Australia vs West Indies @ SCG

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Benno, Jane, Luvvo and Ashley (Luvvo's American girlfriend).

Beautiful day in the sun.

We sat in the seats by the boundary in front of the Hill / scoreboard.

Day 1 of 5

Toss: Australia, who chose to bat.

Australia 5/244 at the end of day 1.

Final Result: Australia 331 and 4/312. West Indies 304 and 215.  Australia won by 124 runs.

Player of The Match: Glen McGrath (Australia).

Crowd: 8,429

Australia vs West Indies @ SCG

What I remember (in 2024)...

Went with Aunty Trish, Uncle Greg & Andrew Tate

2 large rain interruptions.

Sat in the Don Bradman Stand.

Chanted " We want our balls back!" after beach balls were played with during rain interruptions, and the West Indies had minimal work to do afterwards to win.

Match details

Toss: Australia, who chose to bat
Result: Australia 4/236 (38 overs).  West Indies 2/111 (13.2 overs).  West Indies won by 8 wickets with 4.2 overs to spare (under Duckworth/Lewis Method)

West Indies won the best-of-3-finals series 2-1

Players of the Finals: Allan Border (Australia) & Desmond Haynes (West Indies)

Crowd: 31,900

Sydney Morning Herald Report - 19 January 1989