Cricket World Cup 1987

The 1987 ICC Cricket World Cup , which was held in India and Pakistan from October 8 to November 8, 1987 , was the fourth Cricket World Cup . The World Cup is played in the one-day international format, with each team playing one innings over a maximum of 50 overs . In the final, Australia defeated the team from England .

Attendees

In addition to the seven nations with test status Zimbabwe , which prevailed at the ICC Trophy 1986, qualified as participants:

Australia England India New Zealand

Pakistan Zimbabwe Sri Lanka West Indies

Venues

Bangalore Chandigarh Chennai Cutack Delhi Hyderabad Indore Jaipur Kanpur Calcutta Motera Mumbai Nagpur Pune

Venues for the 1987 Cricket World Cup in India

Faisalabad Hyderabad Gujranwala Karachi Lahore Peshawar Rawalpindi

Venues of the 1987 Cricket World Cup in Pakistan

14 stadiums in India and seven stadiums in Pakistan were selected as the venues.

city	country	Stadion	capacity
Bangalore	India	M. Chinnaswamy Stadium	55,000
Chandigarh	India	Sector 16 Stadium	48,000
Chennai	India	MA Chidambaram Stadium	50,000
Cutack	India	Barabati Stadium	25,000
Delhi	India	Feroz Shah Kotla	40,000
Hyderabad	India	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium	30,000
Indore	India	Nehru Stadium	25,000
Jaipur	India	Sawai Mansingh Stadium	25,000
Kanpur	India	Green Park Stadium	40,000
Calcutta	India	Eden Gardens	90,000
Motera	India	Sardar Patel Stadium	48,000
Bombay	India	Wankhede Stadium	45,000
Nagpur	India	Vidarbha Cricket Association Stadium	40,000
Pune	India	Nehru Stadium	25,000
Faisalabad	Pakistan	Iqbal Stadium	25,000
Hyderabad	Pakistan	Niaz Stadium
Gujranwala	Pakistan	Municipal Stadium	20,000
Karachi	Pakistan	National Stadium	45,000
Lahore	Pakistan	Gaddafi Stadium
Peshawar	Pakistan	Arbab Niaz Stadium	20,000
Rawalpindi	Pakistan	Pindi Club Ground	15,000

format

In two preliminary round groups with four teams each, everyone played against each other twice, with a win bringing four points, a tie or no result two points. The first two of this group qualified for the semi-finals, the winners of which played the final. Altogether there were 27 encounters.

Preliminary round

The preliminary round was held in two groups with four teams each, with the first two of each group qualifying for the semi-finals. The following terms are used in the tables:

• Sp everal
• S iege
• N iederlagen
• U nentschieden
• NR No Result
• P oints
• RR run rate

Group A

table

Group A	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	RR
India	6th	5	1	0	0	20th	5,413
Australia	6th	5	1	0	0	20th	5,193
New Zealand	6th	2	4th	0	0	8th	4,887
Zimbabwe	6th	0	6th	0	0	0	3,757

Games

October 9 scorecard	Madras	Australia 270-6 (50)	-	India 269 ​​(49.5)
		Australia wins with 1 run

October 10 scorecard	Hyderabad (India)	New Zealand 242-7 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 239 (49.4)
		New Zealand wins with 3 runs

October 13 scorecard	Madras	Australia 235-9 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 139 (49.4)
		Australia wins with 96 runs

October 14 scorecard	Bangalore	India 252-7 (50)	-	New Zealand 236-8 (50)
		India wins with 16 runs

October 17th scorecard	Bombay	Zimbabwe 135 (44.2)	-	India 136-2 (27.5)
		India wins with 8 wickets

18./19. October scorecard	Indore	Australia 199-4 (30/30)	-	New Zealand 196-9 (30/30)
		Australia wins with 3 runs

October 22nd scorecard	Delhi	India 289-6 (50)	-	Australia 233 (49)
		India wins with 56 runs

October 23 scorecard	Calcutta	Zimbabwe 227-5 (50)	-	New Zealand 228-6 (47.4)
		New Zealand wins with 4 wickets

October 26 scorecard	Motera	Zimbabwe 191-7 (50)	-	India 194-3 (42)
		India wins with 7 wickets

October 27 scorecard	Chandigarh	Australia 251-8 (50)	-	New Zealand 234 (48.4)
		Australia wins with 17 runs

October 30th scorecard	Cutack	Australia 266-5 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 196-6 (50)
		Australia wins with 70 runs

October 31 scorecard	Nagpur	New Zealand 221-9 (50)	-	India 224-1 (32.1)
		India wins with 9 wickets

Group B

table

Group B	Sp.	S.	N	U	NO	P	RR
Pakistan	6th	5	1	0	0	20th	5,007
England	6th	4th	2	0	0	16	5,140
West Indies	6th	3	3	0	0	12	5,160
Sri Lanka	6th	0	6th	0	0	0	4,041

Games

October 8th scorecard	Hyderabad (Pakistan)	Pakistan 267-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 252 (49.2)
		Pakistan wins by 15 runs

October 9 scorecard	Gujranwala	West Indies 243-7 (50)	-	England 246-8 (49.3)
		England wins with 2 wickets

12./13. October scorecard	Rawalpindi	Pakistan 239-7 (50)	-	England 221 (48.4)
		Pakistan wins with 18 runs

October 13 scorecard	Karachi	West Indies 360-4 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 169-4 (50)
		West Indies wins with 191 runs

October 16 scorecard	Lahore	West Indies 216 (50)	-	Pakistan 217-9 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 1 wicket

October 17th scorecard	Peshawar	England 296-4 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 158-8 (45/45)
		England wins with 108 runs (rain rule)

October 20 scorecard	Karachi	England 244-9 (50)	-	Pakistan 247-3 (49)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

October 21 scorecard	Kanpur	West Indies 236-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 211-8 (50)
		West Indies wins by 25 runs

October 25 scorecard	Faisalabad	Pakistan 297-7 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 184-8 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 113 runs

October 26 scorecard	Jaipur	England 269-5 (50)	-	West Indies 235 (48.1)
		England wins with 34 runs

October 30th scorecard	Pune	Sri Lanka 218-7 (50)	-	England 219-2 (41.2)
		England wins with 8 wickets

October 30th scorecard	Karachi	West Indies 258-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 230-9 (50)
		West Indies wins with 28 runs

Semifinals

November 4th scorecard	Lahore	Australia 267-6 (50)	-	Pakistan 252 (49.2)
		Australia wins with 18 runs

November 5th scorecard	Bombay	England 254-6 (50)	-	India 219 (45.3)
		England wins with 35 runs

final

November 8th scorecard	Calcutta	Australia 253-5 (50)	-	England 246-8 (50)
		Australia wins with 7 runs

supporting documents

1. ↑ ^{a b} ESPN cricinfo: Reliance World Cup 1987/88 / Points table