1987 World Cup, Final - Australia beat England in the final of Reliance World Cup 1987 final at Eden Gardens in Calcutta to claim their first world cup. David Boon was awarded man of the match for his well made 75.


8th November 1987, World Cup Final - England vs Australia at Eden Gardens Calcutta, Scorecard


⇒ Toss: Australia won the toss and elect to bat
⇒ Umpires: Ram Gupta and Mahboob Shah
⇒ Match Result: Australia won by 7 runs to lift the Reliance World Cup 1987
⇒ Man of the Match: David Boon (Australia)

Australia (Batting)


⇒ David Boon c Downton b Eddie Hemmings 75 (125) 7 ‘4s’
⇒ Geoff Marsh b Neil Foster 24 (49) 3 ‘4s’
⇒ Dean Jones c Athey b Eddie Hemmings 33 (57) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
⇒ Craig McDermott b Graham Gooch 14 (8) 2 ‘4s’
⇒ Allan Border (C) run out (Robinson/Downton) 31 (31) 3 ‘4s’
⇒ Mike Veletta not out 45 (31) 6 ‘4s’
⇒ Steve Waugh not out 5 (4)
⇒ Did not bat - Simon O’Donnell, Greg Dyer (WK), Tim May, Bruce Reid

Extras : 26 (Wides: 5 No Balls: 7 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 13)

Total : 253/5 (Overs: 50.0)

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

England Bowling


⇒ Phil DeFreitas 6-1-34-0
⇒ Gladstone Small 6-0-33-0
⇒ Neil Foster 10-0-38-1
⇒ Eddie Hemmings 10-1-48-2
⇒ John Emburey 10-0-44-0
⇒ Graham Gooch 8-1-42-1

England Batting


⇒ Graham Gooch (C) lbw b Simon O’Donnell 35 (57) 4 ‘4s’
⇒ Tim Robinson lbw b Craig McDermott 0 (1)
⇒ Bill Athey run out (Waugh/Reid) 58 (103) 2 ‘4s’
⇒ Mike Gatting c Dyer b Allan Border 41 (45) 3 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
⇒ Allan Lamb b Steve Waugh 45 (55) 4 ‘4s’
⇒ Paul Downton (WK) c O’Donnell b Allan Border 9 (8) 1 ‘4s’
⇒ John Emburey run out (Boon/McDermott) 10 (16)
⇒ Phil DeFreitas c Reid b Steve Waugh 17 (10) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
⇒ Neil Foster not out 7 (6)
⇒ Gladstone Small not out 3 (3)
⇒ Eddie Hemmings

Extras : 21 (Wides: 2 No Balls: 4 Byes: 1 Leg Byes: 14)

Total : 246/8 (Overs: 50.0)

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

Australia Bowling


⇒ Craig McDermott 10-1-51-1
⇒ Bruce Reid 10-0-43-0
⇒ Steve Waugh 9-0-37-2
⇒ Simon O’Donnell 10-1-35-1
⇒ Tim May 4-0-27-0
⇒ Allan Border 7-0-38-2


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