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.
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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) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Points Table
editTeam | P | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR |
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West Indies | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.504 |
Australia | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 4.478 |
Pakistan | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.239 |
Result summary
edit 10 December 1988
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- 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
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat
17 December 1988
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
- The match was reduced to 43 overs per side
1 January 1989
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field
- Saeed Anwar (PAK) made his ODI debut
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat
- The match was reduced to 49 overs per side
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to field
- The match was reduced to 48 overs per side
7 January 1989
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
- Australia innings was reduced to 43 overs, Pakistan target was 115 runs in 19 overs
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
- The match was reduced to 48 overs per side
Final series
editWest Indies won the best of three final series against Australia 2–1.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat
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- 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