Today, we’ll see the most runs scored in Cricket World Cup 1983 by individuals and partnership runs as well. As we know, World Cup tournament was hosted in England and was played on huge, widespread green top test grounds. Most of the cricket grounds in England such as Lord’s, Edgbaston, Headingly, Oval, Trent Bridge are bigger in size and higher in capacity. As the tournament proceeded, runs started pouring. The star players of the teams like West Indies, Australia, England, and Pakistan opened the faces of their bats to pile huge scores.
Most Runs Scored in Cricket World Cup 1983
Cricket-lovers had seen the dramatic innings and the highest scores that went past 300-marks 4 times during the tournament. Most of the stroke-players dominated the list of performers. The individual batsmen not only played well in the matches but the teams were also performing better. The players were involved in the huge partnerships when the result of the match kept hanging till the last ball was bowled. Stupendous performances got these batsmen into the list of the most runs scored in Cricket World Cup 1983.
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Most of the games turned out as high scoring matches and the players like David Gower, Viv Richards, Fowler, Zaheer Abbas, Sandeep Patil, Imran Khan & Kapil Dev made their presence felt during the tournament.
List of 5 most runs scored in Cricket World Cup 1983 by batsmen who individually performed better in the World Cup tournament is given below. The individual names are given in the order of their total runs:
| SN | Player Name | Match | Innings | Not Out | Runs | Balls faced | Highest Score | Avg | SR | 100s | 50s |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | David Gower | 7 | 7 | 2 | 384 | 452 | 130 | 76.80 | 85.0 | 1 | 1 |
| 2. | Viv Richards | 8 | 7 | 2 | 367 | 452 | 119 | 73.40 | 81.2 | 1 | 2 |
| 3. | Graeme Fowler | 7 | 7 | 2 | 360 | 573 | 81* | 72.00 | 62.8 | 4 | |
| 4. | Zaheer Abbas | 7 | 7 | 2 | 313 | 383 | 103* | 62.60 | 81.7 | 1 | 2 |
| 5. | Kapil Dev | 8 | 8 | 3 | 303 | 278 | 175* | 60.60 | 109.0 | 1 |
Each of these batsmen played as per the situation demanded and never let their team down during the tournament. Stylish David Gower had performed consistently, Viv Richards piled runs aggressively, Fowler kept the opponent in surprise, Zaheer Abbas played classic innings and Kapil Dev shocked everyone with his breathtaking performance when he made 175 not out which was a world record. The list of the most runs scored in Cricket World Cup 1983 is a reminiscence of individual & pair brilliance.
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The batsmen offered the best of their shots and have taken every chance, turning it into the opportunity, while scoring runs and building partnerships. Some of the best partnerships of the World Cup tournament are given below in order of highest runs scored:
| SN | Runs | Batting Pair | Team | Against |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | 195* | Gordon Greenidge & Larry Gomes | West Indies | Zimbabwe |
| 2. | 172* | Desmond Haynes & Faud Bacchus | West Indies | Zimbabwe |
| 3. | 147* | Zaheer Abbas & Imran Khan | Pakistan | New Zealand |
| 4. | 144 | Trevor Chappell & Kim Hughes | Australia | India |
| 4. | 144 | Imran Khan & Shahid Mahboob | Pakistan | Sri Lanka |
| 5. | 126 | Kapil Dev & Syed Kirmani | India | Zimbabwe |
The individual innings of the partnership had kept the tournament lively and made it interesting till the end. Every batsman played against all odds and displayed unmatched skills. The players not only got listed on the most runs scored in Cricket World Cup 1983 but also ignited the campaign of their teams.
Winning the World Cup against the mighty West Indies is one of the biggest achievements of our cricket team. It has boosted the level of confidence while facing the toughest opponent. It is not the World Cup alone but the circumstances against which the Indian team had fought and won also matters us the most.
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