1983 Cricket World Cup

1983 Cricket World Cup

 The 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup (also known as Prudential World Cup) was the third edition of the ICC Cricket World Cup tournament. It was held from 9 June to 25 June 1983 in England and was won by India. Eight countries participated in the event.The 1983 World Cup was full of dramatic cricket right from the start. Teams like India and Zimbabwe who were not playing well at those times scored upset victories over the West Indies and Australia respectively. England, Pakistan, India and tournament favourites West Indies qualified for the semi-finals. The preliminary matches were played in two groups of four teams each, and each country played the others in its group twice. The top two teams in each group qualified for the semi-finals.

 The matches consisted of 60 overs per team and were played in traditional white clothing and with red balls. They were all played during the day.
1983 Cricket World Cup Final

 The final of the 1983 ICC Cricket World Cup was played between India and West Indies at the Lord's Cricket Ground on 25 June 1983. This was the third consecutive World Cup final appearance for West Indies. India playing their first finals defeated the West Indies to claim the title.

25 June 1983 Scorecard :-

                       India v West Indies
            183 (54.4 overs)    140 (52 overs)
      K Srikkanth 38 (57)    IVA Richards 33 (28)
AME Roberts 3/32 (10)   S Madan Lal 3/31 (12)

India won by 43 runs
Lord's, London, England
Umpires: HD Bird and BJ Meyer (ENG).
Player of the match: M Amarnath (IND)

1983 Cricket World Cup squad -
Kapil Dev (c)
Mohinder Amarnath (vc)
Kirti Azad
Roger Binny
Sunil Gavaskar
Syed Kirmani (wk)
Madan Lal
Sandeep Patil
Balwinder Sandhu
Yashpal Sharma
Ravi Shastri
Krishnamachari Srikkanth
Sunil Valson
Dilip Vengsarkar


Source Page - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1983_Cricket_World_Cup

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