Australia in World Cup: Five titles make them the most successful team by far
The Aussies are the defending world champions.
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1987 World Cup; champions
Allan Border was in charge of the Australian side in the edition held in India and Pakistan. They beat defending champions and hosts India by 1 run in the first match. Australia next beat Zimbabwe by 96 runs and then followed it up with a three-run victory over New Zealand. Australia tasted their first loss of the tournament when India beat them by 56 runs but that was the only time they lost in the entire tournament.
Australia beat New Zealand by 17 runs and Zimbabwe by 70 runs in the next two matches to qualify for the semi-finals after table toppers India who were better only by the virtue of the net run-rate. The Kangaroos then overcame the resistance of Imran Khan and Javed Miandad to tame Pakistan by 18 runs in the semi-final and then a fatal reverse sweep attempt by England captain Mike Gatting saw Border’s side bagging the final by seven runs to win their maiden world title.
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