# 1983 Cricket World Cup Group A
## Overview

| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR |
| 1 | England | 6 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 4.671 |
| 2 | Pakistan | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.014 |
| 3 | New Zealand | 6 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 3.927 |
| 4 | Sri Lanka | 6 | 1 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.752 |

## England vs New Zealand

* 9 June 1983 Scorecard
| England 322/6 (60 overs) | v | New Zealand 216 (59 overs) |
| Allan Lamb 102 (105) Martin Snedden 2/105 (12 overs) | | Martin Crowe 97 (118) Bob Willis 2/9 (7 overs) |
* England won by 106 runs The Oval, London, England Umpires: Barrie Meyer and Don Oslear Player of the match: Allan Lamb

## Pakistan vs Sri Lanka

* 9 June 1983 Scorecard
| Pakistan 338/5 (60 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 288/9 (60 overs) |
| Zaheer Abbas 82 (81) Ashantha de Mel 2/69 (12 overs) | | Brendon Kuruppu 72 (101) Sarfraz Nawaz 3/40 (12 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 50 runs St Helen's, Swansea, Wales Umpires: Ken Palmer and David Shepherd Player of the match: Mohsin Khan

## England vs Sri Lanka

* 11 June 1983 Scorecard
| England 333/9 (60 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 286 (58 overs) |
| David Gower 130 (120) Ashantha de Mel 2/62 (12 overs) | | Guy de Alwis 58 (51) Vic Marks 5/39 (12 overs) |
* England won by 47 runs County Ground, Taunton, England Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen and Ken Palmer Player of the match: David Gower

## New Zealand vs Pakistan

* 11 June 1983 Scorecard
| New Zealand 238/9 (60 overs) | v | Pakistan 186 (55.2 overs) |
| Bruce Edgar 44 (107) Abdul Qadir 4/21 (12 overs) | | Abdul Qadir 41* (68) Richard Hadlee 3/20 (9 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 52 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Umpires: Dickie Bird and Barrie Leadbeater Player of the match: Abdul Qadir
* Reserve day on 12 June used, 56 overs of New Zealand's innings completed on 11 June.

## England vs Pakistan

* 13 June 1983 Scorecard
| Pakistan 193/8 (60 overs) | v | England 199/2 (50.4 overs) |
| Zaheer Abbas 83 (104) Bob Willis 2/24 (12 overs) | | Graeme Fowler 78* (151) Rashid Khan 1/19 (7 overs) |
* England won by 8 wickets Lord's, London, England Umpires: Barrie Meyer and Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Zaheer Abbas

## New Zealand vs Sri Lanka

* 13 June 1983 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 206 (56.1 overs) | v | New Zealand 209/5 (39.2 overs) |
| Ranjan Madugalle 60 (87) Richard Hadlee 5/25 (10.1 overs) | | Geoff Howarth 76 (79) Ashantha de Mel 2/30 (8 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 5 wickets County Ground, Bristol, England Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Shepherd Player of the match: Richard Hadlee

## England vs New Zealand

* 15 June 1983 Scorecard
| England 234 (55.2 overs) | v | New Zealand 238/8 (59.5 overs) |
| David Gower 92* (96 balls) Richard Hadlee 3/32 (10 overs) | | Jeremy Coney 66* (97 balls) Bob Willis 4/42 (12 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 2 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw and Ken Palmer Player of the match: Jeremy Coney

## Pakistan vs Sri Lanka

* 16 June 1983 Scorecard
| Pakistan 235/7 (60 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 224 (58.3 overs) |
| Imran Khan 102* (133) Ashantha de Mel 5/39 (12 overs) | | Sidath Wettimuny 50 (127) Abdul Qadir 5/44 (12 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 11 runs Headingley, Leeds, England Umpires: Don Oslear and Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Abdul Qadir

## England vs Pakistan

* 18 June 1983 Scorecard
| Pakistan 232/8 (60 overs) | v | England 233/3 (57.2 overs) |
| Javed Miandad 67 (100) Vic Marks 2/45 (12 overs) | | Graeme Fowler 69 (96) Mudassar Nazar 2/34 (12 overs) |
* England won by 7 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester, England Umpires: Dickie Bird and Don Oslear Player of the match: Graeme Fowler

## New Zealand v Sri Lanka

* 18 June 1983 Scorecard
| New Zealand 181 (58.2 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 184/7 (52.5 overs) |
| Martin Snedden 40 (55) Ashantha de Mel 5/32 (12 overs) | | Roy Dias 64* (101) Martin Snedden 2/58 (10.5 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets County Ground, Derby, England Umpires: David Constant and Barrie Leadbeater Player of the match: Ashantha de Mel

## England vs Sri Lanka

* 20 June 1983 Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 136 (50.4 overs) | v | England 137/1 (24.1 overs) |
| Sidath Wettimuny 22 (49) Paul Allott 3/41 (10.4 overs) | | Graeme Fowler 81 (77) Ashantha de Mel 1/33 (10 overs) |
* England won by 9 wickets Headingley, Leeds, England Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater and Ken Palmer Player of the match: Bob Willis

## New Zealand v Pakistan

* 20 June 1983 Scorecard
| Pakistan 261/3 (60 overs) | v | New Zealand 250 (59.1 overs) |
| Zaheer Abbas 103* (121) Jeremy Coney 2/42 (12 overs) | | Jeremy Coney 51 (78) Mudassar Nazar 3/43 (12 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 11 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: David Evans and Mervyn Kitchen Player of the match: Imran Khan