Test Cricket Tours West Indies to Australia 1988-89

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Tour of Australia 1988-89 Captain: Vivian Richards

33rd official Test tour

Ninth Test-playing tour of Australia by West Indies

(October 1988 - February 1989)

Other West Indies tours

Previous tour

England 1988

Next tour

Pakistan 1990-91

Next Australia tour

1992-93

Members of the Test tour party

(16)

Opening batsmen: Gordon Greenidge, Desmond Haynes

Middle-order batsmen: Keith Arthurton, Carl Hooper, Viv Richards, Richie Richardson, Gus Logie,

Wicket-keepers: Jeffrey Dujon, David Williams

Spin bowler: Roger Harper

Fast bowlers: Curtly Ambrose, Winston Benjamin, Ian Bishop, Malcolm Marshall, Patrick Patterson, Courtney Walsh

C E L Ambrose	L	24	RF

K L T Arthurton	L	23	RHB

W K Benjamin	L	23	RF

I R Bishop	T	19	RF

P J L Dujon	J	32	WK

C G Greenidge	B	37	RHB opener

R A Harper	G	25	OB

D L Haynes	B	32	RHB opener

C L Hooper	G	21	RHB

A L Logie	T	27	LHB

M D Marshall	B	30	RF

B P Patterson	J	26	RF

I V A Richards	L	36	RHB captain

R B Richardson	L	26	RHB

C A Walsh	J	25	RF

D A Williams	T	24	second WK

Regional representation:

B - Barbados (3)

G - Guyana (2)

J - Jamaica (3)

L - Leeward Islands (5)

T - Trinidad & Tobago (3)

Average age of team at time of first Test match

(18 November 1988): 27 yrs 4 months

ODI C Member of the Champions Trophy squad BH Member of the B & H Series squad

Test Appearances made before the tour

Richards 99, Greenidge 87, Haynes 76, Marshall 58, Dujon 55, Richardson 36, Logie 28, Harper 23, Walsh 25, Patterson 13, Hooper 11, Ambrose 8, Benjamin 7, Arthurton 1, Bishop 0, Williams 0.

Team Officials

Clive Lloyd	Manager
Tony King	Assistant manager
	Physiotherapist

Selectors

Jackie Hendriks (chairman), Joey Carew, David Holford

Selection

Unavailable:

Tour Party Announced : 6 September 1988.

Not selected :

Travel

The team flew from ……… to Sharjah to compete in the Champions trophy

On 23 October they flew from Sharjah to Perth arriving on 24 October.

On-tour selection panel

Viv Richards (captain), Gordon Greenidge (vice-captain), Clive Lloyd (manager)

Reinforcements

Fixtures/Results

§ Sharjah	India (Champions Trophy)	Lost
§ Sharjah	Pakistan (Champions Trophy)	Lost
§ Sharjah	India (Champions Trophy)	Won
§ Sharjah	Pakistan (Champions Trophy)	Won

† Perth	Western Australia	Lost
Perth	Western Australia	Lost
Adelaide	South Australia	Won
Sydney	New South Wales	Drawn
BRISBANE	AUSTRALIA First Test	WON
Melbourne	Victoria	Drawn
PERTH	AUSTRALIA Second Test	WON
† Canberra	Prime Minister's XI	Abandoned
§ Adelaide	Pakistan (1st ODI)	Won
§ Sydney	Australia ( ODI)	Won
§ Melbourne	Australia ( ODI)	Won
§ Hobart	Pakistan (4th ODI)	Won
Hobart	Tasmania	Drawn
MELBOURNE	AUSTRALIA Third Test	WON
§ Perth	Pakistan (5th ODI)	Won
§ Melbourne	Australia ( ODI)	Lost
§ Brisbane	Pakistan (7th ODI)	Lost
§ Sydney	Australia ( ODI)	Lost
§ Melbourne	Australia ( ODI)	Lost
§ Sydney	Australia ( ODI)	Won
§ Sydney	Australia ( ODI)	Won
Brisbane	Queensland	Drawn
SYDNEY	AUSTRALIA Fourth Test	LOST
ADELAIDE	AUSTRALIA Fifth Test	DRAWN

§ ODI:

† not first-class

Test appearances on tour

5 - Ambrose, Dujon, Greenidge, Haynes, Hooper, Logie, Marshall, Richards, Richardson, Walsh

4 - Patterson

1 - Harper,

0 - Arthurton, Benjamin, Bishop, Williams.

Highlights

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Tour Summary

	P	W	L	D	Aban
Test Matches	5	3	1	1	0
Other first-class matches	6	1	1	4	0
Minor matches	2	0	1	0	1
Champions Trophy	4	2	2	0	0
One-day internationals	11	7	4	0	0
All Matches	28	13	9	5	1

Return to West Indies

Departed Sydney on Thursday 9 February 1989 and flew via London.