Reliance World Cup 1987/88
Group A: Australia vs Zimbabwe | Australia won by 96 runs
| Toss | Zimbabwe, who chose to field | Tournament | Reliance World Cup 1987/88 |
| Umpires
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Khizer Hayat and DR Shepherd | Match Date | 13 Oct 1987 |
| Match Referee | Ground | MA Chidambaram Stadium Chepauk, Chennai | |
| Player of Match | Steve Waugh (Australia) |
Australia Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Geoff Marsh | c Kevin Curran b Ali Shah | 62 | 146 | 101 | 8 | 0 | 61.39 |
| 2 | David Boon | c David Houghton b Kevin Curran | 2 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 13.33 |
| 3 | Dean Jones | run out | 2 | 17 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 16.67 |
| 4 | Allan Border * | c Ali Shah b Iain Butchart | 67 | 91 | 88 | 8 | 0 | 76.14 |
| 5 | Steve Waugh | run out | 45 | 48 | 41 | 3 | 2 | 109.76 |
| 6 | Simon O\'Donnell | run out | 3 | 10 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 27.27 |
| 7 | Greg Dyer † | c Grant Paterson b Iain Butchart | 27 | 35 | 20 | 1 | 2 | 135.00 |
| 8 | Peter Taylor | not out | 17 | 22 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 130.77 |
| 9 | Craig McDermott | c Robin Brown b Kevin Curran | 1 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 10 | Tim May | run out | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 11 | Bruce Reid | Did not bat | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | w 8 | 8 | ||||||
| Total | 9 wickets; 50.0 overs; | 235 | 4.7 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-10 ( David Boon, 0.0 ) ; 2-20 ( Dean Jones, 0.0 ) ; 3-133 ( Allan Border, 0.0 ) ; 4-143 ( Geoff Marsh, 0.0 ) ; 5-155 ( Simon O\'Donnell, 0.0 ) ; 6-202 ( Greg Dyer, 0.0 ) ; 7-228 ( Steve Waugh, 0.0 ) ; 8-230 ( Craig McDermott, 0.0 ) ; 9-235 ( Tim May, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kevin Curran | 8.0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Malcolm Jarvis | 10.0 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Rawson | 6.0 | 0 | 39 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Iain Butchart | 10.0 | 1 | 59 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| John Traicos * | 10.0 | 0 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ali Shah | 6.0 | 0 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
Zimbabwe Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robin Brown | b Simon O\'Donnell | 3 | 35 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 10.00 |
| 2 | Grant Paterson | run out | 16 | 51 | 53 | 1 | 0 | 30.19 |
| 3 | David Houghton † | c Simon O\'Donnell b Tim May | 11 | 46 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 50.00 |
| 4 | Andy Pycroft | run out | 9 | 30 | 29 | 1 | 0 | 31.03 |
| 5 | Kevin Curran | b Simon O\'Donnell | 30 | 53 | 38 | 1 | 3 | 78.95 |
| 6 | Andy Waller | c & b Tim May | 19 | 23 | 22 | 1 | 1 | 86.36 |
| 7 | Ali Shah | b Craig McDermott | 2 | 16 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 22.22 |
| 8 | Peter Rawson | b Bruce Reid | 15 | 27 | 14 | 2 | 0 | 107.14 |
| 9 | Iain Butchart | c Dean Jones b Simon O\'Donnell | 18 | 39 | 32 | 2 | 0 | 56.25 |
| 10 | John Traicos * | c & b Simon O\'Donnell | 6 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 120.00 |
| 11 | Malcolm Jarvis | not out | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extra | b 2, lb 3, w 3, nb 1 | 9 | ||||||
| Total | 10 wickets; 42.4 overs; | 139 | 3.26 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-13 ( Robin Brown, 0.0 ) ; 2-27 ( Grant Paterson, 0.0 ) ; 3-41 ( Andy Pycroft, 0.0 ) ; 4-44 ( David Houghton, 0.0 ) ; 5-79 ( Andy Waller, 0.0 ) ; 6-97 ( Ali Shah, 0.0 ) ; 7-97 ( Kevin Curran, 0.0 ) ; 8-124 ( Peter Rawson, 0.0 ) ; 9-137 ( John Traicos, 0.0 ) ; 10-139 ( Iain Butchart, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Craig McDermott | 7.0 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Bruce Reid | 7.0 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Simon O\'Donnell | 9.4 | 1 | 39 | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| Steve Waugh | 6.0 | 3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Tim May | 8.0 | 0 | 29 | 2 | 0 | 0 |
| Peter Taylor | 5.0 | 0 | 25 | 0 | 0 | 0 |

