It was under Border 's captaincy that a rebuilding Australian team laid their hands on the World Cup for the first time in 1987 and Boon was adjudged the Man of the Match .
Boon scored 75 as an opener in the tournament final in Kolkata .
It was under Border 's captaincy that a rebuilding Australian team laid their hands on the World Cup for the first time in 1987 and Boon , who scored 75 as an opener in the tournament final in Kolkata , was adjudged the Man of the Match .