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{{Infobox limited overs final
| title = 1987 ICC Cricket World Cup Final
| image =
| caption = Australian captain [[Alan Border]] with the [[Cricket World Cup trophy]]
| event = [[1987 ICC Cricket World Cup]]
| team1 = [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]]
| team1flag = {{flagicon|Australia|size=40px}}
| team1score = 253/5
| team1overs = 50 overs
| team2 = [[England national cricket team|England]]
| team2flag = {{flagicon|England|size=40px}}
| team2score = 246/8
| team2overs = 50 overs
| details = Australia won by 7 runs
| date = 8 November 1987
| stadium = [[Eden Gardens]]
| city = [[Calcutta]]
| man_of_the_match = [[David Boon]] (Aus)
| attendance = 70,000 – 90,000
| umpires = [[Ram Gupta]] (Ind) and [[Mahboob Shah]] (Pak)
| previous = [[1983 Cricket World Cup final|1983]]
| next = [[1992 Cricket World Cup final|1992]]
}}
The '''1987 Cricket World Cup Final''' (known as the '''Reliance Cricket World Cup Final''' for sponsorship reasons) was a [[One Day International]] (ODI) [[cricket]] match played at [[Eden Gardens]] in [[Kolkata|Calcutta]] on 8 November 1987 to determine the winner of the [[1987 Cricket World Cup]]. It was contested by [[Australia national cricket team|Australia]] and [[England national cricket team|England]], both of whom had yet to win the trophy. The 1987 World Cup was the first World Cup to be hosted outside of England; it was also the first World Cup to feature a 50-over per side match format and the first time the final had been hosted at a venue other than [[Lord's]]. It was estimated that between 70,000 and 90,000 spectators attended the match.<ref name=wisden/><ref name=telford>{{cite news |first=Ian|last=Telford|url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article122113942 |title=TIMES Sport Australians take the World Cup |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |volume=62 |issue=19,028 |location=Australian Capital Territory, Australia |date=9 November 1987 |access-date=27 January 2022 |page=24 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref name="selvey">{{cite news|newspaper=[[The Guardian]]|title=Down Under goes top of the world|page=28|first=Mike|last=Selvey|date=9 November 1987}}</ref>

==Background==
{{main|1987 Cricket World Cup Group A|1987 Cricket World Cup Group B|1987 Cricket World Cup knockout stage}}

Australia went into the 1987 World Cup having lost a [[1986-87 Ashes|home Ashes series]] and their five previous ODI matches leading up to the tournament.<ref name="abc">{{cite web|url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2019-07-02/how-australia-won-the-1987-cricket-world-cup/11227406|title=How Australia's 1987 Cricket World Cup win was a turning point for the sport in the country|first=Shaun|last=Giles|date=2 July 2019|publisher=[[ABC News (Australia)|ABC News]]}}</ref> [[Steve Waugh]], who was competing in his first World Cup and would become one of the players of the tournament, said that Australia were considered, both at home and abroad, to be "rank outsiders".<ref name="abc"/> Under coach [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]], the Australians undertook extra fielding sessions upon arriving in India, and an alcohol ban between games was also imposed.<ref name=abc/> While these somewhat revolutionary measures were ridiculed by other teams, Simpson's approach would pay off as Australia progressed through the tournament. <br>
Placed in Group A along with [[India national cricket team|India]], [[Black Caps|New Zealand]] and [[Zimbabwe national cricket team|Zimbabwe]], the Australians finished second in the group behind India on run rate, which meant they would face [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]], who topped Group B, in the semi-final. Australia's success had been built on various factors: the opening pair of [[David Boon]] and [[Geoff Marsh]] (who ended the tournament as the second- and third-highest individual run-scorers respectively) consistently gave the Australian innings a firm foundation on which to build substantial scores; opening bowler [[Craig McDermott]] (who ended the tournament as the leading wicket-taker with 18) excelled in conditions traditionally unfavourable to pace bowlers; and all-rounders [[Simon O'Donnell]] and Steve Waugh chipped in at critical moments with bat and ball. <br>
All these factors came to the fore when Australia upset the Pakistanis at the [[Gaddafi Stadium]] in [[Lahore]]; Batting first, Marsh and Boon put on 73 for the first wicket as the Australians finished with 267 for eight off their 50 overs, with Waugh scoring 18 runs off the final over. In reply, Pakistan fell to 38 for three before [[Imran Khan]] and [[Javed Miandad]] set about resurrecting the innings. But after they were removed, McDermott proceeded to clean up the tail and send Australia into its first World Cup final since [[1975 Cricket World Cup|1975]].

In Group B along with Pakistan, [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and [[West Indies national cricket team|West Indies]], England finished second behind Pakistan with wins over West Indies (considered the best cricket team in the world at the time) and Sri Lanka, and would face India in semi-final at the [[Wankhede Stadium]] in [[Bombay]]. After being sent in by the home team, England posted 254 for six from its 50 overs, led by 115 from [[Graham Gooch]] (who ended the tournament as the leading run-scorer) and 56 from captain [[Mike Gatting]]. India's innings started badly when home-town hero [[Sunil Gavaskar]] was bowled by [[Philip DeFreitas]] for 4. The middle order, led by [[Mohammad Azharuddin]], revived the home crowd's hopes, but after off-spinner [[Eddie Hemmings (cricketer)|Eddie Hemmings]] struck with four wickets, the chase collapsed, with the last five wickets falling for only 15 runs. Like Australia, England had qualified for its second shot at glory, having previously lost to West Indies in [[1979 Cricket World Cup|1979]].

==Details==
8 November in Calcutta was a fine and hot day, but with less humidity than Bombay, where the England–India semi-final had been staged.<ref name="Browning 1999, p.155">Browning (1999), p.155</ref> Preparation of the Eden Gardens wicket had been overseen by the renowned Adelaide Oval curator [[Les Burdett]], who had been invited by the Bengal Cricket Association.<ref name="Browning 1999, p.155"/>

[[Allan Border]] won the toss and chose to bat. As they had done for much of the tournament, openers [[Geoff Marsh]] and [[David Boon]] gave Australia a fantastic start, benefiting from the unusually wayward and undisciplined bowling of [[Philip DeFreitas]] and [[Gladstone Small]] (who conceded six no-balls)<ref>{{cite news|first=John|last=Woodcock|newspaper=[[The Times]]|page=48|date=9 November 1987|title=Border takes one-day trip to the moon}}</ref> to post 52 off the first ten overs. Waugh joined Veletta for the final over of the innings, to be bowled by DeFreitas. The pair combined to score 11 runs off it to push Australia's score to 253, becoming the first team all tournament to score more than 250 against England.

The Australians took to the field with some confidence that their total was defendable; no team batting second at this World Cup had successfully chased 254.<ref name=wisden>{{cite web|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|work=[[Wisden Almanack]] 1989 edition|title=1987-88 World Cup Final: AUSTRALIA v ENGLAND|url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150655.html|access-date=27 January 2022}}</ref> England's innings started badly when McDermott trapped [[Tim Robinson (English cricketer)|Tim Robinson]] in front for a golden duck midway through the first over. [[Bill Athey]] (58 from 103 balls, 2 fours) top-scored, and England were almost on target, when captain [[Mike Gatting]] (41 from 45 balls, 3 fours, 1 six) handed back the initiative with the loss of his wicket to an attempted [[Batting (cricket)#Reverse sweep|reverse sweep]] off the occasional off-spin bowling of [[Allan Border]], which ended a growing partnership of 69 runs in 13 overs between him and Athey. [[Allan Lamb]] (45 from 55 balls, 4 fours) also posted a great innings, but it was in vain as the required run-rate for England began to rise. When England failed to score the last 17 runs from the final over, the cup went to Australia.

{{Single-innings cricket match
| date = 8 November 1987
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}
| score1 = 253/5 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[David Boon]] 75 (125)
| wickets1 = [[Eddie Hemmings (cricketer)|Eddie Hemmings]] 2/48 (10 overs)
| score2 = 246/8 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Bill Athey]] 58 (103)
| wickets2 = [[Steve Waugh]] 2/37 (9 overs)
| result = Australia won by 7 runs
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/reliance-world-cup-1987-88-60876/australia-vs-england-final-65117/full-scorecard Scorecard]
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], Calcutta
| attendance = 95,343
| umpires = [[Ram Gupta]] (Ind) and [[Mahboob Shah]] (Pak)
| motm = [[David Boon]] (Aus)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Scorecard==
;1st innings
{{Cricket match batting box begin|title={{cr|AUS}} batting<ref name=wisdenscorescard>{{cite web |title=Scorecard, Australia v England, Reliance World Cup, Final |url=https://wisden.com/matches/scorecard/186247/australia-v-england-at-kolkata-reliance-world-cup-final-8-nov-1987 |website=Wisden }}</ref><ref name=finalscorecard>{{cite web |url=https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/reliance-world-cup-1987-88-60876/australia-vs-england-final-65117/full-scorecard |title=Final: Final, ICC Cricket World Cup at Eden Gardens, Nov 8 1987 |access-date=27 January 2022 }}</ref>}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[David Boon]]|status=c Downton b Hemmings|runs=75|balls=125|4s=7|6s=0|strike_rate=60.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Geoff Marsh]]|status=b Foster|runs=24|balls=49|4s=3|6s=0|strike_rate=48.97}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]]|status=c Athey b Hemmings|runs=33|balls=57|4s=1|6s=1|strike_rate=57.89}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Craig McDermott]]|status=b Gooch|runs=14|balls=8|4s=2|6s=0|strike_rate=175.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Allan Border]]|status=run out (Robinson/Downton)|runs=31|balls=31|4s=3|6s=0|strike_rate=100.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Mike Veletta]]|status=not out|runs=45|balls=31|4s=6|6s=0|strike_rate=145.16}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Steve Waugh]]|status=not out|runs=5|balls=4|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=125.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Simon O'Donnell]]|status=did not bat|runs=|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Greg Dyer]]|status=did not bat|runs=|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Tim May]]|status=did not bat|runs=|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Bruce Reid]]|status=did not bat|runs=|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=Extras|status=(b 1, lb 13, w 7, nb 5)|runs=26|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=(5 wickets; 50 overs)|runs='''253'''|balls=|4s=22|6s=1|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

Fall of wickets: 1/75 (Marsh), 2/151 (Jones), 3/166 (McDermott), 4/168 (Boon), 5/241 (Border)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title={{cr|ENG}} bowling<ref name=finalscorecard/><ref name="wisdenscorescard" />}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Philip DeFreitas]]|overs=6|maiden=1|runs=34|wickets=0|econ=5.66|wides=1|no-balls=1}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Gladstone Small]]|overs=6|maiden=0|runs=33|wickets=0|econ=5.50|wides=0|no-balls=6}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Neil Foster]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=38|wickets=1|econ=3.80|wides=1|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Eddie Hemmings (cricketer)|Eddie Hemmings]]|overs=10|maiden=1|runs=48|wickets=2|econ=4.80|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[John Emburey]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=44|wickets=0|econ=4.40|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Graham Gooch]]|overs=8|maiden=1|runs=42|wickets=1|econ=5.25|wides=1|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

;2nd innings
{{Cricket match batting box begin|title={{cr|ENG}} batting<ref name=finalscorecard/>}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Graham Gooch]]|status=lbw b O'Donnell|runs=35|balls=57|4s=4|6s=0|strike_rate=61.40}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Tim Robinson (English cricketer)|Tim Robinson]]|status=lbw b McDermott|runs=0|balls=1|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=0.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Bill Athey]]|status=run out (Waugh/Reid)|runs=58|balls=103|4s=2|6s=0|strike_rate=56.31}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Mike Gatting]]|status=c Dyer b Border|runs=41|balls=45|4s=3|6s=1|strike_rate=91.11}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Allan Lamb]]|status=b Waugh|runs=45|balls=55|4s=4|6s=0|strike_rate=81.81}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Paul Downton]]|status=c O'Donnell b Border|runs=9|balls=8|4s=1|6s=0|strike_rate=112.50}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[John Emburey]]|status=run out (Boon/McDermott)|runs=10|balls=16|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=62.50}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Philip DeFreitas]]|status=c Reid b Waugh|runs=17|balls=10|4s=2|6s=1|strike_rate=170.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Neil Foster]]|status=not out|runs=7|balls=6|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=116.66}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Gladstone Small]]|status=not out|runs=3|balls=3|4s=0|6s=0|strike_rate=100.00}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=[[Eddie Hemmings (cricketer)|Eddie Hemmings]]|status=did not bat|runs=|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player=Extras|status=(b 1, lb 14, nb 4, w 2)|runs=21|balls=|4s=|6s=|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match batsman status|player='''Total'''|status=(8 wickets; 50 overs)|runs='''246 '''|balls=|4s=16|6s=2|strike_rate=}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

Fall of wickets: 1/1 (Robinson), 2/66 (Gooch), 3/135 (Gatting), 4/170 (Athey), 5/188 (Downton), 6/218 (Emburey), 7/220 (Lamb), 8/235 (DeFreitas)

{{Cricket match bowling box begin|title={{cr|AUS}} bowling<ref name=finalscorecard/><ref name="wisdenscorescard" />}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Craig McDermott]]|overs=10|maiden=1|runs=51|wickets=1|econ=5.10|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Bruce Reid]]|overs=10|maiden=0|runs=43|wickets=0|econ=4.30|wides=1|no-balls=2}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Steve Waugh]]|overs=9|maiden=0|runs=37|wickets=2|econ=4.11|wides=1|no-balls=1}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Simon O'Donnell]]|overs=10|maiden=1|runs=35|wickets=1|econ=3.50|wides=0|no-balls=1}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Tim May]]|overs=4|maiden=0|runs=27|wickets=0|econ=6.75|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match bowler status|bowler=[[Allan Border]]|overs=7|maiden=0|runs=38|wickets=2|econ=5.42|wides=0|no-balls=0}}
{{Cricket match box end}}

==See also==
{{Portal|Cricket}}
*[[1987 Cricket World Cup squads]]

==External links==
*{{YouTube|pLRI0GrCX_w|Australia beat England in thrilling final. CWC 1987}}
*[http://www.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/WORLD_CUPS/WC87/ Cricket World Cup 1987] from ESPNcricinfo

==Further reading==
*{{cite book|first=Mark|last=Browning|title=A complete history of World Cup cricket, 1975-1999|publisher=Kangaroo Press|year=1999|isbn=0731808339}}
*{{cite book|first=Michael|last=Sexton|title=Border's Battlers|publisher=Affirm Press|year=2019|isbn=9781925870527}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

{{Cricket World Cup}}

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[[es:Copa mundial de críquet de 1987]]
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