1986 Austral-Asia Cup

The 1986 Austral-Asia Cup was held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 10–18, 1986. Five national teams took part: Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

1986 Austral-Asia Cup

Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Knock-out
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Champions	Pakistan (1st title)
Runners-up	India
Participants	5
Matches played	5
Player of the series	SM Gavaskar
Most runs	SM Gavaskar (163)
Most wickets	Wasim Akram (7)

The 1986 Austral-Asia Cup was a knock-out tournament. Sri Lanka qualified automatically for the semi-finals by virtue of winning the 1986 Asia Cup. Despite losing their first-round match, New Zealand qualified for the semi-finals as the first-round loser with the lesser margin of defeat.

Pakistan won the tournament, defeating India in the final, and won US$40,000.

The tournament was played for the joint benefit of Vijay Hazare, Dilip Vengsarkar, Javed Miandad and Wazir Mohammad.[1]

Matches

First Round

Semi-Finals

Final

Sri Lanka

205/9

New Zealand

132/8

India

206/7

India

134/7

India

245/7

Australia

202/7

Pakistan

248/9

Pakistan

206/2

New Zealand

64 all out

Pakistan

66/0

First Round

10 April 1986 Scorecard

New Zealand  132/8 (44 overs)	v	India 134/7 (41.4 overs)
JJ Crowe 36* (56) Maninder Singh 3/23 (9 overs)		CS Pandit 33* (34) EJ Chatfield 3/14 (9 overs)

India won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DM Archer (WIN) and AJ Gaynor (WIN) Player of the match: EJ Chatfield (NZ)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 44 overs per side.
• CS Pandit (IND) made his ODI debut.

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11 April 1986 Scorecard

Australia  202/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 206/2 (49.1 overs)
GM Ritchie 60* (72) Tauseef Ahmed 2/19 (10 overs)		Mudassar Nazar 95 (140) RJ Bright 1/28 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DM Archer (WIN) and AJ Gaynor (WIN) Player of the match: Mudassar Nazar (PAK)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Semi-Finals

13 April 1986 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  205/9 (50 overs)	v	India 206/7 (49.1 overs)
AP Gurusinha 68 (113) C Sharma 3/35 (9 overs)		SM Gavaskar 71 (109) ALF de Mel 3/40 (10 overs) SD Anurasiri 3/40 (10 overs)

India won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DM Archer (WIN) and AJ Gaynor (WIN) Player of the match: SM Gavaskar (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

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15 April 1986 Scorecard

New Zealand  64 (35.5 overs)	v	Pakistan 66/0 (22.4 overs)
EJ Gray 17 (75) Abdul Qadir 4/9 (10 overs)		Mohsin Khan 34* (69)

Pakistan won by 10 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DM Archer (WIN) and AJ Gaynor (WIN) Player of the match: Abdul Qadir (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• New Zealand qualified for the semi-final by losing their first-round match by a lesser margin than Australia.

Final

18 April 1986 Scorecard

India  245/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 248/9 (50 overs)
SM Gavaskar 92 (134) Wasim Akram 3/42 (10 overs)		Javed Miandad 116* (114) C Sharma 3/51 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 1 wicket Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DM Archer (WIN) and AJ Gaynor (WIN) Player of the match: Javed Miandad (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Attendance: 20,000.[2]

See also

• Austral-Asia Cup

References

1. Frindall 1997, pp. 192-194.
2. Frindall 1997, p. 194.

• Cricinfo tournament page
• Cricket Archive tournament page
• Frindall, Bill (1997). Limited-Overs International Cricket – The Complete Record. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-1173-6.
• Ahmed, Qamar (1987). "Austral-Asia Cup, 1985-86". In Wright, Graeme (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1987. John Wisden & Co Ltd. pp. 1026–1029. ISBN 9780947766085.