1988 Women's Cricket World Cup

June 2026 August 2015 1988 Women's World Cup 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup logo.png 29 November 18 December 1988 International Women's Cricket Council Women's One Day International (60-over) Double round-robinPlayoffs Australia Australia 3 England 5 22 ENG Carole Hodges AUS Lindsay Reeler (448) AUS Lyn Fullston (16) 1982 1982 Women's Cricket World Cup 1993 1993 Women's Cricket World Cup The 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup, also known as 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 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 failing to 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.Mary Boson. "A worldly ambition for the world's best" – The Sydney Morning Herald, 26 October 1988. Two Australians, Lindsay Reeler and Lyn Fullston, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.Batting at Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.Bowling at Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015. The player of the series was English all-rounder Carole Hodges, who placed third for runs scored and second for wickets taken.Carole Hodges with the Player of the Series Award – Women's Cricket History. Retrieved 29 August 2015. She received a Waterford Crystal trophy valued at A$4,000, donated by an Irish firm, R&A Bailey.Heather Smith. "Irish postie poses problem" – The Sydney Morning Herald, 5 December 1988. Squads AUSBatting and fielding for Australia women, Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015. ENGBatting and fielding for England women, Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015. IREBatting and fielding for Ireland women, Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.Coach: Noel Mahony NEDBatting and fielding for Netherlands women, Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015. NZLBatting and fielding for New Zealand women, Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.Coach: Dayle Hadlee http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/1988-womens-cricket-world-cup/ The 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup 23 May 2017 2 April 2020 7 April 2020 https://web.archive.org/web/20200407144759/http://nzcricketmuseum.co.nz/1988-womens-cricket-world-cup/ dead Lyn Larsen (c) Denise Annetts Karen Brown Ruth Buckstein Lyn Fullston Zoe Goss Sally Griffiths Belinda Haggett Sharlene Heywood Lee-Anne Hunter Christina Matthews Lindsay Reeler Kerry Saunders Sharon Tredrea Jane Powell (c) Caroline Barrs Janette Brittin Jo Chamberlain Carole Hodges Suzie Kitson Patsy Lovell Debra Maybury Lisa Nye Gillian Smith Karen Smithies Clare Taylor Janet Tedstone Wendy Watson Mary-Pat Moore (c) Donna Armstrong Susan Bray Grainne Clancy Helen Hearnden Julie Logue Anne-Marie McDonald Collette McGuinness Anne Murray Elizabeth Owens Stella Owens Sonia Reamsbottom Gwynneth Smith Janice Walsh Anita van Lier (c) Hilone Dinnissen Cornelia Eveleens Chantal Grevers Ingrid Keijzer Dorine Loman Nicola Payne Irene Schoof Isabelle van Dishoeck Babette van Teunenbroek Esther Veltman Angela Venturini Liesbeth Vernout Vanda Wesenhagen Lesley Murdoch (c) Kirsty Bond Catherine Campbell* Jackie Clark Debbie Ford Karen Gunn Debbie Hockley Sarah Illingworth Ingrid Jagersma Brigit Legg Sue Morris Jennifer Turner Nicki Turner Nancy Williams* Note: New Zealand's Nancy Williams dislocated her shoulder in one of the opening match, and was replaced by Catherine Campbell in the squad."Kiwis confident of shock result" – The Canberra Times, 7 December 1988. Venues Australia 400 center Seven venues hosted matches at the 1988 Women's World Cup: 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) Australia 31 57 S 115 51 E left Perth 80 Australia 33 50 S 151 12 E left Sydney 80 Australia 35 19 S 149 8 E left Canberra 80 Australia 37 49 S 144 59 E left Melbourne 80 Warm-up matches At least five warm-up matches were played against Australian state and invitational teams, which were interspersed throughout the tournament.Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015. Warm-up matches background:lightblue; 6 December New South Wales New South Wales 215/9 (60 overs) IRE 164 (? overs) New South Wales won by 51 runs Scorecard North Sydney Oval (No. 2 Oval) New South Wales won the toss and elected to bat. 9 December ENG 115 (? overs) Victoria Victoria 96 (? overs) England won by 19 runs Scorecard Carey Baptist Grammar School (No. 2 Oval), Melbourne Victoria won the toss and elected to bowl. 13 December AUS 203/6 (60 overs) Victoria Victoria 118/8 (60 overs) Australia won by 85 runs Scorecard Carey Baptist Grammar School (No. 3 Oval), Melbourne Victoria won the toss and elected to bowl. 13 December Victoria Under-21s Victoria 236/6 (60 overs) IRE ? Victoria Under-21s won by an unknown margin Scorecard Carey Baptist Grammar School (No. 3 Oval), Melbourne Victoria Under-21s won the toss and elected to bat. 13 December VWCA President's XI Victoria 81 (? overs) NZL 82/2 (? overs) New Zealand won by 8 wickets Scorecard Carey Baptist Grammar School (No. 3 Oval), Melbourne VWCA President's XI won the toss and elected to bat. Group stage Points table Team Pld Matches played W Won – 4 points L Lost – 0 points T Tied – 2 points NR No result – 2 points Pts Points RR Run rateAUS 8 7 1 0 0 28 3.630ENG 8 6 2 0 0 24 3.097NZL 8 5 3 0 0 20 3.418IRE 8 2 6 0 0 8 1.965NED 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).Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015. Matches 1st Match 29 November AUS 284/1 (60 overs) Lindsay Reeler 143 * NED 29 (25.1 overs) Anita van Lier 12 Karen Brown 4/4 (8 overs) Australia won by 255 runs Scorecard 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.Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Most runs in an innings (progressive record holder) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015. 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.Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Largest margin of victory (by runs) – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015. 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.Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Highest innings totals – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015. 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.Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Lowest innings totals – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015. Angela Batenberg-Venturini, Cornelia Eveleens, Hilone Dinnissen, Ingrid Keyzer, Isabelle Koppe-van Dishoek and Nicola Payne (NED) all made their WODI debut. 2nd Match 29 November NZL 232/4 (60 overs) Debbie Hockley 78 Mary-Pat Moore 2/24 (10 overs) IRE 78/9 (60 overs) Stella Owens 23 Jennifer Turner 2/12 (9 overs) New Zealand won by 154 runs Scorecard 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 Match 30 November NZL 186 (59.3 overs) Debbie Hockley 81 Janette Brittin 3/16 (6.3 overs) ENG 187/7 (58.2 overs) Jo Chamberlain 47* Karen Gunn 2/26 (12 overs) England won by 3 wickets Scorecard 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 Match 30 November IRE 196/5 (60 overs) Stella Owens 66 Esther Veltman 2/32 (12 overs) NED 110/7 (60 overs) Vanda Wesenhagen 41* Stella Owens 2/8 (7 overs) Ireland won by 86 runs Scorecard 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 Match 3 December AUS 210 (60 overs) Sharon Tredrea 69 Janet Tedstone 3/30 (12 overs) Caroline Barrs 3/30 (8 overs) ENG 84/8 (60 overs) Jane Powell 36* Karen Brown 2/11 (12 overs) Australia won by 126 runs Scorecard North Sydney Oval, Sydney England won the toss and elected to bowl. Caroline Barrs (ENG) made her WODI debut. 6th Match 4 December IRE 78/8 (60 overs) Mary-Pat Moore 28 Karen Brown 3/5 (12 overs) AUS 81/0 (20.4 overs) Lindsay Reeler 41* Australia won by 10 wickets Scorecard North Sydney Oval, Sydney Australia won the toss and elected to bowl. 7th Match 4 December NZL 297/5 (60 overs) Nicki Turner 114 Angela Batenberg-Venturini 2/59 (12 overs) NED 87 (51 overs) Anita van Lier 36 Catherine Campbell 3/27 (12 overs) New Zealand won by 210 runs Scorecard North Sydney Oval (No. 2 Oval), Sydney 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.Records / Women's One-Day Internationals / Team records / Highest innings totals – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015. Catherine Campbell (NZ) made her WODI debut. 8th Match 5 December IRE 126 (57.5 overs) Anne Murray 58 Caroline Barrs 4/23 (11.5 overs) ENG 127/3 (43.3 overs) Carole Hodges 43 Anne-Marie Garth 1/22 (9 overs) Elizabeth Owens 1/22 (12 overs) England won by 7 wickets Scorecard North Sydney Oval, Sydney England won the toss and elected to bowl. Clare Taylor (ENG) and Helen Hearnden (IRE) made their WODI debut. 9th Match 6 December NED 97 (60 overs) Anita van Lier 27 Carole Hodges 4/14 (10 overs) ENG 98/1 (29.3 overs) Janette Brittin 48 * Ingrid Keyzer 1/11 (8 overs) England won by 9 wickets Scorecard North Sydney Oval, Sydney England won the toss and elected to bowl. 10th Match 7 December AUS 167/9 (60 overs) Denise Annetts 41 Brigit Legg 2/21 (12 overs) NZL 121/8 (60 overs) Jackie Clark 38 Sharon Tredrea 3/20 (12 overs) Australia won by 46 runs Scorecard Manuka Oval, Canberra New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl. 11th Match 9 December NED 143 (60 overs) Anita van Lier 46 Stella Owens 3/31 (12 overs) IRE 144/5 (56.4 overs) Anne Murray 44 Dorine Loman 2/20 (9 overs) Ireland won by 5 wickets Scorecard Carey Baptist Grammar School (No. 1 Oval), Melbourne Ireland won the toss and elected to bowl. 12th Match 10 December AUS 211/3 (60 overs) Lindsay Reeler 108* Jennifer Turner 2/35 (9 overs) NZL 136/6 (60 overs) Lesley Murdoch 37 Sharon Tredrea 1/20 (10 overs) Australia won by 75 runs Scorecard Albert Cricket Ground, Melbourne Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 13th Match 11 December ENG 167/8 (60 overs) Carole Hodges 62 Zoe Goss 2/34 (12 overs) AUS 152 (57.4 overs) Sharon Tredrea 46 Karen Smithies 2/13 (6 overs) England won by 15 runs Scorecard Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne England won the toss and elected to bat. 14th Match 11 December NZL 217/6 (60 overs) Jackie Clark 76 Elizabeth Owens 2/51 (12 overs) IRE 106/8 (60 overs) Anne Murray 20 Mary-Pat Moore 20 Kirsty Bond 2/5 (6 overs) New Zealand won by 111 runs Scorecard Albert Cricket Ground, Melbourne Ireland won the toss and elected to bat. 15th Match 13 December IRE 109/9 (60 overs) Anne Murray 25 Carole Hodges 3/19 (12 overs) ENG 110/0 (25.3 overs) Wendy Watson 63 * England won by 10 wickets Scorecard Carey Baptist Grammar School (No. 1 Oval), Melbourne England won the toss and elected to bowl. 16th Match 13 December NZL 255/2 (60 overs) Nicki Turner 95 Ingrid Keyzer 1/35 (12 overs) NED 78 (59.1 overs) Liesbeth Vernout 33 Brigit Legg 3/4 (12 overs) New Zealand won by 177 runs Scorecard Carey Baptist Grammar School (No. 2 Oval), Melbourne New Zealand won the toss and elected to bowl. 17th Match 14 December AUS 258/4 (60 overs) Ruth Buckstein 105 * Liesbeth Vernout 1/25 (8 overs) NED 85 (53.3 overs) Anita van Lier 16 Lyn Fullston 5/28 (12 overs) Australia won by 173 runs Scorecard Carey Baptist Grammar School (No. 2 Oval), Melbourne 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.Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 – four wickets in an innings – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015. 18th Match 14 December ENG 177 (59.4 overs) Wendy Watson 44 Debbie Hockley 1/11 (3.4 overs) NZL 178/5 (55 overs) Debbie Hockley 50 * Patsy Lovell 1/25 (12 overs) New Zealand won by 5 wickets Scorecard Carey Baptist Grammar School (No. 1 Oval), Melbourne England won the toss and elected to bat. 19th Match 16 December IRE 88 (56.2 overs) Sonia Reamsbottom 14 Lyn Fullston 4/21 (12 overs) AUS 89/0 (21.4 overs) Lindsay Reeler 63 * Australia won by 10 wickets Scorecard Carey Baptist Grammar School (No. 1 Oval), Melbourne Ireland won the toss and elected to bat. 20th Match 16 December ENG 278/3 (60 overs) Carole Hodges 91 Esther Veltman 1/42 (8 overs) NED 98/9 (60 overs) Hilone Dinnissen 46 Patsy Lovell 3/15 (10 overs) England won by 180 runs Scorecard Carey Baptist Grammar School (No. 2 Oval), Melbourne Netherlands won the toss and elected to bowl. Finals Third place play-off 17 December NZL 208/6 (60 overs) Karen Gunn 46* Mary-Pat Moore 1/10 (6 overs) IRE 138/7 (60 overs) Mary-Pat Moore 54* Brigit Legg 2/14 (12 overs) New Zealand won by 70 runs Scorecard Richmond Cricket Ground, Melbourne New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. Final 1988 Women's Cricket World Cup Final The final, held at the Melbourne Cricket Ground, was broadcast live on radio and on ABC Television."Australia's top bat sends them reeling" – The Canberra Times, 15 December 1988. It was attended by around 3,000 people, although the ground had a capacity at the time of over 90,000. Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1990 Women's Cricket, World Cup 1988-89 1990 Wisden 0-947766-14-6 1138–1141 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".Nishi Narayanan (8 March 2009). "Like watching paint dry" – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 August 2015. No women's cricket had been played there since 1949. 18 December ENG 127/7 (60 overs) Janette Brittin 46* (108) Lyn Larsen 2/22 (12 overs) AUS 129/2 (44.5 overs) Lindsay Reeler 59* (147) Jo Chamberlain 1/23 (8 overs) Australia won by 8 wickets Scorecard Melbourne Cricket Ground Robin Bailhache and Len King England won the toss and elected to bat. 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 Lindsay Reeler AUS 448 8 149.33 143* 2 2 Debbie Hockley NZ 446 9 63.71 90* 0 5 Nicki Turner NZ 342 8 42.75 114 1 1 Carole Hodges ENG 336 9 42.00 91 0 2 Ruth Buckstein AUS 289 7 57.80 105* 2 0 Source: CricketArchive Cricinfo 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 Lyn Fullston AUS 86.1 16 11.87 32.31 2.20 5/28 Karen Brown AUS 87.0 12 10.83 43.50 1.49 4/4 Carole Hodges ENG 83.0 12 16.08 41.50 2.32 4/14 Sharon Tredrea AUS 90.0 11 13.27 49.09 1.62 3/9 Brigit Legg NZL 100.2 11 14.36 54.72 1.57 3/4 Source: CricketArchive Cricinfo References Category:1988 in women's cricket 1988 Category:1988 in Australian cricket World Cup 1988 Category:November 1988 sports events in Australia Category:December 1988 sports events in Australia Category:Australian bicentennial commemorations