Prudential World Cup 1983 (Final at Lord's)

Winners: India

Runners-up: West Indies

Highest team total: 338/5 (60 ovs) Pak vs SL (Swansea)

Lowest team total: 129 (38.2 ovs) Aus vs Ind (Chelmsford)

Total individual 100s: 8

Highest individual score: 175 .. by Kapil Dev for Ind vs Zim (Tunbridge Wells)

Leading run-scorer: 384 runs by David Gower for Eng in 7 matches

Total 5-plus wicket hauls: 8

Best bowling: 7/51 by Winston Davis for WI vs Aus (Leeds)

Leading wicket-taker: 18 wickets by Roger Binny for Ind in 8 matches

Most exciting match

AUSTRALIA vs ZIMBABWE, Nottingham June 9, 1983 (Group match)

Result: Zimbabwe won by 13 runs

The opening match of the World Cup saw the game’s biggest upset, when a bunch of amateurs from Zimbabwe managed to beat Australia by 13 runs. Having been put in, Zimbabwe, in their first-ever appearance in the competition, were 94 for five, when their captain, Duncan Fletcher (69 not out), a former professional with Rishton in the Lancashire League, led their recovery by adding 70 in 15 overs with Kevin Curran and 75 in 12 overs with Iain Butchart. Australia, on their part, made it difficult for themselves by dropping five catches in the field as the minnows managed to reach 239/6. Australia looked all set to win when Kepler Wessels (76) and Graeme Wood (31) put on 61 for the opening wicket. However, they kept on losing wickets and slipped behind the required rate against Fletcher’s four wickets, backed by some fine ground fielding and catching. The Aussies fell short by 13 runs!

Text: Sportsdesk

Stats: Mohandas Menon