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Sun, 08 Feb 1987 - 00:00 – 1st Final • Melbourne Cricket Ground
England won by 6 wickets (with 48 balls remaining)
Australia
171/8 (44.00)
England
172/4 (36.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
171/8 (44.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Marsh
c Gatting b DeFreitas
2
5
8
0
0
40.00
In 1987
Career
Tim Zoehrer (WK)
c Gatting b Dilley
0
3
5
0
0
0.00
In 1987
Career
Dean Jones
b DeFreitas
67
107
152
6
0
62.61
In 1987
Career
Allan Border (c)
c †French b Foster
42
85
109
1
0
49.41
In 1987
Career
Greg Ritchie
run out
13
21
22
0
0
61.90
In 1987
Career
Steve Waugh
c DeFreitas b Emburey
1
4
4
0
0
25.00
In 1987
Career
Simon O'Donnell
b Dilley
10
17
26
0
0
58.82
In 1987
Career
Greg Matthews
b Dilley
8
19
21
0
0
42.10
In 1987
Career
Peter Taylor
not out
3
6
14
0
0
50.00
In 1987
Career
Bruce Reid
not out
5
6
7
1
0
83.33
In 1987
Career
Extras
(lb 10, nb 7, w 3)
20
Total
171/8 44 Ov (RR: 3.88)
3249
5187
0
152
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Graham Dilley
9.00
2
32
3
3.55
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Phil DeFreitas
9.00
0
32
2
3.55
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Ian Botham
9.00
0
26
0
2.88
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Neil Foster
9.00
0
42
1
4.66
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
John Emburey
8.00
0
29
1
3.62
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
England innigs
172/4 (36.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Chris Broad
c Jones b Matthews
12
41
71
1
0
29.26
In 1987
Career
Ian Botham
c Marsh b Matthews
71
52
61
11
1
136.53
In 1987
Career
Bill Athey
c & b Matthews
12
51
57
0
0
23.52
In 1987
Career
David Gower
c Taylor b Reid
45
47
61
6
0
95.74
In 1987
Career
Allan Lamb
not out
15
21
25
2
0
71.42
In 1987
Career
Mike Gatting (c)
not out
3
8
11
0
0
37.50
In 1987
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 3, nb 2, w 4)
14
Total
172/4 36 Ov (RR: 4.77)
3268
4180
0
380
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Simon Davis
4.00
0
17
0
4.25
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Simon O'Donnell
4.00
0
25
0
6.25
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Bruce Reid
5.00
0
31
1
6.20
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Steve Waugh
8.00
1
36
0
4.50
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Greg Matthews
9.00
1
27
3
3.00
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Peter Taylor
5.00
0
24
0
4.80
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Dean Jones
1.00
0
4
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
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