Australian cricket in 1987
For most young Australians of the current generation, 1987 was the year when the Aussie men’s team finally won the Cricket World Cup for the first time.
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Also, since becoming a member of ICC in the summer of 1977, 1987 is the only year when the tigers didn’t play a single intl, match. After the disastrous ICC trophy campaign in 1986, (finishing 6th in a 7 team group) the authority here quite rightly decided to concentrate more on domestic cricket.
Ironically, following a blast in Colombo in 1987(possibly May) SL didn’t host a home series till borders’ men went there in 1992. During that period many SL cricketers including Arjuna Ranatunga spent some time playing club cricket in Dhaka; they made a huge contribution in improving the quality of Ban cricket.
Australian cricket in 1987