WHEN GATTING PUT WHEN GATTING PUT HOPES OF TITLE INTO REVERSE

Paul Edwards recalls how the first tournament to be staged away from England heralded the start of an Aussie cricketing dynasty

WORLD CUP ARCHIVES

World Cups invariably see the emergence of great players or fine teams. That is their joy. And all tournaments have produced close matches. That is their thrill. But only one has been made memorable, at least in the United Kingdom, by a single stroke.
On November 8, 1987, England were playing Australia in the final of the Reliance Cup, as it was called by hardly anyone. Despite India’s semi-final defeat by England three days earlier, ...

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