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Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
8 February 1987
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: PJ McConnell, SG Randell
Match Result: England won by 6 wickets
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | c Mike Gatting b Phil DeFreitas | 2 | 5 | 8 | - | - |
| +2. Timothy Zoehrer | c Mike Gatting b Graham Dilley | 0 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| 3. Dean Jones | b Phil DeFreitas | 67 | 107 | 152 | 6 | - |
| *4. Allan Border | c Bruce French b Neil Foster | 42 | 85 | 109 | 1 | - |
| 5. Greg Ritchie | run out | 13 | 21 | 22 | - | - |
| 6. Steve Waugh | c Phil DeFreitas b John Emburey | 1 | 4 | 4 | - | - |
| 7. Simon O'Donnell | b Graham Dilley | 10 | 17 | 26 | - | - |
| 8. Greg Matthews | b Graham Dilley | 8 | 19 | 21 | - | - |
| 9. Peter Taylor | not out | 3 | 6 | 14 | - | - |
| 10. Bruce Reid | not out | 5 | 6 | 7 | 1 | - |
| 11. Simon Davis |
| FOW | 1-3 (Timothy Zoehrer), 2-3 (Geoff Marsh), 3-106 (Allan Border), 4-134 (Greg Ritchie), 5-137 (Steve Waugh), 6-146 (Dean Jones), 7-161 (Simon O'Donnell), 8-164 (Greg Matthews). |
| Extras | 0b, 10lb, 3w, 7nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 8 wickets, 44 ovs) 171 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Graham Dilley | 9 | 2 | 32 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Phil DeFreitas | 9 | 0 | 32 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 9 | 0 | 26 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil Foster | 9 | 0 | 42 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 8 | 0 | 29 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Chris Broad | c Dean Jones b Greg Matthews | 12 | 41 | 71 | 1 | - |
| 2. Ian Botham | c Geoff Marsh b Greg Matthews | 71 | 52 | 61 | 11 | 1 |
| 3. Bill Athey | c & b Greg Matthews | 12 | 51 | 57 | - | - |
| 4. David Gower | c Peter Taylor b Bruce Reid | 45 | 47 | 61 | 6 | - |
| 5. Allan Lamb | not out | 15 | 21 | 25 | 2 | - |
| *6. Mike Gatting | not out | 3 | 8 | 11 | - | - |
| 7. John Emburey | ||||||
| 8. Phil DeFreitas | ||||||
| 9. Neil Foster | ||||||
| +10. Bruce French | ||||||
| 11. Graham Dilley |
| FOW | 1-91 (Ian Botham), 2-93 (Chris Broad), 3-147 (Bill Athey), 4-159 (David Gower). |
| Extras | 5b, 3lb, 4w, 2nb, 0pen) 14 |
| Total | (for 4 wickets, 36 ovs) 172 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Davis | 4 | 0 | 17 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 4 | 0 | 25 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Bruce Reid | 5 | 0 | 31 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 8 | 1 | 36 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 9 | 1 | 27 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 5 | 0 | 24 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dean Jones | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Geoff Marsh, Timothy Zoehrer, Dean Jones, Allan Border, Greg Ritchie, Steve Waugh, Simon O'Donnell, Greg Matthews, Peter Taylor, Bruce Reid, Simon Davis