1987 Australia v England (Benson & Hedges World Series Cup cricket ODI @ MCG)

Australia routed England in this day ODI at the MCG on Sunday February 1 1987. Dean Jones raced to 93 as the Aussies piled on 248/5. England skittled for 139.

[@juzstorm]

This is the first game I ever attended at the MCG as an 10 year old kid... awesome!!

[@robvonk9131]

Love how the commentators talk the batsmen up, saying that they're dangerous, handy, etc, and they get out the next ball. :P

[@atsporty]

unbelievable Greg Matthew 28:40 .. He has done amazing c&b more than once

[@IanGorton]

The summer where the Poms won everything. The Ashes, the World Series Cup and the Perth Challenge

[@kamrankhan-lj1ng]

Perhaps the best season England ever had.

[@chandrashekharkirange8176]

@@kamrankhan-lj1ng na

[@blooter6360]

Yeah I remember watching live here in U.K. great tour for us The last time we dominated in ozz We’ve been battered ever since ha!

[@effieomg3994]

Ten months later the Poms got beaten by Australia in the 1987 World Cup final. 😂😂😂

[@mrkipling2201]

@@blooter6360 apart from the 2010/11 Ashes series in Australia!! We won that pretty comprehensively!!

[@jasonpauljones7295]

And so cool to see no neck again. He was a real character

[@Waseemashraf1979]

Gone are those days when Australians grounds were big and without ropes and pitches were helpful for the bowlers

[@tommyseaver5628]

Dean Jones' wicket at the end is hilarious

[@apkman3669]

After winning all these, the English floundered when it mattered, the 1987 Reliance Cup final!

[@vocabsenglish5545]

But now England has won 2019 world cup

[@That_Random_Bloke]

That shot by Gatting...🤦🏼‍♂️

[@blooter6360]

@@jackthegamer4019 100 percent spot on jack , If getting had not have played that stupid shot

[@myj87]

Magnificent ... Thank you very much for such a wonderful uploads over last week !!

[@CostaSports]

Thanks for watching!

[@Waseemashraf1979]

Good to see your comments

[@ass09tube]

We owe this game to the English men. But then over last 140 years or so this game has grown n expand and throws twists turns surprises that we find it so entertaining. The skills, fitness, discipline, ability to adapt and improvise is something that English team has been inconsistent with. They won this world cup making a mockery of Cricket rules....They were favi in '92 and '87, but never after. Never...

[@oinkooink]

What?

[@Ingens_Scherz]

I suppose this is that silver lining the Aussies were looking for during the 86/7 England tour, which, for them, was one giant cloud :)

[@chrisrussell5690]

It's crazy to think that this Australian team (give or take a player or two) won the world cup in 87. Botham and Gower decided to miss the World Cup. Had they gone England surely would have won.

[@sawalkhan8518]

Costa sports will u upload 1986/87/88 all odi matches highlights in Australia? ????😊

[@Edwardscissor]

Back when the boundary was the fence.

[@lewisgreen1633]

And batsmen ran 4, better times the game is too favoured for the batters nowadays..

[@melaniepierre200]

Good batting. M. P.

[@djoh1186]

Steve Waugh has shifty eyes

[@footy2rock]

Border 45 off 99 balls how slow is that,its also sad a few of those commentators have passed away

[@ncf1]

England were a better side than Aus then, and also Border was used to playing the foundation role in tests, the side depended on him so much that he undoubtedly played the same way in ODI's not realising it. But also of course with the advent of 20/20's everything has gone into hyperdrive these days.. strike rates have gone through the roof.

[@davidbradshaw3303]

If Dirk Wellham and Greg Ritchie were in our best 6-7 batsmen in the country at that time, just goes to show how weak the standard of cricket was in Australia in the mid-1980's.

[@oinkooink]

Yeah they won the World Cup in '87.

[@davidbradshaw3303]

@@oinkooink Neither William nor Ritchie were selected in the World Cup final. Besides which, in the lead-up to the 1987 World Cup, Australia's test series results included losses to New Zealand (twice), and England. Undoubtedly the weakest period in Australian cricket history. The Australian batting line-up was a revolving door through that period and apart from Border and Boon and perhaps Jones, none were world standard.

[@oinkooink]

@@davidbradshaw3303 Ok David.

[@mrkipling2201]

@@davidbradshaw3303 Steve Waugh?? I would consider him world class. Although not at that point.

[@jasonpauljones7295]

Gatting looks like Mark Taylor if he had no mo or beard 🤣

[@markhayward7400]

Looking at Mike Gatting and Ian Botham standing in the slips, it is a toss-up as to which one of them is the more overweight !

[@mrkipling2201]

1:25 did the commentator know something about what was going to happen in the future regarding match fixing and a certain captain??

[@thrusta100]

No hats no sunglasses, I know it's only Melbourne, but wasn't ppe a thing for pommys in late 80s???

[@siredith8846]

26:59 isn’t he wearing a box?

[@AIreadsmydiaries]

Hardly anyone wearing a helmet!