1987–88 Australian Tri-Series

1987–88 World Series
Date	2 January 1988 – 24 January 1988
Location	Australia
Result	Won by Australia 2–0 in final series
Teams Australia New Zealand Sri Lanka Captains Allan Border Jeff Crowe Ranjan Madugalle Most runs Dean Jones 461 Andrew Jones 416 Aravinda de Silva 279 Most wickets Tony Dodemaide 18 Ewen Chatfield 17 Champaka Ramanayake 11

The 1987–88 World Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to New Zealand and Sri Lanka. Australia and New Zealand reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0.

Points Table

Below is the final points tally:

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	Pts	RR
Australia	8	7	1	0	0	14	4.741
New Zealand	8	4	4	0	0	8	4.075
Sri Lanka	8	1	7	0	0	2	4.016

Result summary

2 January 1988 Scorecard

Australia 249/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 168 (44.2 overs)
David Boon 56 (81) Aravinda de Silva 3/58 (10 overs)		Guy de Alwis 44 (42) Tony Dodemaide 5/21 (7.2 overs)

Australia won by 81 runs WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Peter McConnell and Terry Prue Player of the match: Steve Waugh (AUS)

• Sri Lanka elected to field first
• Tony Dodemaide (AUS) made his ODI debut
• Australia 2 points, Sri Lanka 0 points

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3 January 1988 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand 232/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 231 (49.4 overs)
Andrew Jones 87 (107) Craig McDermott 2/37 (10 overs)		Dean Jones 92 (91) Richard Hadlee 3/35 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 1 run WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: Peter McConnell and Robin Bailhache Player of the match: Andrew Jones (NZ)

• New Zealand elected to bat first
• New Zealand 2 points, Australia 0 points

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5 January 1988 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka 174 (48.2 overs)	v	New Zealand 178/4 (48.4 overs)
Ravi Ratnayeke 41 (41) Ewen Chatfield 4/32 (9.2 overs)		Martin Crowe 52 (68) Champaka Ramanayake 2/28 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 6 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Dick French and Tony Crafter Player of the match: Ewen Chatfield (NZ)

• Sri Lanka elected to bat first
• New Zealand 2 points, Sri Lanka 0 points

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7 January 1988 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia 216 (49.4 overs)	v	New Zealand 210/9 (50 overs)
Steve Waugh 68 (91) Martin Snedden 3/36 (10 overs)		Andrew Jones 59 (106) Craig McDermott 3/50 (10 overs)

Australia won by 6 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Peter McConnell and Robin Bailhache Player of the match: Steve Waugh (AUS)

• Australia elected to bat first
• Australia 2 points, New Zealand 0 points

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9 January 1988 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 241 (49.5 overs)	v	New Zealand 242/6 (49.5 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 51 (56) Richard Hadlee 3/35 (10 overs)		Andrew Jones 63 (116) Ravi Ratnayeke 2/44 (9.5 overs)

New Zealand won by 4 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Len King and Peter McConnell Player of the match: Richard Hadlee (NZ)

• Sri Lanka elected to bat first
• New Zealand 2 points, Sri Lanka 0 points

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10 January 1988 Scorecard

Australia 289/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 208/8 (50 overs)
David Boon 122 (130) Graeme Labrooy 1/44 (10 overs)		Roshan Mahanama 50 (77) Tony Dodemaide 3/27 (10 overs)

Australia won by 81 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: Mel Johnson and Tony Crafter Player of the match: David Boon (AUS)

• Australia elected to bat first
• Australia 2 points, Sri Lanka 0 points

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12 January 1988 Scorecard

New Zealand 199/7 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 200/6 (46.3 overs)
Richard Hadlee 52 (68) Ravi Ratnayeke 3/33 (9 overs)		Roshan Mahanama 58 (83) Richard Hadlee 2/22 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: Mel Johnson and Steve Randell Player of the match: Roshan Mahanama (SRL)

• Sri Lanka elected to field first
• Sri Lanka 2 points, New Zealand 0 points

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14 January 1988 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia 243/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 205 (44.5 overs)
Mike Veletta 46 (68) Graeme Labrooy 4/39 (10 overs)		Arjuna Ranatunga 67 (86) Peter Taylor 4/38 (10 overs)

Australia won by 38 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Dick French and Robin Bailhache Player of the match: Peter Taylor (AUS)

• Australia elected to bat first
• Australia 2 points, Sri Lanka 0 points

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16 January 1988 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 164/8 (39 overs)	v	New Zealand 167/6 (37.1 overs)
Brendon Kuruppu 47 (71) Ewen Chatfield 3/27 (9 overs)		Martin Crowe 43 (60) Champaka Ramanayake 2/28 (8 overs)

New Zealand won by 4 wickets Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Colin Timmins and Robin Bailhache Player of the match: Martin Crowe (NZ)

• New Zealand elected to field first
• New Zealand 2 points, Sri Lanka 0 points

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17 January 1988 Scorecard

New Zealand 176/5 (44 overs)	v	Australia 177/5 (33.2 overs)
Andrew Jones 65 (131) Steve Waugh 2/23 (8 overs)		David Boon 48 (47) Martin Snedden 3/40 (8 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets Gabba, Brisbane Umpires: Mel Johnson and Tony Crafter Player of the match: Steve Waugh (AUS)

• Australia elected to field first
• Vaughan Brown (NZ) made his ODI debut
• Australia 2 points, New Zealand 0 points

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19 January 1988 (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka 188/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 189/7 (49.3 overs)
Aravinda de Silva 79 (100) Steve Waugh 4/33 (10 overs)		Mike Veletta 68 (91) Champaka Ramanayake 3/35 (10 overs)

Australia won by 3 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Steve Randell and Terry Prue Player of the match: Mike Veletta (AUS)

• Australia elected to field first
• Sanath Kaluperuma (SRL) made his ODI debut
• Australia 2 points, Sri Lanka 0 points

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20 January 1988 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia 221/8 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 143 (44.5 overs)
Geoff Marsh 101 (148) Ewen Chatfield 2/26 (10 overs)		John Bracewell 38 (52) Simon Davis 3/27 (10 overs)

Australia won by 78 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Len King and Tony Crafter Player of the match: Geoff Marsh (AUS)

• Australia elected to bat first
• Australia 2 points, New Zealand 0 points

Final series

Australia won the best of three final series against New Zealand 2–0.

22 January 1988 (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand 177 (49.5 overs)	v	Australia 180/2 (44.5 overs)
Martin Crowe 48 (72) Simon Davis 2/27 (10 overs)		Dean Jones 58* (75) Willie Watson 2/36 (10 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: Robin Bailhache and Tony Crafter

• Australia elected to field first

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24 January 1988 Scorecard

New Zealand 168/5 (38 overs)	v	Australia 169/4 (34.1 overs)
Andrew Jones 56* (82) Craig McDermott 2/29 (8 overs)		Dean Jones 53* (70) Martin Snedden2/45 (8 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: Peter McConnell and Tony Crafter Player of the match: Dean Jones (AUS)

• Australia elected to field first
• Match reduced to 38 overs per innings