Cricket World Cup: 1987
Australia under Border emerged victors
The victorious Australian team pose with the trophy. Allan Border was the captain of that side. They defeated England by 7 runs, which happens to be the lowest margin of victory in terms of runs in a WC final.
During Sir Vivian Richards' blistering knock of 181 against Sri Lanka, he hit 7 sixes which happened to be the highest number of sixes scored in an innings by a batsman.
David Boon scored five fifties in the 1987 edition, which was the most number of fifties scored by a batsman in a single WC until then.
Sir Vivian Richards' 181 against Sri Lanka became the highest WC score in an innings when he went past Kapil Dev's 175*.
Chetan Sharma took the first ever hat-trick in a WC game against NZ. He dismissed Ken Rutherford, Ian Smith and Ewen Chatfield - all were out bowled.
For the first time, a 50 over format was employed in World Cups. All the previous editions were 60 over affairs.
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