1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
But the Blue Jays responded in the bottom of the fourth. They loaded the bases on a walk to Moseby and singles by Mookie Wilson and Fred McGriff. George Bell hit a sacrifice fly to center to score Moseby and cut the lead to 3–1. Tony Fernández then doubled to right, sending Wilson and McGriff home with the tying runs. Fernandez also moved to third when Canseco misplayed the ball in right field. When Ernie Whitt singled, Fernandez scored to give the Jays the lead and bring the crowd back into the game cheering wildly.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
The score stayed 4–3 until the bottom of the seventh. With one out and runners at first and third, Tony La Russa pulled Davis and inserted Rick Honeycutt. Honeycutt's relief appearance in Game 2 had been disastrous; this time, it was worse and cost the A's any chance to win. Honeycutt gave up singles to two light-hitting Blue Jays, Manuel Lee and Junior Felix, scoring Tony Fernández and loading the bases with only one out. A walk to Lloyd Moseby forced in another run giving the Jays a 6–3 lead.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
Of the last six hitters Honeycutt had faced in the two games he had walked three and given up three hits and three had scored. Gene Nelson relieved Honeycutt and gave up a single to right by Wilson that scored Lee, but a great throw from Canseco nailed Felix at the plate. Nevertheless, the Blue Jays now had a 7–3 lead with two innings to play.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 3
In the last two innings, Acker and closer Tom Henke only faced seven batters, getting six outs and giving up a walk to McGwire. The last out was, appropriately enough, Rickey Henderson, who grounded out to Fernandez to end the game. The win by the Blue Jays was their first post-season win since Game 4 of the 1985 ALCS. Prior to this game, they had lost their previous five contests in LCS play. Key was the winning pitcher while Storm Davis was the loser. The result cut the A's series lead to two games to one in the best-of-seven series.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Game 4 was a critical game for both teams. Toronto could guarantee a return of the series to Oakland with a win while the A's would gain a significant lead of three games to one if they prevailed. The match-up featured a former Cy Young winner, Mike Flanagan (1979) against a future one (1990), Bob Welch.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The game was scoreless until the third when Walt Weiss doubled and stole third. Rickey Henderson, who was 3 for 8 with four walks, five runs scored, and seven stolen bases, drilled a two-run homer to give the A's a 2–0 lead. After Flanagan retired Dave Henderson, José Canseco secured the most memorable moment of the series by socking the first home run ever hit into the fifth-tier upper deck of the SkyDome. The Toronto crowd sat in stunned silence as Canseco circled the bases; the home run was measured at 480 feet (150 m). Canseco's home run gave the A's a 3–0 lead and also likely gave Toronto fans a measure of comfort, since the team scoring first had lost each of the first three games.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The Blue Jays got a run back in the fourth, but it was disappointing because they loaded the bases with nobody out and only scored once. In the top of the fifth, however, Rickey Henderson struck again with another two-run blast that increased the A's lead to 5–1. By this time Henderson was hitting .500 for the series with two homers to go along with his other accomplishments. The Jays got a run back in the sixth when Gruber singled and scored on a double by Junior Felix. Tony La Russa gambled with Honeycutt, who had retired no batters out of the last six he had faced over two games. After walking Lloyd Moseby, Honeycutt induced a ground out that left the score 5–2 in favor of the A's.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
The A's got another run in the seventh when Dave Henderson doubled and scored on José Canseco's single. The Blue Jays got that run back in the bottom of the inning when Tony Fernández doubled and scored on pinch-hitter Pat Borders' single. Rick Honeycutt ran into trouble in the eighth. Manny Lee singled and went to second on a ground out by Junior Felix. Honeycutt walked Moseby, bringing the tying run to the plate in the person of Mookie Wilson. With two on and one out, LaRussa summoned his closer, Dennis Eckersley.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
Eck induced a fielder's choice ground out by Wilson that scored Lee then faced 1989 home run champion Fred McGriff, who had not hit a homer in more than a month. McGriff won the battle, lining a single to center field that scored Wilson, but when Eckersley got George Bell to pop up for the third out, the A's still led by one with just an inning to play.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 4
In the bottom of the ninth, Eckersley gave up a single to Kelly Gruber but otherwise retired the side, getting pinch-hitter Lee Mazzilli to pop out to end the game. Welch got the win and Eckersley the save while Flanagan was saddled with the loss. Despite a noble comeback effort, the Blue Jays now trailed three games to one and would need to win the final two games on the road in order to reach the Fall Classic.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Game 5 was the mirror image of Game 4: an early A's lead and a Blue Jays comeback that fell just short of victory. The end result was a 4–3 win for the A's and a return trip to the Fall Classic to face their Bay Area neighbors, the San Francisco Giants. The game was also a rematch of Game 1 aces Dave Stewart for Oakland and Dave Stieb for Toronto.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Once again, it was Rickey Henderson creating havoc for the Blue Jays. Henderson again walked—his seventh of the Series—and again stole second—his eighth stolen base of the Series—and came home on Canseco's single to give the A's a 1–0 lead less than four minutes into the game. In the third, Henderson tripled to right, scoring Walt Weiss to give the A's a 2–0 lead. It stayed that way until the seventh when Stieb tired.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
Dave Henderson walked and moved to third on a Mark McGwire single and scored on Terry Steinbach's single. Stieb got the hook and Jim Acker got out of the inning, but not before McGwire scored on a squeeze bunt by Mike Gallego. The A's now led 4–0 and Toronto had only nine outs left in their season.


1989 American League Championship Series, Game summaries, Game 5
The game tottered into the eighth before the Blue Jays finally scored on a home run by Lloyd Moseby. But entering the ninth, the Jays needed three runs just to tie. George Bell led off with a home run that ended Stewart's bid for a complete game. Dennis Eckersley came on with a chance to earn his seventh save in the last nine ALCS games. And he got it although Tony Fernández scored a cosmetic run by singling, stealing second, moving to third on a fielder's choice and scoring on Gruber's sacrifice fly. With a 4–3 lead and two outs in the ninth, Eckersley struck out Junior Felix to finish the last American League baseball game of the 1980s.


1989 American League Championship Series, Stellar performances/Aftermath
Rickey Henderson was the unanimous choice for Most Valuable Player. He had six hits in 15 trips to the plate for a .400 batting average, including one double, one triple, two home runs, and eight runs scored. He drove in five runs, walked seven times, and stole eight bases. The only thing Henderson did wrong the entire series was commit an error in Game 4, and the recipient (George Bell) failed to score. But other A's put together tremendous performances as well. Henderson was later traded to Toronto in 1993 at the trade deadline, as he helped the Blue Jays win the 1993 World Series.


1989 American League Championship Series, Stellar performances/Aftermath
Dennis Eckersley saved three games in three opportunities while Dave Stewart gave up only five runs in 16 innings, going eight full innings in both appearances and gaining the win in both the opener and the closer. Mark McGwire hit .389 with a homer while Dave Parker hit a miserable .188, but two of his three hits were home runs that made the difference in the first two games.


1989 American League Championship Series, Stellar performances/Aftermath
One of the most uneven performances for the A's belonged to Rick Honeycutt, who could not retire any of the six batters he faced in Games 2 and 3, but who came through for the A's at a critical juncture in Game 4.


1989 American League Championship Series, Stellar performances/Aftermath
The one Blue Jay who had a very good series was Tony Fernández, who hit .350, scored six runs, and stole five bases in a losing cause.


1989 American League Championship Series, Stellar performances/Aftermath
In 1992, the Blue Jays beat the Athletics in the American League Championship Series, on the way to their first World Series in franchise history.


1989 American Racing Series season
The 1989 HFC American Racing Series Championship consisted of 12 races. Mike Groff and Tommy Byrne each won 4 races and Groff edged out Byrne by 10 points for the championship.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Phoenix race
Held April 8 at Phoenix International Raceway. Mike Groff won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Long Beach race
Held April 16 at Long Beach, California Street Course. Tommy Byrne won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Milwaukee race
Held June 4 at The Milwaukee Mile. Mike Groff won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Detroit race
Held June 18 at the Detroit street circuit. Johnny O'Connell won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Portland race
Held June 25 at Portland International Raceway. Tommy Byrne won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Meadowlands race
Held July 16 at the Meadowlands Sports Complex. Mike Groff won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Toronto race
Held July 23 at Exhibition Place. Tommy Byrne won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Pocono race
Held August 19 at Pocono Raceway. Tommy Byrne won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Mid-Ohio race
Held September 3 at The Mid-Ohio Sports Car Course. Tommy Byrne won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Elkhart Lake race
Held September 10 at Road America. Ted Prappas won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Nazareth race
Held September 24 at Nazareth Speedway. Dave Kudrave won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Race summaries, Laguna Seca race
Held October 15 at Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca. Tommy Byrne won the pole.


1989 American Racing Series season, Final points standings, Driver
For every race the points were awarded: 20 points to the winner, 16 for runner-up, 14 for third place, 12 for fourth place, 10 for fifth place, 8 for sixth place, 6 seventh place, winding down to 1 points for 12th place. Additional points were awarded to the pole winner (1 point) and to the driver leading the most laps (1 point).


1989 American Soccer League
The 1989 American Soccer League was the second season of the third American Soccer League.


1989 American Soccer League, 1989 ASL All-Star game
The ASL All-Star game was hosted by the Washington Diplomats at RFK Stadium. Players that were unable to play due to injury, as well as any Dips selected to the squad were replaced, since the All-Stars' opponent was the Dips.


1989 American Soccer League, 1989 National Professional Soccer Championship
In anticipation of a proposed merger (which took place the following year) the ASL champions faced off against the Western Soccer League champions in the 1989 National Pro Soccer Championship on September 9 in San Jose, California's Spartan Stadium. This would be the first time since 1984 that an undisputed national champion of professional soccer was crowned in the United States.


1989 American South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The 1989 American South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament was held March 4–6 at the Cajundome at University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette, Louisiana.


1989 American South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
Louisiana Tech defeated New Orleans in the championship game, 84–62, to take home their second American South men's basketball tournament title.


1989 American South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament
The Bulldogs received an automatic invitation to the 1989 NCAA Tournament as the #9 seed in the Southeast region. They defeated La Salle 83–74 before losing to #1 seed Oklahoma 124–81.


1989 American South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All six of the conference's founding members participated in the tournament field. They were seeded based on regular season conference records. The top two teams were given byes into the semifinals while the bottom four teams were placed and paired into the initial quarterfinal round.


1989 American South Conference Men's Basketball Tournament, Format
All games were played at the Cajundome in Lafayette, Louisiana.


1989 Amstel Gold Race
The 1989 Amstel Gold Race was the 24th edition of the annual road bicycle race "Amstel Gold Race", held on Sunday April 22, 1989, in the Dutch province of Limburg. The race stretched 242 kilometres, with the start in Heerlen and the finish in Meerssen. There were a total of 162 competitors, with 108 cyclists finishing the race.


1989 Amílcar Cabral Cup
The 1989 Amílcar Cabral Cup was held in Bamako, Mali.


1989 Andhra Pradesh Legislative Assembly election
In the 1989 Andhra Pradesh Assembly election, Congress(I)  swept the polls, winning 181 of the 294 seats in the Assembly. [ 3] As the leader of the Congress Legislature Party, M.C Reddy was elected the Chief Minister. The TDP won only 74 seats from the 216 seats won by it in 1985 because of so much anti on TDP. [ 4]General Elections were held in the same year and resulted in the INC(I) winning in 39 out of 42  Lok Sabha constituencies. Its rival, the TDP won only in 2 Lok Sabha constituencies.


1989 Andorran parliamentary election
Parliamentary elections were held in Andorra on 10 December 1989, with a second round of voting on 17 December. Following the elections, Òscar Ribas Reig became Prime Minister, elected on 12 January 1990 by a vote of 23−5.


1989 Andorran parliamentary election, Electoral system
All 28 seats of the General Council were up for election. Each parish formed a constituency, electing four members each. Members of the Parliament were elected using a two-round plurality voting system. The voting age was 18 years old.


1989 Andorran parliamentary election, Electoral system
As political parties were not legalised until 1993, all candidates ran as independents, although press and newspapers considered some candidates to be government endorsed (supporting Pintat government) or opponents.


1989 Andorran parliamentary election, Electoral system
Following the elections, the General Council elected the Prime Minister of Andorra and the General Syndic (speaker).


1989 Andorran parliamentary election, Results
Voter turnout was 82.3%. A second round of voting was held in Andorra la Vella, Canillo and Ordino.


1989 Andorran parliamentary election, Results, By affiliation
Although government endorsed candidates won the elections in terms of seats, in the most populated parishes (Andorra la Vella and Escaldes-Engordany), the opposition candidates received more votes. This was seen as a decrease of support of Josep Pintat-Solans's policies, and Òscar Ribas Reig was elected Prime Minister of Andorra.


1989 Angola Lockheed L-100 crash
The 1989 Jamba Hercules crash was an air accident involving a Lockheed Hercules L-100 aircraft that crashed on final approach to Jamba, Cuando Cubango, Angola on 27 November 1989. The flight had originated at Kamina Airport, Zaire, and was attempting a low-level approach at night. The aircraft was owned by CIA front company Tepper Aviation; it was delivering arms to UNITA. The crash killed "Bud" Peddy, the head of Tepper Aviation, who was acting as the plane's pilot. On board were several Americans, two West Germans, and a Briton. All were killed in the crash.


1989 Anguillian general election
General elections were held in Anguilla in 1989. The Anguilla National Alliance emerged as the largest party, winning three of the seven seats in the House of Assembly.


1989 Anguillian general election, Results
David Carty and Claudel Romney were appointed as the nominated members.


1989 Anti-SAP riots
1989 Anti- SAP riots were a series of violent student-led anti-government protests that occurred throughout Nigeria between May and June 1989. The protesters included students, non students, employed workers, the unemployed, school children and hoodlums. The protests commenced on 24 May 1989.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Background
The International Monetary Fund (IMF) imposed Structural Adjustment Program (SAP) was introduced as a government policy in 1986 in an attempt to stop the effects of falling oil prices and foster development of local industeries. It was aimed at devaluing the Naira, reduced welfare spending, mass retrenchments and curbing corruption. These measures were to ensure that Nigeria qualified for IMF-issued loans.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Background
It represented a period of austerity measures and as a result, Nigerians had to leave home earlier than usual for their daily commute due to a collapse in the transportation system, were relegated to a single meal per day and student accommodations were overcrowded. On 10 April 1988, the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) announced an increase in the cost of petroleum products. The increase in price of petroleum products led to a concomitant increase in food prices and transportation costs. A peaceful protest at the University of Jos was held.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Background
The protests eventually snowballed beyond the student community and resulted in widespread destruction of state-owned property. Chukwuemeka Odumegwu Ojukwu, former secessionist leader of Biafra was quoted as saying  “In the past you needed a pocketful of naira to bring home a basketful of goods. Now you seem to need a basketful of naira to bring back a pocketful of goods.” An Economist, Professor Sam Aluko also said “There is an alternative even to death, which is living. SAP is the kiss of death.”


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Background
In the wake of the 1988 protests, the military government closed 31 learning institutions, banned the National Association of Nigerian Students and charged it leaders to court. It was alleged that the students were being used as instruments of political saboteurs; a minister of communication was quoted as saying "students cannot go on the rampage just because of a 2.5 kobo increase in fuel prices. How many students own cars?" Prior to the introduction of SAP, the Nigerian constitution of 1979 made it illegal for public office holders to own foreign bank accounts.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Background
They were also forbidden from receiving gifts while discharging their duties in public office. An Ebony Magazine article listed the then president, Ibrahim Babangida, as one of the wealthiest men in the world as the third richest leader in Africa and seventh worldwide. It was alleged that  Babangida, his wife and chief of staff had overseas accounts. The false rumours were put on handbills and distributed nationwide.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Background
This angered the students who were the most vocal group against the SAP measures because they had been subjected to austerity measures meanwhile the president and the people around him were perceived to be living lavish. While there had been concerted efforts to quell trade unions such as the Nigeria Labour Congress and Academic Staff Union of Universities, multiple governments failed at banning the National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS).


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Background
In November 1988, the 20th Senate meeting of the NANS highlighted a 10-point demand and issued a 6 week six week ultimatum to the Government. Thee demands included the abolition of SAP, abolition of examination fees, increased education funding, remove security agents patrolling universities, free healthcare for the elderly, women and all Nigerians up to the age of 18, reopening of universities and provision of free education up to the secondary level. The duration of the ultimatum elapsed on 6 April 1989 and the 21st Senate of NANS was converged in Ibadan on 5 May 1989. The senate resolves to organise rallies on 16 May to highlight their demands.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Protests
Following the expiration of the NANS ultimatum, the students organised a seminar titled 'Pains of SAP' while the university organised a counter seminar titled 'Gains of SAP'. This did little to convince the students. The protests started with a peaceful demonstration by the students of the University of Benin on 24 May 1989; they processed with a mock coffin and green leaves chanting "SAP must go, we are dying of hunger in the name of SAP", "SAP is a vampire" and "We are fed up with the military and SAP".


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Protests
The peaceful protests soon turned into mob riots involving market women, hoodlums and gangsters. Petrol stations were burned down and about 809 prisoners in Benin were released. Their aim was to destabilise businesses in order to get the government to meet their demands. In the face of the protests, civilians also suffered because armed robbery and thuggery were also ongoing shrouded under the guise of the antigovernment protests. NANS issued a 24-hour ultimatum to meet the 10-point demands in order to quell the protests. This was ignored by the government and the protests snowballed to involve institutions of learning nationwide.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Aftermath
The Government accused some Nigerians of trying to force transition to democratic rule by inciting the students and engaging criminals to wreak havoc. The government did not renege on the SAP measures in spite of the agitations. Babangida proclaimed that; "There is no viable alternative (to SAP). Government will continue to do all in its power to cushion the pains of SAP without derailing it... We cannot, and we should not, abandon this programme midway because the pains of trying to re-introduce it at a later stage will be worse than the current pins and we may perish in the process."


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Aftermath
Gani Fawehinmi, referred to as a "lawyer and social cudgel" and 2 other unnamed leaders were arrested by Nigerian soldiers during an Anti- SAP forum. A high court judge in Lagos adjudged Fawehinmi's arrest to be unlawful and he was awarded ₦10,000 in damages. 2 people died in Benin while dozens of people died in big cities like Lagos. The leader of NANS, Lukman Salilu Mohammed, a final year student of Ahmadu Bello University (ABU), Zaria was arrested and detained and 13 universities were closed in the aftermath of the riots.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Aftermath
Some institutions were reopened in July 1989 but did not quell the protest as the students in Obafemi Awolowo University boycotted lectures, demanding the reopening of the other universities and demilitarisation of university campuses. Two other universities were reopened on 30 September 1989. The students contested the closure of universities without the university senate approval, The decision to keep six universities closed until 31 March 1990 was then reversed.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Aftermath
The decree 49 of 1989 concerning student union activities was promulgated. The decree made student union activities illegal if they were not done "in the interest of national security, public safety, public morality or public health". There was a resurgence of cultism on university campuses as a result of the proscription of student unions.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Aftermath, SAP relief measures
A SAP relief package was designed to provide relief to the masses and proved successful in dousing the agitations. The components of the package included creation of 62,000 jobs as unemployed graduates were instructed to report to ministries for prompt employment and funds were made available for the employment of teachers. Feeding programmes for the poor and transport relief packages were also created. Import duties on vehicles and vehicle spare parts were removed in the wake of the riots.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Aftermath, SAP relief measures
Students were given ₦500 bursaries in order to cope with the effects of SAP. It is estimated that about $1 billion was spent on the SAP relief measures.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Aftermath, SAP relief measures
Between March and May 1990, there were nationwide protests in response to a proposed a $150 million university restructuring loan from the World Bank which mandated the closure of some university departments. This was met with stiff response from the military government.


1989 Anti-SAP riots, Aftermath, SAP relief measures
The antiSAP riots were deemed successful asBabangida called for elections in the wake of the protests.


1989 Antiguan general election
General elections were held in Antigua and Barbuda on 9 March 1989, the second after it had become an independent Commonwealth realm. The elections were won by the governing Antigua Labour Party (ALP), whose leader Vere Bird was reelected as Prime Minister. Voter turnout was 60.7%.


1989 Antiguan general election
This was Bird's eighth and final election victory. He resigned as Prime Minister in 1994, just before the subsequent general elections. Bird was replaced by his son, Lester Bird, the long-time party chairman.


1989 Antrim Borough Council election
Elections to Antrim Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 19 councillors.


1989 Antrim Borough Council election, Districts results, Antrim North West
1985: 2 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP, 1 x Sinn Féin1989: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x DUP1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from Sinn Féin


1989 Antrim Borough Council election, Districts results, Antrim South East
1985: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP1989: 4 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP1985-1989 Change: No change


1989 Antrim Borough Council election, Districts results, Antrim Town
1985: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x DUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x Alliance1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP


1989 Arab Athletics Championships
The 1989 Arab Athletics Championships was the sixth edition of the international athletics competition between Arab countries. It took place in Cairo, Egypt from 2–5 October. A total of 43 athletics events were contested, 24 for men and 19 for women. It was the first time that the Egyptian capital had hosted the event, bringing the championship to the largest Arab nation.


1989 Arab Athletics Championships
Due to technological restrictions, track events were timed to the tenth of a second, while road events were timed into hundredths. Women's full long-distance running events were added to the programme in the form of the 10,000 metres and the marathon (an Olympic women's 10,000 m had been introduced the previous year). The marathon was not the only new road event here, as a women's 10 km race walk was also initiated. It was the first Arab women's walk championship, as same event only started at the Pan Arab Games in 1992.


1989 Arab Club Champions Cup
The 1989 Arab Club Champions Cup was played in Morocco in the city of Marrakesh. Wydad Athletic Club won the competition for the first time beating in the final Al-Hilal.


1989 Arab Club Champions Cup, Preliminary round, Zone 2 (Red Sea)
Al-Hilal advanced to the final tournament. Al Ahly withdrew from the final tournament after qualification, it had been replaced by Wydad Casablanca.


1989 Arab Club Champions Cup, Preliminary round, Zone 3 (North Africa)
JS Tizi Ouzou and Étoile du Sahel advanced to the final tournament. JS Tizi Ouzou renamed JS Kabylie from the season 1989-90 and played under this name in the final tournament.


1989 Arab Club Champions Cup, Preliminary round, Zone 4 (East Region)
Preliminary round tournament held in Baghdad, Iraq. Syria, Jordan and Palestine withdrew their participant.


1989 Arab Club Champions Cup, Final Tournament
Final tournament held in Marrakesh, Morocco from 19 November to 2 December 1989.


1989 Arab Cup Winners' Cup
The 1989 Arab Cup Winners' Cup is the first edition of the Arab Cup Winners' Cup held in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia between 20 Sep – 1 Oct 1989. The teams represented Arab nations from Africa and Asia. Stade Tunisien of Tunisia won the final against Kuwait SC of Kuwait.


1989 Arcachon Cup
The 1989 Arcachon Cup was a women's tennis tournament played on outdoor clay courts in Arcachon, France that was part of the Category 2 tier of the 1989 WTA Tour. The tournament was held from 10 July until 16 July 1989. Judith Wiesner won the singles title.


1989 Arcachon Cup, Finals, Doubles
Sandra Cecchini /  Patricia Tarabini defeated  Mercedes Paz /  Brenda Schultz 6–3, 7–6(7–5)


1989 Arcachon Cup – Doubles
Sandra Cecchini and Patricia Tarabini won in the final 6–3, 7–6 against Mercedes Paz and Brenda Schultz.


1989 Arcachon Cup – Doubles, Seeds
Champion seeds are indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which those seeds were eliminated. The top two seeded teams received byes into the quarterfinals.


1989 Arcachon Cup – Singles
Judith Wiesner won in the final 6–3, 6–7, 6–1 against Barbara Paulus.


1989 Arcachon Cup – Singles, Seeds
A champion seed is indicated in bold text while text in italics indicates the round in which that seed was eliminated.


1989 Ards Borough Council election
Elections to Ards Borough Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used three district electoral areas to elect a total of 20 councillors.


1989 Ards Borough Council election, Districts results, Ards Peninsula
1985: 2 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x UPUP, 1 x Independent1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 2 x Alliance1985-1989 Change: UUP and Alliance gain from UPUP and Independent


1989 Ards Borough Council election, Districts results, Ards West
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance1989: 3 x UUP, 2 x DUP, 1 x Alliance1985-1989 Change: UUP gain from DUP


1989 Ards Borough Council election, Districts results, Newtownards
1985: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x NILP1989: 3 x DUP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Alliance, 1 x Independent Unionist1985-1989 Change: Independent Unionist gain from NILP


1989 Arena Football League season
The 1989 Arena Football League season was the third season of the Arena Football League (AFL). The league champions were the Detroit Drive, who defeated the Pittsburgh Gladiators in ArenaBowl III.


1989 Arena Football League season, Milestones
On July 21, the Denver Dynamite defeated the Detroit Drive, 15–14, for what is the lowest scoring game in league history.


1989 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand
The 1989 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand was a series of nine matches played by the Argentina national rugby union team in July 1989.


1989 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand, Matches
NORTH AUCKLAND: W.Johnson; K.Woodman, T.Brock, B.Kini, M.Seymour () M.Younger; K.McQuilkin, C.Hull; N.Ruddell, W.Phillips, I.Jones; F.Lambourn, M.Budd; G.Courtney, M.Barry (Capt. ), B.Le Clerc.ARGENTINA: A.Scolni; M.Righentini, D.Cuesta Silva, M.Loffreda (capt. ), M.Allen, C.Mendy; R.Madero, D.Baetti; P.Garretón, G.Milano, P.Di Nisio; M.Valesani, P.Buabse; D.Cash, R.Le Fort, S.Dengra.


1989 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand, Matches
KING COUNTRY : D.Perham; A.James, P.Coffin, H.Coffin, S.Bradley; N.Swain, H.Leach; C.Iti, G.Meads, G.Geffries; M.Johnson, R.Alve; G.Lethbourg, P.Mitchell, T.Stuart. ARGENTINA: A.Scolni; M.Righentini, M.Loffreda (capt. ), D.Cuesta Silva, C.Mendy; R.Madero, D.Baetti; P.Garretón, G.Milano ( 15' J.Uriarte), P.Di Nisio; P.Buabse, A.Iachetti; L.Molina, J.J.Angelillo, S.Dengra.


1989 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand, Matches
AUCKLAND: Pi.Ridge; J.Kirwan, J.Stanley, B.McCahill, T.Wright; G.Fox, B.Iti; M.Jones, Z.Brooke, A.Whetton; G.Whetton; M.Brooke; O.Brown, M.Dowd, P.Fatialofa.ARGENTINA:A.Scolni; D.Cuesta Silva, M.Loffreda (capt. ), F.Turnes, G.Mendy ( M.Righentini); R.Madero, D.Baetti; P.Di Nisio, J.Uriarte, P.Garretón; P.Buabse, A.Iachetti; D.Cash, J.J.Angelillo, S.Dengra.


1989 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand, Matches
WAIRARAPA-BUSH: C.Pepperell; M.Foster, P.Bresaz, H.Reedy, D.Rutene; G.Gray, B.Lett (capt. ); L.Christiansen, G.Hawkins (  G.Richardson', G.Rolston; P.Berry, P.Smith; C.Kapene, C.Lett, B.Styles.cARGENTINA: S.Salvat; D.Cuesta Silva, F.Turnes, M.Allen, C.Mendy; D.Dominguez, F.Gómez; M.Baeck, G.Milano (capt. ), M.Bertranou; A.Iachetti, M.Valesani; L.Molina, R.Le Fort, A.Rocca.


1989 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand, Matches
HANAN SHIELD XV:  A.Stevenson; G.Frew, P.Ryan, C.Dorgan, S.Tarrant; B.Faírbrother, B.Matthews; J.Cook, J, Simpson, D.Ineson; P.Cockburn, W.Frew; J.Harrison, L.McDonald (capt. ), R.Morgan. ARGENTINA: J.Soler; D.Cuesta Silva, M.Loffreda (capt. ), P.Garzón ( 70' M.Allen), M.Righentini; D.Dominguez, F.Silvestre; M.Baeck, J, Uriarte, P.Garretón; J.Simes, A.Iachetti; L.Molina, R.Le Fort, S, Dengra.


1989 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand, Matches
CANTERBURY: R.Deans; P, Bale, A.McCormick, W.Maunsell, W.Taylor; S.Bachop, G.Bachop; R.Penney, J.Jackson, M.Henderson; A.Anderson (capt. ), A.Earl; K.Hill, J.Buchan, C.Earl. ARGENTINA: S.Salvat; D.Cuesta Silva, M.Loffreda (capt. ), F.Turnes, A.Scolni, R.Madero, F.Gómez; P.Di Nisio, G.Milano, P.Garretón; A.Iachetti, J.Uriarte; D.Cash, J.J.Angelillo, A.Rocca.


1989 Argentina rugby union tour of New Zealand, Matches
WAIKATO: D.Halligan; W.Jennings, A.Strawbridge, R.McIntosh, P.Simonsson; B.Craies, K.Putt; D.Monkley, J.Mitchell, T.Coventry; B.Anderson, R.Jerram; G.Purvis, W.Batland, R.Loe.ARGENTINA: S.Salvat; M.Righentini, M.Loffreda (capt.) ( 60' A.Scolni), F.Turnes, D.Cuesta Silva; R.Madero, D.Baetti; M.Bertranou, J.Uriarte ( 46' G.Milano, M.Baeck; M.Valesani, P.Buabse; L.Molina; R.Le Fort, S.Dengra.


1989 Argentine general election
The Argentine general election of 1989 was held on 14 May 1989. Voters chose both the President and their legislators and with a turnout of 85.3%, Carlos Menem won the presidency, and the peronist Justicialist Party won the control of both houses of Congress. This is the last presidential election the president was elected by the electoral college.


1989 Argentine general election, Background
Inheriting a difficult legacy from his military predecessors, President Raúl Alfonsín's tenure had been practically defined by the foreign debt Argentina's last dictatorship left behind. Signs of unraveling in Alfonsín's 1985 Austral Plan for economic stabilization cost his centrist Radical Civic Union (UCR) its majorities in the Chamber of Deputies (lower house of Congress) and among the nation's 22 governorships in the September 1987 mid-term elections. Facing a restive armed forces opposed to trials against past human rights abuses and mounting inflation, the president brought elections forward five months, now scheduled for May 14, 1989.


1989 Argentine general election, Background
Both major parties held national conventions in May 1988. The UCR nominated Córdoba Governor Eduardo Angeloz, a safe, centrist choice and the most prominent UCR figure not closely tied to the unpopular President Alfonsín. In an upset, however, Carlos Menem, governor of the remote and thinly populated La Rioja Province, wrested the Justicialist Party nomination from the odds-on candidate, Buenos Aires Province Governor Antonio Cafiero, a policy maker close to the Justicialists' founder, the late Juan Perón. Cafiero's defeat resulted largely from CGT trade union opposition to his Peronist Renewal faction; Alfonsín's top political adviser, Interior Minister Enrique Nosiglia, in turn saw Menem's flamboyance as an opportunity for the struggling UCR.


1989 Argentine general election, Background
The Justicialists (Peronists) took a sizable lead in polling early on, however, even as nearly half the voters remained undecided. Hoping to translate this into a UCR victory over the outspoken and eccentric Menem, President Alfonsín enacted an August 1988 "Springtime Plan" in a bid for lower inflation (then running at 27% monthly). The plan, criticized as a rehashed "Austral Plan" by the CGT, called for budget cuts and renewed wage freezes - policies they blamed for sliding living standards. Initially successful, a record drought late in the year buffeted critical export earnings and led to rolling blackouts, dissipating any gains Angeloz might have made from the "relief" of 6% monthly inflation.


1989 Argentine general election, Background
A perennial third-party candidate, conservative economist Álvaro Alsogaray, made gains following the January 1989 assault by Trotskyite militants on the La Tablada Barracks, west of Buenos Aires. Twice minister of the economy and remembered for his belief that the economy must go through "winter," the unpopular Alsogaray ran on a free market platform, calling for mass privatizations and deep cuts in social spending (amid 30% poverty).


1989 Argentine general election, Background
Angeloz took the controversial decision of including social spending cuts in the UCR platform, as well, earning the right-wing Federal Party's endorsement; but alienating many others (particularly pensioners, among whom Alfonsín had won decisively in 1983). The largely civil campaign became increasingly a debate between the Justicialist nominee and the president, himself; Angeloz, the UCR nominee, remained "presidential" during the frequent exchanges of innuendo between Alfonsín and Menem.


1989 Argentine general election, Background
Following a sharp drop in Central Bank reserves, the U.S. dollar gained around 40% against the austral in heavy trading on "black Tuesday," February 7. The sudden drop in the austral's value threatened the nation's tenuous financial stability and, later that month, the World Bank recalled a large tranche of a loan package agreed on in 1988, sending the austral into a tailspin: trading at 17 to the dollar in January, the dollar quoted at over 100 australes by election day, May 14.


1989 Argentine general election, Background
Inflation, which had been held to the 5-10% monthly range as late as February, rose to 78.5% in May, shattering records and leading to a landslide victory for the Peronists. Polling revealed that economic anxieties were paramount among two-thirds of voters and Menem won in 19 of 22 provinces, while losing in the traditionally anti-Peronist Federal District (Buenos Aires).


1989 Argentine general election, Background
The nation's finances did not stabilize after the election, as hoped. The dollar doubled in value that next week, alone, and on May 29, riots broke out in the poorer outskirts of a number of cities. Having declared his intention to stay on until inaugural day, December 10, these events and spiraling financial chaos led Alfonsín to transfer power to President-elect Menem five months early, on July 8. When Menem accepted the presidential sash from Alfonsín, it marked the first time since 1916 that an incumbent government peacefully transferred power to the opposition.


1989 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The 1989 Arizona State Sun Devils football team was an American football team that represented Arizona State University in the Pacific-10 Conference (Pac-10) during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their second season under head coach Larry Marmie, the Sun Devils compiled a 6–4–1 record (3–3–1 against Pac-10 opponents), finished in fifth place in the Pac-10, and were outscored by their opponents by a combined total of 258 to 241.


1989 Arizona State Sun Devils football team
The team's statistical leaders included Paul Justin with 2,591 passing yards, David Winsley with 470 rushing yards, and Ron Fair with 1,082 receiving yards.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team
The 1989 Arizona Wildcats football team represented University of Arizona during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. The offense scored 248 points while the defense allowed 178 points. Led by head coach Dick Tomey in his third season, the Wildcats played to an 8–4 record (5–3 in Pac-10) and participated in the first Copper Bowl which, ironically, was held at their home stadium. The Wildcats defeated North Carolina State in the bowl game.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Before the season
Arizona had completed the 1988 season with a 7–4 record, but missed out on a bowl game (likely due to losing to ranked teams as well as fewer bowls at the time). Fans believed that Tomey was building the team to success and the Wildcats entered 1989 with high expectations. The team earned a top-20 ranking in the preseason.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Texas Tech
The Wildcats (ranked 20th) visited Texas Tech for their first road game of the season after winning against Stanford to start the year. The Red Raiders were fired up in front of their home crowd and outplayed Arizona with a rushing attack for the upset victory.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Oklahoma
Arizona battled sixth-ranked Oklahoma in a home showdown. The game was mostly dominated by the defenses of both teams and led to the Wildcats and Sooners each scoring a single field goal. Late in the fourth quarter, Arizona drove into Sooner territory, and drilled a field goal in the closing seconds for a 6–3 upset victory and avenging the Wildcats’ loss to the Sooners in the previous season. This remains the most recent meeting to date between Arizona and Oklahoma.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Washington
Riding high on their momentum after upsetting Oklahoma, the Wildcats faced off against Washington (ranked 11th). For the second game in a row, Arizona took its opponent down to the finish. They held the Huskies in check throughout most of the contest and scored a field goal as time expired to get the win. It was the Wildcats’ second consecutive win over Washington that ended on a winning kick and their first win over the Huskies at home. Also, it was the second consecutive week that Arizona won against a ranked opponent with a last-second field goal.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, UCLA
After losing at Oregon, Arizona hosted UCLA (ranked 22nd). The Wildcats’ offense was too much for the Bruins, and Tomey picked up his first victory over them.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Washington State
The Wildcats traveled to Pullman for a top-25 showdown against 15th-ranked Washington State. Arizona did enough to narrowly defeat the Cougars.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, California
Arizona traveled to Berkeley to visit California and paid their respects in the wake of the earthquake disaster that rocked the Bay Area and the nation three weeks prior. An emotional Golden Bears team would rally from behind and barely got past the 15th-ranked Wildcats. The loss ended all chances of contention for a potential Rose Bowl berth for Arizona.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, USC
On homecoming day, the Wildcats hosted ninth-ranked USC and former Arizona coach Larry Smith. Arizona was no match for the Trojans’ big talent and only managed one field goal against them in a loss and Tomey was outcoached by Smith yet again. USC clinched the Pac-10 title and Rose Bowl berth with the win and prevented Arizona from getting a perfect home record.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
To conclude the regular season, Arizona took a trip to Arizona State for the rivalry game. In an attempt to change their fortunes against the Wildcats, the Sun Devils wore gold jerseys in the game, making their uniforms all gold.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
However, in the game, ASU's uniform change didn't help any matters, as the Wildcats overcame an early deficit and dominated the second half on their way to yet another win to extend their dominance over ASU.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, Arizona State
Wildcat players reacted to Arizona State's gold uniforms by calling them “bananas”. After the game, perhaps due to the loss, ASU decided that they would likely never wear the gold jerseys again for the foreseeable future, although they would wear them one last time in 1990 in a loss to USC. In 2021, ASU would bring back the gold jerseys in a home win over Colorado.


1989 Arizona Wildcats football team, Game summaries, NC State (Copper Bowl)
The Wildcats played in their first bowl game under Tomey. In the inaugural Copper Bowl that was held at their home stadium, Arizona faced NC State. In front of a raucous crowd that mostly Arizona fans, the Wildcats narrowly got past the Wolfpack in a low-scoring affair. The game was played on New Year's Eve and on the final day of the 1980s before turning to the 1990s. Also, the Copper Bowl was Arizona's first bowl win in the Tomey era.


1989 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team
The 1989 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team represented the University of Arkansas in the 1989 NCAA Division I baseball season. The Razorbacks were coached by Norm DeBriyn, in his 20th season with the Razorbacks, and played their home games at George Cole Field.


1989 Arkansas Razorbacks baseball team, Razorbacks in the 1989 MLB Draft
The following members of the Arkansas Razorbacks baseball program were drafted in the 1989 Major League Baseball Draft.


1989 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
The 1989 Arkansas Razorbacks football team represented the University of Arkansas during the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In Ken Hatfield's final year at UA, the Razorbacks went 10–2, and won their second straight SWC championship. However, Arkansas lost their fourth-straight bowl game and second consecutive Cotton Bowl Classic.


1989 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
Offensive tackle Jim Mabry was a consensus All-American for the Hogs.


1989 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
Another All-American was freshman kicker Todd Wright, who landed 20 of 23 field goals on the year, including a 51-yard field goal against UTEP. His average of 1.82 per game tied as best in the league and with future NFL kicker Chris Gardocki from Clemson.


1989 Arkansas Razorbacks football team
As a team, the Razorbacks were the seventh-best rushing offense in college football, with an average of 314.2 yards per game on the ground.


1989 Armagh District Council election
Elections to Armagh District Council were held on 17 May 1989 on the same day as the other Northern Irish local government elections. The election used four district electoral areas to elect a total of 22 councillors.


1989 Armagh District Council election, Districts results, Armagh City
1985: 2 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin, 1 x DUP1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP, 1 x Sinn Féin1985-1989 Change: SDLP gain from DUP


1989 Armagh District Council election, Districts results, Crossmore
1985: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP1989: 3 x SDLP, 2 x UUP1985-1989 Change: No change


1989 Armagh District Council election, Districts results, Cusher
1985: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP1989: 4 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP1985-1989 Change: No change


1989 Armagh District Council election, Districts results, The Orchard
1985: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP1989: 3 x UUP, 1 x SDLP, 1 x DUP1985-1989 Change: No change


1989 Army Cadets football team
The 1989 Army Cadets football team was an American football team that represented the United States Military Academy in the 1989 NCAA Division I-A football season. In their seventh season under head coach Jim Young, the Cadets compiled a 6–5 record and outscored their opponents by a combined total of 316 to 212. In the annual Army–Navy Game, the Cadets lost to Navy, 19–17.


1989 Aruban general election
General elections were held in Aruba on 7 January 1989. The People's Electoral Movement (MEP) emerged as the largest party, winning ten of the 21 seats in the Estates. The MEP formed a three-party coalition government, with Nelson Oduber becoming Prime Minister.


1989 Ashes series
The 1989 Ashes series was a series of Test cricket matches contested between England and Australia for the Ashes. It formed part of the 1989 Australian tour of England. The six-Test series began on 8 June 1989 at Headingley in Leeds and ended on 29 August 1989 at The Oval in London.


1989 Ashes series
Australia won the series 4–0 to win the Ashes for the first time since 1982-83, and the first time in England since 1975. Australia would go on to retain the Ashes until 2005, winning four series at home and a further three in England during this period.


1989 Ashes series
The one-sidedness of the series was highlighted by Australia only using 12 players for the whole series, compared with England using 29 players.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
Australia went into the First Test at Headingley as major underdogs having lost the previous two Ashes series both home and away, and also drawing the three match Texaco Trophy One Day International series to England. The English press had branded the tourists as 'possibly one of the worst sides to ever tour England'.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
But the Australian side was full of young talented confident players, were led well by the gritty and determined Allan Border and had planned well for the series.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
The match was evenly poised on the first morning of day one, but then brilliant batting by a young Mark Taylor and a coming of age by Steve Waugh who both scored centuries, took the Australians over 600 who confidently declared, and set the tone for the rest of the series. Australia were not dismissed for less than 400 all series.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
The first Test was also marked by the re-emergence of Terry Alderman. After his brilliant 1981 Ashes series in which he took 42 wickets, he suffered serious injury, and a temporary ban for touring South Africa, but came back re-invented as a swing bowler for the 1989 Ashes and took 10 wickets in the first Test to lead Australia to a 210 run victory.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
England won the toss and confidently sent the tourists in to bat on what looked a lively pitch, in fact as the day wore on, batting became easier and easier. Australia retained their new opening partnership of Geoff Marsh and Mark Taylor who was playing in just his third Test and had so far failed to cement his place in the order. The first session saw the pair nervously trying to see off the new ball, and England's decision to bowl looked a good one when the opening stand was broken for 44, Marsh out for 16. The second wicket only added 13, with Australian stalwart David Boon caught behind for 9 and Australia teetering.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
The Australian captain Allan Border came to the crease and slowly at first, but then with gathering momentum, he went about restoring the Australian innings alongside Mark Taylor, who appeared to be growing in confidence as the day went on. By the third session they had added 120 before Border mis-timed and was caught out for a determined 66. Australia had reached a healthy 174 for 3. Dean Jones joined Mark Taylor and the pair added a further 33 to see Australia at 207 for 3 at stumps on day one, with Taylor having batted the whole day not out on 96.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
Jones and Taylor resumed on the second morning with everybody watching to see if the young New South Wales batsman Taylor, could add the four runs he needed for his maiden Test century and he did not disappoint, bringing up his ton shortly after the resumption. It was not the most glamorous of centuries, but filled the young batsman with the confidence he needed to secure his place in the team for much of the next decade. Jones and Taylor batted throughout the morning taking Australia to 273 for 4 when Taylor was finally dismissed for 136.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
Whilst the Englishmen may have been delighted to see the back of centurion Taylor, they would later regret the arrival of his replacement Steve Waugh, who throughout the remainder of the second day played an astonishing array of strokes all around the wicket, exemplified by his signature square cut, and simply tore the English bowling to pieces.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
First with Dean Jones, eventually dismissed for 79, and with Merv Hughes after Ian Healy was dismissed for 16, Waugh battered the English bowling to be 174 not out and have Australia 580 for 6 at stumps on day two. The bowler Hughes also seemed filled with confidence from Waugh's display and remained with him on 63 not out. The partnership of Waugh and Hughes reached 147, a record for the 7th wicket in England.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
Where Taylor's century had been workman-like, Waugh's was one of flair, hitting the boundary 24 times, and it saw the coming of age of a batman who had struggled in previous series, having not scored a century in the first four years of his Test career.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
England began the third day facing the gloomy prospect of a rampant Australia and gloomy skies as well. They had the consolation of dismissing the stubborn Hughes, but Australia soon passed 600 and captain Allan Border declared immediately at 601 for 7, with Steve Waugh undismissed on 177*.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
Although the score they were chasing seemed daunting, England set about their innings in a sensible fashion, and although they lost Graham Gooch and Chris Broad before lunch, Allan Lamb and Kim Barnett set about building a solid partnership of 184, before Barnett was adjudged LBW for 80, replays suggested that the ball from Terry Alderman might have missed leg stump.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
This method of dismissal was Alderman's trademark during the 1989 Ashes. He had the ability to obtain just enough swing such that balls which looked as if they would miss leg stump would swing back late and trap batsmen as they played the ball to leg. Given Alderman bowled so close to the stumps, umpires were inclined to give decisions in Alderman's favour. This was clearly before the days of the "hawkeye" predictive path – though several decisions given in Alderman's favour throughout the series (of which Barnett's was one) would probably not have been given out at the time of writing (December 2009).


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
As they skies turned heavier, Alderman seemed to extract more and more swing and beat the bat throughout the afternoon. England were having difficulty playing him, but kept the scoreboard ticking over nonetheless. Geoff Lawson had English captain David Gower caught behind for 26 in the final session bringing South African born Robin Smith to the crease. Lamb reached his century just before stumps on day three and remained 103 not out over night, England having reached a healthy 284 for 4 in reply.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
England resumed on the fourth day looking to get as close as possible to Australia's score in the hope of bowling them out cheaply in the second innings, and set up an easy chase. Lamb moved on from his overnight 103 in much the same fashion as he had done the previous day. Smith joined in and the pair looked quite comfortable throughout the morning. Lamb was batting confidently and the pair took their partnership past 50. A short time later however, Lamb was undone by a brilliant trade-mark bat-pad catch by David Boon off Alderman's bowling. A short time later Derek Pringle, out LBW, became debutant Greg Campbell's first ever Test wicket, and his only victim of the whole tour.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
England who had been progressing nicely were teetering and 338 for 6. Smith and Phil Newport briefly stabilised the innings, before Smith was undone by yet another straight ball from Terry Alderman, trapping him LBW for 66. Gooch and Barnett had been dismissed with identical deliveries. Newport was joined by Jack Russell and the pair took England past 400, but the Australian bowlers had their tails up. Newport went for a well made 36, caught hooking by Boon off Lawson, and Phillip DeFreitas lasted just 6 balls before being undone by the fourth straight one Terry Alderman, also out LBW. Russell and Neil Foster added a further 6 runs before was caught by Geoff Marsh off Lawson leaving England all out for 430, 171 runs in arrears. Terry Alderman was the pick of the Australian bowlers with 5 for 107 for the innings.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
England felt they probably still had a chance of victory if they could pick up quick wickets, and set up a low final day run chase, but would otherwise be looking for the draw. Things began brightly for England when Geoff Marsh was caught behind for only 6 off Neil Foster's bowling.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
But from then on David Boon and Mark Taylor looked determined to put the game out of England's reach, until Taylor was out for a well made 60 leaving Australia at 97 for 2. Captain Allan Border came in and looked determined to lead from the front, scoring at a fast rate, and when Boon was out for 43, Dean Jones emerged from the dressing room looking even more determined. The pair moved along at a rapid rate, taking Australia to 158 for 3 at stumps.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
England began day five looking as though they were looking to drag the day out for a draw, but Jones and Border had other ideas. Resuming their free-scoring from the previous evening, the pair moved rapidly onwards, Jones scoring at better than a run-a-ball for a well made 40 not out off 34 balls. Although not quite as rapid, Border's 60 not out off 76 was still quite pacey, and the captain clearly had a plan in mind when he soon declared the Australian innings closed at 230 for 3, leaving England an unlikely 401 for victory off two sessions.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
That particular session will be remembered for some of the worst bowling ever witnessed by England fans. The attack was blatantly tired (from 2+ days in the field) but displayed their lack of fitness by still being tired even after 2 days off (rest days on Sundays were still the case in 1989). The Australian batsmen scored at over a run a ball that morning as Gower was left with 3 bowlers. In his autobiography, Gower remarked how bad a game Newport had had such that he was allowed only 5 overs (which cost 22 runs) in the second innings.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
It should also be remembered that the chance of victory for Australia was slim at best – declaring only around an hour before lunch to take ten wickets. The England bowlers were therefore demotivated by the feeling of going through the motions during that hour and the result was the fast scoring which firmly ensured there could be only one winner.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
Although the draw was looking likely, the Australian bowlers sensed victory. Alderman soon had Chris Broad out LBW to a full ball which bounced only about 6 inches. A wild stroke saw Barnett caught at slip for 34, and Lamb, the centurion of the first innings out for 4, England looked to be in trouble at 77 for 3. David Gower offered brief resistance with a well made 34 before he was caught behind off Geoff Lawson, leaving England at 134 for 4, and then the tail crumbled completely.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
Robin Smith (0 off 3 balls), then opener Graham Gooch (68 off 118) who had looked reasonably comfortable, were soon followed by Derek Pringle (0 off 27 balls), Jack Russell (2 off 22 balls), Phil Newport (8 off 27 balls), and finally Phillip DeFreitas (21 off 18 balls). England had lost 6 wickets for 57 runs to be all out for 191. Terry Alderman claimed 5 for 44 in the second innings, giving him match figures of 10 for 151, his best Test career figures, and making him man of the match.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, First Test
Australia had won the first Test by 210 runs, and led the 1989 Ashes series 1–0. The English press duly lambasted the side for their poor performance, especially David Gower who had inserted Australia and watched them amass 600 runs. The media called for instant changes demanding the head of Derek Pringle in particular.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
The only change to the team that the Australians made for the entire series came when the disappointing Greg Campbell, with only one wicket in the first test, was dropped for Trevor Hohns for the second test. The Australians would retain the same line up for the rest of the series.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
If the English team had learned any lessons from the First Test, it was that they, and the English press had vastly underestimated the abilities of Allan Border's well-picked young batting line-up who had scored over 800 runs between them at Headingley. So when David Gower won the toss again at Lord's he wasn't going to repeat his mistake of sending Australia in again. The irony this time being that cloudy skies prevailed and bowling would have been the better option.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
He chose to bat, but Hughes and Alderman soon had England three wickets down by lunch, including Gatting first ball to another bat pad catch (he had been out in a similar fashion during the Old Trafford Texaco game). Gooch made 60 and Gower 57 but the England batsmen seemed intent on attack, and while this was reflected in a score of 280 well before the close of play, they lost all 10 wickets in getting there.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
As was so often the case during 1989, when the Australians batted, the clouds disappeared and the pitches were largely good. They again piled on runs, quickly passing the English score by the middle of day three, with Steve Waugh's brilliant 152 not out leading them eventually to 528, despite excellent bowling by John Emburey, who claimed 4 for 88. An astonishing supporting cameo of 74 off 94 balls from the Australian number 10 Geoff Lawson enabled Waugh's heroics, and helped see the Australians over 500, and also remained Lawson's best ever test innings.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
A first innings lead of 242 placed great pressure on the English batsmen, but their combined experience counted when it was required, and their captain David Gower led the fight-back with a well made 106. Robin Smith was unluckily dismissed for 96. However it was again Terry Alderman's turn with 6 for 128, 4 of them LBWs achieved through either dead straight balls or – his speciality – the late swing from leg stump making them virtually straight balls that the batsmen played across. England had made a solid 359, but their first innings had let them down, and it left Australia with a comfortable target of 118 runs for victory on the last day.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
England won the toss and chose to bat on what looked a good Lord's batting pitch. Alderman began from the pavilion end and was bowling into the breeze, helping him to swing the ball. Graham Gooch and Chris Broad initially looked comfortable, but the ball began to move more as it wore on. Alderman finally struck, rapping Broad on the pads directly in front to have him LBW for 18. Kim Barnett was on the receiving end of some intimidating bowling from Merv Hughes, and the tactic paid off when Boon caught him at bat pad trying to fend a short ball away. Mike Gatting made a disappointing golden duck, dismissed in exactly the same fashion.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
David Gower (57 off 62 balls), Graham Gooch (60 off 123 balls), Robin Smith (32 off 36 balls), and Jack Russell (64 not out off 115 balls) provided some middle-order resistance, but it was not enough, as the tail once again folded, leaving England all out for 286. Merv Hughes had claimed 4 for 71, and Terry Alderman took 3 for 60.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
Australia had to face an awkward four overs before stumps, but openers Marsh and Taylor remained not out at the close, Australia 4 for no loss.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
The Australians began day two looking to go past England's total, and build a big lead, and that is exactly what they did. Geoff Marsh fell off just 14 balls for a disappointing 3, but Mark Taylor and David Boon added 145 for the second wicket, although it was hard work and slow-going. Taylor was caught LBW for 62 in a rare lapse of concentration in an otherwise well made innings, and Boon was dismissed 42 runs later, out for 94. Australia batted on throughout the second day but their progress was slow but steady.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
Allan Border added 35, and Dean Jones made 27, but the highlight of the second day came in the form of Steve Waugh who continued his imperious form from the first test, driving square of the wicket masterfully. Although he was not as quick scoring in the first test, he moved onto 35 not out by the close, with Merv Hughes once again by his side not out on 2. Australia had ground out runs throughout a slow second day to end on 276 for 6, still ten runs behind England's first innings score.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
When day three began, England may have harboured hopes of picking up the last four Australian wickets quickly, and setting about building a solid lead, however Steve Waugh wanted to press on. He was seeing the ball well, and moving into some of the best form of his career so far, and made the most of it. Well supported by Hughes, who made a solid 30, Waugh began to free his arms, and lifted the Australian's run-rate.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
Hughes dismissal in the morning session left Australia 331 for 7, and England should have knocked over the last few wickets, but their inability to clean up the Australian tail cost them dearly. First Trevor Hohns with 21 off 38 balls, and then fast bowler Geoff Lawson with a career best of 74 off 94 balls provided the lower tail support Steve Waugh needed to go on with his innings.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
As the impetus of Waugh's innings grew, Lawson contented himself with spectating from the bowler's end, and playing defensively when he had to, although the 11 fours he struck during his innings testified to his ability to pick off the bad balls that were bowled to him. Lawson eventually fell to Emburey's off-spin for 74, but the damage had been done as he had supported Waugh to guide the Australian's past 500. With the fall of Terry Alderman's wicket, Australia ware all out for 528, a first innings lead of 242, with Steve Waugh once again not out on 152.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
Not content with creating a large first innings lead, the Australian's were determined to make the most of the remaining overs of the day, and set about the English top order. Two minutes into the English innings, Terry Alderman again bamboozled Graham Gooch with the inswinging yorker, trapping him LBW for a third ball duck. Kim Barnett followed a few overs later for 3, caught off the bowling of Alderman, and Chris Broad was clean bowled by Geoff Lawson for 20. At stumps on day 3, England were in trouble at 58 for 3, Gower and Gatting the not out batsmen.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
England emerged on the morning of the fourth day determined to fight back, and were led from the front by captain Gower. Gatting went during the morning session for 22, but then Gower and new partner Robin Smith put on 139 for the fifth wicket to rescue England's innings. Gower was out for 106 shortly after bringing up his ton, caught by Border off Hughes.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
Jack Russell again provided stubborn resistance with 29, he and Smith guiding England into the lead, before Smith fell agonisingly close to his century on 96. John Emburey briefly led a wagging of the tail, and was not out on 21 with Graham Dilley on 4, with England 322 for 9 at the close of day 4.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
Australia began the fifth day looking to knock over England's last wicket quickly, and set a modest chase, but Dilley and Emburey were determined to drag it out as long as possible. They remained for close to two hours, add 37 to England's overnight score, but finally succumbed when Hughes bowled a short pitched delivery to Dilley, who could only fend the ball into the waiting hands of David Boon. He was out for 24, and Emburey had made an excellent 36 not out, England finishing on 359 all out. Whilst it was England's best score of the series so far, it still only left Australia with a target of 117 to win.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
Terry Alderman was once again the pick of Australia's bowlers with 6 for 128, his career best innings figures and taking his tally for series so far to 19 in the first two tests, a remarkable 9 of which were LBW dismissals.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
Australia were in no mood to mess around with their run chase and began aggressively, but it back-fired when Geoff Marsh was out clean bowled by Dilley for 1. Boon and Taylor then put on 42 for the second wicket, before Taylor was out for 27.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
Australia then wobbled, Allan Border out for 1, and Dean Jones out for a fourth ball duck, before ever reliable Steve Waugh joined David Boon, and the pair added the remaining 50 runs required for victory, the winning runs brought up by David Boon, who memorably swept Paul Jarvis to the square leg boundary for four to win. Boon ended on 58 not out, and Waugh, 21 not out, was yet to be dismissed in the series. Steve Waugh was named man of the match for his first innings 152*, which set up the victory when the game was evenly poised.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Second Test
Australia had won the second test by 6 wickets, and led the 1989 Ashes series 2–0.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
Gloomy weather threatened the third test before it even began, and rain and bad light eventually cost over ten hours of lost play during the match. The return of Ian Botham lifted the hosts spirits who went into the match trailing 2–0 in the six test series, however in his first match back after over a year off following serious spinal surgery, the English champion was well below his best. A bigger surprise was the return of Chris Tavaré who had not appeared for England in over five years, and his selection appeared to some to be a sign of increasing desperation on the part of the English selectors.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
Dean Jones inspired Australia to another big first innings score of 424 with a superb 157, and England only narrowly avoided the follow-on creeping to 242 with a rusty Ian Bothom top scoring with 46. The highlight of the match for England was the first ever test wicket for debutant Angus Fraser who finally captured the wicket of Steve Waugh (undismissed in the first two tests) giving him a series average of 393.00. The rain ruined Australia's party and a dour Edgbaston test ended in an inevitable draw.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
The Australians won the toss and full of confidence from the 1400 plus runs already compiled in the first two tests, decided to bat again. The pitch was not ideal, and rain threatened throughout, but a solid start from Taylor and Marsh took the tourists to 88 for the first wicket and threatened more of the same. Marsh (42) and Taylor (43) both made solid starts and kept the score ticking over, but it was Allan Border's dismissal for 8 that actually changed Australia's innings for the better. Dean Jones came to the wicket with the Australians at 105 for 3, and looked determined for a well overdue big score. His last century had been a magnificent 216 against the West Indies the previous summer, and he had looked frustrated so far in the current series.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
Jones set about his innings in a workman-like fashion and kept the scoreboard ticking over. He and Boon put on 96 for the fourth wicket, before the different pace at running between the wickets of the burly Tasmanian and greyhound-like Jones led to Boon's run out for 38. This brought Steve Waugh to the wicket for the Australians, who so far had not been dismissed all series. Jones had edged past fifty and was looking very confident as the day wore on. The pair added a further 31, and despite day one ending with an almost biblical-scale lightning storm and flash flood, Australia ended day one on 234 for 4, with Dean Jones 71 not out, and Steve Waugh 17 not out.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
If rain had affected day one, it ruined day two with the ground virtually awash as play was due to begin. Although some overs were bowled the day was almost a total loss and complete wash-out. The players did emerge briefly, and in a rare glimmer of brightness for the England team, a young Angus Fraser on debut, had Steve Waugh finally dismissed for the first time in the series, bowled for 43. Ian Healy went the same way to the same bowler for a disappoint 2 a few overs later, and Dean Jones brought up his century.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
After a disappointing day's play, the Australians had added a mere 62 for the loss of two wickets, ending the day on 294 for 6, Dean Jones still not out on 101 and Merv Hughes not out on 1.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
The third day was once again interrupted by rain, however Australia managed to continue pushing the game beyond England's reach, although the longer they batted the more likely a draw became. Dean Jones resumed not out on 101 and, although the Australians lost Merv Hughes cheaply, Jones and Trevor Hohns (40) put on 92 for the seventh wicket. Once again though the only winner on day three was the weather with much of the day lost to the rain.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
Dean Jones resumed day for on 141 not out and took Australia past 400 with the help of Hohns, and then Geoff Lawson, however Jones himself was out for 157 soon after lawson's departure, and after an epic 4-day innings, Australia were finally all out for 424 with a match result looking very unlikely. Captain Allan Border may have fancied his chances of dismissing England cheaply twice, but the remaining time made the prospect seem unlikely. His hope would have been to bowl them out for a low total, enforce the follow-on and then either defeat them by the innings or set a low target score for victory.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
The Australian pace trio of Alderman, Lawson and Hughes looked set for the task and got the early break-throughs they required, Gooch trapped LBW by Lawson for 8, Gower, LBW by Alderman for 8, and Tavaré caught at first slip by Mark Taylor off Alderman for 2 to leave England once again tittering at 47 for 3. Curtis who had reached 41 was next to go with the score on 75, and Barnett, out for 10, went soon after with the total unchanged.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
England were looking on the brink of an embarrassing first innings at 75 for 5 when veteran all-rounder Ian Botham, still not back to his best, came to the wicket. Although there was not much chance of him repeating his match-winning heroics of the 1981 Ashes series, Botham was determined to help England avoid defeat. He and wicket-keeper Jack Russell put on 96 for the sixth wicket to stabilise England's innings.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
Botham was finally bowled by Merv Hughes for 46, and Jack Russell went soon after for 42, leaving England at 171 for 7, but Australia's hopes of an unlikely victory were fading. At the end of day four England finished 185 for 7, with John Emburey (2) and Angus Fraser (12) at the crease.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
Allan Border would have still held out a faint hope of victory on the morning of day five, but it seemed unlikely. Fraser failed to add to his overnight score and was run out for 12 soon after the resumption. Emburey and Graham Dilley added 30 for the ninth wicket, much to the frustration of the Australians before Emburey fell for a well made 26 to a sharp chance taken by David Boon off Lawson.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
If the ninth wicket stand of 30 had frustrated the Australian bowlers the 10th wicket partnership of 27 between Dilley and Paul Jarvis was just annoying, and made an Australian victory all but impossible. Alderman finally trapped Jarivs LBW with what was fast becoming his trademark of the series, the inswinging yorker, but England had struggled to 242, which although a disappointing score, had dragged out their innings long enough to avoid the follow-on and not leave the Australians with enough time for victory.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
The Australians began their second innings with the prospect of facing 65 overs, but without any real hope of victory, and seemed set to use the batting practice as part of the psychological battle. Marsh and Taylor began quite aggressively and quickly took the score past fifty, before Marsh was bowled by Jarvis for 42, the Australians on 81 for 1. Taylor and Boon went past the 100 mark, and Taylor brought up his fifty before, on 51, he mistimed and was caught by Botham off the part-time medium bowling off Graham Gooch.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
Wicket-Keeper Ian Healy was the surprise replacement, elevated up the order for batting practice, and he and Boon saw out the rest of the day, putting on 49 to leave Australia at 158 for 2 at stumps, and the match ending in a draw. Dean Jones' sparkling first innings 157 earned him the man-of-the-match award.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Third Test
Australia retained their 2–0 lead in the 1989 Ashes series after the third test.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
England went into the fourth test still 2–0 down in the series, but knowing they had been reprieved by the weather in the third, and in desperate need of a win to get back into the series. Their only hopes of retaining the Ashes were by winning at least two of the remaining three tests, and at least leveling the series. An Australian win would mean their regaining the Ashes.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Once again, England opted to reshuffle their line-up, with batsmen Tavaré and Barnett both dropped for Robinson and the returning Robin Smith. The bowlers did not avoid the selectors' axe either, with Dilley and Jarvis replaced by Cook and Foster.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
England was disappointing in their first innings, all out early on the second day for a seemingly insufficient 260, undone by a rampant Lawson who claimed career best figures of 6/72. An impressive century to Robin Smith the only highlight in a lacklustre display. The Australians replied with an impressive 447 driven by 4 half-centuries amongst their top six batsmen, and the fourth time in the series that they had done so.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
England's second innings was a mirror of the first, all out on the morning of the fifth day for 264, leaving the Australians with half a day to pick up the 78 runs required for victory, and the Ashes. A dogged not out century to wicket-keeper Jack Russell had delayed the inevitable, but when David Boon swept Nick Cook towards the square leg fence in the 32nd over of Australia's innings, the tourists passed the required mark and gained victory by 9 wickets, regaining the Ashes which England had held since 1985.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
England won the toss and decided to bat first. Lawson gave the tourists an early breakthrough by clean-bowling Graham Gooch for 11. Tim Robinson, who had come into the side at number three, was out LBW bowled Lawson a few overs later, with England not having added to the score.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Curtis again fell cheaply, clean bowled by Lawson for 22 and leaving England struggling at 57 for 3. Captain David Gower and the returning South African born Robin Smith worked to restore the innings with a diligent partnership of 75 for fourth wicket, but Gower was undone by the arm ball of off-spinner Trevor Hohns which struck him in front, and he was given out LBW for a well made 35. That bought champion batsman Ian Botham to the wicket, but he was out for a duck two overs later, bowled by Hohns.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Jack Russell was trapped in front for 1 by Lawson a few overs later, and England's innings was disintegrating at 147 for 6. Emburey batted defensively to support Robin Smith, taking 34 balls to make his 5, but he too was eventually deceived by Hohns, out LBW. Some stubborn resistance by Neil Foster late in the day allowed Smith to bring up his century, and saw England finish the day on 224 for 7, Foster not out on 35 and Smith on 112.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
England began day two in the hope that Robin Smith could go on to a big score, and the tail would be there to provide support. Whilst Smith edged towards 150, the hoped for wagging of the tail did not emerge. Foster went early in the first session, and although the final two batsmen Angus Fraser and Nick Cook both absorbed a few overs each to help Smith move onto 143, neither really bothered the scorers, Fraser out for 2, and Cook was 0 not out when Smiths wicket finally fell, caught by Hohns off Merv Hughes. England all out for 260 early on day two.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Australia's unchanged opening pair Mark Taylor and Geoff Marsh emerged looking typically aggressive and soon were also looking untroubled by England's blunt bowling attack. The opening pair Foster and Fraser were soon replaced by Emburey and Cook, but England's bowling looked out of depth, and struggled to work out where to bowl and Marsh and Taylor set about scoring freely. After an opening stand of 135, Marsh was caught behind tantalisingly close to his fifty, out for 47 off the bowling of a reinvigorated Botham.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
The loss of his partner seemed to unsettle Taylor, and he too soon fell, stumped for 85 trying to advance down the wicket to Emburey. David Boon was unusually disappointing, clean bowled by Angus Fraser for 12, and in a rare bright period for England they had taken 3 for 12 to leave Australia on 154 for 3.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Dean Jones and Allan Border soon resumed business as usual, batting comfortably throughout the afternoon to see Australia to 3 for 219 at stumps. Jones was not out on 49, and Border not out on 19.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
The third day began with Australia trailing England by 41, with seven wickets in hand. Border and Jones continued where they had left off the previous evening, with the later posting his half-century soon after the resumption. The morning session was all Australia's, who soon went past England's total in a very one-sided session. A highlight of the destruction was Jones striking a clattering six into the stands off Emburey, before mis-timing to be clean bowled by Ian Botham for 69. This brought in-form Steve Waugh to the crease to join Border who was looking well set.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Border soon brought up his fifty, the total passed 300, and then Waugh brought up his fifty. In a rare lapse during an otherwise perfect innings, Border snicked a thin edge to Russell off Foster, out for 80, with he and Waugh having added 88 for the fifth wicket. Foster trapped Australian wicket-keeper Ian Healy LBW for a golden duck the very next ball to be on a hat-trick, but his replacement Trevor Hohns easily blocked the hat-trick ball.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Hohns and Waugh took the Australian total past 400 for the fourth time in the series, with Waugh seemingly moving confidently towards another century. England fought back in the final session though, first removing Hohns, caught by Gower off Cook for a valiant 17 off 64 balls, and then Merv Hughes shortly after. Waugh, with only two bowlers remaining to bat with, seemed hurried to try to reach his century, and after having played masterfully throughout the day, began to rush things, which was to be his undoing. Without advancing the team total after Hughes' dismissal, Waugh fell for 92, caught by Curtis off the bowling of Angus Fraser. Numbers 10 and 11, Lawson and Alderman frustrated the England attack until stumps, not out on 13 and 5 respectively at stumps with Australia 441 for 9.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Day three had begun with the game still fairly evenly poised, it ended with Australia once again in the ascendancy, and taking control of the match.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
England began day four determined to put a quick end to the wagging of Australia's tail and did so, promptly removing Lawson with the addition of just six runs, Australia all out for 447, a first innings lead of 187. England needed solid partnerships and a good second innings score to fight their way back into the match, but received neither. Graham Gooch and Tim Curtis again opened the batting, but Curtis was out for a second ball duck caught by Boon who took a sharp chance close in at Bat-pad off Terry Alderman. A succession of regular wickets then ensued, England unable to put a partnership together.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Robinson was out LBW to Lawson for 12. Robin Smith caught behind by Healy off Alderman for 1. Gooch went next, caught Alderman bowled Lawson for 13, closely followed by Botham, LBW to Alderman for 4. Gower was caught cutting by Marsh at Gully for 15 off the bowling of Lawson, and England were reeling at 59 for 6. Australia smelt a route and were pressing the attack on all fronts with hostile bowling from an almost unplayable Alderman and an up-tempo Lawson. When either of them tired, England's 'relief' came in the form of pure intimidation from Merv Hughes, and Hohns, who was turning the ball well on a fairly even track.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
All seemed lost for England until a defiant Jack Russell, ably supported by spinner John Emburey set about first blunting, and then when the opportunity arose, attacking the Australian bowlers. It was slow going, and often dourly defensive, but Russell and Emburey weathered the Australian attack, and set about adding to the total when they could. By stumps they had crawled along to 123 for 6, Russell not out on 47 and Emburey on 22. A vital partnership of 64 restoring some credibility to an England team threatening to collapse completely.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
England managed to push on with the job of restoring some pride to their innings on the morning of the fifth day, thanks largely to the heroics of Jack Russell. From his overnight 47 not out, Russell soon pushed past fifty, and his partner Emburey looked as though he wasn't going to surrender his wicket easily either. They batted throughout the morning adding to their overnight partnership of 64. Russell looked confident, and it seemed Australia's bowlers were lost for ideas on how to remove the pair.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
They looked as though they were willing to bat the day out and save the match. They soon took England past Australia's total, and set about building a lead, but with less than a days play remaining, an English victory looked out of the question. Emburey brought up his fifty, his first of the series. The pair looked to be quite comfortable, however soon after they had taken England past 200, Australia finally got the breakthrough they had sought. Alderman produced a brilliant outswinger which cut off the pitch, collecting the top of Emburey's off-stump, clean bowled for a well made 64.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
His replacement Neil Foster batted for over half an hour in making 6, a clear sign England's hopes lay in batting out the day. However he too was eventually bowled by Alderman. Jack Russell brought up a deserved hundred, and whilst his heroics were in vain with no support around him, had the top order scored more the result may have been otherwise.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Foster's replacement, Angus Fraser, likewise frustrated the Australian's who were going for the kill. He batted for 40 minutes in making 3 runs, and allowed Russell to continue pushing the score along. Fraser was out cutting off Trevor Hohns, caught by Geoff Marsh and England were left at 255 for 9. Nick Cook wasn't able to repeat the stalling of his two previous teammates and last only 10 minutes and 11 balls, although he did strike a clean boundary in his 5 runs. When he was caught behind off Merv Hughes, he left Russell stranded on 128 not out and England had been dismissed for 264 runs, leaving Australia a target of 78 with the best part of two sessions to get the runs.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Taylor and Marsh went on the attack, sensing the possibility of a humiliating 10 wicket victory. However it was not to be. They made a solid opening stand of 62, but Marsh mistimed Emburey to be caught by Robinson for 31. That left Boon to come in, and he and Taylor mopped up the last few runs. Boon swept Nick Cook to the square leg boundary for four to bring up the winning runs, and Australia had regained the Ashes by taking an unassailable 3–0 lead with only two tests remaining to be played. Geoff Lawson's match figures of 9 for 153 earned him the man-of-the-match award.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fourth Test
Australia had won the fourth test by 9 wickets to lead the best of six match 1989 Ashes series 3–0.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
With the Ashes loss in four tests to an Australian side touted as supposedly the worst to ever tour England prior to the start of the series, the England side entered the fifth test looking demoralised and dejected. The English selectors once again chopped and changed their line-up, including the addition of two debutants – Michael Atherton, and Devon Malcolm. Despite the series having already been decided, it was the fifth test at Trent Bridge which truly defined the 1989 Ashes series. Having won the toss and confidently decided to bat, Border's charges piled on the runs once again.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
The opening stand of 329 between Mark Taylor and Geoff Marsh which lasted for nearly four sessions, the highest opening stand in an Ashes test, in any test in England, and the fifth highest partnership for the first wicket in all tests. Their stand allowed Australia to bat throughout day 2 and well into the third, reaching 600 for the second time in the series before declaring their innings closed with 6 wickets down.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
With Terry Alderman again demolishing the demoralised England batting line-up, taking 5 for 69 to restrict them to 255, England were forced to follow on. They returned on the morning of day four with one first innings wicket in hand, and still 354 runs behind Australia. Their last wicket fell early on, and Border enforced the follow on. The second innings was much worse, lasting a disappointing 55 overs, all out for 167, the wickets being shared amongst the Australians.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
The Australians arrived in Nottingham for the Trent Bridge test giddy after regaining the Ashes, and being the first Australian side to win a series in England since the 1975 Ashes series. The weather and pitch looked suited to batting, and so on winning the toss, Allan Border had no hesitation in choosing to do so. What happened next went down as one of the most memorable moments in Ashes folklore.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
England opened the bowling with the relatively inexperienced pair of Devon Malcolm and Angus Fraser, and Australia's opening batsmen Mark Taylor and Geoff Marsh tore them apart. The Nottingham crowd were treated to an exciting display of a mixture of stroke-play and powerful hitting. The pair batted throughout the morning and had soon passed 50. Botham and then Hemmings were brought in to bowl, but were equally ineffective. The Australians both looked set and determined, and rarely mis-timed or beaten.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
By lunch the score had gone past 150, with both openers passing their half-centuries. After a well earned break, they resumed where they had left off, scoring freely throughout the afternoon. By tea they had gone past 200, Taylor the first to bring up his century, followed soon after by Marsh. The pair, as might be expected after such a long day, had slowed down in the final session, but by stumps Australia's score stood at 301 for 0. Taylor was not out on 141 and Marsh not out on 125. It was the first time ever in history that no wicket had fallen on the first day of a test match in England.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
The Australian opening pair started day two where they had left off the day before. Free-flowing strokes around the wicket kept the scoreboard ticking over, and England's bowlers looked lost. They had tried six bowlers – Fraser, Malcolm, Botham, Hemmings, Cook, and batsman Atherton – before the breakthrough finally came mid-morning. Geoff Marsh was eventually caught by Botham off the bowling of Cook for 138. His innings had lasted over 7 hours, facing 382 balls and he struck 15 fours. The innings was to remain his all-time test best.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
The England team had finally removed one of the openers, but his partner remained steadfast in his concentration, and was now joined by a determined looking David Boon. Boon, who for much of the dark days of mid-1980s Australian cricket had remained the rock in the top order, had yet to score a century so far in the series, and looked set to try to right that wrong. He and Taylor breezed the Australian total past 350, Taylor bringing up his 150 in the process.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
England had failed to capitalise on their breakthrough, and the Boon-Taylor partnership soon resumed the pace and tempo of the previous Taylor-Marsh one. They batted throughout the morning and Australia soon went past 400, with still only one wicket down. The England fielders looked tired and dejected. Mark Taylor soon brought up his personal 200, becoming the first Australian to score a double century in England since 1970.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
However, not long after, an exhausted looking Taylor tried to dance down the wicket once too often attempting to hit Cook down the ground, and was out excellently stumped by Russell for 219. His innings lasted just over 9 hours, during which he faced 461 balls and struck 23 fours. His dismissal saw Australia at 430 for 2, with the partnership of Boon and Taylor worth 101. It would remain Taylor's highest test score until he made an astonishing 334* during the 1998–99 Australia v Pakistan series.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
Taylor's dismissal did not end the misery for England's bowlers however. Captain Allan Border came to the wicket seemingly inspired by the efforts of his top three. He and Boon took the score past 500, before Boon was likewise stumped by Russell off Cook, out for 73, a century still eluding his despite his consistent batting throughout the series. Dean Jones added a rapid 22, but was out caught by Gower off Angus Fraser, and the one highlight of the Australian innings for England came next when the in-form Steve Waugh was out for a duck. Wicket-keeper Ian Healy joined his captain, and the pair saw Australia to 560 for 5 at stumps.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
Day three began with a dejected England looking as though they knew they had no hope of extracting a victory from the test, and also knowing they would have to bat out at least two days to salvage a draw. But that was yet to come, as Border and Healy resumed Australia's mammoth total. England got the early breakthrough though, dismissing Healy, clean bowled by Fraser, second ball of the day without adding to the overnight total. Off-spinner Trevor Hohns joined captain Border, and the pair batted through the morning taking Australia past 600. Border unselfishly stuck to his declaration target of 600, even though it left his 35 shy of a century on 65, and declared Australia's innings closed shortly before lunch on 602 for 6, the second time in the series Australia had passed 600.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
England were forced to face an awkward period before lunch, and duly obliged the tourists by succumbing to the pressure. Martyn Moxon fell to a third ball duck in the first over, caught by Waugh at point slashing at an out-swinger from Terry Alderman. Debutant Mike Atherton went two balls later, fooled by Alderman's now trademark in-swinging yorker which trapped him in front to be out LBW. England ended the first over 2 for 1. Tim Curtis fared little better, out a few overs later for 2, also out LBW to Alderman.


1989 Ashes series, Match details, Fifth Test
Robin Smith and David Gower went someway to stabilising the England innings, but when captain Gower was tempted to play at an off-cutter outside the off stump by Geoff Lawson he got an outside edge and was caught behind for 11. Once again keeper Jack Russell was called upon to try to provide some lower order resistance for a failing England line-up. He did so, this time in the form of providing support for Smith, who started to look comfortable where the others had failed. Smith's stroke-play became audacious, even elegant at times.