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{{Infobox cricket tour
| series_name = Australian cricket team in India in 1986–87
| team1_image = Flag of India.svg
| team1_name = India
| team2_image = Flag of Australia.svg
| team2_name = Australia
| from_date = 30 August
| to_date = 19 October 1986
| team1_captain = [[Kapil Dev]]
| team2_captain = [[Allan Border]]
| no_of_tests = 3
| team1_tests_won = 0
| team2_tests_won = 0
| team1_tests_most_runs = [[Ravi Shastri]] (231)
| team2_tests_most_runs = [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]] (371)
| team1_tests_most_wickets = [[Shivlal Yadav]] (8)
| team2_tests_most_wickets = [[Greg Matthews]] (14)
| player_of_test_series =
| no_of_ODIs = 6
| team1_ODIs_won = 3
| team2_ODIs_won = 2
| team1_ODIs_most_runs = [[Raman Lamba]] (278)
| team2_ODIs_most_runs = [[Allan Border]] (239)
| team1_ODIs_most_wickets = [[Ravi Shastri]] (8)
| team2_ODIs_most_wickets = [[Bruce Reid]] (8)
| player_of_ODI_series = [[Raman Lamba]] (Ind)
}}

The [[Australia national cricket team|Australian cricket team]] toured India in the 1986–87 season to play a three-match [[Test cricket|Test]] series and a five-match one day international series against [[India national cricket team|India]].

The Test series was drawn 0-0, with one tie, and India won the one-day series 3-2. It is best remembered for the tied first Test – only the second time this result has occurred in Test cricket.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/153092.html Australian cricket team in India in 1986-87] at [[Wisden Cricketers' Almanack|Wisden]]</ref>

==Australian squad==
Australia had just lost two-Test series against New Zealand and only narrowly held on to a 0-0 draw against India during the 1985–86 summer. The team was in a rebuilding phase, with [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] having newly been appointed as coach. However Australia were not unfamiliar with Indian conditions having [[Australian cricket team in India in 1984–85|recently toured in 1984]].

The original squad was selected by Lawrie Sawle, Greg Chappell, Jim Higgs and Bobby Simpson. It was announced on 30 April 1986:<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131701203 |title=Phillips discarded as selectors go for a 'keeper. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=1 May 1986 |access-date=10 November 2015 |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
*Batsmen – [[Allan Border]] (captain), [[David Boon]] (vice-captain), [[Geoff Marsh]], [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]], [[Greg Ritchie]], [[Mike Veletta]]
*Fastbowlers – [[Craig McDermott]], [[Bruce Reid]], [[Dave Gilbert (cricketer)|Dave Gilbert]], [[Simon Davis (Australian cricketer)|Simon Davis]]
*Spinners – [[Ray Bright]]
*All rounders – [[Greg Matthews]], [[Steve Waugh]]
*Wicketkeepers – [[Tim Zoehrer]], [[Greg Dyer]]
*Team officials – [[Bob Simpson (cricketer)|Bob Simpson]] (coach), [[Alan Crompton]] (tour manager), Errol Alcott (physio), Charlie Pinto (transport), Govind Bawji (baggageman)

A number of top-level Australian cricketers were unavailable for selection because they had signed to tour South Africa and were banned from playing international cricket.

Selection panel on tour: Border, Boon, Simpson

[[Wayne B. Phillips|Wayne Phillips]] had been Australia's wicketkeeper over the 1985–86 summer, then replaced by Tim Zoehrer and tried as a batting specialist. However he was overlooked for selection – the only member of the New Zealand tour squad not picked to go to India. On the night of his non-selection Phillips told the media "I'm going to do what I want to do and not be at the beck and call of these idiots who pick the side." He was fined $2,000 by the Australian Cricket Board and never played cricket for Australia again.<ref>[https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1300&dat=19861008&id=BDspAAAAIBAJ&sjid=t5IDAAAAIBAJ&pg=3530,5743211 Hugo Kelly, "Border Hints at Return by Exiled Phillips", 9 October 1986] accessed 4 December 2014</ref>

Allan Border returned early from county cricket with Essex on 19 August to prepare for the tour. The Australian squad attended a special six day training camp with Simpson, [[Greg Chappell]] and [[Ashley Mallett]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article119471340 |title=Warming up for the Ashes India should toughen up team: Border. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=27 August 1986 |access-date=28 December 2015 |page=46 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==Test series summary==

===First Test===

See [[Tied Test#Second tied Test, 1986|Tied Test]] for details.

{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 18–22 September 1986 (5-day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

|score-team1-inns1 = 574/7[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (170.5 overs)
|runs-team1-inns1 = [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|DM Jones]] 210 (330)
|wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Shivlal Yadav|NS Yadav]] 4/142 (49.5 overs)

|score-team2-inns1 = 397 (94.2 overs)
|runs-team2-inns1 = [[Kapil Dev]] 119 (138)
|wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Greg Matthews|GRJ Matthews]] 5/103 (28.2 overs)

|score-team1-inns2 = 170/5[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (49 overs)
|runs-team1-inns2 = [[David Boon|DC Boon]] 49 (92)
|wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Maninder Singh (cricketer)|Maninder Singh]] 3/60 (19 overs)

|score-team2-inns2 = 347 (86.5 overs)
|runs-team2-inns2 = [[Sunil Gavaskar|SM Gavaskar]] 90 (168)
|wickets-team2-inns2 = [[Ray Bright|RJ Bright]] 5/94 (25 overs)

| result = Match tied
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47866.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Madras]]
| motm = [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]] (AUS) and [[Kapil Dev]] (IND)
| umpires = [[Dara Dotiwalla|DN Dotiwalla]] and [[V. Vikramraju|V Vikramraju]]
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131839259 |title=Test selectors play a waiting game. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=18 September 1986 |access-date=28 December 2015 |page=22 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131839463 |title=Jones 210 and Border 106 as Australians dominant in Madras. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=20 September 1986 |access-date=28 December 2015 |page=12 Section: POSITIONS VACANT |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131840139 |title=TEST: IT'S A TIE!. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=23 September 1986 |access-date=28 December 2015 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

===Second Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 26–30 September 1986 (5-day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 207/3[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (75.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[David Boon|DC Boon]] 67 (149)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Ravi Shastri|RJ Shastri]] 2/44 (21.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 107/3 (26 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth|K Srikkanth]] 26 (41) [[Chandrakant Pandit|CS Pandit]] 26 [[not out|*]] (34)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Steve Waugh|SR Waugh]] 1/29 (6 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 =
| runs-team1-inns2 =
| wickets-team1-inns2 =

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47872.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground]], [[Delhi]]
| motm =
| umpires = [[V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire)|VK Ramaswamy]] and [[Piloo Reporter|PD Reporter]]
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain = There was no play on the first three days.
| notes =
}}

===Third Test===
{{Two-innings cricket match
| date = 15–19 October 1986 (5-day match)
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score-team1-inns1 = 345 (147.4 overs)
| runs-team1-inns1 = [[Geoff Marsh|GR Marsh]] 101 (300)
| wickets-team1-inns1 = [[Shivlal Yadav|NS Yadav]] 4/84 (41.4 overs)

| score-team2-inns1 = 517[[Declaration and forfeiture|d]] (170 overs)
| runs-team2-inns1 = [[Dilip Vengsarkar|DB Vengsarkar]] 164[[not out|*]] (303)
| wickets-team2-inns1 = [[Greg Matthews|GRJ Matthews]] 4/158 (52 overs)

| score-team1-inns2 = 216/2 (88 overs)
| runs-team1-inns2 = [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|DM Jones]] 73[[not out|*]] (164)
| wickets-team1-inns2 = [[Ravi Shastri|RJ Shastri]] 2/60 (30 overs)

| score-team2-inns2 =
| runs-team2-inns2 =
| wickets-team2-inns2 =

| result = Match drawn
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47911.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Bombay]]
| motm =
| umpires = [[Jiban Ghosh (umpire)|JD Ghosh]] and [[Ram Babu Gupta|RB Gupta]]
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Raju Kulkarni|RR Kulkarni]] (IND) made his Test debut.
}}
<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118269622 |title=Gavaskar 103, India 5-291. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=18 October 1986 |access-date=28 December 2015 |page=12 Section: POSITIONS VACANT |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article118269883 |title=India batsmen demolish Australia's spin attack. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=19 October 1986 |access-date=28 December 2015 |page=12 Section: SPORT |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>

==ODI series==

India won the Charminar Challenge Cup 3-2.

===1st ODI===

{{Limited overs matches
| date = 7 September 1986
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 250/3 (47 overs)
| runs1 = [[David Boon|DC Boon]] 111 (118)
| wickets1 = [[Mohammad Azharuddin|M Azharuddin]] 1/53 (7 overs)

| score2 = 251/3 (41 overs)
| runs2 = [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth|K Srikkanth]] 102 (104)
| wickets2 = [[Bruce Reid|BA Reid]] 1/27 (8 overs)

| result = India won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47834.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sawai Mansingh Stadium]], [[Jaipur]]
| umpires = [[Subrata Banerjee|S Banerjee]] and [[Nagaraja Rao|BR Nagaraja Rao]]
| motm = [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth|K Srikkanth]] (IND)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = The match was reduced from 50 to 47 overs per side.
| notes = [[Raman Lamba|R Lamba]] (IND) made his ODI debut.
}}

===2nd ODI===

{{Limited overs matches
| date = 9 September 1986
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 222/8 (47 overs)
| runs1 = [[Sunil Gavaskar|SM Gavaskar]] 52 (56)
| wickets1 = [[Bruce Reid|BA Reid]] 2/37 (10 overs)

| score2 = 226/7 (46 overs)
| runs2 = [[Allan Border|AR Border]] 90[[not out|*]] (106)
| wickets2 = [[Roger Binny|RMH Binny]] 2/25 (8 overs)

| result = Australia won by 3 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47842.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium]], [[Srinagar]]
| umpires = [[S. B. Kulkarni|SB Kulkarni]] and [[R. S. Rathore|RS Rathore]]
| motm = [[Allan Border|AR Border]] (AUS)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = The match was reduced from 50 to 47 overs per side.
| notes =
}}

===3rd ODI===

{{Limited overs matches
| date = 24 September 1986
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 242/6 (47 overs)
| runs1 = [[Greg Ritchie|GM Ritchie]] 75 (53)
| wickets1 = [[Ravi Shastri|RJ Shastri]] 2/36 (10 overs)

| score2 = 41/1 (10.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Raman Lamba|R Lamba]] 20[[not out|*]] (36)
| wickets2 = [[Bruce Reid|BA Reid]] 1/20 (4 overs)

| result = No result
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47868.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]
| umpires = [[R. R. Kadam|RR Kadam]] and [[R. V. Ramani|RV Ramani]]
| motm =
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = The match was reduced from 50 to 47 overs per side.
| notes = [[Greg Dyer|GC Dyer]] (AUS) and [[R. P. Singh (cricketer, born 1965)|RP Singh]] (IND) made their ODI debuts.
}}

===4th ODI===

{{Limited overs matches

| date = 2 October 1986
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 238/6 (45 overs)
| runs1 = [[Steve Waugh|SR Waugh]] 57[[not out|*]] (53)
| wickets1 = [[Maninder Singh (cricketer)|Maninder Singh]] 2/30 (10 overs)

| score2 = 242/7 (43.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Raman Lamba|R Lamba]] 74 (68)
| wickets2 = [[Bruce Reid|BA Reid]] 3/43 (9 overs)

| result = India won by 3 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47893.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground]], [[Delhi]]
| umpires = [[A. L. Narasimhan|AL Narasimhan]] and [[Joydeb Roy|J Roy]]
| motm = [[Raman Lamba|R Lamba]] (IND)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = The match was reduced from 50 to 45 overs per side.
| notes =
}}

===5th ODI===

{{Limited overs matches
| date = 5 October 1986
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 193 (47.4 overs)
| runs1 = [[Ravi Shastri|RJ Shastri]] 53 (54)
| wickets1 = [[Simon Davis (Australian cricketer)|SP Davis]] 3/35 (9.4 overs)

| score2 = 141 (43.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Geoff Marsh|GR Marsh]] 43 (96) [[Allan Border|AR Border]] 43 (64)
| wickets2 = [[Kapil Dev]] 2/17 (8 overs)

| result = India won by 52 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47896.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sardar Patel Stadium|Gujarat Stadium]], [[Motera]], [[Ahmedabad]]
| umpires = [[B. R. Keshavamurthy|BR Keshavamurthy]] and [[M. G. Mukherjee|MG Mukherjee]]
| motm = [[Ravi Shastri|RJ Shastri]] (IND)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

===6th ODI===

{{Limited overs matches
| date = 7 October 1986
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 260/6 (48 overs)
| runs1 = [[Raman Lamba|R Lamba]] 102 (120)
| wickets1 = [[Steve Waugh|SR Waugh]] 2/50 (10 overs)

| score2 = 263/3 (46.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Allan Border|AR Border]] 91[[not out|*]] (88)
| wickets2 = [[Ravi Shastri|RJ Shastri]] 1/50 (10 overs)

| result = Australia won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/47/47902.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground|Municipal Stadium]], [[Rajkot]]
| umpires = [[K. R. Karimanickam|KR Karimanickam]] and [[N.N. Patwardhan|N.N.Patwardhan]]
| motm = [[Allan Border|AR Border]] (AUS)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = The match was reduced from 50 to 48 overs per side.
| notes =
}}

==Tour matches==
*[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1986-87/AUS_IN_IND/AUS_IND-BPRES-XI_30AUG-01SEP1986.html Board President's XI v Australians at Bangalore, 30 Aug-1 Sep 1986] – match drawn. Geoff Marsh scored a century and Matthews took five wickets in the game.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131836164 |title=Marsh sees Australia through to lead. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=1 September 1986 |access-date=28 December 2015 |page=30 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
*[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1986-87/AUS_IN_IND/AUS_BOM_03-05SEP1986.html Bombay v Australians at Gwalior, 3-5 Sep 1986] – match drawn. Greg Ritchie scored a century as opener and Matthews made 99.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131836940 |title=Matthews basks in the Indian warmth. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=5 September 1986 |access-date=28 December 2015 |page=3 Section: SPORT |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131837152 |title=No sweat at all for Border's men. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=6 September 1986 |access-date=28 December 2015 |page=10 Section: POSITIONS VACANT |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
*[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1986-87/AUS_IN_IND/AUS_IND-U25_12-14SEP1986.html Indian Under-25 XI v Australians at Chandigarh, 12-14 Sep 1986] – match drawn<ref>{{cite news |url=http://nla.gov.au/nla.news-article131838870 |title=Waugh gives Young India a shake. |newspaper=[[The Canberra Times]] |date=16 September 1986 |access-date=28 December 2015 |page=20 |via=National Library of Australia}}</ref>
*[http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1986-87/AUS_IN_IND/AUS_DELHI_10-12OCT1986.html Delhi v Australians at Baroda, 10-12 Oct 1986] – match drawn – [[Dave Gilbert (cricketer)|Dave Gilbert]] scored a century.

==Summary==
The tour established [[David Boon]] and [[Geoff Marsh]] as Australia's opening combination, and [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|Dean Jones]] as a Test batsman. [[Greg Matthews]] appeared to establish his credentials as a top line spinner. Jones later argued the tied Test marked a turning point in Australian cricket, although Australia went on to lose the [[1986–87 Ashes series]] 2–1.<ref>[http://www.espncricinfo.com/magazine/content/story/142306.html Andrew Miller, 'Dean Jones - Tied Test marked the renaissance of Australian cricket', ''Cricinfo'' 13 Oct 2004] accessed 15 June 2012</ref> By the end of that series, Boon, Ritchie, Matthews, McDermott, Davis, Gilbert and Bright had all been dropped from the Australian Test team.

The experience gained by the players did prove valuable for Australia in their campaign to win the [[1987 Cricket World Cup|1987 World Cup]] in India.

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/series/61426.html Tour home] at [[ESPN Cricinfo]]
* [http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1986-87/AUS_IN_IND/ Australia in India : Aug/Oct 1986] at ESPN Cricinfo archives
* [http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_1641281.html Australian cricket team in 1986-87] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200927232739/http://test-cricket-tours.co.uk/page_1641281.html |date=2020-09-27 }} at Test Cricket Tours

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