1988 Women's Cricket World Cup
The 1988 Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in Australia from 29 November to 18 December 1988. Hosted by Australia for the first time, as part of the Bicentenary celebrations, it was the fourth edition of the Women's Cricket World Cup, and came over six years after the preceding 1982 World Cup in New Zealand.
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| Dates | 29 November – 18 December 1988 |
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| Administrator(s) | IWCC |
| Cricket format | ODI (60-over) |
| Tournament format(s) | Double round-robin Playoffs |
| Host(s) | .svg.png.webp){kind=small} Australia |
| Champions | Australia (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  England |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches played | 22 |
| Player of the series | Carole Hodges |
| Most runs | Lindsay Reeler (448) |
| Most wickets | Lyn Fullston (16) |
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 failing to win a single match. Both Ireland and the Netherlands were making their tournament debuts. India had been invited to compete, as it had at the previous two tournaments, but were forced to withdraw after failing to secure enough money from sponsors.[1] Two Australians, Lindsay Reeler and Lyn Fullston, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.[2][3] The player of the series was English all-rounder Carole Hodges, who placed third for runs scored and second for wickets taken.[4] She received a Waterford Crystal trophy valued at A$4,000, donated by an Irish firm, R&A Bailey.[5]
Squads
| Australia[6] |
England[7] |
 Ireland[8]Coach: Noel Mahony |
 Netherlands[9] |
 New Zealand[10]Coach: Dayle Hadlee[11] |
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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.[12]
Venues
- Willetton Sports Club, Perth – four matches
- North Sydney Oval, Sydney – five matches
- Manuka Oval, Canberra – one match
- Carey Baptist Grammar School, Melbourne – seven matches
- Albert Cricket Ground, Melbourne – two matches
- Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne – two matches, including the third-place playoff
- Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne – one match (the final)
Warm-up matches
At least five warm-up matches were played against Australian state and invitational teams, which were interspersed throughout the tournament.[13]
13 December Scorecard |
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- VWCA President's XI won the toss and elected to bat.
Group stage
Points table
| 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 |
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- 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).[14]
Matches
29 November Scorecard |
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- 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.[15]
- 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.[16]
- 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.[17]
- 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.[18]
4 December Scorecard |
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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.[17]
11 December Scorecard |
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- Australia lost its only match of the tournament.
14 December Scorecard |
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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.[19]
Finals
Third place play-off
Final
The final, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, was broadcast live on radio and on ABC Television.[20] It was attended by around 3,000 people, although the ground had a capacity at the time of over 90,000.[21] 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".[22] No women's cricket had been played there since 1949.[21]
Statistics
Most runs
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
Most wickets
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
References
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- Carole Hodges with the Player of the Series Award – Women's Cricket History. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- Heather Smith. "Irish postie poses problem" – The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 December 1988.
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- Batting and fielding for Netherlands women, Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- Batting and fielding for New Zealand women, Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/1988-womens-cricket-world-cup/
- "Kiwis confident of shock result" – The Canberra Times, 7 December 1988.
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- Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in an innings (progressive record holder) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Largest margin of victory (by runs) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
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- Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Lowest innings totals – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 – four wickets in an innings – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.
- "Australia's top bat sends them reeling" – The Canberra Times, 15 December 1988.
- "Women's Cricket, World Cup 1988-89". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack (1990 ed.). Wisden. pp. 1138–1141. ISBN 0-947766-14-6.
- Nishi Narayanan (8 March 2009). "Like watching paint dry" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015.