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Result of 1987
Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, England, West Indies in Australia)
2nd Final-Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, England, West Indies in Australia) 1987
Wed, 11 Feb 1987 - 00:00 – 2nd Final • Sydney Cricket Ground
England won by 8 runs
Australia
187/9 (44.00)
England
179/8 (20.00)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
England innigs
179/8 (20.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Chris Broad
c O'Donnell b Matthews
53
87
123
3
0
60.91
In 1987
Career
Ian Botham
c Ritchie b O'Donnell
25
31
31
4
0
80.64
In 1987
Career
Bill Athey
b Matthews
16
39
41
1
0
41.02
In 1987
Career
David Gower
c Wellham b Taylor
17
23
31
2
0
73.91
In 1987
Career
Mike Gatting (c)
run out
7
13
17
0
0
53.84
In 1987
Career
Allan Lamb
c †Zoehrer b O'Donnell
35
39
51
1
0
89.74
In 1987
Career
John Emburey
c †Zoehrer b Waugh
6
24
26
0
0
25.00
In 1987
Career
Phil DeFreitas
c Jones b Taylor
1
6
3
0
0
16.66
In 1987
Career
Neil Foster
c Taylor b Davis
7
16
19
0
0
43.75
In 1987
Career
Bruce French (WK)
not out
9
12
18
0
0
75.00
In 1987
Career
Graham Dilley
not out
6
11
14
0
0
54.54
In 1987
Career
Extras
(lb 4, w 1)
5
Total
187/9 50 Ov (RR: 3.74)
187
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Simon Davis
10.00
0
44
1
4.40
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Simon O'Donnell
10.00
1
37
2
3.70
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Steve Waugh
10.00
0
42
1
4.20
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Greg Matthews
10.00
1
31
2
3.10
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Peter Taylor
10.00
2
29
2
2.90
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Australia innigs
187/9 (44.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
Geoff Marsh
lbw b Botham
28
64
88
1
0
43.75
In 1987
Career
Allan Border (c)
c †French b Botham
27
63
76
2
0
42.85
In 1987
Career
Dean Jones
c & b Emburey
13
19
22
1
0
68.42
In 1987
Career
Greg Ritchie
c DeFreitas b Botham
4
14
16
0
0
28.57
In 1987
Career
Dirk Wellham
c Gower b DeFreitas
30
51
70
1
0
58.82
In 1987
Career
Steve Waugh
run out
22
48
48
0
0
45.83
In 1987
Career
Simon O'Donnell
not out
40
27
44
1
2
148.14
In 1987
Career
Tim Zoehrer (WK)
lbw b DeFreitas
0
1
1
0
0
0.00
In 1987
Career
Greg Matthews
run out
3
9
12
0
0
33.33
In 1987
Career
Peter Taylor
not out
3
6
15
0
0
50.00
In 1987
Career
Extras
(b 1, lb 6, w 2)
9
Total
179/8 50 Ov (RR: 3.58)
179
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Graham Dilley
10.00
1
34
0
3.40
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Phil DeFreitas
10.00
1
34
2
3.40
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Ian Botham
10.00
1
26
3
2.60
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
Neil Foster
10.00
0
51
0
5.10
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
John Emburey
10.00
2
27
1
2.70
0
0
0
In 1987
Career
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