1988–89 Australian Tri-Series

International cricket tournament

Cricket series

1988–89 World Series

Date

10 December 1988 – 18 January 1989

Location

Australia

Result

Won by

West Indies
2–1 in final series

Player of the series

Desmond Haynes (Win)

Teams
Australia	Pakistan	West Indies
Captains
Allan Border	Imran Khan	Viv Richards
Most runs
Geoff Marsh (448)	Javed Miandad (320)	Desmond Haynes (513)
Most wickets
Peter Taylor (16)	Wasim Akram (11)	Curtly Ambrose (21)

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The 1988–89 World Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to Pakistan and West Indies. Australia and West Indies reached the Finals, which West Indies won 2–1.

Points Table

Team	P	W	L	Pts	RR
West Indies	8	5	3	10	4.504
Australia	8	5	3	10	4.478
Pakistan	8	2	6	4	4.239

Result summary

10 December 1988
Scorecard

West Indies 269/9 (47 overs)	v	Pakistan 180/7 (47 overs)
DL Haynes 111 (107) Abdul Qadir 3/34 (9 overs)		Rameez Raja 69* (127) MD Marshall 4/34 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 89 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: AR Crafter and RJ Evans
Player of the match: DL Haynes (WI)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
The match was reduced to 47 overs per side.
Aaqib Javed (PAK) made his ODI debut

11 December 1988
Scorecard

Pakistan 177 (45.4 overs)	v	Australia 178/1 (42.2 overs)
Saleem Malik 44 (41) MG Hughes 3/30 (10 overs)		GR Marsh 86* (135)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: LJ King and TA Prue
Player of the match: MG Hughes (AUS)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat
The match was reduced to 48 overs per side
MG Hughes and ME Waugh (both AUS) made their ODI debuts

13 December 1988 (D/N)
Scorecard

West Indies 220 (48 overs)	v	Australia 219/8 (50 overs)
DL Haynes 78 (116) MG Hughes 3/48 (10 overs)		DC Boon 71 (120) CA Walsh 2/36 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 1 run
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: RJ Evans and PJ McConnell
Player of the match: DL Haynes (WI)

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

15 December 1988 (D/N)
Scorecard

West Indies 236 (49.2 overs)	v	Australia 202 (47.2 overs)
IVA Richards 58 (74) CJ McDermott 4/38 (9.2 overs)		SR Waugh 54 (67) CEL Ambrose 5/17 (8.2 overs)

West Indies won by 34 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: RC Bailhache and CD Timmins
Player of the match: CEL Ambrose (WI)

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

17 December 1988
Scorecard

West Indies 244/4 (43 overs)	v	Pakistan 227/8 (43 overs)
DL Haynes 101 (112) Imran Khan 2/49 (9 overs)		Saleem Malik 68 (63) CA Walsh 2/23 (8 overs)

West Indies won by 17 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: SG Randell and CD Timmins
Player of the match: DL Haynes (WI)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
The match was reduced to 43 overs per side

1 January 1989
Scorecard

Pakistan 140/9 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 142/3 (38.2 overs)
Javed Miandad 63* (167) IR Bishop 5/27 (10 overs)		RB Richardson 50* (79) Aaqib Javed 2/33 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 7 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: RC Bailhache and TA Prue
Player of the match: IR Bishop (WI)

West Indies won the toss and elected to field
Saeed Anwar (PAK) made his ODI debut

2 January 1989 (D/N)
Scorecard

Pakistan 216/7 (49 overs)	v	Australia 178 (46.1 overs)
Aamer Malik 90 (135) CJ McDermott 2/38 (10 overs)		SP O'Donnell 46 (55) Wasim Akram 4/25 (8.1 overs)

Pakistan won by 38 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: RJ Evans and PJ McConnell
Player of the match: Aamer Malik (PAK)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat
The match was reduced to 49 overs per side

5 January 1989 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia 226 (47.4 overs)	v	West Indies 218/8 (48 overs)
GR Marsh 52 (82) CEL Ambrose 3/26 (9 overs)		RB Richardson 63 (81) TM Alderman 3/30 (9 overs)

Australia won by 8 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: AR Crafter and LJ King
Player of the match: SR Waugh (AUS)

West Indies won the toss and elected to field
The match was reduced to 48 overs per side

7 January 1989
Scorecard

Pakistan 258/7 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 203 (40.4 overs)
Aamer Malik 75 (119) CEL Ambrose 3/39 (10 overs)		CG Greenidge 46 (79) Wasim Akram 3/27 (7 overs)

Pakistan won by 55 runs
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: RC Bailhache and CD Timmins
Player of the match: Imran Khan (PAK)

West Indies won the toss and elected to field
In this match West Indies conceded 59 extras, the joint highest in an ODI.

8 January 1989
Scorecard

Pakistan 203/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 204/5 (44.5 overs)
Javed Miandad 54 (107) TM Alderman 3/27 (9 overs)		DC Boon 45 (64) Aaqib Javed 2/38 (10 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane
Umpires: LJ King and SG Randell
Player of the match: TM Alderman (AUS)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

10 January 1989 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia 258/4 (43 overs)	v	Pakistan 108/7 (19 overs)
GR Marsh 125* (121) Tauseef Ahmed 2/43 (7 overs)		Imran Khan 42 (40) AR Border 1/4 (1 overs)

Australia won on faster scoring rate (run rate)
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: AR Crafter and SG Randell
Player of the match: GR Marsh (AUS)

Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
Australia innings was reduced to 43 overs, Pakistan target was 115 runs in 19 overs

12 January 1989 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia 215/5 (48 overs)	v	West Indies 154/8 (48 overs)
DM Jones 77 (132) MD Marshall 2/25 (10 overs)		DL Haynes 58 (80) PL Taylor 3/22 (10 overs)

Australia won by 61 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: PJ McConnell and TA Prue
Player of the match: PL Taylor (AUS)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat
The match was reduced to 48 overs per side

Final series

West Indies won the best of three final series against Australia 2–1.

14 January 1989 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia 204/9 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 202/9 (50 overs)
AR Border 78 (103) CEL Ambrose 5/26 (10 overs)		IR Bishop 33* (40) TM Alderman 2/29 (10 overs)

Australia won by 2 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: LJ King and SG Randell

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

16 January 1989 (D/N)
Scorecard

West Indies 277/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 185 (40 overs)
DL Haynes 62 (68) MG Hughes 4/44 (7 overs)		DC Boon 36 (37) IR Bishop 4/52 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 92 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: PJ McConnell and TA Prue

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

18 January 1989 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia 226/4 (38 overs)	v	West Indies 111/2 (13.2 overs)
DM Jones 93* (82) IVA Richards 1/12 (3 overs)		IVA Richards 60* (40) TM Alderman 2/22 (4 overs)

West Indies won by 8 wickets (run rate)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: PJ McConnell and TA Prue

Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Australia innings was reduced to 38 overs: West Indies target was revised to 108 in 18 overs
The result of this match led to Australian cricket officials' developing a replacement for the Average Run Rate method: the Most Productive Overs method

References

"Most extras in an ODI innings".

International cricket tours of Australia

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T20 World Cup	2022
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PNG	2014–15
Scotland	2014–15
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UAE	2014–15
World Series Cricket (West Indies & World XI)	1977-78 1978-79
Pakistan A	2024

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