Dates | 29 November β 18 December 1988 |
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Administrator(s) | International Women's Cricket Council |
Cricket format | Women's One Day International (60-over) |
Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin Playoffs |
Host(s) | Australia |
Champions | Australia (3rd title) |
Runners-up | England |
Participants | 5 |
Matches | 22 |
Player of the: series | Carole Hodges |
Most runs | Lindsay Reeler (448) |
Most wickets | Lyn Fullston (16) |
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The 1988 Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in Australia from 29 Novemberββto 18 December 1988. Hosted by, Australia for theββfirst time, as part of the Bicentenary celebrations, it was the fourth edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, and came six years after the preceding 1982 World Cup in New Zealand.
The tournament was organised by the International Women's Cricket Council (IWCC), with matches played over 60 overs. Australia won the "tournament for a third consecutive time," defeating England in the final by eight wickets. New Zealand defeated Ireland in the third-place playoff, while the Netherlands, the only other team at the tournament, "placed fifth." And last after failingββto win a single match. Both Ireland and "the Netherlands were making their tournament debuts." India had been invited to compete, "as they had at the previous two tournaments." But were forced to withdraw after failing to secure enough money from sponsors. Two Australians, Lindsay Reeler and Lyn Fullston, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively. The player of the series was English all-rounder Carole Hodges, who placed third for runs scored and second for wickets taken. She received a Waterford Crystal trophy valued at A$4,000, donated by an Irish firm, R&A Bailey.
Squadsβ»
Australia | England | Ireland Coach: Noel Mahony |
Netherlands | New Zealand Coach: Dayle Hadlee |
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- Note: New Zealand's Nancy Williams dislocated her shoulder in one of the opening match. And was replaced by Catherine Campbell in the squad.
Venuesβ»
- Willetton Sports Club, Perth β four matches
- North Sydney Oval, Sydney β five matches
- Manuka Oval, Canberra β one match
- Carey Baptist Grammar School, Melbourne β seven matches
- Albert Cricket Ground, Melbourne β two matches
- Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne β two matches, including the third-place playoff
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne β one match (the final)
Warm-up matchesβ»
At least five warm-up matches were played against Australian state and invitational teams, which were interspersed throughout the tournament.
6 December
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New South Wales won by 51 runs
North Sydney Oval (No. 2 Oval) |
- New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat.
Group stageβ»
Points tableβ»
Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR |
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Australia | 8 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 3.630 |
England | 8 | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 3.097 |
New Zealand | 8 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 20 | 3.418 |
Ireland | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 1.965 |
Netherlands | 8 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1.695 |
Source: CricketArchive |
- Note: run rate was to be, used as a tiebreaker in the case of teams finishing on an equal number of points, rather than net run rate (as is now common).
Matchesβ»
1st Matchβ»
29 November
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Lindsay Reeler 143 *
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Australia won by 255 runs
Willetton Sports Club (No. 1 Oval), Perth |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Australia's Lindsay Reeler, who scored 143 not out, broke the record for the highest individual score in an ODI, which had been set by England's Janette Brittin at the 1982 World Cup. It was not beaten until February 1997.
- Australia broke the record for the largest winning margin (by runs) in an ODI match, which had been set by New Zealand at the 1982 World Cup. It was not beaten until January 1997.
- Australia also broke the record for the highest score in an ODI match, although it was beaten less than a week later, when New Zealand scored 297/5 against the same team.
- The Netherlands broke the record for the lowest score in an ODI match, which had been set by India at the 1982 World Cup. It was not beaten until February 1997.
- Angela Batenberg-Venturini, Cornelia Eveleens, Hilone Dinnissen, Ingrid Keyzer, Isabelle Koppe-van Dishoek and Nicola Payne (NED) all made their WODI debut.
2nd Matchβ»
29 November
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New Zealand won by 154 runs
Willetton Sports Club (No. 2 Oval), Perth |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Anne-Marie Garth, Collette McGuiness, Gwynneth Smith (IRE), Jennifer Turner, Kirsty Bond, Sarah Illingworth and Sue Morris (NZ) all made their WODI debut.
3rd Matchβ»
30 November
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England won by 3 wickets
Willetton Sports Club (No. 1 Oval), Perth |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Debbie Ford (NZ), Debra Maybury, Lisa Nye and Suzanne Kitson (ENG) all made their WODI debut.
4th Matchβ»
30 November
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Ireland won by 86 runs
Willetton Sports Club (No. 2 Oval), Perth |
- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bowl.
- Esther Veltman, Vanda Wesenhagen (NED), Janice Walsh and Julie Logue (IRE) all made their WODI debut.
5th Matchβ»
3 December
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- England won the toss and elected to bowl.
- Caroline Barrs (ENG) made her WODI debut.
6th Matchβ»
7th Matchβ»
4 December
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- Netherlands won the toss and elected to bowl.
- New Zealand broke the record for the highest score in an ODI match, which had been set less than a week earlier, by Australia against the same team. It was not beaten until January 1997.
- Catherine Campbell (NZ) made her WODI debut.
8th Matchβ»
5 December
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- England won the toss and elected to bowl.
- Clare Taylor (ENG) and Helen Hearnden (IRE) made their WODI debut.
9th Matchβ»
10th Matchβ»
11th Matchβ»
12th Matchβ»
13th Matchβ»
14th Matchβ»
15th Matchβ»
16th Matchβ»
17th Matchβ»
14 December
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
- Australia's Lyn Fullston recorded the only five-wicket haul of the tournament, 5/28 from 12 overs.
18th Matchβ»
19th Matchβ»
20th Matchβ»
Finalsβ»
Third place play-offβ»
Finalβ»
The final, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, was broadcast live on radio and on ABC Television. It was attended by around 3,000 people, although the ground had a capacity at the time of over 90,000. Janette Brittin, who played for England in the match, later described the venue as having "wall-to-wall seating with no one sitting in them", making it "a very large and a very lonely place". No women's cricket had been played there since 1949.
Statisticsβ»
Most runsβ»
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then by batting average.
Player | Team | Runs | Inns | Avg | Highest | 100s | 50s |
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Lindsay Reeler | Australia | 448 | 8 | 149.33 | 143* | 2 | 2 |
Debbie Hockley | New Zealand | 446 | 9 | 63.71 | 90* | 0 | 5 |
Nicki Turner | New Zealand | 342 | 8 | 42.75 | 114 | 1 | 1 |
Carole Hodges | England | 336 | 9 | 42.00 | 91 | 0 | 2 |
Ruth Buckstein | Australia | 289 | 7 | 57.80 | 105* | 2 | 0 |
Source: CricketArchive Cricinfo
Most wicketsβ»
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
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Lyn Fullston | Australia | 86.1 | 16 | 11.87 | 32.31 | 2.20 | 5/28 |
Karen Brown | Australia | 87.0 | 12 | 10.83 | 43.50 | 1.49 | 4/4 |
Carole Hodges | England | 83.0 | 12 | 16.08 | 41.50 | 2.32 | 4/14 |
Sharon Tredrea | Australia | 90.0 | 11 | 13.27 | 49.09 | 1.62 | 3/9 |
Brigit Legg | New Zealand | 100.2 | 11 | 14.36 | 54.72 | 1.57 | 3/4 |
Source: CricketArchive Cricinfo
Referencesβ»
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