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)

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	T	NR	Pts	RR
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

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.^[1]

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

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