Australia v England @ Sharjah C.A. Stadium
9 April 1987
Toss: Australia (field)
Umpires: DP Buultjens, PW Vidanagamage
Match Result: England won by 11 runs
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graham Gooch | lbw b Steve Waugh | 86 | 119 | 179 | 7 | 1 | |
| 2. Chris Broad | b Peter Taylor | 44 | 86 | 127 | - | - | |
| 3. Tim Robinson | lbw b Simon O'Donnell | 5 | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | |
| 4. Neil Fairbrother | run out | 32 | 40 | 65 | 2 | 1 | |
| 5. Rob Bailey | c Simon O'Donnell b Bruce Reid | 11 | 25 | 32 | - | - | |
| 6. David Capel | run out | 17 | 19 | 29 | 2 | - | |
| *7. John Emburey | not out | 18 | 10 | 17 | 3 | - | |
| 8. Phil DeFreitas | not out | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| +9. Jack Richards | |||||||
| 10. Neil Foster | |||||||
| 11. Gladstone Small |
| FOW | 1-118 (Chris Broad), 2-125 (Tim Robinson), 3-167 (Graham Gooch), 4-188 (Neil Fairbrother), 5-193 (Rob Bailey), 6-229 (David Capel). |
| Extras | 1b, 7lb, 6w, 2nb, 0pen) 16 |
| Total | (for 6 wickets, 50 ovs) 230 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Bruce Reid | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon Davis | 8 | 3 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 7 | 0 | 31 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 1 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 7 | 0 | 41 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 8 | 0 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | lbw b Phil DeFreitas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 2. David Boon | c Chris Broad b John Emburey | 73 | 108 | 165 | 4 | - | |
| 3. Dirk Wellham | c Tim Robinson b Gladstone Small | 2 | 20 | 22 | - | - | |
| *4. Allan Border | c Rob Bailey b John Emburey | 84 | 104 | 146 | 5 | - | |
| 5. Simon O'Donnell | run out | 6 | 8 | 18 | - | - | |
| 6. Steve Waugh | b Neil Foster | 14 | 27 | 31 | - | - | |
| 7. Greg Matthews | c Graham Gooch b Phil DeFreitas | 13 | 10 | 24 | - | - | |
| +8. Timothy Zoehrer | run out | 1 | 3 | 4 | - | - | |
| 9. Peter Taylor | not out | 14 | 12 | 16 | 2 | - | |
| 10. Bruce Reid | run out | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | - | |
| 11. Simon Davis | not out | 3 | 3 | 10 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-0 (Geoff Marsh), 2-7 (Dirk Wellham), 3-166 (David Boon), 4-166 (Allan Border), 5-177 (Simon O'Donnell), 6-195 (Steve Waugh), 7-200 (Timothy Zoehrer), 8-200 (Greg Matthews), 9-204 (Bruce Reid). |
| Extras | 0b, 6lb, 0w, 1nb, 0pen) 7 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 219 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Phil DeFreitas | 10 | 1 | 40 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gladstone Small | 9 | 1 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| David Capel | 5 | 0 | 28 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 6 | 0 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 10 | 1 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil Foster | 10 | 0 | 50 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Dirk Wellham, Allan Border, Simon O'Donnell, Steve Waugh, Greg Matthews, Timothy Zoehrer, Peter Taylor, Bruce Reid, Simon Davis
England: Graham Gooch, Chris Broad, Tim Robinson, Neil Fairbrother, Rob Bailey, David Capel, John Emburey, Phil DeFreitas, Jack Richards, Neil Foster, Gladstone Small
