1990 Austral-Asia Cup

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)

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
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.

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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.

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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

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

• Austral-Asia Cup

References

• 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.