# International cricket in 1988–89

The 1988–89 international cricket season was from September 1988 to April 1989.

## Season overview

International tours :
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] | Results [Matches] |
| Start date | Home team | Away team | Test | ODI | FC | LA |
| 15 September 1988 | Pakistan | Australia | 1–0 [3] | 1–0 [1] | — | — |
| 12 November 1988 | India | New Zealand | 2–1 [3] | 4–0 [4] | — | — |
| 18 November 1988 | Australia | West Indies | 1–3 [5] | — | — | — |
| 3 February 1989 | New Zealand | Pakistan | 0–0 [2] | 4–1 [5] | — | — |
| 7 March 1989 | West Indies | India | 3–0 [4] | 5–0 [5] | — | — |
| International tournaments |||||||
| Start date | Tournament | Tournament | Tournament | Tournament | Winners | Winners |
| 16 October 1988 | 1988-89 Champions Trophy | 1988-89 Champions Trophy | 1988-89 Champions Trophy | 1988-89 Champions Trophy | West Indies | West Indies |
| 27 October 1988 | 1988 Asia Cup | 1988 Asia Cup | 1988 Asia Cup | 1988 Asia Cup | India | India |
| 10 December 1988 | 1988–89 Benson & Hedges World Series | 1988–89 Benson & Hedges World Series | 1988–89 Benson & Hedges World Series | 1988–89 Benson & Hedges World Series | West Indies | West Indies |
| 23 March 1990 | 1988-89 Sharjah Cup | 1988-89 Sharjah Cup | 1988-89 Sharjah Cup | 1988-89 Sharjah Cup | Pakistan | Pakistan |

## SepTember
### Australia in Pakistan

Test series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 1104 | 15–20 September | Javed Miandad | Allan Border | National Stadium, Karachi | Pakistan by an innings and 188 runs |
| Test 1105 | 23–28 September | Javed Miandad | Allan Border | Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad | Match drawn |
| Test 1106 | 7–11 October | Javed Miandad | Allan Border | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Match drawn |
| ODI series |||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI 521a | 30 September | Javed Miandad | Allan Border | Jinnah Stadium, Gujranwala | Match abandoned |
| ODI 521b | 14 October | Javed Miandad | Allan Border | National Stadium, Karachi | Match abandoned |
| ODI 522 | 14 October | Javed Miandad | Allan Border | Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore | Pakistan won. (lost fewer wickets) |

## October
### 1988-89 Champions Trophy

| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
| Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.4 | 8 |
| India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 4 |
| West Indies | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.3 | 0 |
Group stage :
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 523 | 16 October | India | Dilip Vengsarkar | West Indies | Gordon Greenidge | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | India by 23 runs |
| ODI 524 | 18 October | Pakistan | Javed Miandad | West Indies | Gordon Greenidge | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Pakistan by 84 runs |
| ODI 525 | 16 October | India | Dilip Vengsarkar | Pakistan | Javed Miandad | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Pakistan by 34 runs |
| Semi-Final |||||||||
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 526 | 21 October | India | Dilip Vengsarkar | West Indies | Gordon Greenidge | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | West Indies by 8 wickets |
| Final |||||||||
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 527 | 22 October | Pakistan | Javed Miandad | West Indies | Gordon Greenidge | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | West Indies by 11 runs |

### 1988 Asia Cup

| Teams | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 5.110 |
| India | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 4.491 |
| Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4.721 |
| Bangladesh | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.430 |
Group stage :
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 528 | 27 October | Pakistan | Javed Miandad | Sri Lanka | Ranjan Madugalle | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | Sri Lanka by 5 wickets |
| ODI 529 | 27 October | Bangladesh | Gazi Ashraf | India | Dilip Vengsarkar | MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong | India by 9 wickets |
| ODI 530 | 29 October | India | Dilip Vengsarkar | Sri Lanka | Arjuna Ranatunga | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | Sri Lanka by 17 runs |
| ODI 531 | 29 October | Bangladesh | Gazi Ashraf | Pakistan | Abdul Qadir | MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong | Pakistan by 173 runs |
| ODI 532 | 31 October | India | Dilip Vengsarkar | Pakistan | Abdul Qadir | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | India by 4 wickets |
| ODI 533 | 2 November | Bangladesh | Gazi Ashraf | Sri Lanka | Ravi Ratnayeke | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | Sri Lanka by 9 wickets |
| Final |||||||||
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 534 | 4 November | India | Dilip Vengsarkar | Sri Lanka | Arjuna Ranatunga | Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka | India by 6 wickets |

## November
### New Zealand in India

Test series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 1107 | 12–17 November | Dilip Vengsarkar | John Wright | M Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore | India by 172 runs |
| Test 1109 | 24–29 November | Dilip Vengsarkar | John Wright | Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai | New Zealand by 136 runs |
| Test 1111 | 2–6 December | Dilip Vengsarkar | John Wright | Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium, Hyderabad | India by 10 wickets |
| ODI series |||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI 536 | 10 December | Dilip Vengsarkar | John Wright | Indira Priyadarshini Stadium, Visakhapatnam | India by 4 wickets |
| ODI 538 | 12 December | Dilip Vengsarkar | John Wright | Barabati Stadium, Cuttack | India by 5 wickets |
| ODI 541 | 15 December | Dilip Vengsarkar | John Wright | Nehru Stadium, Indore | India by 53 runs |
| ODI 543 | 17 December | Dilip Vengsarkar | John Wright | Moti Bagh Stadium, Vadodara | India by 2 wickets |

### West Indies in Australia

Frank Worrell Trophy - Test series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 1108 | 18–21 November | Allan Border | Vivian Richards | The Gabba, Brisbane | West Indies by 9 wickets |
| Test 1110 | 2–6 December | Allan Border | Vivian Richards | WACA Ground, Perth | West Indies by 169 runs |
| Test 1112 | 24–29 December | Allan Border | Vivian Richards | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | West Indies by 285 runs |
| Test 1113 | 26–30 January | Allan Border | Vivian Richards | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Australia by 7 wickets |
| Test 1114 | 3–7 February | Allan Border | Vivian Richards | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Match drawn |

## December
### 1988–89 Benson & Hedges World Series

Group stage :
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 535 | 10 December | Pakistan | Imran Khan | West Indies | Vivian Richards | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | West Indies by 89 runs |
| ODI 537 | 11 December | Australia | Allan Border | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Adelaide Oval, Adelaide | Australia by 9 wickets |
| ODI 539 | 13 December | Australia | Allan Border | West Indies | Vivian Richards | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | West Indies by 1 run |
| ODI 540 | 15 December | Australia | Allan Border | West Indies | Vivian Richards | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | West Indies by 34 runs |
| ODI 542 | 17 December | Pakistan | Imran Khan | West Indies | Vivian Richards | Bellerive Oval, Hobart | West Indies by 17 runs |
| ODI 544 | 1 January | Pakistan | Imran Khan | West Indies | Vivian Richards | WACA Ground, Perth | West Indies by 7 wickets |
| ODI 545 | 2 January | Australia | Allan Border | Pakistan | Imran Khan | WACA Ground, Perth | Pakistan by 38 runs |
| ODI 546 | 5 January | Australia | Allan Border | West Indies | Vivian Richards | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia by 8 runs |
| ODI 547 | 7 January | Pakistan | Imran Khan | West Indies | Vivian Richards | The Gabba, Brisbane | Pakistan by 55 runs |
| ODI 548 | 8 January | Australia | Allan Border | Pakistan | Imran Khan | The Gabba, Brisbane | Australia by 5 Wickets |
| ODI 549 | 10 January | Australia | Allan Border | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia by 6 runs |
| ODI 550 | 12 January | Australia | Allan Border | West Indies | Vivian Richards | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | Australia by 61 runs |
| Finals |||||||||
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 551 | 14 January | Australia | Allan Border | West Indies | Vivian Richards | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne | Australia by 2 runs |
| ODI 552 | 16 January | Australia | Allan Border | West Indies | Vivian Richards | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | West Indies by 92 runs |
| ODI 553 | 18 January | Australia | Allan Border | West Indies | Vivian Richards | Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney | West Indies by 8 wickets |

## February
### Pakistan in New Zealand

Test series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 1113a | 3–7 February | John Wright | Imran Khan | Carisbrook, Dunedin | Match abandoned |
| Test 1115 | 10–14 February | John Wright | Imran Khan | Basin Reserve, Wellington | Match drawn |
| Test 1116 | 24–28 February | John Wright | Imran Khan | Eden Park, Auckland | Match drawn |
| Dunedin Test Replacement ODI Match |||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI 554 | 6 February | John Wright | Imran Khan | Carisbrook, Dunedin | New Zealand by 8 wickets |
| ODI series |||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI 555 | 4 March | John Wright | Imran Khan | AMI Stadium, Christchurch | New Zealand by 3 wickets |
| ODI 557 | 8 March | John Wright | Imran Khan | Basin Reserve, Wellington | New Zealand by 6 wickets |
| ODI 559 | 11 March | John Wright | Imran Khan | Eden Park, Auckland | Pakistan by 7 wickets |
| ODI 561 | 14 March | John Wright | Imran Khan | Seddon Park, Hamilton | New Zealand by 7 wickets |

## March
### India in the West Indies

ODI series :
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| ODI 556 | 7 March | Vivian Richards | Dilip Vengsarkar | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | West Indies by 50 runs |
| ODI 558 | 9 March | Vivian Richards | Dilip Vengsarkar | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | West Indies by 6 wickets |
| ODI 560 | 11 March | Vivian Richards | Dilip Vengsarkar | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | West Indies by 6 wickets |
| ODI 562 | 18 March | Vivian Richards | Dilip Vengsarkar | Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's | West Indies by 8 wickets |
| ODI 563 | 21 March | Vivian Richards | Dilip Vengsarkar | Bourda, Georgetown | West Indies by 101 runs |
| Test series |||||||||
| No. | Date | Home captain | Away captain | Venue | Result |
| Test 1117 | 25–30 March | Vivian Richards | Dilip Vengsarkar | Bourda, Georgetown | Match drawn |
| Test 1118 | 7–12 April | Vivian Richards | Dilip Vengsarkar | Kensington Oval, Bridgetown | West Indies by 8 wickets |
| Test 1119 | 16–20 April | Vivian Richards | Dilip Vengsarkar | Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain | West Indies by 217 runs |
| Test 1120 | 28 April-3 May | Vivian Richards | Dilip Vengsarkar | Sabina Park, Kingston | West Indies by 7 wickets |

### 1989 Sharjah Cup

Two-match series :
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Captain 1 | Team 2 | Captain 2 | Venue | Result |
| ODI 564 | 23 March | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Sri Lanka | Arjuna Ranatunga | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Pakistan by 30 runs |
| ODI 565 | 24 March | Pakistan | Imran Khan | Sri Lanka | Arjuna Ranatunga | Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah | Pakistan by 7 wickets |