Cricket WC 1987

India & Pakistan 1987 : Winners - Australia

• The World Cup was staged outside England for the first time and proved a success despite initial problems with the Indian government threatening to refuse visas to players who had toured South Africa.
  
• Matches were reduced to the now standard 50-overs per side due to shorter daylight hours on the subcontinent and neutral umpires were introduced.
  
• The West Indies failed to reach the final for the first time but Australia were on the rise and overcame Pakistan in the semis despite a brilliant 70 from Javed Miandad.
  
• Graham Gooch hit 115 as England beat India in the other semi-final but they were to fall seven runs short in a tight final. They had seemed well placed at 135 for two chasing 256 but their reply was fatally undermined when Mike Gatting was dismissed attempting a now infamous reverse sweep.