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ODI No. 477

1987 Cricket World Cup
1987-88 season
Australia vs England - The Final
Sunday November 08, 1987 (50-over match)

Australia won the 1987/88 Reliance World Cup

Venue : Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Toss : Australia won the toss and elected to bat first
Result : Australia won by 7 runs


Australia innings
(50 overs maximum)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 David Boon c Downton b Hemmings
75 
125 
7 
0
60.00 
»
 Geoff Marsh b Foster
24 
49 
3 
0
48.98 
»
 Dean Jones c Athey b Hemmings
33 
57 
1 
1
57.89 
»
 Craig McDermott b Gooch
14 
8 
2 
0
175.00 
»
 Allan Border run out
31 
31 
3 
0
100.00 
»
 Mike Veletta Not Out
45 
31 
6 
0
145.16 
»
 Steve Waugh Not Out
5 
4 
0 
0
125.00 
Extras B 1, LB 13, W 5, N 7
26
Total : (5 wickets in 50.0 overs)
253
 RR : 5.06

did not bat: Greg Dyer, Simon O'Donnell, Tim May, Bruce Reid

Fall of wickets : 1-75 (Marsh), 2-151 (Jones), 3-166 (McDermott), 4-168 (Boon), 5-241 (Border)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Phil DeFreitas
6
1 
34 
0
5.67
0
0
»
 Gladstone Small
6
0 
33 
0
5.50
0
0
»
 Neil Foster
10
0 
38 
1
3.80
0
0
»
 Eddie Hemmings
10
1 
48 
2
4.80
0
0
»
 John Emburey
10
0 
44 
0
4.40
0
0
»
 Graham Gooch
8
1 
42 
1
5.25
0
0

England innings
(Target: 254 runs in 50 overs)
R 
B 
4s 
6s
SR 
»
 Graham Gooch lbw b O'Donnell
35 
57 
4 
0
61.40 
»
 Tim Robinson lbw b McDermott
0 
1 
0 
0
0.00 
»
 Bill Athey run out
58 
103 
2 
0
56.31 
»
 Mike Gatting c Dyer b Border
41 
45 
3 
1
91.11 
»
 Allan Lamb b SR Waugh
45 
55 
4 
0
81.82 
»
 Paul Downton c O'Donnell b Border
9 
8 
1 
0
112.50 
»
 John Emburey run out
10 
16 
0 
0
62.50 
»
 Phil DeFreitas c Reid b SR Waugh
17 
10 
2 
1
170.00 
»
 Neil Foster Not Out
7 
6 
0 
0
116.67 
»
 Gladstone Small Not Out
3 
3 
0 
0
100.00 
Extras B 1, LB 14, W 2, N 4
21
Total : (8 wickets in 50.0 overs)
246
 RR : 4.92

did not bat: Eddie Hemmings

Fall of wickets : 1-1 (Robinson), 2-66 (Gooch), 3-135 (Gatting), 4-170 (Athey), 5-188 (Downton), 6-218 (Emburey), 7-220 (Lamb), 8-235 (DeFreitas)

Bowlers
O
M
R
W
RPO
NB
Wd
  
»
 Craig McDermott
10
1 
51 
1
5.10
0
0
»
 Bruce Reid
10
0 
43 
0
4.30
0
0
»
 Steve Waugh
9
0 
37 
2
4.11
0
0
»
 Simon O'Donnell
10
1 
35 
1
3.50
0
0
»
 Tim May
4
0 
27 
0
6.75
0
0
»
 Allan Border
7
0 
38 
2
5.43
0
0

Match details
Man of the Match: DC Boon (Australia)
Umpires : RB Gupta (India) and Mahboob Shah (Pakistan)

Teams:
Australia Allan Border (Capt.), Greg Dyer (wk), David Boon, Geoff Marsh, Dean Jones, Craig McDermott, Mike Veletta, Steve Waugh, Simon O'Donnell, Tim May, Bruce Reid
England Graham Gooch, Tim Robinson, Bill Athey, Mike Gatting (Capt.), Allan Lamb, Paul Downton (wk), John Emburey, Phil DeFreitas, Neil Foster, Gladstone Small, Eddie Hemmings
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