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| Dates | 29 November – 18 December 1988 |
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| Administrator | International Women's Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | Women's One Day International (60-over) |
| Tournament format(s) | Doubleround-robin Playoffs |
| Host | Australia |
| Champions |  Australia (3rd title) |
| Runners-up |  England |
| Participants | 5 |
| Matches | 22 |
| Player of the series | Carole Hodges |
| Most runs | Lindsay Reeler (448) |
| Most wickets | Lyn Fullston (16) |
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The1988 Women's Cricket World Cup, also known as1988 Shell Bicentennial Women's World Cup, was an internationalcricket tournament played in Australia from 29 November to 18 December 1988. Hosted by Australia for the first time, as part of theBicentenary celebrations, it was the fourth edition of theWomen's Cricket World Cup, and came six years after the preceding1982 World Cup in New Zealand.
The tournament was organised by theInternational Women's Cricket Council (IWCC), with matches played over 60 overs.Australia won the tournament for a third consecutive time, defeatingEngland inthe final by eight wickets.New Zealand defeatedIreland in the third-place playoff, while theNetherlands, 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.[1] Two Australians,Lindsay Reeler andLyn Fullston, led the tournament in runs and wickets, respectively.[2][3] The player of the series was English all-rounderCarole Hodges, who placed third for runs scored and second for wickets taken.[4] She received aWaterford Crystal trophy valued atA$4,000, donated by an Irish firm,R&A Bailey.[5]
| Australia[6] | England[7] |  Ireland[8]Coach:Noel Mahony |  Netherlands[9] |  New Zealand[10]Coach:Dayle Hadlee[11] |
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At least five warm-up matches were played against Australian state and invitational teams, which were interspersed throughout the tournament.[13]
6 December Scorecard |
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13 December Scorecard |
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| 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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29 November Scorecard |
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Lindsay Reeler 143* |
Australia won by 255 runs Willetton Sports Club (No. 1 Oval),Perth |
29 November Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 154 runs Willetton Sports Club (No. 2 Oval),Perth |
30 November Scorecard |
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England won by 3 wickets Willetton Sports Club (No. 1 Oval),Perth |
30 November Scorecard |
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Ireland won by 86 runs Willetton Sports Club (No. 2 Oval),Perth |
3 December Scorecard |
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4 December Scorecard |
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5 December Scorecard |
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14 December Scorecard |
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The final, held at theMelbourne Cricket Ground, was broadcast live on radio and onABC 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]
The top five runscorers are included in this table, ranked by runs scored and then bybatting 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:CricketArchiveCricinfo
The top five wicket takers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then bybowling 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:CricketArchiveCricinfo
