It was twenty(three) years ago today...

We showed the pommys how to play
One Day cricket might be out of style,
But we've been good at it for quite a while,
So may I introduce to you,
A picture we've all loved for years,
of Allan Border's no-name ragtag band...



I think that winning the 87 WC was quite possibly the event that really laid the foundation for the dominance of Australian cricket for much of the 90s. The work that Simmo and AB did set the tone for years to come, and the players they brought in learned a lot.

Of course, the selectors these days seem hell-bent on forgetting the lessons learned.

Aye. But Andrew Zesers FFS?

Hence 'Allan Border's no-name ragtag band'

skully wrote:Aye. But Andrew Zesers FFS?

Ringo

More like Pete Best.

or Stuart

It were a grouse evening. I was listening to a crackly coverage on ABC and actually started to believe we were starting to drag ourselves out of the mid-80s malaise. I never dreamed it would become such a great era.

Still, was shi1tting myself when Daffy had a big 49th over.

Veletta was a key player, but did not kick on

So Valetta was the Stu Sutcliffe.

Went (for a term) to the same high school as the younger brother of one of the 87 WC squad, a couple of years before the event. The player was getting a few Shield matches at that stage. The younger brother tried to live off it in a big way. Except he'd missed out on the cricketing talent in the family, and was generally regarded as a labia.