West Indies vs Sri Lanka 7th Match Reliance World Cup 1987 Highlights

Watch the highlights of West Indies vs Sri Lanka 7th Match Reliance World Cup 1987 - Reliance World Cup 1987 tournament of the 7th ODI match played between Sri Lanka and West Indies at National Stadium, Karachi in 13th October 1987.

Captain Viv Richards' record-breaking 181 and Desmond Haynes' century sets up to West Indies' massive 191-run victory over Sri Lanka in a one-sided historic game of the seventh match of a Reliance World Cup.

Match Stats : West Indies' 191-run win was their second largest victory by terms of runs in One-day international, also It is their second biggest win against Sri Lanka in ODIs after their 193-run win at Sharjah in the last year and the fourth heaviest win in World Cups. West Indies' 360 was the highest score ever in One-day international cricket history and also the highest total in World Cup history, surpassing the previous record of 338 by Pakistan against Sri Lanka at Swansea in the 1983 World Cup. Desmond Haynes became the fourth West Indies batsman to score a century against Sri Lanka in ODIs. Viv Richards became the fifth West Indies batsman to score a hundred against Sri Lanka in ODIs. Viv Richards became the first batsman to scored three centuries in World Cup history, beating Glenn Turner and Gordon Greenidge's 2-hundreds record. Viv Richards' 181 was his second highest score for West Indies in One-day international and the highest-score by an West Indies batsman against Sri Lanka in ODIs, surpassing the previous record of unbeaten 110 held by Gordon Greenidge at Adelaide in 1985. Viv Richards plundered 181 - the highest individual score in World Cup cricket history, surpassing the previous record of unbeaten 175 held by Kapil Dev against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells in the 1983 World Cup. Viv Richards became the first batsman to scored ten centuries in One-day international cricket history. 10 : Viv Richards hit the most centuries in One-day international cricket history, surpassing the previous record of 9-hundreds jointly hit by Gordon Greenidge and Desmond Haynes. Desmond Haynes became the third batsman to scored nine centuries in One-day internationals after Viv Richards (10) and Gordon Greenidge (9). 182 : Desmond Haynes and Viv Richards set up the record third-wicket partnership for West Indies against Sri Lanka in One-day international, previously held by the 117-run stand between Larry Gomes and Viv Richards at Perth in 1985, It is the West Indies' second highest third-wicket stand in World Cup and also the West Indies' second highest third-wicket partnership in ODIs.

* The West Indies totalled a massive 4-360 and Sri Lanka could reply with only 4-169 in their 50 overs. Helped by 105 from opener Desmond Haynes, Richards made the flagging Sri Lankan bowlers suffer, none more so than Asantha de Mel whose 10 overs cost 97 runs. Ravi Ratnayake gave away 68 runs in eight overs.

* Richards scored more than half his side's 50-over total of 360, another record, and in reply Sri Lanka quickly accepted that the target was beyond them, carefully avoiding a total humiliation by plodding to 169 for four.

* Sri Lanka won the toss and skipper Duleep Mendis elected to bowl first, one of the rasher decisions in World Cup history although the early stages went reasonably well for Mendis's team.

* Desmond Haynes and Carlisle Best had put on 45 for the first wicket when Ravi Ratnayake struck twice with successive balls. Then Desmond Haynes and Viv Richards came together to plunder the Sri Lankan bowling.

* The West Indies victory was precisely the tonic Richards needed after his side's uncharacteristic loss of nerve in the two-wicket defeat by England on Friday.

* The West Indies' huge score not only surpassed Pakistan's 1983 total of 338 for five, off 60 overs, also against Sri Lanka, but more significantly it also gave an important boost to their run-rate in a case of a tie-break

* Viv Richards struck seven sixes and 16 fours in his innings, which was a record individual score for the World Cup, surpassing Indian captain Kapil Dev's 175 against Zimbabwe at Tunbridge Wells, England, four years ago.

* Viv Richards, the obvious man-of-the-match, made his 181 runs from a mere 125 balls in a display of belligerence which over-shadowed Haynes's fine century. 

West Indies scored world record total of 360-4 in 50 overs with top scorer by Viv Richards hammered a 181 off 125-balls - which was his 10th ODI hundred, his first century against Sri Lanka in ODIs and his third century in World Cups - including 16-fours & 7-sixes with strike rate of 144.80.

Desmond Haynes hit 105 off 124-balls - which was his 9th ODI hundred, his first century against Sri Lanka in ODIs and also his first century in World Cup - including 10-fours & a six, Gus Logie scored a unbeaten 31 off 25-balls without a boundary and Carlisle Best 18.

Sri Lanka best bowler by Ravi Ratnayeke took 2-wickets and one for Asanka Gurusinha  - Ashantha de Mel.

Sri Lanka scored 169-4 in 50 overs with top scorer by Arjuna Ranatunga scored a unbeaten 52 off consuming 93-balls including five boundaries.

Duleep Mendis hit a unbeaten 37 off 45-balls including 5-fours and Asanka Gurusinha scored 36 off consumed 108-balls including one-six & a four.

West Indies best bowler by Carl Hooper took 2-wickets and one for Courtney Walsh - Patrick Patterson.

Viv Richards 181 Highlights

                   

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