Reliance World Cup 1987/88

Final: Australia vs England  |  Australia won by 7 runs

Match Details
Toss Australia, who chose to bat Tournament Reliance World Cup 1987/88
Umpires
RB Gupta and Mahboob Shah Match Date 08 Nov 1987
Match Referee Ground Eden Gardens, Kolkata
Player of Match David Boon (Australia)    

Australia Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 David Boon c Paul Downton b Eddie Hemmings 75 159 125 7 0 60.00
2 Geoff Marsh b Neil Foster 24 71 49 3 0 48.98
3 Dean Jones c Bill Athey b Eddie Hemmings 33 75 57 1 1 57.89
4 Craig McDermott b Graham Gooch 14 6 8 2 0 175.00
5 Allan Border * run out Tim Robinson 31 48 31 3 0 100.00
6 Mike Veletta not out 45 50 31 6 0 145.16
7 Steve Waugh not out 5 5 4 0 0 125.00
8 Simon O\'Donnell Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
9 Greg Dyer † Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
10 Tim May Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
11 Bruce Reid Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 1, lb 13, w 5, nb 7 26
Total 5 wickets; 50.0 overs; 253 5.06 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-75 ( Geoff Marsh, 0.0 ) ;   2-151 ( Dean Jones, 0.0 ) ;   3-166 ( Craig McDermott, 0.0 ) ;   4-168 ( David Boon, 0.0 ) ;   5-241 ( Allan Border, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Phil DeFreitas 6.0 1 34 0 0 0
Gladstone Small 6.0 0 33 0 0 0
Neil Foster 10.0 0 38 1 0 0
Eddie Hemmings 10.0 1 48 2 0 0
John Emburey 10.0 0 44 0 0 0
Graham Gooch 8.0 1 42 1 0 0

England Innings

 R M B 4s 6s SR
1 Graham Gooch lbw Simon O\'Donnell 35 74 57 4 0 61.40
2 Tim Robinson lbw Craig McDermott 0 2 1 0 0 0.00
3 Bill Athey run out Steve Waugh 58 126 103 2 0 56.31
4 Mike Gatting * c Greg Dyer b Allan Border 41 55 45 3 1 91.11
5 Allan Lamb b Steve Waugh 45 56 55 4 0 81.82
6 Paul Downton † c Simon O\'Donnell b Allan Border 9 13 8 1 0 112.50
7 John Emburey run out David Boon 10 27 16 0 0 62.50
8 Phil DeFreitas c Bruce Reid b Steve Waugh 17 10 10 2 1 170.00
9 Neil Foster not out 7 12 6 0 0 116.67
10 Gladstone Small not out 3 6 3 0 0 100.00
11 Eddie Hemmings Did not bat 0 0 0 0 0
Extra b 1, lb 14, w 2, nb 4 21
Total 8 wickets; 50.0 overs; 246 4.92 runs per over

Fall of wickets 1-1 ( Tim Robinson, 0.0 ) ;   2-66 ( Graham Gooch, 0.0 ) ;   3-135 ( Mike Gatting, 0.0 ) ;   4-170 ( Bill Athey, 0.0 ) ;   5-188 ( Paul Downton, 0.0 ) ;   6-218 ( Allan Lamb, 0.0 ) ;   7-220 ( John Emburey, 0.0 ) ;   8-235 ( Phil DeFreitas, 0.0 )

Bowling

 Overs Maidens Runs Wickets Wides No balls
Craig McDermott 10.0 1 51 1 0 0
Bruce Reid 10.0 0 43 0 0 0
Steve Waugh 9.0 0 37 2 0 0
Simon O\'Donnell 10.0 1 35 1 0 0
Tim May 4.0 0 27 0 0 0
Allan Border * 7.0 0 38 2 0 0