overs Taunton
ALF de Mel SL PAK 5/39 in 12 Overs Leeds

 

Highest Partnerships
Partners Team Runs Wkt Opp. Ground
CG Greenidge & HA Gomes WI 195* 2nd ZIM Worcester
DL Haynes & SFAF Bacchus WI 172* 1st ZIM Birmingham
Zaheer Abbas & Imran Khan PAK 147* 4th NZ Nottingham
TM Chappell & KJ Hughes AUS 144 2nd IND Nottingham
Imran Khan & Shahid Mahboob PAK 144 6th SL Leeds

 

Most Dismissals as Wicket-Keepers
Wicket-Keeper Team Matches Dismissals Catches Stumps
PJL Dujon WI 8 16 15 1
Syed Kirmani IND 8 14 12 2
IJ Gould ENG 7 12 11 1
Wasim Bari PAK 7 9 6 3
R Marsh AUS 6 8 8 0
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Most Dismissals as Fielders
 Player Team Matches Catches Max
 Kapil Dev IND 8 7 2
 Allan Lamb ENG 7 6 2
 D Haynes WI 8 5 2
 CH Llyod WI 8 5 2

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