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a5478 o477 wc83	Australia v England
	Reliance World Cup 1987/88 (Final)
Venue	Eden Gardens, Calcutta on 8th November 1987 (50-over match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 7 runs
Umpires	RB Gupta, Mahboob Shah
Man of the Match	DC Boon

Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
DC Boon	c Downton b Hemmings	75	125	159	7	-
GR Marsh	b Foster	24	49	71	3	-
DM Jones	c Athey b Hemmings	33	57	75	1	1
CJ McDermott	b Gooch	14	8	6	2	-
*AR Border	run out (Robinson->Downton)	31	31	48	3	-
MRJ Veletta	not out	45	31	50	6	-
SR Waugh	not out	5	4	5	-	-
SP O'Donnell	did not bat
+GC Dyer	did not bat
TBA May	did not bat
BA Reid	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 13 lb, 7 nb, 5 w)	26
Total	(5 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	253
Fall of wickets: 1-75 (Marsh), 2-151 (Jones), 3-166 (McDermott), 4-168 (Boon), 5-241 (Border)

England innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
GA Gooch	lbw b O'Donnell	35	57	74	4	-
RT Robinson	lbw b McDermott	0	1	2	-	-
CWJ Athey	run out (Waugh->Reid)	58	103	126	2	-
*MW Gatting	c Dyer b Border	41	45	55	3	1
AJ Lamb	b Waugh	45	55	56	4	-
+PR Downton	c O'Donnell b Border	9	8	13	1	-
JE Emburey	run out (Boon->McDermott)	10	16	27	-	-
PAJ DeFreitas	c Reid b Waugh	17	10	10	2	1
NA Foster	not out	7	6	12	-	-
GC Small	not out	3	3	6	-	-
EE Hemmings	did not bat
Extras	(1 b, 14 lb, 4 nb, 2 w)	21
Total	(8 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	246
Fall of wickets: 1-1 (Robinson), 2-66 (Gooch), 3-135 (Gatting), 4-170 (Athey), 5-188 (Downton), 6-218 (Lamb), 7-220 (Emburey), 8-235 (DeFreitas)

Notes
--> DC Boon passed 2500 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 63
--> GA Gooch passed 13000 runs in ListA Matches when he reached 26