Battle of Honey Springs

The 1986–87 international cricket season was from September 1986 to April 1987.^[1]^[2]

Season overview

International tours
Start date	Home team	Away team	Results [Matches]
Start date	Home team	Away team	Test	ODI	FC	LA
7 September 1986	India	Australia	0–0 [3]	3–2 [6]	—	—
17 October 1986	Pakistan	West Indies	1–1 [3]	1–4 [5]	—	—
14 November 1986	Australia	England	1–2 [5]	—	—	—
17 December 1986	India	Sri Lanka	2–0 [3]	4–1 [5]	—	—
27 January 1987	India	Pakistan	0–1 [5]	1–5 [6]	—	—
20 February 1987	New Zealand	West Indies	1–1 [3]	0–3 [4]	—	—
International tournaments
Start date	Tournament				Winners
27 November 1986	1986–87 Champions Trophy				West Indies
30 December 1986	1986–87 Benson & Hedges Challenge				England
17 January 1987	1986–87 Benson & Hedges World Series				England
2 April 1987	1986–87 Sharjah Cup				England

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 drawn
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 390	7 September	Kapil Dev	Allan Border	Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur	India by 7 wickets
ODI 391	9 September	Kapil Dev	Allan Border	Sher-i-Kashmir Stadium, Srinagar	Australia 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	India by 3 wickets
ODI 394	5 October	Kapil Dev	Allan Border	Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad	India by 52 runs
ODI 395	7 October	Kapil Dev	Allan Border	Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot	Australia 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	Pakistan by 186 runs
Test 1056	7–9 November	Imran Khan	Viv Richards	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore	West Indies by an innings and 10 runs
Test 1058	20–25 November	Imran Khan	Viv Richards	National Stadium, Karachi	Match drawn
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 396	17 October	Imran Khan	Viv Richards	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar	Pakistan by 4 wickets
ODI 397	4 November	Javed Miandad	Viv Richards	Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala	West Indies by 17 runs
ODI 398	14 November	Imran Khan	Viv Richards	Jinnah Stadium, Sialkot	West Indies by 4 wickets
ODI 399	17 November	Imran Khan	Viv Richards	Ibn-e-Qasim Bagh Stadium, Multan	West Indies by 89 runs
ODI 400	18 November	Imran Khan	Viv Richards	Niaz Stadium, Hyderabad	Pakistan 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	England 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	England by an innings and 14 runs
Test 1065	10–15 January	Allan Border	Mike Gatting	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Australia by 55 runs

1986–87 Champions Trophy

Team	P	W	L	RR	Points
West Indies	3	3	0	4.792	12
Pakistan	3	2	1	3.419	8
India	3	1	2	3.985	4
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	3.207	0

First round
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 401	27 November	India	Kapil Dev	Sri Lanka	Duleep Mendis	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	India by 7 wickets
ODI 402	28 November	Pakistan	Imran Khan	West Indies	Viv Richards	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	West Indies by 9 wickets
ODI 403	30 November	India	Kapil Dev	West Indies	Viv Richards	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	West Indies by 33 runs
ODI 404	2 December	Pakistan	Imran Khan	Sri Lanka	Duleep Mendis	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	Pakistan by 4 wickets
ODI 405	3 December	Sri Lanka	Duleep Mendis	West Indies	Viv Richards	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	West Indies by 193 runs
ODI 406	5 December	India	Kapil Dev	Pakistan	Imran Khan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	Pakistan 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	India by an innings and 106 runs
Test 1064	4–7 January	Kapil Dev	Duleep Mendis	Barabati Stadium, Cuttack	India by an innings and 67 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 407	24 December	Kapil Dev	Duleep Mendis	Green Park Stadium, Kanpur	Sri Lanka by 117
ODI 415	11 January	Kapil Dev	Duleep Mendis	Nehru Stadium, Guwahati	India by 8 wickets
ODI 416	13 January	Kapil Dev	Duleep Mendis	Arun Jaitley Stadium, Delhi	India by 6 wickets
ODI 417	15 January	Kapil Dev	Duleep Mendis	Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara	India by 94 runs
ODI 419	17 January	Kapil Dev	Duleep Mendis	Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai	India 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	Pakistan	Imran Khan	West Indies	Viv Richards	WACA Ground, Perth	Pakistan by 34 runs
ODI 409	1 January	Australia	Allan Border	England	Mike Gatting	WACA Ground, Perth	England by 37 runs
ODI 410	2 January	Australia	Allan Border	Pakistan	Imran Khan	WACA Ground, Perth	Pakistan by 1 wicket
ODI 411	3 January	England	Mike Gatting	West Indies	Viv Richards	WACA Ground, Perth	England by 19 runs
ODI 412	4 January	Australia	Allan Border	West Indies	Viv Richards	WACA Ground, Perth	West Indies by 164 runs
ODI 413	5 January	England	Mike Gatting	Pakistan	Imran Khan	WACA Ground, Perth	England by 3 wickets
Final
ODI 414	7 January	England	Mike Gatting	Pakistan	Imran Khan	WACA Ground, Perth	England 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	England	Mike Gatting	West Indies	Viv Richards	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane	England by 6 wickets
ODI 420	18 January	Australia	Allan Border	England	Mike Gatting	Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane	Australia by 11 runs
ODI 421	20 January	Australia	Allan Border	West Indies	Viv Richards	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	West Indies by 7 wickets
ODI 422	22 January	Australia	Allan Border	England	Mike Gatting	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	England by 3 wickets
ODI 423	24 January	England	Mike Gatting	West Indies	Viv Richards	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	England by 89 runs
ODI 424	25 January	Australia	Allan Border	West Indies	Viv Richards	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	West Indies by 16 runs
ODI 425	22 January	Australia	Allan Border	England	Mike Gatting	Adelaide Oval, Adelaide	Australia by 33 runs
ODI 427	28 January	Australia	Allan Border	West Indies	Viv Richards	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Australia by 36 runs
ODI 428	30 January	England	Mike Gatting	West Indies	Viv Richards	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	West Indies by 6 wickets
ODI 429	1 February	Australia	Allan Border	England	Mike Gatting	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	Australia by 109 runs
ODI 430	3 February	England	Mike Gatting	West Indies	Viv Richards	Devonport Oval, Devonport	England by 29 runs
ODI 431	6 February	Australia	Allan Border	West Indies	Viv Richards	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	Australia by 2 wickets
Final
ODI 432	8 February	Australia	Allan Border	England	Mike Gatting	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne	England by 6 wickets
ODI 433	11 February	Australia	Allan Border	England	Mike Gatting	Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney	England 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	Pakistan by 16 runs
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 426	27 January	Ravi Shastri	Imran Khan	Nehru Stadium, Indore	Pakistan by 3 wickets
ODI 434	18 February	Kapil Dev	Imran Khan	Eden Gardens, Kolkata	Pakistan by 2 wickets
ODI 436	20 March	Kapil Dev	Imran Khan	Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad	India (fewer wickets lost)
ODI 438	22 March	Kapil Dev	Imran Khan	Nehru Stadium, Pune	Pakistan by 6 wickets
ODI 439	24 March	Kapil Dev	Imran Khan	Vidarbha C.A. Ground, Nagpur	Pakistan by 41 runs
ODI 440	26 March	Kapil Dev	Imran Khan	Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur	Pakistan 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	West Indies 10 wickets
Test 1072	12–15 March	Jeremy Coney	Viv Richards	Lancaster Park, Christchurch	New Zealand 5 wickets
ODI series
No.	Date	Home captain	Away captain	Venue	Result
ODI 435	18 March	Jeremy Coney	Viv Richards	Carisbrook, Dunedin	West Indies by 95 runs
ODI 437	21 March	Jeremy Coney	Viv Richards	Eden Park, Auckland	West Indies 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	West Indies by 10 wickets

April

1986–87 Sharjah Cup

Team	P	W	L	RR	Points
England	3	2	1	4.46	4
Pakistan	3	2	1	4.17	4
India	3	2	1	4.07	4
Australia	3	0	3	3.80	0

Group stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Captain 1	Team 2	Captain 2	Venue	Result
ODI 442	2 April	England	John Emburey	India	Kapil Dev	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	India by 3 wickets
ODI 443	3 April	Australia	Allan Border	Pakistan	Javed Miandad	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	Pakistan by 6 wickets
ODI 444	5 April	Australia	Geoff Marsh	India	Kapil Dev	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	India by 7 wickets
ODI 445	7 April	England	John Emburey	Pakistan	Imran Khan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	England by 5 wickets
ODI 446	9 April	Australia	Allan Border	England	John Emburey	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	England by 11 runs
ODI 447	10 April	India	Kapil Dev	Pakistan	Imran Khan	Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah	Pakistan by 8 wickets

References

^ "Season 1986/87". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.
^ "Season 1986/87 archive". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[1] "Season 1986/87". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[2] "Season 1986/87 archive". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 28 December 2017.

[1]

[2]

International cricket seasons
1876–77 1878–79
1880 1881–82 1882 1882–83 1884 1884–85 1886 1886–87 1887–88 1888 1888–89
1890 1891–92 1893 1893–94 1894–95 1895 1895–96 1896 1896–97 1897 1897–98 1898–99 1899
1900 1901 1901–02 1902 1902–03 1903 1903–04 1904 1904–05 1905 1905–06 1906 1907 1907–08 1908 1908–09 1909 1909–10
1910 1910–11 1911 1911–12 1912 1913 1913–14 1914 1919
1920 1920–21 1921 1921–22 1922 1922–23 1923 1923–24 1924 1924–25 1925 1925–26 1926 1926–27 1927 1927–28 1928 1928–29 1929 1929–30
1930 1930–31 1931 1931–32 1932 1932–33 1933 1933–34 1934 1934–35 1935 1935–36 1936 1936–37 1937 1937–38 1938 1938–39 1939 1939–40
1940 1940–41 1941 1941–42 1942 1942–43 1943 1943–44 1944 1944–45 1945 1945–46 1946 1946–47 1947 1947–48 1948 1948–49 1949 1949–50
1950 1950–51 1951 1951–52 1952 1952–53 1953 1953–54 1954 1954–55 1955 1955–56 1956 1956–57 1957 1957–58 1958 1958–59 1959 1959–60
1960 1960–61 1961 1961–62 1962 1962–63 1963 1963–64 1964 1964–65 1965 1965–66 1966 1966–67 1967 1967–68 1968 1968–69 1969 1969–70
1970 1970–71 1971 1971–72 1972 1972–73 1973 1973–74 1974 1974–75 1975 1975–76 1976 1976–77 1977 1977–78 1978 1978–79 1979 1979–80
1980 1980–81 1981 1981–82 1982 1982–83 1983 1983–84 1984 1984–85 1985 1985–86 1986 1986–87 1987 1987–88 1988 1988–89 1989 1989–90
1990 1990–91 1991 1991–92 1992 1992–93 1993 1993–94 1994 1994–95 1995 1995–96 1996 1996–97 1997 1997–98 1998 1998–99 1999 1999–00
2000 2000–01 2001 2001–02 2002 2002–03 2003 2003–04 2004 2004–05 2005 2005–06 2006 2006–07 2007 2007–08 2008 2008–09 2009 2009–10
2010 2010–11 2011 2011–12 2012 2012–13 2013 2013–14 2014 2014–15 2015 2015–16 2016 2016–17 2017 2017–18 2018 2018–19 2019 2019–20
2020 2020–21 2021 2021–22 2022 2022–23 2023 2023–24 2024 2024–25
Associate seasons
2018 2018–19 2019 2019–20 2020 2020–21 2021 2021–22 2022 2022–23 2023 2023-24 2024