11 Man of the Match performances in 11 World Cup Finals

#4 David Boon - 75 versus England - 1987 World Cup Final

The 1987 World Cup was played in the sub-continent for the first time and it was a fifty over affair. The final was played between the game's oldest rivals: Australia and England.

Allan Border was leading a young side which had shown a lot of promise in the tournament. He won the toss and decided to bat on a good Calcutta (currently known as Kolkata) wicket.

David Boon and Geoff Marsh got the Aussies off to a bright start scoring 75 runs before Marsh was dismissed. Boon and Dean Jones stitched another important partnership of 76 runs before Jones was dismissed for 33.

Boon played a circumspect innings, holding the innings together and allowing others to bat around him. When he was eventually dismissed, he had scored a responsible 75. Allan Border and Mike Velletta used the long handle to bolster Australia to a formidable 253.

England started well as Athey, Gatting and Lamb made useful contributions. At 135 for 2, Mike Gatting was dismissed while trying to reverse sweep Border. The breakthrough allowed Australia to get back into the game and win it by 7 runs.

David Boon was awarded the MoM for his 75 which helped Australia to post 253.