The

West Indies cricket team The West Indies cricket team, nicknamed the Windies, is a multi-national men's cricket team representing the mainly Commonwealth Caribbean, English-speaking countries and territories in the Caribbean region and administered by Cricket West I ...

toured Australia from November 1988 to February 1989 and played 5

Test match Test match in some sports refers to a sporting contest between national representative teams and may refer to: * Test cricket * Test match (indoor cricket) * Test match (rugby union) * Test match (rugby league) * Test match (association football) ...

es against

Australia Australia, officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a Sovereign state, sovereign country comprising the mainland of the Australia (continent), Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous List of islands of Australia, sma ...

. West Indies won the series 3-1 with one match drawn. In addition, the teams played in a triangular

Limited Overs International A One Day International (ODI) is a form of limited overs cricket, played between two teams with international status, in which each team faces a fixed number of overs, currently 50, with the game lasting up to 9 hours. The Cricket World Cup ...

(LOI) tournament which also includes

Pakistan Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's List of countries and dependencies by population, fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 24 ...

. The West Indies won this tournament after defeating Australia in best of 3-finals by 2-1.

Test series summary

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

4th Test

5th Test

Benson & Hedges World Series

The Benson & Hedges World Series Cup was a tri-nation (ODI) series held in Australia from 10 December 1988 till 18 January 1989. It was held between

West Indies The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greater A ...

. The tournament was played in Round-robin format in which Australia and West Indies reached the finals where West Indies won the best of 3-finals series by 2-1.

Desmond Haynes Desmond Leo Haynes (born 15 February 1956) is a former Barbadian cricketer and cricket coach who played for the West Indies cricket team between 1978 and 1994. Haynes favoured a more measured approach to batting and scored 7,487 runs in 116 Te ...

topped the batting list in the tournament with 513 runs (11 innings) at an average of 51.30, While

Curtly Ambrose Sir Curtly Elconn Lynwall Ambrose KCN (born 21 September 1963) is an Antiguan former cricketer who played 98 Test matches for the West Indies. Widely acknowledged as one of the greatest fast bowlers of all time, he took 405 Test wickets at a ...

topped the bowling list with 21 wickets (10 innings) at an average of 15.90

Notes

References

External sources

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