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Australia v West Indies @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
15 December 1988
Toss: West Indies (bat)
Umpires: RC Bailhache, CD Timmins
Match Result: West Indies won by 34 runs
1st Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gordon Greenidge | c David Boon b Peter Taylor | 57 | 69 | 91 | 9 | - |
| 2. Desmond Haynes | c Terry Alderman b Craig McDermott | 8 | 28 | 39 | 1 | - |
| 3. Richie Richardson | b Craig McDermott | 5 | 7 | 10 | 1 | - |
| 4. Gus Logie | c & b Allan Border | 44 | 67 | 100 | 4 | - |
| *5. Sir Viv Richards | c Ian Healy b Steve Waugh | 58 | 74 | 82 | 4 | - |
| 6. Carl Hooper | c David Boon b Steve Waugh | 17 | 22 | 34 | - | - |
| +7. Jeff Dujon | c Ian Healy b Steve Waugh | 3 | 7 | 7 | - | - |
| 8. Malcolm Marshall | c Ian Healy b Craig McDermott | 19 | 19 | 24 | 3 | - |
| 9. Winston Benjamin | lbw b Craig McDermott | 0 | 1 | 2 | - | - |
| 10. Curtly Ambrose | not out | 12 | 9 | 20 | 1 | - |
| 11. Courtney Walsh | run out | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-33 (Desmond Haynes), 2-45 (Sir Viv Richards), 3-89 (Gordon Greenidge), 4-162 (Gus Logie), 6-202 (Jeff Dujon), 7-203 (Carl Hooper), 8-203 (Winston Benjamin), 9-235 (Malcolm Marshall), 236 (Courtney Walsh). |
| Extras | 0b, 5lb, 5w, 2nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 49.2 ovs) 236 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Terry Alderman | 7 | 1 | 22 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Merv Hughes | 8 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Craig McDermott | 9.2 | 2 | 38 | 4 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 0 | 57 | 3 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 10 | 0 | 52 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 5 | 0 | 23 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | c Carl Hooper b Curtly Ambrose | 6 | 39 | 40 | 1 | - |
| 2. David Boon | c Jeff Dujon b Winston Benjamin | 20 | 43 | 72 | 2 | - |
| 3. Dean Jones | lbw b Sir Viv Richards | 43 | 68 | 82 | 3 | - |
| 4. Steve Waugh | run out | 54 | 67 | 92 | 2 | - |
| 5. Mark Waugh | b Curtly Ambrose | 32 | 37 | 62 | - | - |
| *6. Allan Border | run out | 12 | 11 | 10 | 2 | - |
| +7. Ian Healy | c Curtly Ambrose b Winston Benjamin | 3 | 3 | 4 | - | - |
| 8. Peter Taylor | b Curtly Ambrose | 4 | 14 | 21 | - | - |
| 9. Craig McDermott | c Jeff Dujon b Curtly Ambrose | 2 | 6 | 9 | - | - |
| 10. Merv Hughes | not out | 4 | 6 | 8 | - | - |
| 11. Terry Alderman | b Curtly Ambrose | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-25 (Geoff Marsh), 2-53 (David Boon), 3-110 (Dean Jones), 4-168 (Steve Waugh), 5-184 (Allan Border), 6-190 (Ian Healy), 7-192 (Mark Waugh), 8-197 (Craig McDermott), 9-202 (Peter Taylor), 202 (Terry Alderman). |
| Extras | 4b, 7lb, 10w, 1nb, 0pen) 22 |
| Total | (for 10 wickets, 47.2 ovs) 202 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Malcolm Marshall | 10 | 0 | 39 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Curtly Ambrose | 8.2 | 1 | 17 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Courtney Walsh | 10 | 0 | 45 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Winston Benjamin | 9 | 0 | 35 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Viv Richards | 10 | 0 | 55 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Dean Jones, Steve Waugh, Mark Waugh, Allan Border, Ian Healy, Peter Taylor, Craig McDermott, Merv Hughes, Terry Alderman