Australia had put up 267 in the semi-final at Lahore on November 4, 1987. Despite a long fourth-wicket stand and several cameos down the order, Pakistan lost a battle to Craig McDermott.
We recall when Chetan Sharma became the first bowler to take a hat-trick at the WC and Sunil Gavaskar scored his maiden century
We look back at the day when three legends of Indian cricket — Sachin Tendulkar, Kapil Dev, and Sunil Gavaskar took field together.
Dav Houghton nearly pulled off an upset before Martin Crowe ended his hopes with an unbelievable catch.
On October 9, 1987, Australia rode a wonderful gesture of sportsmanship to win a cliff-hanger against India.
Allan Lamb scored an unbeaten half-century to keep England's hopes alive before finally taking them over the line.
In June last year the ICC Chief Executives’ Committee decided to award medals to players and support staff of all World Cup-winning squads who did not receive them at the time of their successes.
Border scored 11,174 runs at an average of 50.56 in Tests, and 6524 runs in ODIs.
India fell agonisingly short of victory against Australia by just 1 run, a loss that hurt not just the team, but the entire nation. It is till date the smallest margin of victory in a World Cup game.
Batsmen with solid techniques thrived under the conditions in the 1987 World Cup.