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Interesting Facts about World Cup 1987

by Satish Adake
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Today, we talk about Cricket World Cup 1987 in this story. The fourth World Cup tournament was hosted together by India & Pakistan in the year 1987. The World Cup was called a Reliance World Cup. It was for the first time that the World Cup tournament was held outside England.

Let us discuss some of the interesting facts about Cricket World Cup 1987 and the informative figures that made the Reliance World Cup an entertaining tourney for all of us. Here are the facts that will make you aware about Cricket World Cup 1987:

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  • The format of matches, competition remained the same like previous versions. There were eight teams in the tournament.
  • The number of overs bowled in an innings of a match was reduced to 50 from 60 overs and later it became a standard for ODI format of the game. Isn’t this amazing about Cricket World Cup 1987?
  • Australia had won the World Cup for the first time by defeating the Ashes-rivals England in the finals by mere 7 runs. The final match was fought very closely in the presence of a huge crowd at Eden Gardens, Kolkata.
  • The two host nations, India & Pakistan failed to reach the finals. Both teams were eliminated in the semi-finals of the tournament.
  • The surprising fact about Cricket World Cup 1987 was the performance of the West Indies team. West Indian team couldn’t perform well in the tournament and failed at the initial group stage in the tournament.
  • In the semi-final match between Pakistan & Australia, the match kept on hanging between the sides as both the teams put on their best performances over after over. Earlier Australian Steve Waugh had scored 18 runs off Saleem Jaffar in the 50th over of the match while batting. And at the end of this match, Pakistan lost the match exactly by 18 runs.
  • When England beat India in the second semifinal of the tournament, England took revenge against India for defeating them in the semi-final match four years ago, in the World Cup 1983, and entered the final of the World Cup ’87.
  • The 182 runs partnership between Desmond Haynes and Viv Richards for the third wicket remained highest and had become one of the records of the tournament.
  • Wicket-keepers Greg Dyer of Australia and Kiran More of India had four dismissals each in match respectively and overall 11 dismissals each in the tournament. Jointly, these were the best performances among wicket-keepers in the tournament.
  • Australia’s Craig McDermott became the only bowler to take five-wicket-haul in the tournament. His performance of 5 wickets for 44 runs made him the top bowler of the tournament. Isn’t it distinct about Cricket World Cup 1987, from other versions?
  • Ashantha De Mel’s bowling analysis of 10-0-97-1 against West Indies was the worst bowling performance of the tournament.
  • Roger Harper’s bowling of 10-2-15-0 had become the most economical figures of the tournament.
  • Graham Gooch with 471 runs in the tournament topped the batting chart for England. Sunil Gavaskar made 300 runs that were the best batting performance for India in the tournament.
  • The highest number of runs was scored in a match between India and Australia when the highest match aggregate was 539-16 in 99.5 overs. Australia scored 270 for 6 while replying to India, who made 269 runs.
  • The lowest number of runs was scored in a match between India and Zimbabwe when the lowest match aggregate was 271 – 12 in 72.1 overs. India scored 136 for 2 against Zimbabwe while chasing, who had earlier made 135 all down.
  • The transition was reflected in the tournament when three batsmen Graham Gooch (471), David Boon (447), and Geoff Marsh (428) scored more than 400 runs in the tournament and indicated high scoring performances ahead in the future.
  • After defeating England in the finals of World Cup at Kolkata, Australia had won the booty of £40,500 which was the highest-earning, along with the nicely designed Reliance World Cup.

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These were the interesting and general facts about Cricket World Cup 1987. Hope you liked it- don’t forget to pen down your comments.