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Australia v England @ Sydney Cricket Ground
11 February 1987
Toss: England (bat)
Umpires: AR Crafter, RA French
Match Result: England won by 8 runs
1st Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Chris Broad | c Simon O'Donnell b Greg Matthews | 53 | 87 | 123 | 3 | - |
| 2. Ian Botham | c Greg Ritchie b Simon O'Donnell | 25 | 31 | 31 | 4 | - |
| 3. Bill Athey | b Greg Matthews | 16 | 39 | 41 | 1 | - |
| 4. David Gower | c Dirk Wellham b Peter Taylor | 17 | 23 | 31 | 2 | - |
| *5. Mike Gatting | run out | 7 | 13 | 17 | - | - |
| 6. Allan Lamb | c Timothy Zoehrer b Simon O'Donnell | 35 | 39 | 51 | 1 | - |
| 7. John Emburey | c Timothy Zoehrer b Steve Waugh | 6 | 24 | 26 | - | - |
| 8. Phil DeFreitas | c Dean Jones b Peter Taylor | 1 | 6 | 3 | - | - |
| 9. Neil Foster | c Peter Taylor b Simon Davis | 7 | 16 | 19 | - | - |
| +10. Bruce French | not out | 9 | 12 | 18 | - | - |
| 11. Graham Dilley | not out | 6 | 11 | 14 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-36 (Ian Botham), 2-73 (Bill Athey), 3-102 (David Gower), 4-120 (Mike Gatting), 5-121 (Chris Broad), 6-143 (John Emburey), 7-146 (Phil DeFreitas), 8-170 (Allan Lamb), 9-170 (Neil Foster). |
| Extras | 0b, 4lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 5 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 187 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Davis | 10 | 0 | 44 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 10 | 1 | 37 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 10 | 1 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 10 | 2 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | lbw b Ian Botham | 28 | 64 | 88 | 1 | - |
| *2. Allan Border | c Bruce French b Ian Botham | 27 | 63 | 76 | 2 | - |
| 3. Dean Jones | c & b John Emburey | 13 | 19 | 22 | 1 | - |
| 4. Greg Ritchie | c Phil DeFreitas b Ian Botham | 4 | 14 | 16 | - | - |
| 5. Dirk Wellham | c David Gower b Phil DeFreitas | 30 | 51 | 70 | 1 | - |
| 6. Steve Waugh | run out | 22 | 48 | 48 | - | - |
| 7. Simon O'Donnell | not out | 40 | 27 | 44 | 1 | 2 |
| +8. Timothy Zoehrer | lbw b Phil DeFreitas | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| 9. Greg Matthews | run out | 3 | 9 | 12 | - | - |
| 10. Peter Taylor | not out | 3 | 6 | 15 | - | - |
| 11. Simon Davis |
| FOW | 1-55 (Allan Border), 2-70 (Geoff Marsh), 3-72 (Dean Jones), 4-80 (Greg Ritchie), 5-124 (Steve Waugh), 6-135 (Dirk Wellham), 7-135 (Timothy Zoehrer), 8-151 (Greg Matthews). |
| Extras | 1b, 6lb, 2w, 0nb, 0pen) 9 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 50 ovs) 179 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graham Dilley | 10 | 1 | 34 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil DeFreitas | 10 | 1 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 10 | 1 | 26 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil Foster | 10 | 0 | 51 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 10 | 2 | 27 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Geoff Marsh, Allan Border, Dean Jones, Greg Ritchie, Dirk Wellham, Steve Waugh, Simon O'Donnell, Timothy Zoehrer, Greg Matthews, Peter Taylor, Simon Davis