1987 Cricket World Cup final

October 2014 October 2014 1987 ICC Cricket World Cup Final Australian captain Alan Border with the Cricket World Cup trophy 1987 ICC Cricket World Cup Australia Australia 40px 253/5 50 overs England England 40px 246/8 50 overs Australia won by 7 runs 8 November 1987 Eden Gardens Calcutta David Boon (Aus) 70,000 – 90,000 Ram Gupta (Ind) and Mahboob Shah (Pak) 1983 1992 The 1987 Cricket World Cup Final (known as the Reliance Cricket World Cup Final for sponsorship reasons) was a One Day International (ODI) cricket match played at Eden Gardens in Calcutta on 8 November 1987 to determine the winner of the 1987 Cricket World Cup. It was contested by Australia and England, both of whom had yet to win the trophy. The 1987 World Cup was the first World Cup to be hosted outside of England; it was also the first World Cup to feature a 50-over per side match format and the first time the final had been hosted at a venue other than Lord's. It was estimated that between 70,000 and 90,000 spectators attended the match.Ian Telford http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122113942 TIMES Sport Australians take the World Cup The Canberra Times 62 19,028 Australian Capital Territory, Australia 9 November 1987 27 January 2022 24 National Library of AustraliaThe Guardian Down Under goes top of the world 28 Mike Selvey 9 November 1987 Background 1987 Cricket World Cup Group A 1987 Cricket World Cup Group B 1987 Cricket World Cup knockout stage Australia went into the 1987 World Cup having lost a home Ashes series and their five previous ODI matches leading up to the tournament.https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-02/how-australia-won-the-1987-cricket-world-cup/11227406 How Australia's 1987 Cricket World Cup win was a turning point for the sport in the country Shaun Giles 2 July 2019 ABC News Steve Waugh, who was competing in his first World Cup and would become one of the players of the tournament, said that Australia were considered, both at home and abroad, to be "rank outsiders". Under coach Bob Simpson, the Australians undertook extra fielding sessions upon arriving in India, and an alcohol ban between games was also imposed. While these somewhat revolutionary measures were ridiculed by other teams, Simpson's approach would pay off as Australia progressed through the tournament. Placed in Group A along with India, New Zealand and Zimbabwe, the Australians finished second in the group behind India on run rate, which meant they would face Pakistan, who topped Group B, in the semi-final. Australia's success had been built on various factors: the opening pair of David Boon and Geoff Marsh (who ended the tournament as the second- and third-highest individual run-scorers respectively) consistently gave the Australian innings a firm foundation on which to build substantial scores; opening bowler Craig McDermott (who ended the tournament as the leading wicket-taker with 18) excelled in conditions traditionally unfavourable to pace bowlers; and all-rounders Simon O'Donnell and Steve Waugh chipped in at critical moments with bat and ball. All these factors came to the fore when Australia upset the Pakistanis at the Gaddafi Stadium in Lahore; Batting first, Marsh and Boon put on 73 for the first wicket as the Australians finished with 267 for eight off their 50 overs, with Waugh scoring 18 runs off the final over. In reply, Pakistan fell to 38 for three before Imran Khan and Javed Miandad set about resurrecting the innings. But after they were removed, McDermott proceeded to clean up the tail and send Australia into its first World Cup final since 1975. In Group B along with Pakistan, Sri Lanka and West Indies, England finished second behind Pakistan with wins over West Indies (considered the best cricket team in the world at the time) and Sri Lanka, and would face India in semi-final at the Wankhede Stadium in Bombay. After being sent in by the home team, England posted 254 for six from its 50 overs, led by 115 from Graham Gooch (who ended the tournament as the leading run-scorer) and 56 from captain Mike Gatting. India's innings started badly when home-town hero Sunil Gavaskar was bowled by Philip DeFreitas for 4. The middle order, led by Mohammad Azharuddin, revived the home crowd's hopes, but after off-spinner Eddie Hemmings struck with four wickets, the chase collapsed, with the last five wickets falling for only 15 runs. Like Australia, England had qualified for its second shot at glory, having previously lost to West Indies in 1979. Details thumb|249x249px|Dean Jones rushes to embrace Australian captain Allan Border after Australia win the World Cup at Eden Gardens,CalcuttaCricinfo Live Cricket Scores, Match Details, News, Stats & Updates https://www.cricinfo.com/ https://web.archive.org/web/20260923001625/https://www.cricinfo.com/ 2026-09-23 2026-09-24 Cricinfo en 8 November in Calcutta was a fine and hot day, but with less humidity than Bombay, where the England–India semi-final had been staged.Browning (1999), p.155 Preparation of the Eden Gardens wicket had been overseen by the renowned Adelaide Oval curator Les Burdett, who had been invited by the Bengal Cricket Association. Allan Border won the toss and chose to bat. As they had done for much of the tournament, openers Geoff Marsh and David Boon gave Australia a fantastic start, benefiting from the unusually wayward and undisciplined bowling of Philip DeFreitas and Gladstone Small (who conceded six no-balls)John Woodcock The Times 48 9 November 1987 Border takes one-day trip to the moon to post 52 off the first ten overs. Waugh joined Veletta for the final over of the innings, to be bowled by DeFreitas. The pair combined to score 11 runs off it to push Australia's score to 253, becoming the first team all tournament to score more than 250 against England. The Australians took to the field with some confidence that their total was defendable; no team batting second at this World Cup had successfully chased 254.ESPNcricinfo Wisden Almanack 1989 edition 1987-88 World Cup Final: AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150655.html 27 January 2022 England's innings started badly when McDermott trapped Tim Robinson in front for a golden duck midway through the first over. Bill Athey (58 from 103 balls, 2 fours) top-scored, and England were almost on target, when captain Mike Gatting (41 from 45 balls, 3 fours, 1 six) handed back the initiative with the loss of his wicket to an attempted reverse sweep off the occasional off-spin bowling of Allan Border, which ended a growing partnership of 69 runs in 13 overs between him and Athey. Allan Lamb (45 from 55 balls, 4 fours) also posted a great innings, but it was in vain as the required run-rate for England began to rise. When England failed to score the last 17 runs from the final over, the cup went to Australia. 8 November 1987 AUS ENG 253/5 (50 overs) David Boon 75 (125) Eddie Hemmings 2/48 (10 overs) 246/8 (50 overs) Bill Athey 58 (103) Steve Waugh 2/37 (9 overs) Australia won by 7 runs Scorecard Eden Gardens, Calcutta 95,343 Ram Gupta (Ind) and Mahboob Shah (Pak) David Boon (Aus) Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Scorecard 1st innings AUS battingScorecard, Australia v England, Reliance World Cup, Final https://wisden.com/matches/scorecard/186247/australia-v-england-at-kolkata-reliance-world-cup-final-8-nov-1987 Wisden https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/reliance-world-cup-1987-88-60876/australia-vs-england-final-65117/full-scorecard Final: Final, ICC Cricket World Cup at Eden Gardens, Nov 8 1987 27 January 2022 David Boon c Downton b Hemmings 75 125 7 0 60.00 Geoff Marsh b Foster 24 49 3 0 48.97 Dean Jones c Athey b Hemmings 33 57 1 1 57.89 Craig McDermott b Gooch 14 8 2 0 175.00 Allan Border run out (Robinson/Downton) 31 31 3 0 100.00 Mike Veletta not out 45 31 6 0 145.16 Steve Waugh not out 5 4 0 0 125.00 Simon O'Donnell did not bat Greg Dyer did not bat Tim May did not bat Bruce Reid did not bat Extras (b 1, lb 13, w 7, nb 5) 26 Total (5 wickets; 50 overs) 253 22 1 Fall of wickets: 1/75 (Marsh), 2/151 (Jones), 3/166 (McDermott), 4/168 (Boon), 5/241 (Border) ENG bowling Philip DeFreitas 6 1 34 0 5.66 1 1 Gladstone Small 6 0 33 0 5.50 0 6 Neil Foster 10 0 38 1 3.80 1 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 1 0 2nd innings ENG batting Graham Gooch lbw b O'Donnell 35 57 4 0 61.40 Tim Robinson lbw b McDermott 0 1 0 0 0.00 Bill Athey run out (Waugh/Reid) 58 103 2 0 56.31 Mike Gatting c Dyer b Border 41 45 3 1 91.11 Allan Lamb b Waugh 45 55 4 0 81.81 Paul Downton c O'Donnell b Border 9 8 1 0 112.50 John Emburey run out (Boon/McDermott) 10 16 0 0 62.50 Philip DeFreitas c Reid b Waugh 17 10 2 1 170.00 Neil Foster not out 7 6 0 0 116.66 Gladstone Small not out 3 3 0 0 100.00 Eddie Hemmings did not bat Extras (b 1, lb 14, nb 4, w 2) 21 Total (8 wickets; 50 overs) 246 16 2 Fall of wickets: 1/1 (Robinson), 2/66 (Gooch), 3/135 (Gatting), 4/170 (Athey), 5/188 (Downton), 6/218 (Emburey), 7/220 (Lamb), 8/235 (DeFreitas) AUS bowling Craig McDermott 10 1 51 1 5.10 0 0 Bruce Reid 10 0 43 0 4.30 1 2 Steve Waugh 9 0 37 2 4.11 1 1 Simon O'Donnell 10 1 35 1 3.50 0 1 Tim May 4 0 27 0 6.75 0 0 Allan Border 7 0 38 2 5.42 0 0 See also Cricket 1987 Cricket World Cup squads External links pLRI0GrCX_w Australia beat England in thrilling final. CWC 1987 Cricket World Cup 1987 from ESPNcricinfo Further reading Mark Browning A complete history of World Cup cricket, 1975-1999 Kangaroo Press 1999 0731808339 Michael Sexton Border's Battlers Affirm Press 2019 9781925870527 References Final, 1987 Cricket World Cup Cricket Cricket Cricket Category:Cricket World Cup finals Category:Cricket in Kolkata Category:Australia–United Kingdom sports relations Category:Australia in international cricket Category:England in international cricket es:Copa mundial de críquet de 1987 fr:Coupe du monde de cricket de 1987 it:Coppa del Mondo di cricket 1987 mr:क्रिकेट विश्वचषक, १९८७ nl:Wereldkampioenschap cricket 1987 pt:Copa do Mundo de Críquete de 1987