a5924 o551	Australia v West Indies
	Benson and Hedges World Series Cup 1988/89 (1st Final)
Venue	Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne on 14th January 1989 (50-over match) (day/night)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Australia won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Australia won by 2 runs
Umpires	LJ King, SG Randell
Scorers	MP Ringham (Australia), MK Walsh (West Indies)

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Australia innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
GR Marsh	lbw b Ambrose	18	46	50	2	-	39.13
DC Boon	c Dujon b Ambrose	0	9	22	-	-	0.00
GM Wood	c Logie b Marshall	6	11	15	-	-	54.55
*AR Border	c Greenidge b Ambrose	78	103	131	6	1	75.73
DM Jones	c Logie b Walsh	36	75	89	-	-	48.00
SR Waugh	c and b Ambrose	33	38	50	3	-	86.84
SP O'Donnell	b Marshall	10	16	23	-	-	62.50
+IA Healy	not out	3	3	11	-	-	100.00
PL Taylor	run out	0	5	3	-	-	0.00
MG Hughes	lbw b Ambrose	0	2	5	-	-	0.00
TM Alderman	did not bat
Extras	(9 lb, 5 nb, 6 w)	20
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	204
Fall of wickets:
1-15 (Boon), 2-26 (Wood), 3-34 (Marsh), 4-133 (Jones), 5-176 (Border), 6-200 (Waugh), 7-202 (O'Donnell), 8-202 (Taylor), 9-204 (Hughes)

West Indies bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Marshall	9	1	31	2	2	-	27.00	3.44
Ambrose	10	2	26	5	1	1	12.00	2.60
Bishop	10	0	37	0	2	4	-	3.70
Walsh	10	0	45	1	1	-	60.00	4.50
Richards	10	0	48	0	-	-	-	4.80
Hooper	1	0	8	0	-	-	-	8.00

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West Indies innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s	S-Rate
CG Greenidge	c Healy b Hughes	5	12	23	1	-	41.67
DL Haynes	lbw b Hughes	6	19	32	-	-	31.58
RB Richardson	c Healy b O'Donnell	24	49	75	2	-	48.98
AL Logie	lbw b Alderman	4	8	12	1	-	50.00
*IVA Richards	c Border b Alderman	14	20	20	2	-	70.00
CL Hooper	c Jones b Taylor	33	44	52	2	1	75.00
+PJL Dujon	c Jones b Taylor	27	43	56	1	-	62.79
MD Marshall	run out	18	21	14	2	-	85.71
CEL Ambrose	b O'Donnell	23	36	63	2	-	63.89
IR Bishop	not out	33	40	47	2	-	82.50
CA Walsh	not out	3	3	5	-	-	100.00
Extras	(3 b, 6 lb, 3 w)	12
Total	(9 wickets, innings closed, 50 overs)	202
Fall of wickets:
1-14 (Greenidge), 2-16 (Haynes), 3-23 (Logie), 4-41 (Richards), 5-76 (Richardson), 6-108 (Hooper), 7-129 (Marshall), 8-148 (Dujon), 9-196 (Ambrose)

Australia bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls	S-Rate	Econ
Alderman	10	2	29	2	-	-	30.00	2.90
Hughes	10	1	34	2	3	-	30.00	3.40
O'Donnell	7	0	36	2	-	-	21.00	5.14
Waugh	10	0	43	0	-	-	-	4.30
Taylor	10	2	35	2	-	-	30.00	3.50
Border	3	0	16	0	-	-	-	5.33

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Notes
--> GM Wood made his last appearance in ODI matches
--> AR Border 50 in 86 balls with 5 fours
--> AR Border passed 4500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 31
--> DM Jones passed 2500 runs in ODI matches when he reached 23
--> CG Greenidge passed 15500 runs in List A matches when he reached 2
--> MD Marshall passed 2000 runs in List A matches when he reached 17
--> CEL Ambrose equalled his previous highest score of 23 in List A matches
--> CEL Ambrose equalled his previous highest score of 23 in ODI matches

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