Australia v England
England won by 6 wickets
8 February 1987Melbourne
Australia
171/844 ov
Englandwon by 6 wickets
172/436 ov
Scorecard: every batter's and bowler's line, as the scorer kept it
Scorecard. For this match we hold every batter's and every bowler's line as the scorer's card kept it. The card does not name the fielder or the bowler for each dismissal, and older cards often leave balls faced blank (shown as -). There is no ball-by-ball record before December 2001. See the matches held ball by ball.
Australia innings
171/844 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Geoff Marsh | caught | 2 | 5 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 40.0 |
| Tim Zoehrer | caught | 0 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Dean Jones | bowled | 67 | 107 | 152 | 6 | 0 | 62.6 |
| Allan Border | caught | 42 | 85 | 109 | 1 | 0 | 49.4 |
| Greg Ritchie | run out | 13 | 21 | 22 | 0 | 0 | 61.9 |
| Steve Waugh | caught | 1 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 25.0 |
| Simon O'Donnell | bowled | 10 | 17 | 26 | 0 | 0 | 58.8 |
| Greg Matthews | bowled | 8 | 19 | 21 | 0 | 0 | 42.1 |
| Peter Taylor | not out | 3* | 6 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 50.0 |
| Bruce Reid | not out | 5* | 6 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 83.3 |
| Extras | lb 10, w 3, nb 7 | 20 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 44 overs | 171 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 180
1-3 Tim Zoehrer2-3 Geoff Marsh3-106 Allan Border4-134 Greg Ritchie5-137 Steve Waugh6-146 Dean Jones7-161 Simon O'Donnell8-164 Greg Matthews
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Dilley | 9 | 2 | 32 | 3 | 3.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Phil DeFreitas | 9 | 0 | 32 | 2 | 3.56 | 0 | 0 |
| Ian Botham | 9 | 0 | 26 | 0 | 2.89 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Foster | 9 | 0 | 42 | 1 | 4.67 | 0 | 0 |
| John Emburey | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | 3.63 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 172
172/436 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chris Broad | caught | 12 | 41 | 71 | 1 | 0 | 29.3 |
| Ian Botham | caught | 71 | 52 | 61 | 11 | 1 | 136.5 |
| Bill Athey | caught | 12 | 51 | 57 | 0 | 0 | 23.5 |
| David Gower | caught | 45 | 47 | 61 | 6 | 0 | 95.7 |
| Allan Lamb | not out | 15* | 21 | 25 | 2 | 0 | 71.4 |
| Mike Gatting | not out | 3* | 8 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 37.5 |
| Extras | b 5, lb 3, w 4, nb 2 | 14 | |||||
| Total | 4 wickets, 36 overs | 172 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 180
1-91 Ian Botham2-93 Chris Broad3-147 Bill Athey4-159 David Gower
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Simon Davis | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 4.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon O'Donnell | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 6.25 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Reid | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | 6.20 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | 8 | 1 | 36 | 0 | 4.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Greg Matthews | 9 | 1 | 27 | 3 | 3.00 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Taylor | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Dean Jones | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4.00 | 0 | 0 |