Australia v England
Australia won by 7 runs
8 November 1987Eden Gardens
Australiawon by 7 runs
253/550 ov
England
246/850 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
253/550 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| David Boon | caught | 75 | 125 | 159 | 7 | 0 | 60.0 |
| Geoff Marsh | bowled | 24 | 49 | 71 | 3 | 0 | 49.0 |
| Dean Jones | caught | 33 | 57 | 75 | 1 | 1 | 57.9 |
| Craig McDermott | bowled | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 175.0 |
| Allan Border | run out | 31 | 31 | 48 | 3 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Mike Veletta | not out | 45* | 31 | 50 | 6 | 0 | 145.2 |
| Steve Waugh | not out | 5* | 4 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 125.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 13, w 5, nb 7 | 26 | |||||
| Total | 5 wickets, 50 overs | 253 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260
1-75 Geoff Marsh2-151 Dean Jones3-166 Craig McDermott4-168 David Boon5-241 Allan Border
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Phil DeFreitas | 6 | 1 | 34 | 0 | 5.67 | 0 | 0 |
| Gladstone Small | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | 5.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Neil Foster | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 3.80 | 0 | 0 |
| Eddie Hemmings | 10 | 1 | 48 | 2 | 4.80 | 0 | 0 |
| John Emburey | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 4.40 | 0 | 0 |
| Graham Gooch | 8 | 1 | 42 | 1 | 5.25 | 0 | 0 |
England innings chasing 254
246/850 ov
| Batter | Dismissal | R | B | Mins | 4s | 6s | SR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Graham Gooch | lbw | 35 | 57 | 74 | 4 | 0 | 61.4 |
| Tim Robinson | lbw | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 |
| Bill Athey | run out | 58 | 103 | 126 | 2 | 0 | 56.3 |
| Mike Gatting | caught | 41 | 45 | 55 | 3 | 1 | 91.1 |
| Allan Lamb | bowled | 45 | 55 | 56 | 4 | 0 | 81.8 |
| Paul Downton | caught | 9 | 8 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 112.5 |
| John Emburey | run out | 10 | 16 | 27 | 0 | 0 | 62.5 |
| Phil DeFreitas | caught | 17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 170.0 |
| Neil Foster | not out | 7* | 6 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 116.7 |
| Gladstone Small | not out | 3* | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 100.0 |
| Extras | b 1, lb 14, w 2, nb 4 | 21 | |||||
| Total | 8 wickets, 50 overs | 246 | |||||
Fall of wicketsruns, 0 to 260
1-1 Tim Robinson2-66 Graham Gooch3-135 Mike Gatting4-170 Bill Athey5-188 Paul Downton6-218 John Emburey7-220 Allan Lamb8-235 Phil DeFreitas
| Bowler | O | M | R | W | Econ | Wd | Nb |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 1 | 51 | 1 | 5.10 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Reid | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | 4.30 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | 9 | 0 | 37 | 2 | 4.11 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon O'Donnell | 10 | 1 | 35 | 1 | 3.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim May | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | 6.75 | 0 | 0 |
| Allan Border | 7 | 0 | 38 | 2 | 5.43 | 0 | 0 |