WISDEN called it “a moment too crass to contemplate”. The Times bemoaned “another of those confounded reverse sweeps”.
Mike Gatting’s dismissal in the 1987 World Cup final against Australia in Calcutta was blamed for costing England the match. “What a way to go,” sighed Jack Bannister on commentary, reflecting the mood of the public back home. As England and Australia go head-to-head in a World Cup game in India for the first time since then, in Ahmedabad on Saturday, it seems an appropriate time to drag Gatting’s infamous reverse sweep from out of the broom cupboard.
But England came up eight runs short with two wickets remaining, Border also removing wicketkeeper Paul Downton to finish with 2-38 from seven overs. Waugh was marginally the most successful bowler with 2-37 from nine, the Australia opener David Boon claiming the man-of-the-match award for the top score of 75 in his team’s 253-5 after Border won the toss, Mike Valetta producing a brisk, undefeated 45, Dean Jones 33 and Border himself 31.
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