# 1987 Cricket World Cup statistics

This is a list of statistics for the 1987 Cricket World Cup.

## Team statistics
### Highest team totals

The following table lists the ten highest team scores during this tournament.
| Team | Total | Opponent | Ground |
| West Indies | 360/4 | Sri Lanka | National Stadium, Karachi |
| Pakistan | 297/7 | Sri Lanka | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad |
| England | 296/4 | Sri Lanka | Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar |
| India | 289/6 | Australia | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |
| Australia | 270/6 | India | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| India | 269 | Australia | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| England | 269/5 | West Indies | Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur |
| Pakistan | 267/6 | Sri Lanka | Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sind |
| Australia | 267/8 | Pakistan | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Australia | 266/5 | Zimbabwe | Barabati Stadium, Cuttack |

## Batting statistics
### Most runs

The top ten highest run scorers (total runs) in the tournament are included in this table.
| Player | Team | Runs | Matches | Inns | Avg | S/R | HS | 100s | 50s | 4s | 6s |
| Graham Gooch | England | 471 | 8 | 8 | 58.87 | 70.29 | 115 | 1 | 3 | 45 | 0 |
| David Boon | Australia | 447 | 8 | 8 | 55.87 | 76.67 | 93 | 0 | 5 | 38 | 3 |
| Geoff Marsh | Australia | 428 | 8 | 8 | 61.14 | 68.26 | 126* | 2 | 1 | 35 | 4 |
| Sir Viv Richards | West Indies | 391 | 6 | 6 | 65.16 | 107.41 | 181 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 13 |
| Mike Gatting | England | 354 | 8 | 8 | 50.57 | 95.93 | 60 | 0 | 3 | 26 | 2 |
| Rameez Raja | Pakistan | 349 | 7 | 7 | 49.85 | 63.33 | 113 | 1 | 2 | 15 | 0 |
| Saleem Malik | Pakistan | 323 | 7 | 7 | 53.83 | 91.24 | 100 | 1 | 2 | 30 | 0 |
| Dean Jones | Australia | 314 | 8 | 8 | 44.85 | 77.72 | 58* | 0 | 3 | 9 | 9 |
| Sunil Gavaskar | India | 300 | 7 | 7 | 50.55 | 79.15 | 103* | 1 | 2 | 36 | 4 |
| Allan Lamb | England | 299 | 8 | 7 | 59.80 | 94.92 | 76 | 0 | 2 | 20 | 3 |

### 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 |
| Sir Viv Richards | West Indies | 181 | 125 | 16 | 7 | Sri Lanka | National Stadium, Karachi |
| Dave Houghton | Zimbabwe | 142 | 137 | 13 | 6 | New Zealand | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan |
| Geoff Marsh | Australia | 126* | 149 | 12 | 3 | New Zealand | Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh |
| Graham Gooch | England | 115 | 136 | 11 | 0 | India | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Rameez Raja | Pakistan | 113 | 148 | 5 | 0 | England | National Stadium, Karachi |
| Geoff Marsh | Australia | 110 | 141 | 7 | 1 | India | MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Richie Richardson | West Indies | 110 | 135 | 8 | 2 | Pakistan | National Stadium, Karachi |
| Desmond Haynes | West Indies | 105 | 124 | 10 | 1 | Sri Lanka | National Stadium, Karachi |
| Sunil Gavaskar | India | 103* | 88 | 10 | 3 | New Zealand | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur |
| Javed Miandad | Pakistan | 103 | 100 | 6 | 0 | Sri Lanka | Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad, Sind |

### Highest partnerships

The following tables are lists of the highest partnerships for the tournament.
By wicket :
| Wicket | Runs | Team | Players | Players | Opposition | Ground |
| 1st | 136 | India | Kris Srikkanth | Sunil Gavaskar | New Zealand | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur |
| 2nd | 167 | Pakistan | Rameez Raja | Saleem Malik | England | National Stadium, Karachi |
| 3rd | 182 | West Indies | Desmond Haynes | Sir Viv Richards | Sri Lanka | National Stadium, Karachi |
| 4th | 116 | West Indies | Sir Viv Richards | Gus Logie | Sri Lanka | National Stadium, Karachi |
| 5th | 83 | West Indies | Jeff Dujon | Gus Logie | England | Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala, Pakistan |
| 6th | 73 | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Saleem Yousuf | West Indies | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| 7th | 46* | New Zealand | Jeff Crowe | Ian Smith | Zimbabwe | Eden Gardens, Kolkata |
| 8th | 117 | Zimbabwe | Dave Houghton | Iain Butchart | New Zealand | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan |
| 9th | 39 | New Zealand | Martin Snedden | Willie Watson | India | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur |
| 10th | 36 | Zimbabwe | Andy Pycroft | Malcolm Jarvis | India | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| By runs |||||||
| 3rd | 182 | West Indies | Desmond Haynes | Sir Viv Richards | Sri Lanka | National Stadium, Karachi |
| 2nd | 167 | Pakistan | Rameez Raja | Saleem Malik | England | National Stadium, Karachi |
| 3rd | 137 | West Indies | Richie Richardson | Sir Viv Richards | Pakistan | National Stadium, Karachi |
| 1st | 136 | India | Kris Srikkanth | Sunil Gavaskar | New Zealand | Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur |
| 3rd | 135 | England | Bill Athey | Mike Gatting | Pakistan | National Stadium, Karachi |
| 2nd | 126 | Australia | Geoff Marsh | Dean Jones | New Zealand | Sector 16 Stadium, Chandigarh, India |
| 1st | 123 | England | Graham Gooch | Tim Robinson | Sri Lanka | Nehru Stadium, Pune, India |
| 8th | 117 | Zimbabwe | Dave Houghton | Iain Butchart | New Zealand | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad, Deccan |
| 2nd | 117 | Australia | David Boon | Dean Jones | New Zealand | Nehru Stadium, Indore, Deccan |
| 3rd | 117 | England | Graham Gooch | Mike Gatting | India | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |

## 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 |
| Craig McDermott | Australia | 18 | 8 | 18.94 | 24.3 | 4.67 | 5/44 |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | 17 | 7 | 13.05 | 17.5 | 4.45 | 4/37 |
| Patrick Patterson | West Indies | 14 | 6 | 18.07 | 24.0 | 4.51 | 3/31 |
| Maninder Singh | India | 14 | 7 | 20.00 | 30.0 | 4.00 | 3/21 |
| Eddie Hemmings | England | 13 | 6 | 21.07 | 27.4 | 4.60 | 4/52 |
| Abdul Qadir | Pakistan | 12 | 7 | 20.16 | 34.0 | 3.55 | 4/31 |
| Phil DeFreitas | England | 12 | 8 | 23.58 | 34.5 | 4.09 | 3/28 |
| Steve Waugh | Australia | 11 | 8 | 26.18 | 34.6 | 4.53 | 2/36 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | Sri Lanka | 10 | 6 | 31.30 | 32.4 | 5.79 | 3/41 |
| Courtney Walsh | West Indies | 9 | 6 | 25.44 | 37.0 | 4.12 | 4/40 |

### Best bowling figures

This table lists the top ten players with the best bowling figures in the tournament.
| Player | Team | Overs | Figures | Opponent | Ground |
| Craig McDermott | Australia | 10.0 | 5/44 | Pakistan | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Manoj Prabhakar | India | 8.0 | 4/19 | Zimbabwe | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Abdul Qadir | Pakistan | 10.0 | 4/31 | England | Pindi Club Ground' Rawalpindi |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | 8.3 | 4/37 | West Indies | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Imran Khan | Pakistan | 8.3 | 4/37 | England | National Stadium, Karachi |
| Simon O'Donnell | Australia | 12.0 | 5/39 | Pakistan | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore |
| Courtney Walsh | West Indies | 10.0 | 4/40 | Pakistan | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Eddie Hemmings | England | 9.3 | 4/52 | India | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai |
| Craig McDermott | Australia | 10.0 | 4/56 | India | M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai |
| Mohammad Azharuddin | India | 3.5 | 3/19 | Australia | Feroz Shah Kotla, Delhi |

## 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 |
| Kiran More | India | 6 | 11 | 6 | 5 | 4 |
| Greg Dyer | Australia | 8 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 4 |
| Saleem Yousuf | Pakistan | 7 | 9 | 9 | 0 | 3 |
| Paul Downton | England | 8 | 9 | 8 | 1 | 3 |
| Dave Houghton | Zimbabwe | 6 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 |

### 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 | 7 | 5 | 2 |
| Bill Athey | England | 6 | 4 | 1 |
| Martin Crowe | New Zealand | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Carl Hooper | West Indies | 6 | 4 | 2 |
| Simon O'Donnell | Australia | 7 | 4 | 2 |
| Dean Jones | Australia | 8 | 4 | 1 |
| Bruce Reid | Australia | 8 | 4 | 2 |
| Mudassar Nazar | Pakistan | 2 | 3 | 2 |
| Robin Brown | Zimbabwe | 3 | 3 | 2 |
| Rumesh Ratnayake | Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 2 |