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Test Championship
1st Final
Sun, 08 February 1987, Starts from 00:00
Melbourne
Australia - 171/8 (44.00)
vs
England - 172/4 (36.00)
Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, England, West Indies in Australia)
England won by 6 wickets (with 48 balls remaining)
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
Steve Waugh
c DeFreitas b Emburey
1
4
4
0
0
25.00
In 1987
Career
Simon O'Donnell
b Dilley
10
26
17
0
0
58.82
In 1987
Career
Did not bat: Simon Davis
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1987
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Tim Zoehrer), 2-3 (Geoff Marsh), 3-106 (Allan Border), 4-134 (Greg Ritchie), 5
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1987
Career
Extras
(lb 10, nb 7, w 3)
20
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
171/8(44 Ov, RR: 3.88)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1987
Career
Geoff Marsh
c Gatting b DeFreitas
2
8
5
0
0
40.00
In 1987
Career
Tim Zoehrer (WK)
c Gatting b Dilley
0
5
3
0
0
0.00
In 1987
Career
Dean Jones
b DeFreitas
67
152
107
6
0
62.61
In 1987
Career
Allan Border (c)
c †French b Foster
42
109
85
1
0
49.41
In 1987
Career
Greg Ritchie
run out
13
22
21
0
0
61.90
In 1987
Career
Simon O'Donnell
b Dilley
10
26
17
0
0
58.82
In 1987
Career
Greg Matthews
b Dilley
8
21
19
0
0
42.10
In 1987
Career
Peter Taylor
not out
3
14
6
0
0
50.00
In 1987
Career
Bruce Reid
not out
5
7
6
1
0
83.33
In 1987
Career
Extras
(lb 10, nb 7, w 3)
20
0
0
0
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
Ian Botham
c Marsh b Matthews
71
61
52
11
1
136.53
In 1987
Career
Did not bat: John Emburey, Phil DeFreitas, Neil Foster, Bruce French †, Graham Dilley
Did not bat
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1987
Career
Fall of wickets: 1-91 (Ian Botham), 2-93 (Chris Broad), 3-147 (Bill Athey), 4-159 (David Gower)
FOW
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1987
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 3, nb 2, w 4)
14
0
0
0
0
0.00
TOTAL
172/4(36 Ov, RR: 4.77)
0
0
0
0
0
0.00
In 1987
Career
Chris Broad
c Jones b Matthews
12
71
41
1
0
29.26
In 1987
Career
Bill Athey
c & b Matthews
12
57
51
0
0
23.52
In 1987
Career
David Gower
c Taylor b Reid
45
61
47
6
0
95.74
In 1987
Career
Allan Lamb
not out
15
25
21
2
0
71.42
In 1987
Career
Mike Gatting (c)
not out
3
11
8
0
0
37.50
In 1987
Career
Extras
(b 5, lb 3, nb 2, w 4)
14
0
0
0
0
0.00
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