BOON CARRIES AUSTRALIA TO MAIDEN tourney TITLE

A few days earlier, within the match in Bombay, European country had defeated the defensive champion Asian nation by thirty five runs, exploit the host nation brokenhearted.Boon was in supreme kind having assembled 372 runs in seven matches, with four half-centuries, before the ultimate. Australia would are hoping for one final innings from Boon once he walked intent on open aboard Geoff Marsh and he actually did not thwart.

When Boon was caught by wicketkeeper Paul Downton off Eddie Hemmings, Australia was 168 for four, still far off from a formidable total. Captain Allan Border scored thirty one associate degreed electro-acoustic transducer Veletta broken in with an undefeated 31-ball forty five to steer the facet to 253 for five, the best total within the tournament.England lost its means subsequently and despite some late efforts they might ne'er quite retreat to into the sport and eventually fell short by seven runs. David Boon was awarded Man of the Match and Australia was topped champions of the globe for the primary time.
Therefore, in some ways it absolutely was no surprise that the Eden Gardens crowd that turned up for the ultimate, determined to support Australia, WHO had overwhelmed Islamic Republic of Pakistan by eighteen runs within the match in city.