Australia v England @ Adelaide Oval
26 January 1987
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: AR Crafter, SG Randell
Match Result: Australia won by 33 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | c John Emburey b Phil DeFreitas | 8 | 15 | 21 | 1 | - | |
| 2. Dirk Wellham | c Jack Richards b Phil DeFreitas | 9 | 21 | 25 | 1 | - | |
| 3. Dean Jones | c Jack Richards b Phil DeFreitas | 8 | 15 | 29 | - | - | |
| *4. Allan Border | c Chris Broad b Phil DeFreitas | 91 | 122 | 153 | 5 | - | |
| 5. Steve Waugh | not out | 83 | 120 | 151 | 8 | - | |
| 6. Simon O'Donnell | run out | 6 | 6 | 10 | - | - | |
| 7. Greg Matthews | c Allan Lamb b Graham Dilley | 0 | 5 | 7 | - | - | |
| +8. Timothy Zoehrer | not out | 5 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| 9. Ken MacLeay | |||||||
| 10. Peter Taylor | |||||||
| 11. Simon Davis |
| FOW | 1-21 (Geoff Marsh), 2-24 (Dirk Wellham), 3-37 (Dean Jones), 4-201 (Allan Border), 5-211 (Simon O'Donnell), 6-219 (Greg Matthews). |
| Extras | 1b, 8lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 15 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 225 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graham Dilley | 10 | 1 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil DeFreitas | 10 | 1 | 35 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gladstone Small | 10 | 0 | 42 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 10 | 0 | 56 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Chris Broad | c Allan Border b Steve Waugh | 46 | 95 | 124 | 2 | - | |
| 2. Bill Athey | lbw b Simon Davis | 12 | 24 | 34 | - | - | |
| 3. David Gower | c Steve Waugh b Simon O'Donnell | 21 | 25 | 31 | 3 | - | |
| *4. Mike Gatting | b Peter Taylor | 46 | 54 | 73 | 3 | - | |
| 5. Allan Lamb | run out | 8 | 17 | 24 | - | - | |
| 6. Ian Botham | st Timothy Zoehrer b Peter Taylor | 18 | 28 | 35 | - | - | |
| +7. Jack Richards | b Steve Waugh | 2 | 13 | 9 | - | - | |
| 8. John Emburey | run out | 17 | 21 | 36 | - | - | |
| 9. Phil DeFreitas | c Dean Jones b Peter Taylor | 8 | 8 | 9 | - | - | |
| 10. Gladstone Small | b Ken MacLeay | 2 | 3 | 5 | - | - | |
| 11. Graham Dilley | not out | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-23 (Bill Athey), 2-55 (David Gower), 3-125 (Chris Broad), 4-138 (Mike Gatting), 5-144 (Allan Lamb), 6-152 (Jack Richards), 7-168 (Ian Botham), 8-184 (Phil DeFreitas), 9-188 (Gladstone Small), 192 (John Emburey). |
| Extras | 0b, 8lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 48.1 ovs) 192 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Davis | 8 | 0 | 18 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ken MacLeay | 10 | 1 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 4 | 0 | 21 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 9 | 0 | 43 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 1 | 30 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 7.1 | 0 | 29 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Geoff Marsh, Dirk Wellham, Dean Jones, Allan Border, Steve Waugh, Simon O'Donnell, Greg Matthews, Timothy Zoehrer, Ken MacLeay, Peter Taylor, Simon Davis
England: Chris Broad, Bill Athey, David Gower, Mike Gatting, Allan Lamb, Ian Botham, Jack Richards, John Emburey, Phil DeFreitas, Gladstone Small, Graham Dilley
