Australia v England @ Sydney Cricket Ground
22 January 1987
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: AR Crafter, RA French
Match Result: England won by 3 wickets
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | c Jack Richards b Phil Edmonds | 47 | 67 | 98 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Dirk Wellham | c Bill Athey b John Emburey | 97 | 144 | 176 | 5 | - | |
| 3. Dean Jones | c Bill Athey b Phil DeFreitas | 34 | 23 | 21 | 2 | 1 | |
| *4. Allan Border | c Graham Dilley b Phil Edmonds | 13 | 19 | 27 | - | - | |
| 5. Steve Waugh | c Bill Athey b Graham Dilley | 10 | 18 | 16 | - | - | |
| 6. Greg Matthews | c Phil DeFreitas b John Emburey | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| 7. Ken MacLeay | b Graham Dilley | 12 | 12 | 17 | - | - | |
| +8. Timothy Zoehrer | not out | 9 | 14 | 18 | - | - | |
| 9. Peter Taylor | st Jack Richards b John Emburey | 0 | 2 | 2 | - | - | |
| 10. Simon O'Donnell | |||||||
| 11. Bruce Reid |
| FOW | 1-109 (Geoff Marsh), 2-156 (Dean Jones), 3-189 (Allan Border), 4-205 (Steve Waugh), 5-208 (Greg Matthews), 6-208 (Dirk Wellham), 7-230 (Ken MacLeay), 8-233 (Peter Taylor). |
| Extras | 2b, 5lb, 0w, 2nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 233 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graham Dilley | 9 | 2 | 28 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil DeFreitas | 10 | 0 | 46 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Gatting | 2 | 0 | 11 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 9 | 0 | 42 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil Edmonds | 10 | 0 | 48 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Chris Broad | c Greg Matthews b Peter Taylor | 45 | 58 | 57 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Bill Athey | c Timothy Zoehrer b Bruce Reid | 2 | 22 | 36 | - | - | |
| 3. David Gower | c Dirk Wellham b Simon O'Donnell | 50 | 66 | 92 | 2 | - | |
| 4. Allan Lamb | not out | 77 | 102 | 142 | 3 | 1 | |
| *5. Mike Gatting | b Simon O'Donnell | 1 | 8 | 5 | - | - | |
| 6. Ian Botham | b Steve Waugh | 27 | 30 | 32 | 2 | - | |
| 7. John Emburey | run out | 4 | 5 | 5 | - | - | |
| +8. Jack Richards | c Steve Waugh b Simon O'Donnell | 3 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| 9. Phil DeFreitas | not out | 6 | 6 | 12 | - | - | |
| 10. Phil Edmonds | |||||||
| 11. Graham Dilley |
| FOW | 1-33 (Bill Athey), 2-51 (Chris Broad), 3-137 (David Gower), 4-143 (Mike Gatting), 5-186 (Ian Botham), 6-191 (John Emburey), 7-202 (Jack Richards). |
| Extras | 0b, 16lb, 2w, 1nb, 0pen) 19 |
| Total | (for 7 wickets, 49.5 ovs) 234 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Ken MacLeay | 4 | 0 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Reid | 9.5 | 3 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 5 | 0 | 22 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 10 | 1 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 3 | 0 | 13 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 8 | 0 | 39 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Geoff Marsh, Dirk Wellham, Dean Jones, Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Greg Matthews, Ken MacLeay, Timothy Zoehrer, Peter Taylor, Simon O'Donnell, Bruce Reid
England: Chris Broad, Bill Athey, David Gower, Allan Lamb, Mike Gatting, Ian Botham, John Emburey, Jack Richards, Phil DeFreitas, Phil Edmonds, Graham Dilley
