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Australia vs England, 2nd Final at Sydney, Feb 11 1987 - Match Result

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2nd Final (D/N), Sydney, February 11, 1987, Benson & Hedges World Series Cup

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England

187/9

Australia

(50 ov, T:188) 179/8

England won by 8 runs

Player Of The Match

Ian Botham

, ENG

25 (31) & 3/26

Player Of The Series

Viv Richards

, WI

266 runs • 5 wkts

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Scorecard summary

England • 187/9(50 overs)

53 (87)

2/29 (10)

35 (39)

2/31 (10)

Australia • 179/8(50 overs)

40* (27)

3/26 (10)

30 (51)

2/34 (10)

Match details

Sydney Cricket Ground
Toss	England, elected to bat first
Series	Benson & Hedges World Series Cup England tour of Australia
Season	1986/87
Player Of The Match	Ian Botham
Player Of The Series	Viv Richards Ian Botham
Series result	England won the best-of-3-finals 2-0
Match number	ODI no. 433
Match days	daynight (50-over match)
Umpires	Dick French Tony Crafter

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AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND 1986-87

O'Donnell, driving DeFreitas twice for six, made a valiant attempt to take the finals to a third match by scoring 40 off 27 balls; but England's 187 for nine proved out of range

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Australia Innings

Player Name		R	B
GR Marsh	lbw	28	64
AR Border	caught	27	63
DM Jones	caught	13	19
GM Ritchie	caught	4	14
DM Wellham	caught	30	51
SR Waugh	run out	22	48
SP O'Donnell	not out	40	27
TJ Zoehrer	lbw	0	1
GRJ Matthews	run out	3	9
PL Taylor	not out	3	6
Extras	(b 1, lb 6, w 2)
Total	179(8 wkts; 50 ovs)

Player Name	O	M	R	W	Econ
GR Dilley	10	1	34	0	3.4
PAJ DeFreitas	10	1	34	2	3.4
IT Botham	10	1	26	3	2.6
NA Foster	10	0	51	0	5.1
JE Emburey	10	2	27	1	2.7

Wkt	Runs	Players
1st	55	Allan Border	Geoff Marsh
2nd	15	Dean Jones	Geoff Marsh
3rd	2	Greg Ritchie	Dean Jones
4th	8	Dirk Wellham	Greg Ritchie
5th	44	Dirk Wellham	Steve Waugh
6th	11	Dirk Wellham	Simon O'Donnell
7th	0	Simon O'Donnell	Tim Zoehrer
8th	16	Greg Matthews	Simon O'Donnell
9th	28	Simon O'Donnell	Peter Taylor

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Benson & Hedges World Series Cup

Team	M	W	L	PT	NRR
AUS	8	5	3	10	-
ENG	8	4	4	8	-
WI	8	3	5	6	-

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