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
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
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
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