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Sun, 01 Feb 1987 - 00:00 – 10th • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia won by 109 runs
Australia
248/5 (44.00)
England
139/10 (47.30)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
Australia innigs
248/5 (44.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Marsh
c Emburey b Foster
28
44
63
5
0
63.63
In 1987
Career
Allan Border (c)
c Athey b Small
45
95
125
1
0
47.36
In 1987
Career
Dean Jones
c Athey b Gatting
93
100
124
7
0
93.00
In 1987
Career
Greg Ritchie
st †French b Gatting
9
11
13
1
0
81.81
In 1987
Career
Dirk Wellham
c Lamb b Gatting
3
7
11
0
0
42.85
In 1987
Career
Steve Waugh
not out
49
36
47
7
0
136.11
In 1987
Career
Simon O'Donnell
not out
4
8
10
0
0
50.00
In 1987
Career
Extras
(lb 7, nb 1, w 9)
17
Total
248/5 50 Ov (RR: 4.96)
4712
5719
0
399
0
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Phil DeFreitas
8.00
2
37
0
4.62
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Gladstone Small
10.00
0
49
1
4.90
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Ian Botham
10.00
0
35
0
3.50
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Neil Foster
7.00
1
20
1
2.85
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
John Emburey
6.00
0
41
0
6.83
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Mike Gatting
9.00
0
59
3
6.55
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
England innigs
139/10 (47.30)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Chris Broad
b O'Donnell
2
10
7
0
0
20.00
In 1987
Career
Ian Botham
c & b Matthews
45
87
105
4
1
51.72
In 1987
Career
David Gower
c Taylor b Davis
11
10
11
2
0
110.00
In 1987
Career
Allan Lamb
run out
11
27
39
0
0
40.74
In 1987
Career
Mike Gatting (c)
c Davis b Waugh
6
15
14
0
0
40.00
In 1987
Career
Bill Athey
lbw b O'Donnell
29
72
83
1
0
40.27
In 1987
Career
John Emburey
b Matthews
1
11
11
0
0
9.09
In 1987
Career
Phil DeFreitas
b Waugh
11
16
23
1
0
68.75
In 1987
Career
Neil Foster
b Waugh
4
14
19
0
0
28.57
In 1987
Career
Bruce French (WK)
not out
5
12
19
0
0
41.66
In 1987
Career
Gladstone Small
c Matthews b Jones
4
11
12
0
0
36.36
In 1987
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 7, w 1)
10
Total
139 47.3 Ov (RR: 2.92)
2641
5415
0
152
19
0.00
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Simon Davis
8.00
1
20
1
2.50
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Simon O'Donnell
9.00
2
33
2
3.66
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Greg Matthews
10.00
1
24
2
2.40
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Steve Waugh
10.00
0
26
3
2.60
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Peter Taylor
9.00
1
23
0
2.55
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Dean Jones
1.30
0
4
1
2.66
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
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