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AUS flag AUSWon toss. Elected to bat
253-5
Series badge ENG
246-8
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Overs: 50.0 RR: 5.06 vs spin: 4.40
vs seam: 4.90
Overs: 50.0 RR: 4.92 vs spin: 5.91
vs seam: 4.26
Sun 08/11/87 Australia v England, Reliance World Cup, Final, Eden Gardens, Kolkata
AUSTRALIA WIN Australia won by 7 runs
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Australia - 1st Inns 253-5 (50.0; RR: 5.06)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
DC Boon c Downton b Hemmings 75 125 7 0 60.00
GR Marsh b Foster 24 49 3 0 48.98
DM Jones c Athey b Hemmings 33 57 1 1 57.89
CJ McDermott b Gooch 14 8 2 0 175.00
AR Border run out 31 31 3 0 100.00
MRJ Veletta not out 45 31 6 0 145.16
SR Waugh not out 5 4 0 0 125.00
SP O'Donnell  
GC Dyer  
TBA May  
BA Reid  
Extras (1b, 13lb, 5w, 7nb) 26  
TOTAL 253-5 (50.0 overs; RR: 5.06)

Fall of wickets

75-1 (GR Marsh 0.0 ov), 151-2 (DM Jones 0.0 ov), 166-3 (CJ McDermott 0.0 ov), 168-4 (DC Boon 0.0 ov), 241-5 (AR Border 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
PAJ DeFreitas 6.0 1 34 0 5.67 1 1
GC Small 6.0 0 33 0 5.50 0 6
NA Foster 10.0 0 38 1 3.80 1 0
EE Hemmings 10.0 1 48 2 4.80 0 0
JE Emburey 10.0 0 44 0 4.40 0 0
GA Gooch 8.0 1 42 1 5.25 1 0

England - 1st Inns 246-8 (50.0; RR: 4.92)

BATTER   R B 4 6 SR
GA Gooch lbw b O'Donnell 35 57 4 0 61.40
RT Robinson lbw b McDermott 0 1 0 0 0.00
CWJ Athey run out 58 103 2 0 56.31
MW Gatting c Dyer b Border 41 45 3 1 91.11
AJ Lamb b Waugh 45 55 4 0 81.82
PR Downton c O'Donnell b Border 9 8 1 0 112.50
JE Emburey run out 10 16 0 0 62.50
PAJ DeFreitas c Reid b Waugh 17 10 2 1 170.00
NA Foster not out 7 6 0 0 116.67
GC Small not out 3 3 0 0 100.00
EE Hemmings  
Extras (1b, 14lb, 2w, 4nb) 21  
TOTAL 246-8 (50.0 overs; RR: 4.92)

Fall of wickets

1-1 (RT Robinson 0.0 ov), 66-2 (GA Gooch 0.0 ov), 135-3 (MW Gatting 0.0 ov), 170-4 (CWJ Athey 0.0 ov), 188-5 (PR Downton 0.0 ov), 218-6 (AJ Lamb 0.0 ov), 220-7 (JE Emburey 0.0 ov), 235-8 (PAJ DeFreitas 0.0 ov)

BOWLERS O M R W Econ Wd NB
CJ McDermott 10.0 1 51 1 5.10 0 0
BA Reid 10.0 0 43 0 4.30 1 2
SR Waugh 9.0 0 37 2 4.11 1 1
SP O'Donnell 10.0 1 35 1 3.50 0 1
TBA May 4.0 0 27 0 6.75 0 0
AR Border 7.0 0 38 2 5.43 0 0

Match Info

Match

Australia v England at Kolkata, Reliance World Cup, Final

Date

Sunday November 8, 1987

Toss

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Time

5:30am UTC

Venue

Eden Gardens, Kolkata

Umpires

RB Gupta, Mahboob Shah

Australia Team

Playing XI

AR Border, DM Jones, DC Boon, CJ McDermott, SP O'Donnell, GR Marsh, BA Reid, SR Waugh, GC Dyer, MRJ Veletta, TBA May

England Team

Playing XI

GA Gooch, MW Gatting, JE Emburey, CWJ Athey, PR Downton, AJ Lamb, EE Hemmings, NA Foster, RT Robinson, GC Small, PAJ DeFreitas