Which was the best world cup final ever?

[Harsh Thakor]

Here I am selecting my best world cup finals in order of merit.I am analyzing the quality of cricket and the competitiveness of the occasion.

 

1.1975 -Batting ,bowling and fielding at its ultimate best with the vibrations of a cricketing exhibition.The glorious strokeplay of Clive Lloyd taking batting domination to sublime heights,the 3 run outs of Viv Richards displaying the accuracy of an Olympic Javelin thrower ,the combativeness of  Ian Chappell with the ferocity of Lille and Thomson and the never say die spirit of Lillee and Thomson at the very end which almost caused a sensational turn in the plot made it cricket's perfect game.Competitivity of the game at it's highest zenith or intensity with ebb and flow till the end.

 

 

2.1983-Although low scoring one of sport's greatest spectacles or upsets.The result looked a foregone conclusion after India were skittled out for a meagre 183.India fought back tenaciously like tigers on the field just when West Indies looked to be cruising with Viv Richards going all guns.A spectacular catch of Viv by Kapil turned the entire complexion of the game and from the depths of despair the entire spirit of the Indian team was ressurected like a phoenix from the Ashes.From 50-1 the Calypsos collapsed to 74 -6 .It appeared like an intervention from the divine.In the end India banged the remaining nails in the Coffin in perfect time to prevent any resurgence and atin untold glory.West Indies bolwed better than they ever did in the world cup but the Indian spirit won the dal like a David conquering the Goliath.

 

 

3.1987.Australia  won deserving and the margin of 7 runs may have been too little to reflect their moral superiority on the day to England .Competitivity at it's best but arguably a miscalculated reverse sweep by Gatting of Border robbed England of the Cup.In the end Defreitas gave the Aussies a minor nightmare delivering the final punches of the bag but the ice-cool nerves of the Aussies enabled them to prevail.Greta disciline and organization by Australia in contrast to the lack lackadaisical approach of England.

Edited May 7, 2019 by Harsh Thakor

[Wall2018]

1983.....

Nobody, including Indians gave Kapil's team a chance.....but destiny was re-written the kapil & his devils....

This changed the face of cricket in the world....

Edited May 13, 2019 by Wall2018

[bowl_out]

Best : 1983, 1987 and 2011..

 

Worst from a fan standpoint are : 1999, 2007, 2015, 2003 in that order because they were completely one sided and you could say after 5 overs or less who the winner would be. Interestingly, all four were won by Australia

 

I haven't seen the '75 and '79 ones.

[Vijy]

1983 and 2011 were close contests. the rest were fairly one sided.

[rtmohanlal]

1983 closely followed by 2011 &  then 1996 . First

 

1983 - GOAT team was humbled and it was not a fluke either because it was the ultimate point of a string of  6 matches starting from Caribbean itself.

2011 - home, chasing a huge total, pressure of expectations of crores,  captain rising emphatically to the occasion

1996 - chasing a highly competitive total by least favorites SL . 

 

[Ankit_sharma03]

1983 dekha nhin

2011 ke siwa koi bardasht nhin hua

[First class]

1983, no question about it. No one expected India to win , but they did. Never saw a team using their talent to that extend 110%, great team spirit and unity. Young captain led by example, Viv's catch he took will always be among cricket's best folktales .

[First class]

On 5/7/2019 at 4:15 PM, bowl_out said:

Best : 1983, 1987 and 2011..

 

Worst from a fan standpoint are : 1999, 2007, 2015, 2003 in that order because they were completely one sided and you could say after 5 overs or less who the winner would be. Interestingly, all four were won by Australia

 

I haven't seen the '75 and '79 ones.

I saw two of them in stadium 2007 and 2015, the worst was 2007. Never felt like I was watching WC final.

[philcric]

1992.

 

Cornered tigers.

 

Rain rules were awesome. If it rained for 8 minutes in the 2nd innings, 2 overs were deducted and the runs scored from 2 least productive overs in the 1st innings (obviously it would be maidens) were reduced from the target. Genius.

 

 

[velu]

2011 game was pretty much one sided .. 

i think 1987 wc is there for our taking but we screwed it  

[Wall2018]

13 hours ago, velu said:

2011 game was pretty much one sided .. 

i think 1987 wc is there for our taking but we screwed it  

1987 - should have stopped Gatting from sweeping us.

1996 - Should have batted first.

[Temujin Khaghan]

1999 worst becaz Pakistanis clearly sold out their country..

[maniac]

Haven’t seen the 83 final but the sheer David and Goliath story makes it the greatest final ever. 

 

If you pick an ATG match then has to be SA vs Aus semifinal 1999. Wish that was a final, greatest WC game or even a cricket game of all time

[diehardpacer]

Going by the scorecards 1987,1975,1983,2011,1992.

Rest all were one sided.

Edited May 14, 2019 by diehardpacer