Madan Lal's 3 for 31 — including the wicket of Viv Richards — and Mohinder Amarnath's 3 for 12 in seven overs ripped through the West Indies in the 1983 World Cup final and made an unlikely 183 enough to win the trophy.
India's 183 was 33 short of the lowest total ever defended in a World Cup final.
Sandhu bowled Greenidge through the gate for 1 in the first over of the chase.
India's 183 looked light, even on a slow Lord's pitch. The West Indies appeared on top at 50 for 1 with Viv Richards dropping his guard. Madan Lal banged in a short ball just outside off; Richards pulled it skywards; Kapil Dev sprinted back from midwicket and held a 25-yard catch over his shoulder. With Richards's 33 the score read 57 for 3 (Madan Lal having earlier removed Haynes), and the famous WI middle order of Lloyd, Gomes and Bacchus could not dig the side out. Madan Lal finished with 3 for 31 from 12 overs, taking Haynes, Richards and Gomes. Amarnath, the part-time medium pacer, then bowled 7-0-12-3 — the cheapest seven-over spell in any World Cup final — taking the wickets of Dujon, Marshall and finally Holding. Amarnath was named Man of the Match for both his 26 with the bat and his bowling, and was Man of the Tournament. The two of them, with Balwinder Sandhu's early ball that bowled Greenidge through the gate, are the bowlers who turned 183 into the most famous total in Indian cricket.
Sandhu bowls Greenidge through the gate
Madan Lal removes Haynes
Madan Lal bouncer caught by Kapil at midwicket — Richards 33
Amarnath 7-0-12-3
WI all out 140; India win by 43
Innings break
India 183 all out
WI 1st over
Sandhu bowls Greenidge
WI 50/1
Richards in flow
WI 57/3
Madan Lal removes Richards and Gomes
WI 140 a.o.
Amarnath 3/12 closes the innings
“I told Kapil I would bowl the bouncer. He told me to make sure it was a wicket ball.”
“I just wanted to bowl line and length. The pitch did the rest.”
Amarnath was Man of the Match and Man of the Tournament; Madan Lal was Man of the Final spell in popular memory.
A combined bowling effort by part-timers and medium pacers that produced the most consequential ODI bowling display in Indian cricket history.
Amarnath's seven overs are still the cheapest by any bowler in any World Cup final; Madan Lal's wicket of Richards is the most replayed catch in Indian cricket.
Yorkshire v Essex
1932-06-16
On 15-16 June 1932 Herbert Sutcliffe (313) and Percy Holmes (224*) put on 555 for the first wicket against Essex at Leyton, breaking the world first-class record for any wicket and adding a layer of folklore — including a scoreboard that read 554 for several minutes and a hastily reversed declaration — that has clung to the partnership ever since.
Australia v England
1933-02-14
With the fate of the Bodyline series in the balance and England 216 for 6 chasing 340, Eddie Paynter checked himself out of a Brisbane hospital where he was being treated for acute tonsillitis, taxied to the Gabba in pyjamas and a dressing gown, and batted for nearly four hours to score 83. England drew level on first innings, won the Test by six wickets and the series 4-1.
Australia
1934-09-25
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