1983 Cricket World Cup Group B

Overview

Pos	Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	RR
1	West Indies	6	5	1	0	0	20	4.308
2	India	6	4	2	0	0	16	3.870
3	Australia	6	2	4	0	0	8	3.808
4	Zimbabwe	6	1	5	0	0	4	3.492

Source: ESPNcricinfo

Australia v Zimbabwe

9 June 1983 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  239/6 (60 overs)	v	Australia 226/7 (60 overs)
Duncan Fletcher 69* (84) Graham Yallop 2/28 (9 overs)		Kepler Wessels 76 (130) Duncan Fletcher 4/42 (11 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 13 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: David Constant and Mervyn Kitchen Player of the match: Duncan Fletcher

• This was Zimbabwe's first international match, and their first win.[1]

India vs West Indies

9 June 1983 Scorecard

India  262/8 (60 overs)	v	West Indies 228 (54.1 overs)
Yashpal Sharma 89 (120) Michael Holding 2/32 (12 overs)		Joel Garner 37 (29) Ravi Shastri 3/26 (5.1 overs)

India won by 34 runs Old Trafford, Manchester, England Umpires: Barrie Leadbeater and Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Yashpal Sharma

• Reserve day on 10 June used, 22 overs of West Indies's innings completed on 9 June. This was West Indies's first defeat in a world cup.

Australia vs West Indies

11 June 1983 Scorecard

West Indies  252/9 (60 overs)	v	Australia 151 (30.3 overs)
Larry Gomes 78 (153) Geoff Lawson 3/29 (12 overs)		David Hookes 45 (45) Winston Davis 7/51 (10.3 overs)

West Indies won by 101 runs Headingley, Leeds, England Umpires: David Constant and David Evans Player of the match: Winston Davis

• Reserve day on 12 June used, 42 overs of West Indies's innings completed on 11 June.

India vs Zimbabwe

11 June 1983 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  155 (51.4 overs)	v	India 157/5 (37.3 overs)
Iain Butchart 22* (35) Madan Lal 3/27 (10.4 overs)		Sandeep Patil 50 (54) Peter Rawson 2/11 (5.1 overs)

India won by 5 wickets Grace Road, Leicester, England Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw and Roy Palmer Player of the match: Madan Lal

Australia vs India

13 June 1983 Scorecard

Australia  320/9 (60 overs)	v	India 158 (37.5 overs)
Trevor Chappell 110 (131) Kapil Dev 5/43 (12 overs)		Kapil Dev 40 (27) Ken MacLeay 6/39 (11.5 overs)

Australia won by 162 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham, England Umpires: Don Oslear and Roy Palmer Player of the match: Trevor Chappell

West Indies vs Zimbabwe

13 June 1984 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  217/7 (60 overs)	v	West Indies 218/2 (48.3 overs)
Duncan Fletcher 71* (88) Andy Roberts 3/36 (12 overs)		Gordon Greenidge 105* (147) Peter Rawson 2/39 (12 overs)

West Indies won by 8 wickets New Road, Worcester, England Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw and David Evans Player of the match: Gordon Greenidge

India vs West Indies

15 June 1983 Scorecard

West Indies  282/9 (60 overs)	v	India 216 (53.1 overs)
Viv Richards 119 (146) Roger Binny 3/71 (12 overs)		Mohinder Amarnath 80 (139) Michael Holding 3/40 (9.1 overs)

West Indies won by 66 runs The Oval, London, England Umpires: Barrie Meyer and David Shepherd Player of the match: Viv Richards

Australia vs Zimbabwe

16 June 1983 Scorecard

Australia  272/7 (60 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 240 (59.5 overs)
Graeme Wood 73 (121) John Traicos 2/28 (12 overs)		David Houghton 84 (108) Rodney Hogg 3/40 (11.5 overs)

Australia won by 32 runs County Ground, Southampton, England Umpires: David Evans and Roy Palmer Player of the match: David Houghton

Australia vs West Indies

18 June 1983 Scorecard

Australia  273/6 (60 overs)	v	West Indies 276/3 (57.5 overs)
Kim Hughes 69 (124) Malcolm Marshall 2/36 (12 overs)		Viv Richards 95* (117) Rodney Hogg 1/25 (12 overs)

West Indies won by 7 wickets Lord's, London, England Umpires: Roy Palmer and Alan Whitehead Player of the match: Viv Richards

India vs Zimbabwe

18 June 1983 Scorecard

India  266/8 (60 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 235 (57 overs)
Kapil Dev 175*(138) Peter Rawson 3/47 (12 overs)		Kevin Curran 73 (93) Madan Lal 3/42 (11 overs)

India won by 31 runs Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells Umpires: Barrie Meyer and Mervyn Kitchen Player of the match: Kapil Dev

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kapil Dev came in when India were 4/9, and soon after they were 5/17. He scored 75 in the last 11 overs.[2]
• Kapil Dev became the first player for India to score an ODI hundred.[2]
• Kapil Dev scored the then-highest individual ODI score at the ICC Cricket World Cup.

Australia v India

20 june 1983 Scorecard

India  247 (55.5 overs)	v	Australia 129 (39.2 overs)
Yashpal Sharma 40 (40) Rodney Hogg 3/40 (12 overs)		Allan Border 36 (49) Madan Lal 4/20 (8.2 overs)

India won by 118 runs Nevill Ground, Royal Tunbridge Wells Umpires: Jack Birkenshaw and David Shepherd Player of the match: Roger Binny

West Indies vs Zimbabwe

20 June 1983 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  171 (60 overs)	v	West Indies 172/0 (45.1 overs)
Kevin Curran 62 (92) Wayne Daniel 3/28 (9 overs)		Desmond Haynes 88* (136) John Traicos 0/24 (12 overs)

West Indies won by 10 wickets Edgbaston, Birmingham, England Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Constant Player of the match: Faoud Bacchus

References

1. Zimbabwe stun feeble Australians, ESPNcricinfo
2. "Kapil bedevils Zimbabwe". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 5 March 2007.

External links

• Cricket World Cup 1983 from Cricinfo