The 1987 Cricket World Cup (also known as the Reliance World Cup) was the fourth edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament. Australia won the world cup by beating their arch-rivals England by seven runs at Eden Gardens stadium in Kolkata.
| Top 5 Batsman | |||||||||||
| Player | Team | Matches | I | R | HS | Avg. | SR | 100 | 50 | 4s | 6s |
| Graham Gooch | ENG | 8 | 8 | 471 | 115 | 58.87 | 70.29 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 0 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Boon | AUS | 8 | 8 | 447 | 93 | 55.87 | 76.67 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 3 |
| Geoff Marsh | AUS | 8 | 8 | 428 | 126* | 61.14 | 68.26 | 2 | 1 | 35 | 4 |
| Viv Richards | WI | 6 | 6 | 391 | 181 | 65.16 | 107.41 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 13 |
| Mike Gatting | ENG | 8 | 8 | 354 | 60 | 50.57 | 95.93 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 2 |
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| Top Bowlers | ||||||||
| Bowler | Team | M | Wkts | BBI | Avg. | Econ | SR | 5w |
| C McDermott | AUS | 8 | 18 | 5/44 | 18.94 | 4.67 | 24.3 | 1 |
| Imran Khan | PAK | 7 | 17 | 4/37 | 13.05 | 4.45 | 17.5 | 0 |
| P Patterson | WI | 6 | 14 | 3/31 | 18.07 | 4.51 | 24.0 | 0 |
| Maninder Singh | IND | 7 | 14 | 3/21 | 20.00 | 4.00 | 30.00 | 0 |
| E Hemmings | ENG | 6 | 13 | 4/52 | 21.07 | 4.60 | 27.4 | 0 |
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| Top Individual Scores | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Player | Team | Opposition | Runs | Balls | SR | 4s | 6s | Ground |
| Viv Richards | WI | SL | 181 | 125 | 144.80 | 16 | 7 | Karachi |
| Dave Hoghton | ZIM | NZ | 142 | 137 | 103.64 | 13 | 6 | Hyderabad |
| Geoff Marsh | AUS | NZ | 126* | 149 | 84.56 | 12 | 3 | Chandigarh |
| Graham Gooch | ENG | IND | 115 | 136 | 84.55 | 11 | 0 | Mumbai |
| Rameez Raja | PAK | ENG | 113 | 148 | 76.35 | 5 | 0 | Karachi |
| Top Bowling Figures in an inning | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bowler | Team | Opp. | Bowling Figures | Ground |
| WW Davis | WI | AUS | 7/51 in 10.3 Overs | Lahore |
| C McDermott | AUS | PAK | 5/44 in 10 Overs | Lahore |
| M Prabhakar | IND | ZIM | 4/19 in 8 Overs | Mumbai |
| Abdul Qadir | PAK | ENG | 4/31 in 10 Overs | Rawalpindi |
| Imran Khan | PAK | WI | 4/37 in 8.3 Overs | Lahore |
| Imran Khan | PAK | ENG | 4/37 in 9 Overs | Karachi |
| Highest Partnerships | |||||
| Partners | Team | Runs | Wkt | Opp. | Ground |
| DL Haynes & IVA Richards | WI | 182 | 3rd | SL | Karachi |
| Rameez Raja & Saleem Malik | PAK | 167 | 2nd | ENG | Karachi |
| RB Richardson & IVA Richards | WI | 137 | 3rd | PAK | Karachi |
| K Srikkanth & SM Gavaskar | IND | 136 | 1st | NZ | Nagpur |
| CWJ Athey & MW Gatting | ENG | 135 | 3rd | PAK | Karachi |
| Most Dismissals as Wicket-Keepers | |||||
| Wicket-Keeper | Team | Matches | Dismissals | Catches | Stumps |
| K More | IND | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 |
| GC Dyer | AUS | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 |
| Saleem Yusuf | PAK | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 |
| PR Downton | ENG | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 |
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