The 1986–87 international cricket season was from September 1986 to April 1987.
Season overview International toursStart dateHome teamAway teamResults [Matches]TestODIFCLA0–0 3–2 — —1–1 1–4 — —1–2 — — —2–0 4–1 — —0–1 1–5 — —1–1 0–3 — —International tournamentsStart dateTournamentWinners 1986–87 Champions Trophy 1986–87 Benson & Hedges Challenge 1986–87 Benson & Hedges World Series 1986–87 Sharjah Cup
September Australia in India
Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1052 18–22 September Kapil Dev Allan Border MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Match tied Test 1053 26–30 September Kapil Dev Allan Border Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi Match drawn Test 1054 15–19 October Kapil Dev Allan Border Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai Match drawnODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 390 7 September Kapil Dev Allan Border Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur by 7 wickets ODI 391 9 September Kapil Dev Allan Border Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar by 3 wickets ODI 392 24 September Kapil Dev Allan Border Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad No result ODI 393 2 October Kapil Dev Allan Border Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi by 3 wickets ODI 394 5 October Kapil Dev Allan Border Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad by 52 runs ODI 395 7 October Kapil Dev Allan Border Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot by 7 wickets
October West Indies in Pakistan
Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1055 24–29 October Imran Khan Viv Richards Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad by 186 runs Test 1056 7–9 November Imran Khan Viv Richards Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by an innings and 10 runs Test 1058 20–25 November Imran Khan Viv Richards National Stadium, Karachi Match drawnODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 396 17 October Imran Khan Viv Richards Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar by 4 wickets ODI 397 4 November Javed Miandad Viv Richards Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala by 17 runs ODI 398 14 November Imran Khan Viv Richards Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot by 4 wickets ODI 399 17 November Imran Khan Viv Richards Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan by 89 runs ODI 400 18 November Imran Khan Viv Richards Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad by 11 runs
November England in Australia
The Ashes - Test Series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1057 14–19 November Allan Border Mike Gatting The Gabba, Brisbane by 7 wickets Test 1059 28 November–3 December Allan Border Mike Gatting WACA Ground, Perth Match drawn Test 1060 12–16 December Allan Border Mike Gatting Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Match drawn Test 1062 26–30 December Allan Border Mike Gatting Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by an innings and 14 runs Test 1065 10–15 January Allan Border Mike Gatting Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 55 runs
1986–87 Champions Trophy
TeamPWLTNRRRPoints 3 3 0 0 0 4.792 12 3 2 1 0 0 3.419 8 3 1 2 0 0 3.985 4 3 0 3 0 0 3.207 0 First round No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 401 27 November Kapil Dev Duleep Mendis Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 7 wickets ODI 402 28 November Imran Khan Viv Richards Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 9 wickets ODI 403 30 November Kapil Dev Viv Richards Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 33 runs ODI 404 2 December Imran Khan Duleep Mendis Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 4 wickets ODI 405 3 December Duleep Mendis Viv Richards Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 193 runs ODI 406 5 December Kapil Dev Imran Khan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 3 wickets
December Sri Lanka in India
Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1061 17–22 December Kapil Dev Duleep Mendis Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Match drawn Test 1063 27–31 December Kapil Dev Duleep Mendis Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur by an innings and 106 runs Test 1064 4–7 January Kapil Dev Duleep Mendis Barabati Stadium, Cuttack by an innings and 67 runsODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 407 24 December Kapil Dev Duleep Mendis Green Park Stadium, Kanpur by 117 ODI 415 11 January Kapil Dev Duleep Mendis Nehru Stadium, Guwahati by 8 wickets ODI 416 13 January Kapil Dev Duleep Mendis Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi by 6 wickets ODI 417 15 January Kapil Dev Duleep Mendis Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara by 94 runs ODI 419 17 January Kapil Dev Duleep Mendis Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai by 10 runs
1986–87 Benson & Hedges Challenge
Group stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 408 30 December Imran Khan Viv Richards WACA Ground, Perth by 34 runs ODI 409 1 January Allan Border Mike Gatting WACA Ground, Perth by 37 runs ODI 410 2 January Allan Border Imran Khan WACA Ground, Perth by 1 wicket ODI 411 3 January Mike Gatting Viv Richards WACA Ground, Perth by 19 runs ODI 412 4 January Allan Border Viv Richards WACA Ground, Perth by 164 runs ODI 413 5 January Mike Gatting Imran Khan WACA Ground, Perth by 3 wicketsFinal ODI 414 7 January Mike Gatting Imran Khan WACA Ground, Perth by 5 wickets
January 1986–87 Benson & Hedges World Series
Group stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 418 17 January Mike Gatting Viv Richards Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane by 6 wickets ODI 420 18 January Allan Border Mike Gatting Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane by 11 runs ODI 421 20 January Allan Border Viv Richards Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by 7 wickets ODI 422 22 January Allan Border Mike Gatting Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 3 wickets ODI 423 24 January Mike Gatting Viv Richards Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 89 runs ODI 424 25 January Allan Border Viv Richards Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 16 runs ODI 425 22 January Allan Border Mike Gatting Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 33 runs ODI 427 28 January Allan Border Viv Richards Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 36 runs ODI 428 30 January Mike Gatting Viv Richards Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by 6 wickets ODI 429 1 February Allan Border Mike Gatting Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by 109 runs ODI 430 3 February Mike Gatting Viv Richards Devonport Oval, Devonport by 29 runs ODI 431 6 February Allan Border Viv Richards Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 2 wicketsFinal ODI 432 8 February Allan Border Mike Gatting Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by 6 wickets ODI 433 11 February Allan Border Mike Gatting Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 8 runs
Pakistan in India
Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1066 3–8 February Kapil Dev Imran Khan MA Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Match drawn Test 1067 11–16 February Kapil Dev Imran Khan Eden Gardens, Kolkata Match drawn Test 1069 21–26 February Kapil Dev Imran Khan Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur Match drawn Test 1071 4–9 March Kapil Dev Imran Khan Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad Match drawn Test 1073 13–17 March Kapil Dev Imran Khan M.Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bengaluru by 16 runsODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 426 27 January Ravi Shastri Imran Khan Nehru Stadium, Indore by 3 wickets ODI 434 18 February Kapil Dev Imran Khan Eden Gardens, Kolkata by 2 wickets ODI 436 20 March Kapil Dev Imran Khan Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad (fewer wickets lost) ODI 438 22 March Kapil Dev Imran Khan Nehru Stadium, Pune by 6 wickets ODI 439 24 March Kapil Dev Imran Khan Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur by 41 runs ODI 440 26 March Kapil Dev Imran Khan Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur by 5 wickets
February West Indies in New Zealand
Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1068 20–24 February Jeremy Coney Viv Richards Basin Reserve, Wellington Match drawn Test 1070 27 February–3 March Jeremy Coney Viv Richards Eden Park, Auckland 10 wickets Test 1072 12–15 March Jeremy Coney Viv Richards Lancaster Park, Christchurch 5 wicketsODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 435 18 March Jeremy Coney Viv Richards Carisbrook, Dunedin by 95 runs ODI 437 21 March Jeremy Coney Viv Richards Eden Park, Auckland by 6 wickets ODI 439a 25–26 March Jeremy Coney Viv Richards Basin Reserve, Wellington Match abandoned ODI 441 28 March Jeremy Coney Viv Richards AMI Stadium, Christchurch by 10 wickets
April 1986–87 Sharjah Cup
TeamPWLTNRRRPoints 3 2 1 0 0 4.46 4 3 2 1 0 0 4.17 4 3 2 1 0 0 4.07 4 3 0 3 0 0 3.80 0
Group stage No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 442 2 April John Emburey Kapil Dev Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 3 wickets ODI 443 3 April Allan Border Javed Miandad Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 6 wickets ODI 444 5 April Geoff Marsh Kapil Dev Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 7 wickets ODI 445 7 April John Emburey Imran Khan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 5 wickets ODI 446 9 April Allan Border John Emburey Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 11 runs ODI 447 10 April Kapil Dev Imran Khan Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah by 8 wickets
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