Australia vs England, Final at Kolkata, Nov 08 1987 - Match Result

RESULT

Final, Eden Gardens, November 08, 1987, Reliance World Cup

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253/5

(50 ov, T:254) 246/8

Australia won by 7 runs

Player Of The Match

, AUS

75 (125)

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Scorecard summary

Australia • 253/5(50 overs)

75 (125)

2/48 (10)

45* (31)

1/38 (10)

England • 246/8(50 overs)

58 (103)

2/37 (9)

45 (55)

2/38 (7)

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Match details

Eden Gardens, Calcutta
Toss	Australia, elected to bat first
Series	Reliance World Cup
Season	1987/88
Player Of The Match	David Boon
Series result	Australia won the 1987/88 Reliance World Cup
Match number	ODI no. 477
Match days	day (50-over match)
Umpires	Mahboob Shah Ram Gupta

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England Innings

Player Name		R	B
GA Gooch	lbw	35	57
RT Robinson	lbw	0	1
CWJ Athey	run out	58	103
MW Gatting	caught	41	45
AJ Lamb	bowled	45	55
PR Downton	caught	9	8
JE Emburey	run out	10	16
PAJ DeFreitas	caught	17	10
NA Foster	not out	7	6
GC Small	not out	3	3
Extras	(b 1, lb 14, nb 4, w 2)
Total	246(8 wkts; 50 ovs)

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	1	Graham Gooch	Tim Robinson
2nd	65	Graham Gooch	Bill Athey
3rd	69	Mike Gatting	Bill Athey
4th	35	Bill Athey	Allan Lamb
5th	18	Paul Downton	Allan Lamb
6th	30	John Emburey	Allan Lamb
7th	2	Allan Lamb	Phil DeFreitas
8th	15	Neil Foster	Phil DeFreitas
9th	11	Neil Foster	Gladstone Small

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Reliance World Cup

Group A

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
IND	6	5	1	20	-
AUS	6	5	1	20	-
NZ	6	2	4	8	-
ZIM	6	0	6	0	-

Group B

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
PAK	6	5	1	20	-
ENG	6	4	2	16	-
WI	6	3	3	12	-
SL	6	0	6	0	-