# 1983 Cricket World Cup statistics

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.
| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
| Pakistan | 338/5 | Sri Lanka | St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea |
| England | 333/9 | Sri Lanka | County Ground, Taunton |
| England | 322/6 | New Zealand | The Oval, London |
| Australia | 320/9 | India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Sri Lanka | 288/9 | Pakistan | St. Helen's Rugby and Cricket Ground, Swansea |
| Sri Lanka | 286 | England | County Ground, Taunton |
| West Indies | 282/9 | India | The Oval, London |
| West Indies | 279/5 | Australia | Lord's, London |
| Australia | 273/6 | West Indies | Lord's, London |
| Australia | 272/7 | Zimbabwe | County Cricket Ground, Southampton |

## Batting statistics
### Most runs

The top five highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Runs | Matches | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s |
| David Gower | England | 384 | 7 | 7 | 76.80 | 84.95 | 130 | 1 | 1 |
| Sir Viv Richards | West Indies | 367 | 8 | 7 | 73.40 | 81.19 | 119 | 1 | 2 |
| Graeme Fowler | England | 360 | 7 | 7 | 72.00 | 62.82 | 81* | 0 | 4 |
| Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan | 313 | 7 | 7 | 62.60 | 81.72 | 103* | 1 | 2 |
| Kapil Dev | India | 303 | 8 | 8 | 60.60 | 108.99 | 175* | 1 | 0 |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | 283 | 7 | 7 | 70.75 | 76.48 | 102* | 1 | 2 |
| Allan Lamb | England | 278 | 7 | 6 | 69.50 | 80.11 | 102 | 1 | 1 |
| Larry Gomes | West Indies | 258 | 8 | 7 | 64.50 | 55.96 | 78 | 0 | 3 |
| Gordon Greenidge | West Indies | 250 | 7 | 7 | 41.66 | 60.53 | 105* | 1 | 1 |
| Desmond Haynes | West Indies | 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.
| Player | Team | Score | Balls | 4s | 6s | Opponent | Ground |
| Kapil Dev | India | 175* | 138 | 16 | 6 | Zimbabwe | Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells |
| David Gower | England | 130 | 120 | 12 | 5 | Sri Lanka | County Ground, Taunton |
| Sir Viv Richards | West Indies | 119 | 146 | 6 | 1 | India | The Oval, London |
| Trevor Chappell | Australia | 110 | 131 | 8 | 0 | India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Gordon Greenidge | West Indies | 105* | 146 | 5 | 1 | Zimbabwe | New Road, Worcester |
| Zaheer Abbas | Pakistan | 103* | 121 | 6 | 0 | New Zealand | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | 102* | 133 | 11 | 0 | Sri Lanka | Headingley Stadium, Leeds |
| Allan Lamb | England | 102 | 105 | 12 | 2 | New Zealand | The Oval, London |
| Martin Crowe | New Zealand | 97 | 118 | 8 | 0 | England | The Oval, London |
| Sir Viv Richards | West Indies | 95* | 117 | 9 | 3 | Australia | Lord's, London |

### Highest Partnerships

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.
By wicket :
| Wicket | Runs | Team | Players | Players | Opposition | Ground |
| 1st | 172* | West Indies | Desmond Haynes | Faoud Bacchus | Zimbabwe | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham |
| 2nd | 144 | Australia | Trevor Chappell | Kim Hughes | India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| 3rd | 195* | West Indies | Gordon Greenidge | Larry Gomes | Zimbabwe | New Road, Worcester |
| 4th | 147* | Pakistan | Zaheer Abbas | Imran Khan | New Zealand | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| 5th | 92 | Zimbabwe | Dave Houghton | Duncan Fletcher | West Indies | New Road, Worcester |
| 6th | 144 | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Shahid Mahboob | Sri Lanka | Headingley Stadium, Leeds |
| 7th | 75* | Zimbabwe | Duncan Fletcher | Iain Butchart | Australia | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| 8th | 62 | India | Kapil Dev | Madan Lal | Zimbabwe | Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells |
| 9th | 126* | India | Kapil Dev | Syed Kirmani | Zimbabwe | Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells |
| 10th | 71 | West Indies | Andy Roberts | Joel Garner | India | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester |
| By runs |||||||
| 3rd | 195* | West Indies | Gordon Greenidge | Larry Gomes | Zimbabwe | New Road, Worcester |
| 1st | 172* | West Indies | Desmond Haynes | Faoud Bacchus | Zimbabwe | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham |
| 4th | 147* | Pakistan | Zaheer Abbas | Imran Khan | New Zealand | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| 2nd | 144 | Australia | Trevor Chappell | Kim Hughes | India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| 6th | 144 | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Shahid Mahboob | Sri Lanka | Headingley Stadium, Leeds |
| 3rd | 132* | West Indies | Sir Viv Richards | Larry Gomes | Pakistan | The Oval, London |
| 9th | 126* | India | Kapil Dev | Syed Kirmani | Zimbabwe | Nevill Ground, Tunbridge Wells |
| 2nd | 124 | West Indies | Gordon Greenidge | Sir Viv Richards | Australia | Lord's, London |
| 4th | 115 | England | Allan Lamb | Mike Gatting | New Zealand | The Oval, London |
| 1st | 115 | England | Graeme Fowler | Chris Tavare | Pakistan | Old Trafford Cricket Ground, Manchester |

## Bowling statistics
### Most wickets

The following table contains the ten leading wicket-takers of the tournament.
| Player | Team | Wkts | Mts | Ave | S/R | Econ | BBI |
| Roger Binny | India | 18 | 8 | 18.66 | 29.3 | 3.81 | 4/29 |
| Ashantha de Mel | Sri Lanka | 17 | 6 | 15.58 | 23.2 | 4.01 | 5/32 |
| Madan Lal | India | 17 | 8 | 16.76 | 29.2 | 3.43 | 4/20 |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | New Zealand | 14 | 6 | 12.85 | 27.9 | 2.76 | 5/25 |
| Vic Marks | England | 13 | 7 | 18.92 | 36.0 | 3.15 | 5/39 |
| Malcolm Marshall | West Indies | 12 | 6 | 14.58 | 35.0 | 2.50 | 3/28 |
| Michael Holding | West Indies | 12 | 7 | 19.58 | 37.4 | 3.14 | 3/40 |
| Kapil Dev | India | 12 | 8 | 20.41 | 42.0 | 2.91 | 5/43 |
| Abdul Qadir | Pakistan | 12 | 6 | 22.00 | 33.8 | 3.90 | 5/44 |
| Bob Willis | England | 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.
| Player | Team | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
| Winston Davis | West Indies | 10.3 | 7/51 | Australia | Headingley Stadium, Leeds |
| Ken MacLeay | Australia | 11.5 | 6/39 | India | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Sir Richard Hadlee | New Zealand | 10.1 | 5/25 | Sri Lanka | County Cricket Ground, Bristol |
| Ashantha de Mel | Sri Lanka | 12.0 | 5/32 | New Zealand | County Cricket Ground, Derby |
| Vic Marks | England | 12.0 | 5/39 | Sri Lanka | County Ground, Taunton |
| Ashantha de Mel | Sri Lanka | 12.0 | 5/39 | Pakistan | Headingley Stadium, Leeds |
| Kapil Dev | India | 12.0 | 5/43 | Australia | Trent Bridge, Nottingham |
| Abdul Qadir | Pakistan | 12.0 | 5/44 | Sri Lanka | Headingley Stadium, Leeds |
| Madan Lal | India | 8.2 | 4/20 | Australia | County Cricket Ground, Chelmsford |
| Abdul Qadir | Pakistan | 12.0 | 4/21 | New Zealand | Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham |

## Fielding statistics
### Most dismissals

This is a list of the wicketkeepers who have made the most dismissals in the tournament.
| Player | Team | Matches | Dismissals | Caught | Stumped | Max |
| Jeff Dujon | West Indies | 8 | 16 | 15 | 1 | 3 |
| Ian Gould | England | 7 | 14 | 12 | 2 | 5 |
| Syed Kirmani | India | 8 | 13 | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| Wasim Bari | Pakistan | 7 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 4 |
| Rod Marsh | Australia | 6 | 8 | 8 | 0 | 3 |

### Most catches

This is a list of the outfielders who have taken the most catches in the tournament.
| Player | Team | Matches | Catches | Max |
| Kapil Dev | India | 8 | 7 | 2 |
| Allan Lamb | England | 7 | 6 | 2 |
| Desmond Haynes | West Indies | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Clive Lloyd | West Indies | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Bruce Edgar | New Zealand | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Sir Ian Botham | England | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Bob Willis | England | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Sir Viv Richards | West Indies | 8 | 4 | 2 |