# 1983 Cricket World Cup Group B
## Overview

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR |
| 1 | West Indies | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4.308 |
| 2 | India | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 3.870 |
| 3 | Australia | 6 | 2 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.808 |
| 4 | Zimbabwe | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.492 |

## Australia v Zimbabwe

* 9 June 1983 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 239/6 (60 overs) | v | Australia 226/7 (60 overs) |
| Duncan Fletcher 69* (84) Graham Yallop 2/28 (9 overs) | | Kepler Wessels 76 (130) Duncan Fletcher 4/42 (11 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 13 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: David Constant and Mervyn Kitchen Player of the match: Duncan Fletcher
* This was Zimbabwe's first international match, and their first win.

## India vs West Indies

* 9 June 1983 Scorecard
| India 262/8 (60 overs) | v | West Indies 228 (54.1 overs) |
| Yashpal Sharma 89 (120) Michael Holding 2/32 (12 overs) | | Joel Garner 37 (29) Ravi Shastri 3/26 (5.1 overs) |
* India won by 34 runs Old Trafford, Manchester, England Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater and Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Yashpal Sharma
* Reserve day on 10 June used, 22 overs of West Indies's innings completed on 9 June. This was West Indies's first defeat in a world cup.

## Australia vs West Indies

* 11 June 1983 Scorecard
| West Indies 252/9 (60 overs) | v | Australia 151 (30.3 overs) |
| Larry Gomes 78 (153) Geoff Lawson 3/29 (12 overs) | | David Hookes 45 (45) Winston Davis 7/51 (10.3 overs) |
* West Indies won by 101 runs Headingley, Leeds, England Umpires: David Constant and David Evans Player of the match: Winston Davis
* Reserve day on 12 June used, 42 overs of West Indies's innings completed on 11 June.

## India vs Zimbabwe

* 11 June 1983 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 155 (51.4 overs) | v | India 157/5 (37.3 overs) |
| Iain Butchart 22* (35) Madan Lal 3/27 (10.4 overs) | | Sandeep Patil 50 (54) Peter Rawson 2/11 (5.1 overs) |
* India won by 5 wickets Grace Road, Leicester, England Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw and Roy Palmer Player of the match: Madan Lal

## Australia vs India

* 13 June 1983 Scorecard
| Australia 320/9 (60 overs) | v | India 158 (37.5 overs) |
| Trevor Chappell 110 (131) Kapil Dev 5/43 (12 overs) | | Kapil Dev 40 (27) Ken MacLeay 6/39 (11.5 overs) |
* Australia won by 162 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: Don Oslear and Roy Palmer Player of the match: Trevor Chappell

## West Indies vs Zimbabwe

* 13 June 1983 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 217/7 (60 overs) | v | West Indies 218/2 (48.3 overs) |
| Duncan Fletcher 71* (88) Andy Roberts 3/36 (12 overs) | | Gordon Greenidge 105* (147) Peter Rawson 2/39 (12 overs) |
* West Indies won by 8 wickets New Road, Worcester, England Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw and David Evans Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge

## India vs West Indies

* 15 June 1983 Scorecard
| West Indies 282/9 (60 overs) | v | India 216 (53.1 overs) |
| Viv Richards 119 (146) Roger Binny 3/71 (12 overs) | | Mohinder Amarnath 80 (139) Michael Holding 3/40 (9.1 overs) |
* West Indies won by 66 runs The Oval, London, England Umpires: Barrie Meyer and David Shepherd Player of the match: Viv Richards

## Australia vs Zimbabwe

* 16 June 1983 Scorecard
| Australia 272/7 (60 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 240 (59.5 overs) |
| Graeme Wood 73 (121) John Traicos 2/28 (12 overs) | | David Houghton 84 (108) Rodney Hogg 3/40 (11.5 overs) |
* Australia won by 32 runs County Ground, Southampton, England Umpires: David Evans and Roy Palmer Player of the match: David Houghton

## Australia vs West Indies

* 18 June 1983 Scorecard
| Australia 273/6 (60 overs) | v | West Indies 276/3 (57.5 overs) |
| Kim Hughes 69 (124) Malcolm Marshall 2/36 (12 overs) | | Viv Richards 95* (117) Rodney Hogg 1/25 (12 overs) |
* West Indies won by 7 wickets Lord's, London, England Umpires: Roy Palmer and Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Viv Richards

## India vs Zimbabwe

* 18 June 1983 Scorecard
| India 266/8 (60 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 235 (57 overs) |
| Kapil Dev 175* (138) Peter Rawson 3/47 (12 overs) | | Kevin Curran 73 (93) Madan Lal 3/42 (11 overs) |
* India won by 31 runs Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells Umpires: Barrie Meyer and Mervyn Kitchen Player of the match: Kapil Dev
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kapil Dev came in when India were 4/9, and soon after they were 5/17. He scored 75 in the last 11 overs.
* Kapil Dev became the first player for India to score an ODI hundred.
* Kapil Dev scored the then-highest individual ODI score at the ICC Cricket World Cup.

## Australia v India

* 20 June 1983 Scorecard
| India 247 (55.5 overs) | v | Australia 129 (39.2 overs) |
| Yashpal Sharma 40 (40) Rodney Hogg 3/40 (12 overs) | | Allan Border 36 (49) Madan Lal 4/20 (8.2 overs) |
* India won by 118 runs County Ground, Chelmsford Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw and David Shepherd Player of the match: Roger Binny

## West Indies vs Zimbabwe

* 20 June 1983 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 171 (60 overs) | v | West Indies 172/0 (45.1 overs) |
| Kevin Curran 62 (92) Wayne Daniel 3/28 (9 overs) | | Desmond Haynes 88* (136) John Traicos 0/24 (12 overs) |
* West Indies won by 10 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Constant Player of the match: Faoud Bacchus