1992–93 World Series
Date	4 December 1992 – 18 January 1993
Location	Australia
Result	West Indies won the finals 2–0
Player of the series	Phil Simmons (Win)
Teams  Australia  Pakistan  West Indies Captains Allan Border Javed Miandad Richie Richardson Most runs Mark Taylor (286) Rameez Raja (225) Brian Lara (331) Most wickets Craig McDermott (13) Waqar Younis (11) Curtly Ambrose (18)

The 1992–93 World Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to Pakistan and West Indies. Australia and West Indies reached the Finals, which West Indies won 2–0. This was the last series and the last time West Indies would wear a grey uniform in One Day Cricket. Australia and West Indies would not play the best of 3 finals again until the 2000-01 One Day Series.

Points table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	NR	T	Points
1	Australia	8	5	2	0	1	11
2	West Indies	8	5	3	0	0	10
3	Pakistan	8	1	6	0	1	3

Result summary

4 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

West Indies  197/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 199/5 (49.2 overs)
BC Lara 59 (101) Wasim Akram 4/46 (9 overs)		Javed Miandad 59* (83) KCG Benjamin 2/46 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 5 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: RJ Evans and LJ King Player of the match: Wasim Akram (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
• Ata-ur-Rehman (PAK) and KCG Benjamin and JR Murray (both WI) made their ODI debuts

6 December 1992 Scorecard

Australia  160/7 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 164/1 (38.3 overs)
ME Waugh 36 (80) PV Simmons 2/22 (10 overs)		DL Haynes 81* (121) PR Reiffel 1/12 (6 overs)

West Indies won by 9 wickets WACA Ground, Perth Umpires: RJ Evans and TA Prue Player of the match: PV Simmons (WI)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat

8 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  101/9 (30 overs)	v	West Indies 87 (29.3 overs)
DM Jones 21 (54) PV Simmons 3/11 (6 overs)		AL Logie 20 (31) PR Reiffel 3/14 (6 overs)

Australia won by 14 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: DB Hair and SG Randell Player of the match: MA Taylor (AUS)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field
• The match was reduced before play started to 30 overs per side
• DR Martyn (AUS) made his ODI debut

10 December 1992 Scorecard

Australia  228/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 228/9 (50 overs)
DM Jones 53 (73) Aaqib Javed 2/35 (10 overs)		Saleem Malik 64 (99) CJ McDermott 4/42 (10 overs)

Match tied Bellerive Oval, Hobart Umpires: SG Randell and CD Timmins Player of the match: Asif Mujtaba (PAK)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat

12 December 1992 Scorecard

West Indies  177/7 (42 overs)	v	Pakistan 173 (41.5 overs)
RB Richardson 76* (112) Wasim Akram 3/38 (9 overs)		Rameez Raja 52 (80) CL Hooper 3/31 (7.5 overs)

West Indies won by 4 runs Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: SJ Davis and TA Prue Player of the match: CL Hooper (WI)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field
• The match was reduced to 42 overs per side

13 December 1992 Scorecard

Pakistan  195/6 (47 overs)	v	Australia 196/2 (45 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 60* (70) TBA May 2/27 (10 overs)		MA Taylor 78 (109) Aamer Sohail 1/36 (9 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Umpires: IS Thomas and CD Timmins Player of the match: MA Taylor (AUS)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field
• The match was reduced before play started to 47 overs per side

15 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  198/8 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 194 (50 overs)
ME Waugh 57 (70) CEL Ambrose 3/25 (10 overs)		BC Lara 74 (123) ME Waugh 5/24 (6 overs)

Australia won by 4 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: LJ King and TA Prue Player of the match: ME Waugh (AUS)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat

17 December 1992 (D/N) Scorecard

West Indies  214/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 81 (48 overs)
DL Haynes 96 (152) Waqar Younis 3/29 (10 overs)		Inzamam-ul-Haq 17 (47) Waqar Younis 17 (35) PV Simmons 4/3 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 133 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: DB Hair and IS Thomas Player of the match: PV Simmons (WI)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat
• JC Adams (WI) made his ODI debut
• Simmons' analysis of 10-8-3-4 remains the most economical for a ten-over spell in an ODI.^[1]

9 January 1993 Scorecard

Pakistan  71 (23.4 overs)	v	West Indies 72/1 (19.2 overs)
Rashid Latif 22* (27) Ian Bishop 5/25 (8.4 overs)		DL Haynes 25* (62) Wasim Akram 1/33 (9 overs)

West Indies won by 9 wickets Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Umpires: SJ Davis and LJ King Player of the match: Ian Bishop (WI)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

10 January 1993 Scorecard

West Indies  197/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 190 (49 overs)
CL Hooper 56 (65) PR Reiffel 3/33 (10 overs)		ME Waugh 54 (72) BP Patterson 2/31 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 7 runs Brisbane Cricket Ground, Woolloongabba, Brisbane Umpires: IS Thomas and CD Timmins Player of the match: CL Hooper (WI)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field

12 January 1993 Scorecard

Australia  212/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 180/7 (50 overs)
DM Jones 84 (127) Asif Mujtaba 2/38 (9 overs)		Rameez Raja 40 (79) Javed Miandad 40 (59) CJ McDermott 2/26 (10 overs)

Australia won by 32 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: DB Hair and CD Timmins Player of the match: DM Jones (AUS)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat

14 January 1993 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  260/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 237/6 (50 overs)
SR Waugh 64 (65) Waqar Younis 3/55 (9 overs)		Rameez Raja 67 (85) AIC Dodemaide 2/30 (8 overs)

Australia won by 23 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: TA Prue and SG Randell Player of the match: SR Waugh (AUS)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Final series

West Indies won the best of three final series against Australia 2–0.

16 January 1993 (D/N) Scorecard

West Indies  239/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 214 (49.3 overs)
BC Lara 67 (81) GRJ Matthews 2/45 (10 overs) SR Waugh 2/45 (10 overs)		ME Waugh 51 (70) CEL Ambrose 5/32 (9.3 overs)

West Indies won by 25 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires: TA Prue and SG Randell

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

18 January 1993 (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  147 (47.3 overs)	v	West Indies 148/6 (47 overs)
MA Taylor 33 (73) CEL Ambrose 3/26 (10 overs)		BC Lara 60 (100) AIC Dodemaide 2/19 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 4 wickets Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Umpires: DB Hair and CD Timmins

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat

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