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Australia v England @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
1 February 1987
Toss: England (field)
Umpires: RA French, BE Martin
Match Result: Australia won by 109 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | c John Emburey b Neil Foster | 28 | 44 | 63 | 5 | - |
| *2. Allan Border | c Bill Athey b Gladstone Small | 45 | 95 | 125 | 1 | - |
| 3. Dean Jones | c Bill Athey b Mike Gatting | 93 | 100 | 124 | 7 | - |
| 4. Greg Ritchie | st Bruce French b Mike Gatting | 9 | 11 | 13 | 1 | - |
| 5. Dirk Wellham | c Allan Lamb b Mike Gatting | 3 | 7 | 11 | - | - |
| 6. Steve Waugh | not out | 49 | 36 | 47 | 7 | - |
| 7. Simon O'Donnell | not out | 4 | 8 | 10 | - | - |
| +8. Timothy Zoehrer | ||||||
| 9. Greg Matthews | ||||||
| 10. Peter Taylor | ||||||
| 11. Simon Davis |
| FOW | 1-61 (Geoff Marsh), 2-127 (Allan Border), 3-144 (Greg Ritchie), 4-154 (Dirk Wellham), 5-223 (Dean Jones). |
| Extras | 0b, 7lb, 9w, 1nb, 0pen) 17 |
| Total | (for 5 wickets, 50 ovs) 248 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Phil DeFreitas | 8 | 2 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Gladstone Small | 10 | 0 | 49 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Botham | 10 | 0 | 35 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Neil Foster | 7 | 1 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| John Emburey | 6 | 0 | 41 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Mike Gatting | 9 | 0 | 59 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
England
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Chris Broad | b Simon O'Donnell | 2 | 10 | 7 | - | - |
| 2. Ian Botham | c & b Greg Matthews | 45 | 87 | 105 | 4 | 1 |
| 3. David Gower | c Peter Taylor b Simon Davis | 11 | 10 | 11 | 2 | - |
| 4. Allan Lamb | run out | 11 | 27 | 39 | - | - |
| *5. Mike Gatting | c Simon Davis b Steve Waugh | 6 | 15 | 14 | - | - |
| 6. Bill Athey | lbw b Simon O'Donnell | 29 | 72 | 83 | 1 | - |
| 7. John Emburey | b Greg Matthews | 1 | 11 | 11 | - | - |
| 8. Phil DeFreitas | b Steve Waugh | 11 | 16 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 9. Neil Foster | b Steve Waugh | 4 | 14 | 19 | - | - |
| +10. Bruce French | not out | 5 | 12 | 19 | - | - |
| 11. Gladstone Small | c Greg Matthews b Dean Jones | 4 | 11 | 12 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-4 (Chris Broad), 2-25 (David Gower), 3-52 (Allan Lamb), 4-65 (Mike Gatting), 5-87 (Ian Botham), 6-90 (John Emburey), 7-117 (Phil DeFreitas), 8-129 (Neil Foster), 9-130 (Bill Athey), 139 (Gladstone Small). |
| Extras | 2b, 7lb, 1w, 0nb, 0pen) 10 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.3 ovs) 139 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Simon Davis | 8 | 1 | 20 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 9 | 2 | 33 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Greg Matthews | 10 | 1 | 24 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 0 | 26 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 9 | 1 | 23 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Dean Jones | 1.3 | 0 | 4 | 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