1988 Youth Cricket World Cup
| Dates | 28 February – 13 March 1988 |
|---|---|
| Administrator(s) | ICC |
| Cricket format | U19 ODI (50-over) |
| Tournament format(s) | Round-robin, finals |
| Host(s) |  Australia |
| Champions | Australia (1st title) |
| Participants | 8 |
| Matches played | 31 |
| Most runs | Brett Williams (471) |
| Most wickets | Wayne Holdsworth Mushtaq Ahmed (19 each) |
The 1988 McDonald's Bicentennial Youth World Cup was an international cricket tournament played in Australia from 28 February to 13 March 1988. Sponsored by McDonald's, it was the inaugural edition of what is now the Under-19 Cricket World Cup, and formed part of the celebrations for the Australian Bicentenary.
The tournament was primarily organised by the Australian Cricket Board (ACB), with only limited oversight from the International Cricket Conference (ICC).[1] Eight teams participated, with the seven Test-playing ICC members joined by a composite team of players from ICC associate members.[lower-alpha 1] Australia defeated Pakistan in the final by five wickets, with England and the West Indies being the losing semi-finalists. The tournament play-offs were held at Adelaide Oval, with the other matches held at country venues in the states of New South Wales, South Australia, and 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]
Contents
Squads
Players at the tournament had to be 18 years or younger on 1 January 1987, restricting participation to those born after 1 January 1968.[4]
| Australia[5] |
 England[6] |
ICC Associates[7] |  India[8] |
|---|---|---|---|
 New Zealand[9] |
Pakistan[10] |
 Sri Lanka[11] |
 West Indies[12] |
Group stage
Points table
| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RRA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 to be used as a tiebreaker if teams finished on an equal number of points, rather than net run rate (as is now common).[13]
Finals
Semi-finals
Final
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Williams | Australia |
471 | 9 | 52.33 | 112 | 2 | 3 |
| Stuart Law | Australia |
352 | 8 | 50.28 | 89 | 0 | 3 |
| Nasser Hussain | England |
330 | 8 | 41.25 | 68 | 0 | 4 |
| Shahid Anwar | Pakistan |
300 | 9 | 33.33 | 76 | 0 | 2 |
| Jimmy Adams | West Indies |
272 | 8 | 54.40 | 65 | 0 | 2 |
Source: CricketArchive
Most wickets
The top five wickettakers are listed in this table, ranked by wickets taken and then by bowling average.
| Player | Team | Overs | Wkts | Ave | SR | Econ | BBI |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wayne Holdsworth | Australia |
72.2 | 19 | 12.52 | 22.84 | 3.29 | 4/36 |
| Mushtaq Ahmed | Pakistan |
83.0 | 19 | 16.21 | 26.21 | 3.71 | 3/28 |
| Chris Lewis | England |
69.5 | 16 | 14.68 | 26.18 | 3.36 | 5/39 |
| Chris Cairns | New Zealand |
56.0 | 16 | 15.56 | 22.12 | 4.22 | 4/18 |
| Sam Skeete | West Indies |
70.0 | 13 | 18.46 | 32.30 | 3.42 | 4/20 |
Source: CricketArchive
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" – 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 – ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 9 November 2015.
- ↑ 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 – 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.
