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Match Date : October 30, 1987
Venue : Barabati Stadium, Cuttack
Toss : Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field first
Umpires : Mahboob Shah and PW Vidanagamage
Match Result : Australia won by 70 runs
Man of the Match : David Boon
Australia (50 Overs Maximum)
David Boon c Houghton b Butchart 93 (101) 9 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Geoff Marsh run out 37 (65) 1 ‘4s’
Dean Jones not out 58 (72) 1 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Craig McDermott c Rawson b Traicos 9 (10) 1 ‘6s’
Allan Border (C) st Houghton b Traicos 4 (6)
Mike Veletta run out 43 (39) 3 ‘4s’
Steve Waugh not out 10 (14) 1 ‘4s’
Simon O’Donnell
Greg Dyer (WK)
Tim May
Bruce Reid
Extras : 12 (Wides: 6 No Balls: 0 Byes: 3 Leg Byes: 3)
Total : 266/5 (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-90 (Marsh), 2-148 (Boon), 3-159 (McDermott), 4-170 (Border), 5-248 (Veletta)
Zimbabwe Bowling
Rawson 9-0-41-0
Jarvis 6-0-33-0
Omarshah 7-0-31-0
Brandes 10-1-58-0
Traicos 10-0-45-2
Butchart 8-0-52-1
Zimbabwe (Target: 267 from 50 Overs)
Ali Shah b Waugh 32 (90) 4 ‘4s’
Andy Waller c Waugh b McDermott 38 (83) 2 ‘4s’
Kevin Curran c Waugh b May 29 (57) 2 ‘4s’
Andy Pycroft c Dyer b McDermott 38 (46) 2 ‘4s’
David Houghton (WK) lbw b May 1 (11)
Iain Butchart st Dyer b Border 3 (5)
Peter Rawson not out 24 (29) 2 ‘4s’ 1 ‘6s’
Eddo Brandes not out 18 (11) 1 ‘4s’ 2 ‘6s’
Kevin Arnott
Malcolm Jarvis
John Traicos (C)
Extras : 9 (Wides: 6 No Balls: 2 Byes: 0 Leg Byes: 5)
Total : 196 all out (Overs: 50.0)
Fall of Wickets : 1-55 (Omarshah), 2-89 (Curran), 3-92 (Houghton), 4-97 (Butchart), 5-139 (Pycroft), 6-156 (Waller)
Australia Bowling
McDermott 10-0-43-2
Reid 9-2-30-0
Waugh 4-0-9-1
O’Donnell 7-1-21-0
May 10-1-30-2
Border 8-0-36-1
Jones 1-0-5-0
Boon 1-0-17-0