West Indies cricket team in Australia in the 1988/89 season

The West Indies cricket team's tour to Australia in the 1988/89 season took place from November 18 to February 7, 1988. The international cricket tour was part of the 1988/89 international cricket season and comprised five tests . The West Indies won the series 3–1.

prehistory

The West Indies previously played in a three-nation tournament in the United Arab Emirates , for Australia it was the first tour of the season. The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1984/85 season in Australia .

Stages

Adelaide Brisbane Melbourne Perth (WACA) Sydney

Tour venues

The following stages have been designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	5th test
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st test
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	3rd test
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	2nd test
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	4th test

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

test
Australia	West Indies
Terry Alderman David Boon Allan Border Tony Dodemaide Ian Healy Trevor Hohns Merv Hughes Dean Jones Geoff Lawson Geoff Marsh Greg Matthews Tim May Craig McDermott Mark Taylor Mark Taylor Mike Veletta Steve Waugh Mike Whitney Greame Wood	Curtly Ambrose Jeff Dujon Gordon Greenidge Roger Harper Desmond Haynes Carl Hooper Gus Logie Malcolm Marshall Patrick Patterson Viv Richards Richie Richardson Courtney Walsh

Tour matches

January 20-23 Scorecard	Brisbane	West Indians 316 (76.1) & 332 (98.3)	-	Queensland 240 (71.3) & 124-3 (58)
		draw

First test in Brisbane

November 18-21 Scorecard	Brisbane	Australia 167 (69.3) & 289 (86.1)	-	West Indies 394 (113.4) & 63-1 (19.1)
		West Indies wins with 9 wickets

Second test in Perth

December 2-6 scorecard	Perth	West Indies 449 (123.1) & 349-9d (98)	-	Australia 395-8d (100.3) & 234 (63)
		West Indies wins with 169 runs

Third test in Melbourne

December 24-29 Scorecard	Melbourne	West Indies 280 (93.1) & 361-9d (120)	-	Australia 242 (94.3) & 114 (57.1)
		West Indies wins with 285 runs

Fourth test in Sydney

January 26th - 30th scorecard	Sydney	West Indies 224 (99.2) & 256 (104.4)	-	Australia 401 (191.5) & 82-3 (35.3)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

Fifth test in Adelaide

February 3rd - 7th scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 515 (140.5) & 224-4d (75)	-	West Indies 369 (121.4) & 233-4 (81)
		draw

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo