1983 Cricket World Cup Final

1983 Prudential World Cup Final

Event	1983 Prudential Cup
India West Indies 183 140 54.4 overs 52 overs
India won by 43 runs
Date	25 June 1983
Venue	Lord's Cricket Ground, England
Umpires	Dickie Bird and Barrie Meyer
Attendance	30,000
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The final of the 1983 Prudential 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. It was the first world cup win for India.

Scorecard

Indian Innings

		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
Sunil Gavaskar	c Dujon b Roberts	2	14	12	0	0	16.66
Krishnamachari Srikkanth	lbw b Marshall	38	105	57	7	1	66.66
Mohinder Amarnath	b Holding	26	108	80	3	0	32.50
Yashpal Sharma	c sub (Logie) b Gomes	11	45	32	1	0	34.37
Sandeep Patil	c Gomes b Garner	27	48	29	0	1	93.10
Kapil Dev (c)	c Holding b Gomes	16	10	8	4	0	187.50
Kirti Azad	c Garner b Roberts	0	3	3	0	0	0.00
RMH Binny	c Garner b Roberts	2	9	8	0	0	25.00
S Madan Lal	b Marshall	17	31	27	0	1	62.96
Syed Kirmani (wk)	b Holding	14	55	43	0	0	32.55
Balwinder Sandhu	not out	11	42	30	1	0	36.66
Extras	(b 5, lb 5, w 9, nb 1)	20
Total	(all out; 54.4 overs)	183	(3.34 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1–2 (Gavaskar), 2–59 (Srikkanth), 3–90 (Amarnath), 4–92(Yashpal Sharma), 5–110 (Kapil Dev), 6–111 (Azad), 7–130 (Binny), 8–153 (Patil), 9–161 (Madan Lal), 10–183 (Kirmani)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Andy Roberts	10	3	32	3	3.20
Joel Garner	12	4	24	1	2.00
Malcolm Marshall	11	1	24	2	2.18
Michael Holding	9.4	2	26	2	2.68
Larry Gomes	11	1	49	2	4.45
Viv Richards	1	0	8	0	8.00

West Indies Innings

		R	M	B	4s	6s	SR
Gordon Greenidge	b Sandhu	1	11	12	0	0	8.33
Desmond Haynes	c Binny b Madan Lal	13	45	33	2	0	39.39
Viv Richards	c Kapil Dev b Madan Lal	33	42	28	7	0	117.85
Clive Lloyd	c Kapil Dev b Binny	8	32	17	1	0	47.05
Larry Gomes	c Gavaskar b Madan Lal	5	18	16	0	0	31.25
Faoud Bacchus	c Kirmani b Sandhu	8	37	25	0	0	32.00
Jeff Dujon	b Amarnath	25	94	73	0	1	34.24
Malcolm Marshall	c Gavaskar b Amarnath	18	73	51	0	0	35.29
Andy Roberts	lbw b Kapil Dev	4	16	14	0	0	28.57
Joel Garner	not out	5	34	19	0	0	26.31
Michael Holding	lbw b Amarnath	6	28	24	0	0	25.00
Extras	(lb 4, w 10)	14
Total	(all out; 52 overs)	140	(2.69 runs per over)

Fall of wickets 1-5 (Greenidge), 2-50 (Haynes), 3-57 (Richards), 4-66 (Gomes), 5-66 (Lloyd), 6-76 (Bacchus), 7-119 (Dujon), 8-124 (Marshall), 9-126 (Roberts), 10-140 (Holding)

Bowling	O	M	R	W	Econ
Kapil Dev	11	4	21	1	1.90
Balwinder Sandhu	9	1	32	2	3.55
Madan Lal	12	2	31	3	2.58
Roger Binny	10	1	23	1	2.30
Mohinder Amarnath	7	0	12	3	1.71
Kirti Azad	3	0	7	0	2.33

Match details

25 June 1983 Scorecard

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

India won by 43 runs Lord's, London, England Attendance : 30,000 Umpires: HD Bird and BJ Meyer (ENG) Player of the match: M Amarnath (IND)

After losing the toss, India were asked to bat first against a West Indies team that arguably boasted the world's best bowling attack. Only Mohinder Amarnath (26 from 80 balls) and Kris Srikkanth (38 from 57 balls) put up any significant resistance as Andy Roberts, Malcolm Marshall, Joel Garner and Michael Holding ripped through the Indian batsmen, ably supported by Gomes. Surprising resistance by the tail allowed India to compile 183 (all out, 54.4 overs). Only three sixes were hits in the Indian innings, one from Srikkanth, one from Sandeep Patil (27 from 29 balls), and one from Madan Lal (17 from 27 balls). However, the Indian bowling exploited the weather and pitch conditions perfectly to bowl out the best batting line-up of the era for 140 from 52 overs in return, winning by 43 runs and completing one of the most stunning upsets in cricket history, defeating the previously invincible West Indies. Amarnath and Madan Lal (3–31) each took three wickets, and one memorable moment was the sight of Kapil Dev running a great distance (about 18–20 yards) to take a catch to dismiss Richards, the West Indies top scorer with 33 from 28 balls. Amarnath was the most economical bowler, conceding just 12 runs from his seven overs while taking 3 wickets, and was once again awarded the Man of the Match award for his all-round performance. There was no "Man of the Series" award in 1983.

See also

• ICC Cricket World Cup

External links

• Scorecards of all the 1983 World Cup matches
• 1983 Final Highlights video on Veoh
• Cricket World Cup 1983 from Cricinfo