1988 Youth Cricket World Cup
Limited-overs (50 overs) | |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin |
|---|---|
| Host(s) |  Australia |
| Champions | Australia (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  Pakistan |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches | 31 |
| Most runs | Brett Williams (471) |
| Most wickets | Wayne Holdsworth Mushtaq Ahmed (19 each) |
The 1988 McDonald's Bicentennial Youth Cricket World Cup was an international
Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and formed part of the celebrations for the Australian Bicentenary
.
The tournament was primarily organised by the
Victoria. Australia's Brett Williams was the leading run-scorer at the tournament, while his teammate Wayne Holdsworth and Pakistan's Mushtaq Ahmed were the joint leading wicket-takers.[2][3]
Squads
Players at the tournament had to be 18 years or younger on 1 January 1987, restricting participation to those born before 1 January 1968.[4]
| Australia[5]
|
 England[6]
|
ICC Associates[7] |  India[8]
|
|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand[9]
|
Pakistan[10]
|
 Sri Lanka[11]
|
 West Indies[12]
|
|
Round-robin
Points table
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Australia |
7 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 4.577 |
| West Indies |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.711 |
| Pakistan |
7 | 5 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 3.371 |
| England |
7 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 8 | 3.194 |
| Sri Lanka |
7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 3.475 |
| India |
7 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 2.951 |
| New Zealand |
7 | 2 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.526 |
 ICC Associates XI |
7 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.969 |
| Source: CricketArchive | |||||||
- Note: run rate (adjusted to a team's full allocation of overs if all out) was used as a tiebreaker if teams finished on an equal number of points, rather than net run rate (as is now common).[13]
Matches
28 February
Scorecard |
ICC Associate's
163 (49.2 overs) |
v
|
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Chaffey Park, Victoria |
Finals
Semi-finals
Final
Notes
- ^ South Africa, though a full member of the ICC, was subject to a sporting boycott at the time of the tournament, and consequently did not participate. The ICC Associate XI was made of players from six countries – Bangladesh, Bermuda, Canada, Denmark, the Netherlands, and Zimbabwe.
References
- ^ (13 December 2013). "1988: The First Step" Archived 28 September 2015 at the Wayback Machine – ICC. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Batting and fielding in McDonalds Bicentennial Youth World Cup 1987/88 (ordered by runs) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Bowlingin McDonalds Bicentennial Youth World Cup 1987/88 (ordered by wickets) – CricketArchive. Retrieved 30 August 2015.
- ^ "Young cricketers feature in '88" – The Canberra Times, 18 September 1987.
- ^ Records / McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, 1987/88 - Australia Under-19s (Young Cricketers) / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Records / McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, 1987/88 - England Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Records / McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, 1987/88 - ICC Associates Young Cricketers / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Records / McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, 1987/88 - India Under-19s (Young Cricketers) / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ RECORDS – MCDONALD’S BICENTENNIAL YOUTH WORLD CUP, 1987/88 – NEW ZEALAND UNDER-19s / BATTING AND BOWLING AVERAGES
- ^ Records / McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, 1987/88 - Pakistan Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Records / McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, 1987/88 - Sri Lanka Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages Archived 22 November 2016 at the Wayback Machine – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Records / McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup, 1987/88 - West Indies Under-19s / Batting and bowling averages – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ^ Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup 1988/89 table – CricketArchive. Retrieved 29 August 2015.