English national cricket team in Australia in the 1987/88 season

The tour of the English national cricket team to Australia in the 1987/88 season took place from January 12 to February 4, 1988. The international cricket tour was part of the 1987/88 international cricket season and included a test and an ODI . Australia won the ODI series 1-0, while the ODI series 0-0 ended in a draw.

prehistory

Australia previously played a three-nation tournament along with New Zealand and Sri Lanka , England played a tour in Pakistan . The last meeting of the two teams took place in the 1986/87 season in Australia .

Stages

Melbourne Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	1. ODI
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	1st test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test		ODI
Australia	England	Australia	England
David Boon Allan Border Tony Dodemaide Greg Dyer Dean Jones Geoff Marsh Craig McDermott Peter Sleep Mark Taylor Mike Veletta Steve Waugh	Bill Athey Chris Broad David Capel Graham Dilley John Emburey Neil Foster Bruce French Mike Gatting Eddie Hemmings Martyn Moxon Tim Robinson	David Boon Allan Border Simon Davis Tony Dodemaide Greg Dyer Dean Jones Geoff Marsh Mark Taylor Mike Veletta Steve Waugh Mike Whitney	Bill Athey Chris Broad David Capel Phil DeFreitas John Emburey Neil Fairbrother Mike Gatting Paul Jarvis Neal Radford Jack Richards Tim Robinson

Tour matches

First test in Sydney

January 29th - February 2nd scorecard	Sydney	England 425 (172.5)	-	Australia 214 (96.1) & 328-2 (135) (f / o)
		draw

One-day internationals

First ODI in Melbourne

February 4th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 235-6 (48/48)	-	England 213-8 (48/48)
		Australia wins with 22 runs

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo