Australia v England @ Eden Gardens, Calcutta
8 November 1987
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: RB Gupta, Mahboob Shah
Match Result: Australia won by 7 runs
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. David Boon | c Paul Downton b Eddie Hemmings | 75 | 125 | 159 | 7 | - | |
| 2. Geoff Marsh | b Neil Foster | 24 | 49 | 71 | 3 | - | |
| 3. Dean Jones | c Bill Athey b Eddie Hemmings | 33 | 57 | 75 | 1 | 1 | |
| 4. Craig McDermott | b Graham Gooch | 14 | 8 | 6 | 2 | - | |
| *5. Allan Border | run out (Tim Robinson > Paul Downton) | 31 | 31 | 48 | 3 | - | |
| 6. Mike Veletta | not out | 45 | 31 | 50 | 6 | - | |
| 7. Steve Waugh | not out | 5 | 4 | 5 | - | - | |
| 8. Simon O'Donnell | |||||||
| +9. Greg Dyer | |||||||
| 10. Tim May | |||||||
| 11. Bruce Reid |
| FOW | 1-75 (Geoff Marsh), 2-151 (Dean Jones), 3-166 (Craig McDermott), 4-168 (David Boon), 5-241 (Allan Border). |
| Extras | 1b, 13lb, 5w, 7nb, 0pen) 26 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 50 ovs) 253 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Phil DeFreitas | 6 | 1 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gladstone Small | 6 | 0 | 33 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil Foster | 10 | 0 | 38 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Eddie Hemmings | 10 | 1 | 48 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 10 | 0 | 44 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Graham Gooch | 8 | 1 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | |||
| 1. Graham Gooch | lbw b Simon O'Donnell | 35 | 57 | 74 | 4 | - | |
| 2. Tim Robinson | lbw b Craig McDermott | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - | |
| 3. Bill Athey | run out (Steve Waugh > Bruce Reid) | 58 | 103 | 126 | 2 | - | |
| *4. Mike Gatting | c Greg Dyer b Allan Border | 41 | 45 | 55 | 3 | 1 | |
| 5. Allan Lamb | b Steve Waugh | 45 | 55 | 56 | 4 | - | |
| +6. Paul Downton | c Simon O'Donnell b Allan Border | 9 | 8 | 13 | 1 | - | |
| 7. John Emburey | run out (David Boon > Craig McDermott) | 10 | 16 | 27 | - | - | |
| 8. Phil DeFreitas | c Bruce Reid b Steve Waugh | 17 | 10 | 10 | 2 | 1 | |
| 9. Neil Foster | not out | 7 | 6 | 12 | - | - | |
| 10. Gladstone Small | not out | 3 | 3 | 6 | - | - | |
| 11. Eddie Hemmings |
| FOW | 1-1 (Tim Robinson), 2-66 (Graham Gooch), 3-135 (Mike Gatting), 4-170 (Bill Athey), 5-188 (Paul Downton), 6-218 (John Emburey), 7-220 (Allan Lamb), 8-235 (Phil DeFreitas). |
| Extras | 1b, 14lb, 2w, 4nb, 0pen) 21 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 246 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Craig McDermott | 10 | 1 | 51 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Reid | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 9 | 0 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 10 | 1 | 35 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Tim May | 4 | 0 | 27 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 7 | 0 | 38 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
Australia: David Boon, Geoff Marsh, Dean Jones, Craig McDermott, Allan Border, Mike Veletta, Steve Waugh, Simon O'Donnell, Greg Dyer, Tim May, Bruce Reid
England: Graham Gooch, Tim Robinson, Bill Athey, Mike Gatting, Allan Lamb, Paul Downton, John Emburey, Phil DeFreitas, Neil Foster, Gladstone Small, Eddie Hemmings
