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Australia v West Indies @ Melbourne Cricket Ground
14 January 1989
Toss: Australia (bat)
Umpires: LJ King, SG Randell
Match Result: Australia won by 2 runs
1st Innings
Australia
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Geoff Marsh | lbw b Curtly Ambrose | 18 | 46 | 50 | 2 | - |
| 2. David Boon | c Jeff Dujon b Curtly Ambrose | 0 | 9 | 22 | - | - |
| 3. Graeme Wood | c Gus Logie b Malcolm Marshall | 6 | 11 | 15 | - | - |
| *4. Allan Border | c Gordon Greenidge b Curtly Ambrose | 78 | 103 | 131 | 6 | 1 |
| 5. Dean Jones | c Gus Logie b Courtney Walsh | 36 | 75 | 89 | - | - |
| 6. Steve Waugh | c & b Curtly Ambrose | 33 | 38 | 50 | 3 | - |
| 7. Simon O'Donnell | b Malcolm Marshall | 10 | 16 | 23 | - | - |
| +8. Ian Healy | not out | 3 | 3 | 11 | - | - |
| 9. Peter Taylor | run out | 0 | 5 | 3 | - | - |
| 10. Merv Hughes | lbw b Curtly Ambrose | 0 | 2 | 5 | - | - |
| 11. Terry Alderman |
| FOW | 1-15 (David Boon), 2-26 (Graeme Wood), 3-34 (Geoff Marsh), 4-133 (Dean Jones), 5-176 (Allan Border), 6-200 (Steve Waugh), 7-202 (Simon O'Donnell), 8-202 (Peter Taylor), 9-204 (Merv Hughes). |
| Extras | 0b, 9lb, 6w, 5nb, 0pen) 20 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 204 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Malcolm Marshall | 9 | 1 | 31 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Curtly Ambrose | 10 | 2 | 26 | 5 | (0w,0nb) |
| Ian Bishop | 10 | 0 | 37 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Courtney Walsh | 10 | 0 | 45 | 1 | (0w,0nb) |
| Sir Viv Richards | 10 | 0 | 48 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Carl Hooper | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
2nd Innings
West Indies
| Runs | Balls | Mins | 4s | 6s | ||
| 1. Gordon Greenidge | c Ian Healy b Merv Hughes | 5 | 12 | 23 | 1 | - |
| 2. Desmond Haynes | lbw b Merv Hughes | 6 | 19 | 32 | - | - |
| 3. Richie Richardson | c Ian Healy b Simon O'Donnell | 24 | 49 | 75 | 2 | - |
| 4. Gus Logie | lbw b Terry Alderman | 4 | 8 | 12 | 1 | - |
| *5. Sir Viv Richards | c Allan Border b Terry Alderman | 14 | 20 | 20 | 2 | - |
| 6. Carl Hooper | c Dean Jones b Peter Taylor | 33 | 44 | 52 | 2 | 1 |
| +7. Jeff Dujon | c Dean Jones b Peter Taylor | 27 | 43 | 56 | 1 | - |
| 8. Malcolm Marshall | run out | 18 | 21 | 14 | 2 | - |
| 9. Curtly Ambrose | b Simon O'Donnell | 23 | 36 | 63 | 2 | - |
| 10. Ian Bishop | not out | 33 | 40 | 47 | 2 | - |
| 11. Courtney Walsh | not out | 3 | 3 | 5 | - | - |
| FOW | 1-14 (Gordon Greenidge), 2-16 (Desmond Haynes), 3-23 (Gus Logie), 4-41 (Sir Viv Richards), 6-108 (Carl Hooper), 7-129 (Malcolm Marshall), 8-148 (Jeff Dujon), 9-196 (Curtly Ambrose). |
| Extras | 3b, 6lb, 3w, 0nb, 0pen) 12 |
| Total | (for 9 wickets, 50 ovs) 202 |
| Bowling | O | M | R | W | Extras |
| Terry Alderman | 10 | 2 | 29 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Merv Hughes | 10 | 1 | 34 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Simon O'Donnell | 7 | 0 | 36 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Steve Waugh | 10 | 0 | 43 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
| Peter Taylor | 10 | 2 | 35 | 2 | (0w,0nb) |
| Allan Border | 3 | 0 | 16 | 0 | (0w,0nb) |
Squads
Australia:
Geoff Marsh, David Boon, Graeme Wood, Allan Border, Dean Jones, Steve Waugh, Simon O'Donnell, Ian Healy, Peter Taylor, Merv Hughes, Terry Alderman