Watch the highlights of England vs Pakistan 6th Match Benson & Hedges Challenge 1986-87 - Benson & Hedges Challenge one-day international tournament of the 6th ODI match played between Pakistan and England at Western Australia Cricket Association Ground, Perth in 05th January 1987.
Chris Broad's brilliant 97 steers to England last-over tense win against Pakistan by three-wickets in the rehearsal game of the sixth match of a Benson and Hedges Challenge.
Pakistan scored 229-5 in 50 overs with top scorer by Shoaib Mohammad struck 66 off 117-balls including four boundaries.
Javed Miandad hit 59 off 65-balls including 2-sixes & 2-fours, Qasim Umar scored 32 off 53-balls included 4-fours, Imran Khan 23 and Ramiz Raja 15.
England best bowler by John Emburey took 2-wickets and one for Phil DeFreitas - Ian Botham.
England chased 232-7 in 49.4 overs with top scorer by Chris Broad cracked a career-best 97 off 130-balls - who fell three-run short of his century - including seven boundaries.
Bill Athey scored 42 off consuming 90-balls including four boundaries and Allan Lamb hit 32 off 31-balls included 4-fours.
Pakistan best bowler by Shoaib Mohammad, Manzoor Elahi, Wasim Akram, Mudassar Nazar and Imran Khan each took one-wickets.
This match reported by Peter West (Third Party Reference from The Daily Telegraph)
AFTER several nasty hiccoughs in the last act, England's dress rehearsal against Pakistan threatened to fall apart at the seams at Perth.
But Emburey and DeFreitas were fully equal to the task of making 22 off the last three overs, and England, batting second under the lights, got home in an exciting finish by three wickets, with two balls to spare.
We must now hope that after three successive wins at the round-robin stage, England can get it absolutely right for the big performance tomorrow when the two sides meet again in the final of the Benson & Hedges Challenge.
For a long while yesterday, there was a somewhat meaningless atmosphere about the proceedings, in front of 9,000 people, the smallest crowd of the tournament. It certainly changed when England, chasing a target of 230, subsided from 156 for two to 208 for seven in the 47th over.
Lamb, after another forth-right innings, holed out to long-on where Javed Miandad clung on at the third attempt. Botham was caught behind, and Gatting and Richards were spectacularly run out by Shoaib.
Broad thwarted
Broad remained, apparently well on his way to yet another hundred to set beside the three he has made in the Test series.
But when he had made 97, he was given out by umpire Dick French, caught at the wicket off a ball from Imran Khan that, on television replay, looked merely to have brushed his pad. He got the Man of the Match award, which was some compensation.
Broad and Athey had set up what seemed the formality of an England win, with 104 for the first wicket off 27 overs.
The day began with Pakistan retaining the side that had beaten Australia. England rested Dilley and insensitively missed the opportunity of giving a young batsman, Whitaker, his first important innings since the Third Test.
On the better of the two pitches prepared for this tournament England did well to limit Pakistan, who won the England win, with 104 for the first wicket off 27 overs.
The day began with Pakistan retaining the side that had beaten Australia. England rested Dilley and insensitively missed the opportunity of giving a young batsman, Whitaker, his first important innings since the Third Test.
On the better of the two pitches prepared for this tournament England did well to limit Pakistan, who won the Gatting could have recalled the batsman and some spectators clearly thought he should have done so, booing the decision.
But Gatting said later: "It was up to the umpire." He explained he had not seen the incident. "I was cross with my-self for bowling a no-ball, made few remarks to myself and turned away."
Pakistan captain Imran Khan said: "I thought it was a bad decision. But it wasn't England's fault.
The umpires should know the rules. I don't think Gatting will be pleased about it but I'm not annoyed with England. It was an instinctive thing by the fielder."
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