1987 Cricket World Cup Final
| Event | 1987 ICC Cricket World Cup | ||||||||
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| Date | 8 November 1987 | ||||||||
| Venue | Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India | ||||||||
| Player of the Match | David Boon | ||||||||
| Umpires | Ram Gupta and Mahboob Shah | ||||||||
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The final of the Reliance World Cup was played in Eden Gardens, Kolkata on Sunday 8 November 1987. The match was won by the Australia who defeated England by 7 runs to lift their first ever World Cup trophy. This was the first ever Cricket World Cup final to be played outside England.
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Australia won the toss and chose to bat. David Boon (75 from 125 balls, 7 fours) top-scored for Australia, whose batsmen scored fluently. Australia posted 253 (5 wickets, 50 overs). Mike Veletta (45 from 31 balls, 6 fours) cut loose late in the innings, as Australia scored 65 runs from the last 6 overs of their innings.
In the English reply, opener Tim Robinson was bowled for a first ball duck. 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.
| November 8, 1987 Scorecard |
Australia  253/5 (50 overs) |
v |  England246/8 (50 overs) |
Australia won by 7 runs Eden Gardens, Calcutta, India Umpires: Ram Gupta and Mahboob Shah Player of the match: David Boon |
| David Boon 75 (125) Eddie Hemmings 2/48 (10 overs) |
Bill Athey 58 (103) Steve Waugh 2/37 (9 overs) |
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External links [edit]
- Scorecards of all the 1987 World Cup matches from CricketFundas
- Cricket World Cup 1987 from Cricinfo
