1990 Austral-Asia Cup
International cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
Cricket format | One Day International |
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Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 9 |
Player of the series | ![]() |
Most runs | ![]() |
Most wickets | ![]() |
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The 1990 Austral-Asia Cup was a cricket tournament held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 25–May 4, 1990. Six national teams took part: Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
The teams were divided into two groups of three who played each other, round robin, with the winner and runner-up of each group progressing to the semi-finals.
Pakistan won the tournament, defeating Australia in the final, and won US$30,000. As runners-up, Australia won US$20,000, while the semi-finalists, New Zealand and Sri Lanka won US$10,000 each.[1]
The tournament was sponsored by Sanyo.[2]
Group stage
Group A
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Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.260 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.330 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.110 | 0 |
26 April 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
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![]() Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: RB Gupta (IND) and Khizer Hayat (PAK) Player of the match: DC Boon (AUS) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- JP Millmow and MW Priest (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.
28 April 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
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![]() Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: RB Gupta (IND) and Khizer Hayat (PAK) Player of the match: AH Jones (NZ) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- Enamul Haque (BAN) made his ODI debut.
30 April 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
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![]() Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: RB Gupta (IND) and Khizer Hayat (PAK) Player of the match: PL Taylor (AUS) |
- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Jahangir Alam Talukdar made his ODI debut.
Group B
[3][5]
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
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![]() | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.460 | 4 |
![]() | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.661 | 2 |
![]() | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.500 | 0 |
25 April 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
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![]() Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and AR Crafter (AUS) Player of the match: A Ranatunga (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- A Kumble (IND) made his ODI debut.
27 April 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
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![]() Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and AR Crafter (AUS) Player of the match: Waqar Younis (PAK) |
- India won the toss and elected to field.
- Sajjad Akbar (PAK) made his ODI debut.
29 April 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
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Ijaz Ahmed 89 (64) JR Ratnayeke 3/65 (10 overs) |
![]() Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and AR Crafter (AUS) Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (PAK) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- Mansoor Rana (PAK) made his ODI debut.
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
1 May | ||||||
![]() | 74 | |||||
4 May | ||||||
![]() | 77/2 | |||||
![]() | 266/7 | |||||
2 May | ||||||
![]() | 230 | |||||
![]() | 332/3 | |||||
![]() | 218 | |||||
Semi-finals
1 May 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
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AH Jones 47 (85) Waqar Younis 5/20 (9 overs) |
![]() Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: AR Crafter (AUS) and RB Gupta (IND) Player of the match: Waqar Younis (PAK) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
2 May 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
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DM Jones 117 (123) MAWR Madurasinghe 1/32 (10 overs) | HP Tillakaratne 76 (109) PL Taylor 2/28 (10 overs) |
![]() Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and Khizer Hayat (PAK) Player of the match: SP O'Donnell (AUS) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Final
4 May 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
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![]() Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: BL Aldridge (NZ) and RB Gupta (IND) Player of the match: Wasim Akram (PAK) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
See also
References
- ^ Wright 1991, p. 1088.
- ^ Frindall 1997, p. 313.
- ^ a b "Austral-Asia Cup 1990 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for Austral-Asia Cup".
- ^ Wright 1991, p. 1090.
- ^ Wright 1991, p. 1092.
- Cricinfo tournament page
- Cricket Archive tournament page
- Frindall, Bill (1997). Limited-Overs International Cricket – The Complete Record. Headline Book Publishing. pp. 313–317. ISBN 0-7472-1173-6.
- Ahmed, Qamar (1991). "Austral-Asia Cup, 1989-90". In Wright, Graeme (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1991. John Wisden & Co Ltd. pp. 1088–1094. ISBN 0-947766-16-2.