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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name                 = 1985 World Championship of Cricket
| image                = 
| imagesize            = 
| fromdate             = 17 February
| caption              = 
| administrator        = [[Australian Cricket Board]]
| cricket format       = [[One Day International]]
| tournament format    = Group stage and Knockout
| host                 = {{flag|Australia}}
| champions            = {{cr|IND}}
| count                = 1
| participants         = 7
| matches              = 13
| attendance           = 
| player of the series = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Ravi Shastri]]
| most runs = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] (238)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|IND}} [[Laxman Sivaramakrishnan]] (10)
| officially opened by =
| official song        =
|runner up={{cr|PAK}}|todate=10 March 1985}}

The '''Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket''' was part of the celebrations commemorating the 150th anniversary of [[White people|European]] settlement in the Australian state of [[Victoria (Australia)|Victoria]]. It was a [[One Day International]] (ODI) tournament held in Australia from 17 February to 10 March 1985. [[India national cricket team|India]] defeated [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] in [[1985 Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket Final|the final]] by 8 wickets.

All of the then seven [[Test cricket|Test match]] playing teams participated with matches played at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]] and the [[Sydney Cricket Ground]]. The tournament saw the first matches played under lights at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]]. India were the reigning [[Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] holders, having defeated [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] in the [[1983 Cricket World Cup Final]], but the bookmakers installed West Indies as favourites. India were ultimately undefeated at the tournament, with [[Ravi Shastri]] named as the player of the tournament.

==Uniforms==
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==Tournament format==

Each team was required to name a 14-player squad for the tournament. Matches were played with coloured clothing, white balls, fielding restrictions and innings limited to 50 overs.

The seven teams were split into two qualifying groups. Each played a [[Round-robin tournament|round-robin]] with two points awarded for a win and one point for a draw or tie. Teams on equal points were separated by run rate.

Cross-over semi finals were then played with the winner from each group playing the runner-up from the other group. The losers played in the Plate Winners Final while the winners contested the Final.

==Playing squads==

===Australia===
[[Allan Border]] (captain), [[Terry Alderman]], [[Peter Faulkner]], [[Rodney Hogg]], [[Kim Hughes]], [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]], [[Robbie Kerr (Australian cricketer)|Robbie Kerr]], [[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]], [[Rod McCurdy]], [[Craig McDermott]], [[Simon O'Donnell]], [[Wayne B. Phillips]], [[Kepler Wessels]], [[Graeme Wood (cricketer)|Graeme Wood]].

===England===
[[David Gower]] (captain), [[Jonathan Agnew]], [[Norman Cowans]], [[Chris Cowdrey]], [[Paul Downton]], [[Phil Edmonds]], [[Richard Ellison (cricketer)|Richard Ellison]], [[Neil Foster]], [[Graeme Fowler]], [[Mike Gatting]], [[Allan Lamb]], [[Vic Marks]], [[Martyn Moxon]], [[Tim Robinson (English cricketer)|Tim Robinson]].

===India===
[[Sunil Gavaskar]] (captain), [[Mohinder Amarnath]], [[Mohammad Azharuddin]], [[Roger Binny]], [[Kapil Dev]], [[Madan Lal]], [[Ashok Malhotra]], [[Manoj Prabhakar]], [[Chetan Sharma]], [[Ravi Shastri]], [[Laxman Sivaramakrishnan]], [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]], [[Dilip Vengsarkar]], [[Sadanand Viswanath]].

===New Zealand===
[[Geoff Howarth]] (captain), [[John Bracewell]], [[Lance Cairns]], [[Ewen Chatfield]], [[Jeremy Coney]], [[Jeff Crowe]], [[Martin Crowe]], [[Richard Hadlee]], [[Paul McEwan (cricketer)|Paul McEwan]], [[John Fulton Reid|John Reid]], [[Ian Smith (New Zealand cricketer)|Ian Smith]], [[Martin Snedden]], [[John Wright (cricketer, born 1954)|John Wright]].

===Pakistan===
[[Javed Miandad]] (captain), [[Anil Dalpat]], [[Azeem Hafeez]], [[Imran Khan]], [[Mohsin Khan (Pakistani cricketer)|Mohsin Khan]], [[Mudassar Nazar]], [[Qasim Umar|Qasim Omar]], [[Rameez Raja]], [[Rashid Khan (cricketer, born 1959)|Rashid Khan]], [[Saleem Malik]], [[Tahir Naqqash]], [[Wasim Akram]], [[Wasim Raja]], [[Zaheer Abbas]].

===Sri Lanka===
[[Duleep Mendis]] (captain), [[Ashantha de Mel]], [[Somachandra de Silva]], [[Roy Dias]], [[Vinothen John]], [[Shaul Karnain|Uvais Karnain]], [[Ranjan Madugalle]], [[Arjuna Ranatunga]], [[Rumesh Ratnayake]], [[Ravi Ratnayeke]], [[Amal Silva]].

===West Indies===
[[Clive Lloyd]] (captain), [[Winston Davis]], [[Jeff Dujon]], [[Joel Garner]], [[Larry Gomes]], [[Roger Harper]], [[Desmond Haynes]], [[Michael Holding]], [[Gus Logie]], [[Malcolm Marshall]], [[Thelston Payne]], [[Viv Richards]], [[Richie Richardson]].

==Tournament results==

===Group A===

The tournament began with [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and [[England cricket team|England]] playing the first ever match under lights at the [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], in front of a crowd of 82,494. Australia won the match by seven wickets, however neither of them would make the semi-finals.

[[India national cricket team|India]] quickly showed that it was on track to repeat its [[Cricket World Cup|World Cup]] success with comfortable wins in each of its group matches, while [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] found a new hero in 18-year-old left-arm fast bowler [[Wasim Akram]] who took 5 for 21 against Australia.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175|Team
! style="width:20px;" abbr="Points"|Pts
! style="width:20px;" abbr="Played"|Pld
! style="width:20px;" abbr="Won"|W
! style="width:20px;" abbr="Lost"|L
! style="width:20px;" abbr="Run Rate"|RR  
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|IND}}
|'''6'''||3||3||0||4.42
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|PAK}}
|'''4'''||3||2||1||4.39
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|AUS}}
|'''2'''||3||1||2||3.98
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|ENG}} 
|'''0'''||3||0||3||3.41
|}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 17 February 1985
| time = 
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 214/8 (49 overs)
| runs1 = [[Allan Lamb]] 53 (53)
| wickets1 = [[Geoff Lawson (cricketer)|Geoff Lawson]] 3/31 (10 overs)
| score2 = 215/3 (45.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Robbie Kerr (Australian cricketer)|Robbie Kerr]] 87 (126)
| wickets2 = [[Vic Marks]] 1/33 (7.2 overs)
| result = Australia won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65719 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Tony Crafter]] (Aus) and [[Ray Isherwood]] (Aus)
| toss = England won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Robbie Kerr (Australian cricketer)|Robbie Kerr]] (Aus)
| rain =
| notes = This was the first match played under floodlights at this venue. 82,494 people attended. Match reduced to 49 overs due to rain.<ref>''[[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]'' 1986, p. 978.</ref>
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 20 February 1985
| time = 
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 183 (49.2 overs)
| runs1 = [[Qasim Umar]] 57 (102)
| wickets1 = [[Roger Binny]] 4/35 (8.2 overs)
| score2 = 184/4 (45.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] 93[[not out|*]] (135)
| wickets2 = [[Imran Khan]] 3/27 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65721 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Peter McConnell (umpire)|Peter McConnell]] (Aus) and [[Dick French]] (Aus)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] (Ind)
| rain =
| notes = [[Laxman Sivaramakrishnan]] (Ind) made his ODI debut. 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 24 February 1985
| time = 
| daynight = 
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}
| score1 = 262/6 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mohsin Khan (cricketer)|Mohsin Khan]] 81 (109)
| wickets1 = [[Simon O'Donnell]] 2/42 (10 overs)
| score2 = 200 (42.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Simon O'Donnell]] 74 (101)
| wickets2 = [[Wasim Akram]] 5/21 (8 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 62 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65723 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Ray Isherwood]] (Aus) and [[Mel Johnson (umpire)|Mel Johnson]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Wasim Akram]] (Pak)
| rain =
| notes = 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 26 February 1985
| time = 
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}
| score1 = 235/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Kris Srikkanth]] 57 (53)
| wickets1 = [[Norman Cowans]] 3/59 (10 overs)
| score2 = 149 (41.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Martyn Moxon]] 48 (86)
| wickets2 = [[Ravi Shastri]] 3/30 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 86 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65724 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = [[Bruce Martin (umpire)|Bruce Martin]] (Aus) and [[Dick French]] (Aus)
| toss = England won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Kris Srikkanth]] (Ind)
| rain =
| notes = 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 2 March 1985
| time = 
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}
| score1 = 213/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mudassar Nazar]] 77 (102)
| wickets1 = [[Richard Ellison (cricketer)|Richard Ellison]] 3/42 (10 overs)
| score2 = 146 (24.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Allan Lamb]] 81 (69)
| wickets2 = [[Tahir Naqqash]] 3/24 (4.2 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 67 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65726 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Ray Isherwood]] (Aus) and [[Mel Johnson (umpire)|Mel Johnson]] (Aus)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Allan Lamb]] (Eng)
| rain =
| notes = 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 3 March 1985
| time = 
| daynight = 
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 163 (49.3 overs)
| runs1 = [[Wayne B. Phillips|Wayne Phillips]] 60 (92)
| wickets1 = [[Roger Binny]] 3/27 (7.3 overs)
| score2 = 165/2 (36.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Kris Srikkanth]] 93[[not out|*]] (115)
| wickets2 = [[Terry Alderman]] 1/38 (8 overs)
| result = India won by 8 wickets 
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65727 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Tony Crafter]] (Aus) and [[Peter McConnell (umpire)|Peter McConnell]] (Aus)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = [[Ravi Shastri]] (Ind)
| rain =
| notes = 
}}
----

===Group B===

Group B was slightly farcical with [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] being comfortably the number one team in world cricket at the time and [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] being comfortably at the bottom of the list of Test nations.

The match between West Indies and [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] was rained off which meant that whoever was more successful in beating up on Sri Lanka would top the group. While West Indies easily accounted for Sri Lanka on the scoreboard, fast bowler [[Rumesh Ratnayake]] forced both [[Richie Richardson]] and [[Larry Gomes]] to retire with searing bouncers.

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175|Team
! style="width:20px;" abbr="Points"|Pts
! style="width:20px;" abbr="Played"|Pld
! style="width:20px;" abbr="Won"|W
! style="width:20px;" abbr="Lost"|L
! style="width:20px;" abbr="No Result"|NR
! style="width:20px;" abbr="Run Rate"|RR  
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|West Indies}} 
|'''3'''||2||1||0||1||5.87  
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|NZL}}
|'''3'''||2||1||0||1||4.07
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|SRI}}
|'''0'''||2||0||2||0||3.16
|}
---- 
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 19 February 1985
| time = 
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| score1 = 57/2 (18.4 overs)
| runs1 = [[John Fulton Reid|John Reid]] 22 (30)
| wickets1 = [[Joel Garner]] 1/11 (6 overs)
| score2 = 
| runs2 = 
| wickets2 = 
| result = No result
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65720 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = [[Steve Randell]] (Aus) and [[Mel Johnson (umpire)|Mel Johnson]] (Aus)
| toss = New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = 
| rain = No play was possible on the original day due to rain. The reserve day was used - moved from 20 February to 21 February due to a clash in television scheduling - however further rain saw the match end with no result.
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 23 February 1985
| time = 
| daynight = yes
| night = 
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|SL}}
| score1 = 223 (49.4 overs)
| runs1 = [[John Fulton Reid|John Reid]] 62 (108)
| wickets1 = [[Vinothen John]] 3/29 (10 overs)
| score2 = 172 (42.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] 34 (40)
| wickets2 = [[Jeremy Coney]] 4/46 (10 overs)
| result = New Zealand won by 51 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65722 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Bruce Martin (umpire)|Bruce Martin]] (Aus) and [[Peter McConnell (umpire)|Peter McConnell]] (Aus)
| motm = [[John Fulton Reid|John Reid]] (NZ)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
| round =
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}
----
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 27 February 1985
| time = 
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SL}}
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| score1 = 135/7 (47 overs)
| runs1 = [[Ravi Ratnayeke]] 50 (101)
| wickets1 = [[Viv Richards]] 3/27 (9 overs)
| score2 = 136/2 (23.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Desmond Haynes]] 36 (50)
| wickets2 = [[Rumesh Ratnayake]] 1/29 (7 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65725 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Tony Crafter]] (Aus) and [[Steve Randell]] (Aus)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = [[Ravi Ratnayeke]]
| rain = Match reduced to 47 overs per side each due to rain.
| notes =  
}}
----

==Knockout stage==

===Semi-finals===

After the group stages, the expected outcome was that 1983 World Cup finalists India and West Indies would meet again in the final of the World Championship. India held up their end of the bargain by beating New Zealand in the first semi final, however Pakistan produced the one major upset of the tournament to beat West Indies.

===1st Semifinal===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 5 March 1985
| time = 
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}
| score1 = 206 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[John Fulton Reid|John Reid]] 55 (101)
| wickets1 = [[Madan Lal]] 4/37 (8 overs)
| score2 = 207/3 (43.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Dilip Vengsarkar]] 63[[not out|*]](59)
| wickets2 = [[Ewen Chatfield]] 1/38 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 7 wickets 
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65728/india-vs-new-zealand-1st-sf-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85 Scorecard]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65728/india-vs-new-zealand-1st-sf-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85/|title=1st Semifinal, Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket at Sydney, March 5 1985 {{!}} Match Summary {{!}} ESPNCricinfo|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=2020-11-28}}</ref>
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = [[Peter McConnell (umpire)|Peter McConnell]] (Aus) and [[Dick French]] (Aus)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = Ravi Shastri
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}
----

===2nd Semifinal===
{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 6 March 1985
| time = 
| daynight = yes
| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| score1 = 159 (44.3 overs)
| runs1 = [[Roger Harper]] 25 (41)
| wickets1 = [[Mudassar Nazar]] 5/28 (7.3 overs)
| score2 = 160/3 (46 overs)
| runs2 = [[Ramiz Raja]] 60 (88)
| wickets2 = [[Joel Garner]] 1/19 (8 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 7 wickets 
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65729/pakistan-vs-west-indies-2nd-sf-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85 Scorecard]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65729/pakistan-vs-west-indies-2nd-sf-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85/|title=2nd Semifinal, Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket at Melbourne, March 6 1985 {{!}} Match Summary {{!}} ESPNCricinfo|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=2020-11-28}}</ref>
| venue = [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
| umpires = [[Steve Randell]] (Aus) and [[Ray Isherwood]] (Aus)
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
| motm = Mudassar Nazar
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}
----

===Consolation Final===

The third place play-off in this tournament was known as the Plate Winners Final and [[West Indies cricket team|West Indies]] were awarded a plate for winning the match. [[Geoff Howarth]] was nearing the end of his time as [[New Zealand national cricket team|New Zealand]] captain and New Zealand's upcoming test and ODI tour to West Indies, which commenced later that month, would be his last series for the country. [[Richard Hadlee]] began with a spell of 2 for 8 in 6 overs. [[Viv Richards]] then hit 51 off 61 deliveries.

{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 9 March 1985
| time = 
| daynight = 
| team1 = {{cr-rt|NZ}}
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}
| score1 = 138/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Jeremy Coney]] 35 (76)
| wickets1 = [[Joel Garner]] 3/29 (10 overs)
| score2 = 139/4 (37.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Viv Richards]] 51 (61)
| wickets2 = [[Richard Hadlee]] 3/23 (10 overs)
| result = West Indies won by 6 wickets 
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65730/new-zealand-vs-west-indies-cons-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85 Scorecard]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8533/scorecard/65730/new-zealand-vs-west-indies-cons-benson-&-hedges-world-championship-of-cricket-1984-85/|title=Consolation Final, Benson & Hedges World Championship of Cricket at Sydney, March 9 1985 {{!}} Match Summary {{!}} ESPNCricinfo|website=ESPNcricinfo|language=en|access-date=2020-11-28}}</ref>
| venue = [[Sydney Cricket Ground]], [[Sydney]]
| umpires = Dick French (Aus) and [[Mel Johnson (umpire)|Mel Johnson]] (Aus)
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
| motm = Joel Garner (WI)
| rain = 
| notes = 
}}
----

==1985 World Championship of Cricket Final==
{{main|1985 World Championship of Cricket Final}}
[[India national cricket team|India]] got on top early in the final with [[Kapil Dev]] reducing [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]] to 4 for 33 before [[Javed Miandad]] and [[Imran Khan]] began a rescue act after both had been controversially given not out having edged deliveries to the wicketkeeper. 19-year-old leg spinner [[Laxman Sivaramakrishnan]] had been a revelation during the tournament and produced another superb spell in the final. Pakistan's eventual total of 9 for 176 constituted a good recovery. It was the first time, in the tournament, that India had failed to bowl out the opposition. India bagged 49 out of a maximum possible 50 wickets in the tournament.

Indian openers [[Ravi Shastri]] and [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth]] each had wonderful tournaments and their century opening stand did most of the work for their strong batting line-up. Each were rewarded at the end of the match with Srikkanth winning the Player of the Match award and Shastri being named the player of the tournament, or as it was known, the Champion of Champions. He was awarded his prize of an [[Audi 100]] motor car, valued at A$35,000 and immediately drove it around the MCG with his entire team sitting either in or on the car. The attendance of 35,296 in the match was the highest in Australia in a match not involving the home side.<ref name="Final">{{cite magazine |title= Benson & Hedges Final, Melbourne, March 10, 1985 India vs Pakistan |url= http://www.outlookindia.com/article.aspx?218817 |magazine= Outlook India |access-date= 21 October 2013}}</ref>

{{Single-innings cricket match
 | date = 10 March 1985
 | time = 
 | daynight = yes
 | team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
 | team2 = {{cr|IND}}
 | score1 = 176/9 (50 overs)
 | score2 = 177/2 (47.1 overs)
 | runs1 = [[Javed Miandad]] 48 (92)
 | wickets1 = [[Kapil Dev]] 3/23 (9 overs)
 | runs2 = [[Kris Srikkanth]] 67 (77)
 | wickets2 = [[Imran Khan]] 1/28 (10 overs)
 | result = India won by 8 wickets
 | report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/65731.html Scorecard]
 | venue= [[Melbourne Cricket Ground]], [[Melbourne]]
 | umpires = [[Tony Crafter]] (Aus) and [[Ray Isherwood]] (Aus)
 | motm = [[Kris Srikkanth]] (Ind)
 | toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
 | rain = 
}}

This was the only instance of the World Championship of Cricket. The Indian team that won the cup was adjudged by [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]] as 'The Indian Team of the Century'.<ref name="Final" />

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://aus.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1984-85/OD_TOURNEYS/WCC/ World Championship of Cricket scorecards on Cricinfo]
{{International cricket tours of Australia}}

[[Category:International cricket competitions from 1980–81 to 1985]]
[[Category:One Day International cricket competitions]]
[[Category:1985 in Australian cricket]]
[[Category:International cricket competitions in Australia]]