Forth Cricket World Cup Match Summaries

• 1st Match:
• Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Hyderabad (Sind) - Oct 8, 1987
• Pakistan 267/6 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 252 (49.2 ov)
• Pakistan won by 15 runs
• 2nd Match:
• England v West Indies at Gujranwala - Oct 9, 1987
• West Indies 243/7 (50 ov); England 246/8 (49.3 ov)
• England won by 2 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
• 3rd Match: 
• India v Australia at Chennai - Oct 9, 1987
• Australia 270/6 (50 ov); India 269 (49.5 ov)
• Australia won by 1 run
• 4th Match: 
• New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Hyderabad (Deccan) - Oct 10, 1987
• New Zealand 242/7 (50 ov); Zimbabwe 239 (49.4 ov)
• New Zealand won by 3 runs
• 5th Match: 
• Pakistan v England at Rawalpindi - Oct 12-13, 1987
• Pakistan 239/7 (50 ov); England 221 (48.4 ov)
• Pakistan won by 18 runs
• 6th Match: 
• Australia v Zimbabwe at Chennai - Oct 13, 1987
• Australia 235/9 (50 ov); Zimbabwe 139 (42.4 ov)
• Australia won by 96 runs
• 7th Match: 
• Sri Lanka v West Indies at Karachi - Oct 13, 1987
• West Indies 360/4 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 169/4 (50 ov)
• West Indies won by 191 runs
• 8th Match: 
• India v New Zealand at Bangalore - Oct 14, 1987
• India 252/7 (50 ov); New Zealand 236/8 (50 ov)
• India won by 16 runs
• 9th Match: 
• Pakistan v West Indies at Lahore - Oct 16, 1987
• West Indies 216 (49.3 ov); Pakistan 217/9 (50 ov)
• Pakistan won by 1 wicket (with 0 balls remaining)
• 10th Match: 
• England v Sri Lanka at Peshawar - Oct 17, 1987
• England 296/4 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 158/8 (45/45 ov)
• England won by 108 runs (revised target)
• 11th Match: 
• India v Zimbabwe at Mumbai - Oct 17, 1987
• Zimbabwe 135 (44.2 ov); India 136/2 (27.5 ov)
• India won by 8 wickets (with 133 balls remaining)
• 12th Match: 
• Australia v New Zealand at Indore - Oct 18-19, 1987
• Australia 199/4 (30/30 ov); New Zealand 196/9 (30/30 ov)
• Australia won by 3 runs
• 13th Match: 
• Pakistan v England at Karachi - Oct 20, 1987
• England 244/9 (50 ov); Pakistan 247/3 (49 ov)
• Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
• 14th Match: 
• Sri Lanka v West Indies at Kanpur - Oct 21, 1987
• West Indies 236/8 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 211/8 (50 ov)
• West Indies won by 25 runs
• 15th Match: 
• India v Australia at Delhi - Oct 22, 1987
• India 289/6 (50 ov); Australia 233 (49 ov)
• India won by 56 runs
• 16th Match: 
• New Zealand v Zimbabwe at Kolkata - Oct 23, 1987
• Zimbabwe 227/5 (50 ov); New Zealand 228/6 (47.4 ov)
• New Zealand won by 4 wickets (with 14 balls remaining)
• 17th Match: 
• Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Faisalabad - Oct 25, 1987
• Pakistan 297/7 (50 ov); Sri Lanka 184/8 (50 ov)
• Pakistan won by 113 runs
• 18th Match: 
• England v West Indies at Jaipur - Oct 26, 1987
• England 269/5 (50 ov); West Indies 235 (48.1 ov)
• England won by 34 runs
• 19th Match: 
• India v Zimbabwe at Ahmedabad - Oct 26, 1987
• Zimbabwe 191/7 (50 ov); India 194/3 (42 ov)
• India won by 7 wickets (with 48 balls remaining)
• 20th Match: 
• Australia v New Zealand at Chandigarh - Oct 27, 1987
• Australia 251/8 (50 ov); New Zealand 234 (48.4 ov)
• Australia won by 17 runs
• 21st Match: 
• Australia v Zimbabwe at Cuttack - Oct 30, 1987
• Australia 266/5 (50 ov); Zimbabwe 196/6 (50 ov)
• Australia won by 70 runs
• 22nd Match: 
• England v Sri Lanka at Pune - Oct 30, 1987
• Sri Lanka 218/7 (50 ov); England 219/2 (41.2 ov)
• England won by 8 wickets (with 52 balls remaining)
• 23rd Match: 
• Pakistan v West Indies at Karachi - Oct 30, 1987
• West Indies 258/7 (50 ov); Pakistan 230/9 (50 ov)
• West Indies won by 28 runs
• 24th Match: 
• India v New Zealand at Nagpur - Oct 31, 1987
• New Zealand 221/9 (50 ov); India 224/1 (32.1 ov)
• India won by 9 wickets (with 107 balls remaining)
• 1st SF: 
• Pakistan v Australia at Lahore - Nov 4, 1987
• Australia 267/8 (50 ov); Pakistan 249 (49 ov)
• Australia won by 18 runs
• 2nd SF: 
• India v England at Mumbai - Nov 5, 1987
• England 254/6 (50 ov); India 219 (45.3 ov)
• England won by 35 runs
• Final: 
• Australia v England at Kolkata - Nov 8, 1987
• Australia 253/5 (50 ov); England 246/8 (50 ov)
• Australia won by 7 runs

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Reliance Cricket World Cup -1987

Reliance Cricket World Cup -1987
Winners - Australia

The fourth edition Cricket World Cup in 1987 was sponserd by Reliance, so it is officially named as Reliance Cricket World Cup.

For the first time, the Cricket World Cup tournament was held outside England. India and Pakistan together hosted this mega event. The event was starts with Pakistan Vs Sri Lanka - October 8, 1987 at Hyderabad and ends with the final match - Australia v England on November 8, 1987 at Calcutta (Kolkata).

As the three previous World Cups, even this time only 8 countries participated who played the preliminary matches in 2 groups of 4 each. Following the 1983 World Cup, each country played its groupmates twice. The top two teams from each group played the semifinals and the winners qualified for the final match. The same tradition was followed as in the past three World Cups, white dress, red balls and day-light match. The only change that took place was the reduction of overs from 60 to 50, the current standard.

Australia won the final by defeating England by 7 runs. Allan Border, the captain of Australia Team lifted the 1987 World Cup in the Eden Gardens stadium in Calcutta (India). India and Pakistan were the other semifinalists, which they failed to bring about an eagerly awaited India-Pakistan final. The two time winner, West Indies, failed to live up to expectations by not qualifying for the semifinals. David Boon was awarded the title of 'Man of the Match' for the final match.

This Cricket World Cup was the last world cup of Indian great batsman Sunil Gavaskar. He scored his only ODI century against New Zealand.

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