Tournament Highlights
- Pakistan's shock win over the West Indies in the opening match of the Challenge
- Ian Botham hitting Australian fast-medium bowler Simon Davis for 26 runs in an over
- John Emburey catching Ken MacLeay at long-on overhead, one-handed and falling backwards. The catch was named as Channel Nine's Classic Catch of 1986-87
- Dean Jones scoring centuries on consecutive days against England and Pakistan
- Dean Jones and Steve Waugh adding 173 for the 4th wicket against Pakistan, then an Australian ODI 4th wicket record
- Asif Mujtaba guiding Pakistan from 6 for 129 to 9 for 274 against Australia
- England defeating a full-strength West Indies side to ensure an England-Pakistan final with two group matches to spare
- Gordon Greenidge scoring his first international century in Australia
The Challenge was England's second tournament victory of the 1986-87 Australian summer. They had retained The Ashes at the Melbourne Cricket Ground on 28 December 1986 and would go on to win the Benson and Hedges World Series Cup against Australia and the West Indies.
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