1983 Cricket World Cup statistics explained

This is a list of statistics for the 1983 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
	338/5		St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea
	333/9		County Ground, Taunton
	322/6		The Oval, London
	320/9		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
	288/9		St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea
	286		County Ground, Taunton
	282/9		The Oval, London
	279/5		Lord's, London
	273/6		Lord's, London
	272/7		County Cricket Ground, Southampton

Batting statistics

Most runs

The top five 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
		384	7	7	76.80	84.95	130	1	1
		367	8	7	73.40	81.19	119	1	2
		360	7	7	72.00	62.82	81*	0	4
		313	7	7	62.60	81.72	103*	1	2
		303	8	8	60.60	108.99	175*	1	0
		283	7	7	70.75	76.48	102*	1	2
		278	7	6	69.50	80.11	102	1	1
		258	8	7	64.50	55.96	78	0	3
		250	7	7	41.66	60.53	105*	1	1
		240	8	8	34.28	55.94	88*	0	1

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
		175*	138	16	6		Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells
		130	120	12	5		County Ground, Taunton
		119	146	6	1		The Oval, London
		110	131	8	0		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
		105*	146	5	1		New Road, Worcester
		103*	121	6	0		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
		102*	133	11	0		Headingley Stadium, Leeds
		102	105	12	2		The Oval, London
		97	118	8	0		The Oval, London
		95*	117	9	3		Lord's, London

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	172*		Desmond Haynes	Faoud Bacchus		Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
2nd	144		Trevor Chappell	Kim Hughes		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
3rd	195*		Gordon Greenidge	Larry Gomes		New Road, Worcester
4th	147*		Zaheer Abbas	Imran Khan		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
5th	92		Dave Houghton	Duncan Fletcher		New Road, Worcester
6th	144		Imran Khan	Shahid Mahboob		Headingley Stadium, Leeds
7th	75*		Duncan Fletcher	Iain Butchart		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
8th	62		Kapil Dev	Madan Lal		Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
9th	126*		Kapil Dev	Syed Kirmani		Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
10th	71		Andy Roberts	Joel Garner		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester
By runs
3rd	195*		Gordon Greenidge	Larry Gomes		New Road, Worcester
1st	172*		Desmond Haynes	Faoud Bacchus		Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham
4th	147*		Zaheer Abbas	Imran Khan		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
2nd	144		Trevor Chappell	Kim Hughes		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
6th	144		Imran Khan	Shahid Mahboob		Headingley Stadium, Leeds
3rd	132*		Sir Viv Richards	Larry Gomes		The Oval, London
9th	126*		Kapil Dev	Syed Kirmani		Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells
2nd	124		Gordon Greenidge	Sir Viv Richards		Lord's, London
4th	115		Allan Lamb	Mike Gatting		The Oval, London
1st	115		Graeme Fowler	Chris Tavare		Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester

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
		18	8	18.66	29.3	3.81	4/29
		17	6	15.58	23.2	4.01	5/32
		17	8	16.76	29.2	3.43	4/20
		14	6	12.85	27.9	2.76	5/25
		13	7	18.92	36.0	3.15	5/39
		12	6	14.58	35.0	2.50	3/28
		12	7	19.58	37.4	3.14	3/40
		12	8	20.41	42.0	2.91	5/43
		12	6	22.00	33.8	3.90	5/44
		11	7	18.72	40.1	2.79	4/42

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
		10.3	7/51		Headingley Stadium, Leeds
		11.5	6/39		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
		10.1	5/25		County Cricket Ground, Bristol
		12.0	5/32		County Cricket Ground, Derby
		12.0	5/39		County Ground, Taunton
		12.0	5/39		Headingley Stadium, Leeds
		12.0	5/43		Trent Bridge, Nottingham
		12.0	5/44		Headingley Stadium, Leeds
		8.2	4/20		County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford
		12.0	4/21		Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham

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
		8	16	15	1	3
		7	14	12	2	5
		8	13	11	2	1
		7	9	6	3	4
		6	8	8	0	3

Most catches

This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.^[9]

Player	Team	Matches	Catches	Max
		8	7	2
		7	6	2
		8	5	2
		8	5	2
		5	4	2
		7	4	2
		7	4	2
		7	4	2
		8	4	2

External links

• Cricket World Cup 1983 Stats from Cricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Highest Totals . 2011-08-25. ESPN Cricinfo.
2. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Highest Run Scorers . 2011-08-25. ESPN Cricinfo.
3. Web site: Cricket World Cup: High Scores . 2011-08-25. ESPN Cricinfo.
4. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by wickets. 2011-08-25. ESPN Cricinfo.
5. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Highest partnerships by runs. 2011-08-25. ESPN Cricinfo.
6. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Most Wickets . 2011-08-25. ESPN Cricinfo.
7. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Best Bowling Figures . 2011-08-25. ESPN Circinfo.
8. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Most Dismissals . 2011-08-25. ESPN Cricinfo.
9. Web site: Cricket World Cup: Most Catches . 2011-08-25. ESPN Circinfo.