The 1987 Cricket World Cup Cricket Quiz

In what was the first ever cricket World Cup played outside of the UK, the 1987 World Cup was hosted in India and Pakistan. Below is one of the best cricket quizzes related to this fourth cricket World Cup.

The answers to this quiz can be found on another page linked below, so you don’t have to worry about reading it by mistake. Here we go with the questions.

1. What was the 1987 Cricket World Cup called?
   1. Reliance World Cup
   2. Wills World Cup
   3. Adani World Cup
   4. Tata World Cup
2. Which of the following things changed for this tournament from the previous three World Cup?
   1. 10 teams participated in this
   2. Day-night matches were introduced in this
   3. Matches were reduced to 50-overs-a-side
   4. South Africa played for the first time
3. Zimbabwe qualified for this World Cup like they had done in the 1983 World Cup too. Whom had they defeated in the finals of the ICC Trophy qualifier?
   1. Bermuda
   2. Denmark
   3. Kenya
   4. Netherlands
4. 21 grounds played host at the 1987 World Cup but only one of them was involved in three matches. Which was this ground?
   1. Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore
   2. Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai
   3. National Stadium, Karachi
   4. Eden Gardens, Kolkata
5. India’s only defeat in the league stage of the competition came against Australia. What was interesting about that defeat?
   1. India lost their last five wickets for 23 runs
   2. It was one of two one-run losses to Australia in World Cup cricket
   3. A four hit by Australia was changed to six in the mid-match break
   4. All of the above
6. Who kept wickets for Australia during this tournament?
   1. Allan Border
   2. Greg Dyer
   3. Tim May
   4. Mike Veletta
7. Which batsman ended the tournament with the highest 471 runs?
   1. Graham Gooch
   2. David Boon
   3. Navjot Singh Sidhu
   4. Vivian Richards
8. Which batter helped his side recover from 104 for seven to all but chase down 242 against New Zealand in a group game?
   1. David Boon
   2. David Houghton
   3. David Gower
   4. Mohammad Azharuddin
9. Who captained Zimbabwe during the 1987 World Cup?
   1. David Houghton
   2. Eddo Brandes
   3. Andrew Pycroft
   4. John Traicos
10. Who scored the most runs in the tournament for India?
    1. Sunil Gavaskar
    2. Navjot Singh Sidhu
    3. Krish Srikkanth
    4. Ravi Shastri
11. What was special about the India v New Zealand group game played in Nagpur during this tournament?
    1. It saw the first instance of a World Cup hat-trick
    2. Sunil Gavaskar hit his only ODI century in this game
    3. It was India’s biggest win in a World Cup game against a Test-playing nation
    4. All of the above
12. Four points were awarded for a win and two for a tie or an abandoned game. How many points did Sri Lanka finish with?
    1. Six
    2. Four
    3. Two
    4. Zero
13. England were 162 for seven chasing West Indies’ 243 in their group game in Gujranwala before going on to win by two wickets. Who was the star of the show for them?
    1. Mike Gatting
    2. Allan Lamb
    3. Graham Gooch
    4. Chris Broad
14. West Indies lost two matches in the final over of the innings. Which bowler was involved in both those defeats for the two-time winners?
    1. Patrick Patterson
    2. Winston Benjamin
    3. Courtney Walsh
    4. Eldine Baptiste
15. Who bagged the most wickets in the tournament for India?
    1. Maninder Singh
    2. Kapil Dev
    3. Manoj Prabhakar
    4. Ravi Shastri
16. Which Indian player won the man-of-the-match award in their match against Australia at the Feroz Shah Kotla Stadium for scoring a half-century and grabbing 3/19 with the ball?
    1. Mohammad Azharuddin
    2. Krish Srikkanth
    3. Ravi Shastri
    4. Kapil Dev
17. By officiating in the final of this tournament, which Indian became the first ever to umpire a World Cup final?
    1. Srinivas Venkataraghvan
    2. Piloo Reporter
    3. Ram Babu Gupta
    4. Swaroop Kishen
18. Where were the two semifinals of this tournament played?
    1. Bombay & Karachi
    2. Bombay & Lahore
    3. Lahore & Madras
    4. Karachi & Madras
19. Which batter scored 18 in the final over of the Aussie innings in their semifinal against Pakistan which in turn helped them win the encounter by 18 runs?
    1. Mike Veletta
    2. Steve Waugh
    3. Allan Border
    4. Dean Jones
20. Which of the following is true about Allan Border with regards to the 1987 World Cup?
    1. He finished the tournament as Australia’s leading run-scorer
    2. He bagged the wickets of both the opposing captains in the semifinal and final
    3. He was also the coach of the Australian side
    4. He held Australia’s second-best bowling figures in the tournament

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Photo Credit: Archives New Zealand from New Zealand – Allan Border (Cricketer) – At Victoria University Wellington – 1986