Selection panel on tour: Border, Boon, Simpson Wayne Phillips had been Australia's wicketkeeper over the 1985–86 summer, then replaced by Tim Zoehrer and tried as a batting specialist.

The tour established David Boon and Geoff Marsh as Australia's opening combination, and Dean Jones as a Test batsman.

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.

[14] By the end of that series, Boon, Ritchie, Matthews, McDermott, Davis, Gilbert and Bright had all been dropped from the Australian Test team.

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