World Cup 1987 Match Results

World Cup 1987 Timeline Match by Match Results

 

World Cup 1987: The 1987 world cup was the first one which has been held outside England and India and Pakistan came over as the new host under its new name “Reliance Cup”. Also, it was the first time ever that the tournament has been played in October to November period instead of the earlier “June till July” Slot and the number of over has also been decreased down to 50 over.

 

 

1^st match: Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka (Oct 8, 1987)

The first match of the tournament has been held between the teams of Sri Lanka and Pakistan at Hyderabad(Sindh) and it’s the latter which won the match by a close margin of 15 runs.

2^nd match: India vs Australia (Oct 9, 1987)

This was probably one of the most closely contested matches of the world cup history where the host Indian team was defeated by the Australian team by just 1 run in a match held at Chennai.

3^rd match: England vs West Indies (Oct 9, 1987)

The match was been held at Gujranwala between two of the biggest teams in the history of the world cup and the English side secured a narrow victory by just 2 wickets upon their Caribbean rivals.

4^th match: New Zealand vs Zimbabwe (Oct 10, 1987)

The 4^th match of the tournament was played between New Zealand and the minnows Zimbabwe and the Kiwis defeated their rivals by just 3 runs in a match held at Hyderabad.

5^th match: Pakistan and England (Oct 12-13, 1987)

This was the match where host Pakistan was up against their English counterparts at Rawalpindi and the Pakistani team easily beat the England team by 18 runs in the process.

6^th match: Australia vs Zimbabwe (Oct 13, 1987)

The next match was been held between the teams of Australia and Zimbabwe at Chennai and the Aussie team easily knocked down their rivals by a big margin of 96 runs.

7^th match: Sri Lanka vs West Indies (Oct 13, 1987)

The 7^th match of the tournament got played between Sri Lanka and West Indies in Karachi and the Windies team didn’t face too much difficulty whilst defeating their Asian rivals by 191 runs.

8^th match: India vs New Zealand (Oct 14, 1987)

Host India then got to play against the Kiwis in a nail biter at Bangalore and the Indian team came good on the Kiwis after lots of twists and turns in a 16 runs victory.

9^th match: Pakistan vs West Indies (Oct 16, 1987)

This world cup looked like the most exciting one as it indulged a number of close finishes in the process. This match including Pakistan and West Indies was just another one in the list at Lahore as Pakistan outclassed the West Indian team by just 1 wicket.

10^th match: India vs Zimbabwe (Oct 17, 1987)

The defending champion Indian team was on a role as they once again thumped their Zimbabwean rivals by 8 wickets in a match held at Mumbai.

11^th match: England vs Sri Lanka (Oct 17, 1987)

England faced the Sri Lankan team in the 11^th match of the World cup 1987 at Peshawar and they didn’t find it tough to beat down their Asian rivals by 108 runs.

12^th match: Australia vs New Zealand (Oct 18-19, 1987)

This was another nail-biting contest in the big list of already exciting world cup 1987 where the Aussies team overcame their neighbors Kiwi team by just 3 runs at a match played in Indore.

13^th match: Pakistan vs England (Oct 20, 1987)

This was the match played between Pakistan and England at Karachi and the Pakistani team won quite convincingly by 7 wickets and strengthened their hopes of entering into the semifinals of the tournament.

14^th match: Sri Lanka vs West Indies (Oct 21, 1987)

Sri Lanka was up against the West Indies team at the famous Green Park stadium of Kanpur and it’s the Caribbean team which emerged out as winners of the match by 25 runs.

15^th match: India vs Australia (Oct 22, 1987)

The Indian team was having a  great time in this world cup and they kept on their brilliant run as they once again defeated their Australian counterparts by 56 runs at the Ferozshah Kotla stadium in Delhi.

16^th match: New Zealand vs Zimbabwe (Oct 23, 1987)

New Zealand met the Zimbabwe team in the 16^th match of the world cup 1987 and they once again proved their dominance on the rivals by 4 wickets at a match held in Kolkata.

17^th match: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka (Oct 25, 1987)

Two of the topmost Asian teams were up against each other in the 17^th match of the world cup 1987 and even this time around, the Pakistani team came on top with an easy victory by 113 runs at Faisalabad.

18^th match: England vs West Indies (Oct 26, 1987)

England faced the West Indies team in a crucial match at the Jaipur and they won the match quite impressively by a margin of 34 runs in the process.

19^th match: India vs Zimbabwe (Oct 26, 1987)

India was almost looking certain to book a berth at the semis of the world cup 1987 and they ensured the same whilst winning this crucial match against Zimbabwe by 7 wickets at Ahmadabad.

20^th match: Australia vs New Zealand (Oct 27, 1987)

Australia once again faced their Trans Tasman neighbors in a crucial tie and they won the match after a close contest at Chandigarh by just 17 runs.

21^st match: Australia vs Zimbabwe (Oct 30, 1987)

Australian team played their consecutive game against the team of Zimbabwe at Cuttack and they won this one as well by a margin of 70 runs in the process.

22^nd match: England vs Sri Lanka (Oct 30, 1987)

England and Sri Lanka met each other in a crucial match which was supposed to play a big role in ascertaining the teams for the semi-final race. Eventually, the English team emerged out as victorious again their Asian rivals by 8 wickets in Pune.

23^rd match: Pakistan vs West Indies (Oct 30, 1987)

Pakistan was up against the West Indian team in an important match at Karachi but they couldn’t avoid the defeat by 28 runs at their own backyard.

24^th match: India vs New Zealand (Oct 31, 1987)

Indian team marched on to the semifinals of the tournament by securing an easy victory by 9 wickets against the Kiwis at the Nagpur stadium.

1^st semifinal: Pakistan vs. Australia (Nov 4, 1987)

Everyone was expecting the Pakistani team to secure a victory in the semis at their own backyard for the very first time but it’s the Aussies which turned out to be the winner in the end by 18 runs at Lahore.

2^nd semifinal: India vs England (Nov 5, 1987)

Just like the Pakistani team, the Indian team was also expected to bring up something special being a defending champion but they couldn’t get a better off their rivals Englishmen whilst losing the game by 35 runs at Mumbai.

The final: Australia vs England (Nov 8, 1987):

Just like the rest of the matches, the final match of the world cup also turned out to be a stunner. Australia won the match by 7 runs and lifted the world cup for the very first time before getting a tough fight from the English team.

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