▼ QUICK LINKS All archives →

10th -Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, England, West Indies in Australia) 1987

ODIMelbourne Cricket GroundSun, 01 Feb 1987

AUS

Australia

248/5 (44.00)

VS

England

139/10 (47.30)

ENG

Australia won by 109 runs

PREVIEW SUMMARY SCORECARD MATCH STATS PERFORMANCE

AUSAustralia innings

248/5 (44.00)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	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 (wk)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)	248	301		21	0

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	In Season	W	0s	Best	Career	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

ENGEngland innings

139/10 (47.30)

BATTING

Batsman	R	B	M	4s	6s	SR	In Season	R	4s	6s	Career	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)	139	285		8	1

BOWLING

Bowler	O	M	R	W	ECO	0s	4s	6s	In Season	W	0s	Best	Career	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

MILESTONES

Neil Foster reached 25 ODI wicketsENGREACHED

Now on 25.

Neil Foster played their 25th ODIENGREACHED

Now on 25.

Bill Athey took their 10th ODI catchENGREACHED

Now on 10.

David Gower reached 250 ODI foursENGREACHED

Now on 250.

↗ Explore Full Match Report on ESPNcricinfo

RECENT RESULTS 5 matches

T20INamibia T20I Tri-Series [Aug 2026]

TESTACC Men's Premier Cup

KUW249/4 (43.4)

TESTACC Men's Premier Cup

MAL270/8 (50.0)