The 1988 McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup was an international

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tournament played in Australia from 28 February to 13 March 1988. Sponsored by

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, it was the inaugural edition of what is now the

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, and formed part of the celebrations for the

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. The tournament was primarily organised by the

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(ACB), with only limited oversight from the

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(ICC). Eight teams participated, with the seven

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-playing ICC members joined by a composite team of players from ICC associate members.

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defeated

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by five wickets, with

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and the

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being the losing semi-finalists. The tournament play-offs were held at

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, with the other matches held at country venues in the states of

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, and

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. Australia's Brett Williams was the leading run-scorer at the tournament, while his teammate Wayne Holdsworth and Pakistan's Mushtaq Ahmed were the joint leading wicket-takers.

Squads

Players at the tournament had to be 18 years or younger on 1 January 1987, restricting participation to those born before 1 January 1968.

Round-robin

Points table

* Note:

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(adjusted to a team's full allocation of overs if all out) was used as a tiebreaker if teams finished on an equal number of points, rather than

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(as is now common).Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 table
– CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.

Matches

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Finals

Semi-finals

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Final

Notes

References

{{ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 1988 in cricket ICC Under-19 Cricket World Cup 1988 in Australian cricket International cricket competitions in Australia Sports competitions in Adelaide Cricket in South Australia Australian bicentennial commemorations 1980s in Adelaide February 1988 sports events in Australia March 1988 sports events in Australia