Cricket format | One Day International |
---|---|
Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | United Arab Emirates |
Champions | Pakistan (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Australia |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 9 |
Player of the series | Waqar Younis |
Most runs | M Azharuddin (186) |
Most wickets | Waqar Younis (17) |
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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.
The tournament was sponsored by Sanyo.
Group stage
Group A
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.260 | 4 |
New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.330 | 2 |
Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.110 | 0 |
26 April 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
Australia 258/5 (50 overs) |
v | New Zealand 195/7 (50 overs) |
DC Boon 92* (93) MC Snedden 2/31 (10 overs) |
MD Crowe 41 (74) AR Border 3/25 (6 overs) |
Australia won by 63 runs 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 |
New Zealand 338/4 (50 overs) |
v | Bangladesh 177/5 (50 overs) |
JG Wright 93 (98) AH Jones 93 (72) Minhajul Abedin 2/39 (7 overs) |
Azhar Hossain 54 (126) JP Millmow 2/41 (10 overs) |
New Zealand won by 161 runs 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 |
Bangladesh 134/8 (50 overs) |
v | Australia 140/3 (25.4 overs) |
Aminul Islam 41 (76) Steve Waugh 2/22 (10 overs) PL Taylor 2/22 (10 overs) |
PL Taylor 54* (47) Minhajul Abedin 2/43 (6 overs) |
Australia won by 7 wickets 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
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.460 | 4 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.661 | 2 |
India | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.500 | 0 |
25 April 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
India 241/8 (50 overs) |
v | Sri Lanka 242/7 (49.2 overs) |
M Azharuddin 108 (116) JR Ratnayeke 3/31 (10 overs) |
A Ranatunga 85* (77) SK Sharma 2/63 (10 overs) |
Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets 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 |
Pakistan 235/9 (50 overs) |
v | India 209 (46.3 overs) |
Saleem Yousuf 62 (90) RJ Shastri 2/36 (10 overs) |
M Azharuddin 78* (95) Waqar Younis 4/42 (10 overs) |
Pakistan won by 26 runs 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 |
Pakistan 311/8 (50 overs) |
v | Sri Lanka 221 (47.4 overs) |
Ijaz Ahmed 89 (64) JR Ratnayeke 3/65 (10 overs) |
DSBP Kuruppu 41 (61) Waqar Younis 6/26 (10 overs) |
Pakistan won by 90 runs 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 | ||||||
New Zealand | 74 | |||||
4 May | ||||||
Pakistan | 77/2 | |||||
Pakistan | 266/7 | |||||
2 May | ||||||
Australia | 230 | |||||
Australia | 332/3 | |||||
Sri Lanka | 218 | |||||
Semi-finals
1 May 1990 Scorecard Wisden report |
New Zealand 74 (31.1 overs) |
v | Pakistan 77/2 (15.4 overs) |
AH Jones 47 (85) Waqar Younis 5/20 (9 overs) |
Saleem Malik 31* (46) JP Millmow 2/22 (5 overs) |
Pakistan won by 8 wickets 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 |
Australia 332/3 (50 overs) |
v | Sri Lanka 218 (45.4 overs) |
DM Jones 117 (123) MAWR Madurasinghe 1/32 (10 overs) |
HP Tillakaratne 76 (109) PL Taylor 2/28 (10 overs) |
Australia won by 114 runs 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 |
Pakistan 266/7 (50 overs) |
v | Australia 230 (46.5 overs) |
Saleem Malik 87 (104) CG Rackemann 3/49 (10 overs) |
SR Waugh 64 (83) Wasim Akram 3/45 (8.5 overs) |
Pakistan won by 36 runs 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.
- ^ "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.