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Result of 1988
Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Australia)
1st Final-Benson & Hedges World Series Cup (Australia, New Zealand, Sri Lanka in Australia) 1988
Fri, 22 Jan 1988 - 00:00 – 1st Final • Melbourne Cricket Ground
Australia won by 8 wickets (with 31 balls remaining)
Australia
177/10 (44.00)
New Zealand
180/2 (44.50)
Summary
Scorecard
Match Stats
Performance
New Zealand innigs
180/2 (44.50)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
John Wright
c †Dyer b Davis
16
53
69
1
0
30.18
In 1988
Career
Andrew Jones
c †Dyer b Dodemaide
4
16
24
0
0
25.00
In 1988
Career
Martin Crowe
c †Dyer b Dodemaide
48
72
83
4
0
66.66
In 1988
Career
Jeff Crowe (c)
run out
33
56
74
2
0
58.92
In 1988
Career
Richard Hadlee
c Boon b McDermott
34
48
63
3
0
70.83
In 1988
Career
Tony Blain (WK)
run out
1
4
7
0
0
25.00
In 1988
Career
Vaughan Brown
c Waugh b Davis
2
7
7
0
0
28.57
In 1988
Career
John Bracewell
c Border b Waugh
17
18
23
2
0
94.44
In 1988
Career
Martin Snedden
c Taylor b McDermott
15
19
28
0
0
78.94
In 1988
Career
Willie Watson
c Border b Waugh
1
5
8
0
0
20.00
In 1988
Career
Ewen Chatfield
not out
3
3
7
0
0
100.00
In 1988
Career
Extras
(lb 2, w 1)
3
Total
177 49.5 Ov (RR: 3.55)
177
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Tony Dodemaide
10.00
2
29
2
2.90
0
0
0
In 1988
Career
Craig McDermott
9.50
0
37
2
3.76
0
0
0
In 1988
Career
Simon Davis
10.00
1
27
2
2.70
0
0
0
In 1988
Career
Steve Waugh
10.00
0
47
2
4.70
0
0
0
In 1988
Career
Peter Taylor
10.00
0
35
0
3.50
0
0
0
In 1988
Career
Australia innigs
177/10 (44.00)
Batsmen
R
B
M
4s
6s
SR
Season
R
4s
6s
All time
R
4s
6s
David Boon
c Bracewell b Watson
47
74
91
6
0
63.51
In 1988
Career
Geoff Marsh
b Watson
9
44
51
0
0
20.45
In 1988
Career
Dean Jones
not out
58
75
125
4
0
77.33
In 1988
Career
Mike Veletta
not out
57
80
85
7
0
71.25
In 1988
Career
Extras
(b 2, lb 3, nb 2, w 2)
9
Total
180/2 44.5 Ov (RR: 4.01)
180
Bowler
O
M
R
W
ECO
0s
4s
6s
Season
W
0s
Best
All time
W
0s
Best
Ewen Chatfield
7.50
2
19
0
2.42
0
0
0
In 1988
Career
Richard Hadlee
9.00
0
36
0
4.00
0
0
0
In 1988
Career
Martin Snedden
10.00
3
39
0
3.90
0
0
0
In 1988
Career
Willie Watson
10.00
3
36
2
3.60
0
0
0
In 1988
Career
John Bracewell
8.00
0
45
0
5.62
0
0
0
In 1988
Career
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