1990 Austral-Asia Cup

International cricket tournament

Cricket tournament

1990 Austral-Asia CupCricket format| One Day International

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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.[1]

The tournament was sponsored by Sanyo.[2]

## Group stage

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### Group A

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Team  | P  | W  | L  | T  | NR  | RR  | Points

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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)

New Zealand
195/7 (50 overs)

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DC Boon 92* (93)
MC Snedden 2/31 (10 overs)

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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)

Bangladesh
177/5 (50 overs)

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JG Wright 93 (98)
AH Jones 93 (72)
Minhajul Abedin 2/39 (7 overs)

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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)

Australia
140/3 (25.4 overs)

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Aminul Islam 41 (76)
Steve Waugh 2/22 (10 overs)
PL Taylor 2/22 (10 overs)

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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

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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)

Sri Lanka
242/7 (49.2 overs)

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M Azharuddin 108 (116)
JR Ratnayeke 3/31 (10 overs)

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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)

India
209 (46.3 overs)

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Saleem Yousuf 62 (90)
RJ Shastri 2/36 (10 overs)

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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)

Sri Lanka
221 (47.4 overs)

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Ijaz Ahmed 89 (64)
JR Ratnayeke 3/65 (10 overs)

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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

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 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

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1 May 1990
Scorecard
Wisden report

New Zealand
74 (31.1 overs)

Pakistan
77/2 (15.4 overs)

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AH Jones 47 (85)
Waqar Younis 5/20 (9 overs)

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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)

Sri Lanka
218 (45.4 overs)

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DM Jones 117 (123)
MAWR Madurasinghe 1/32 (10 overs)

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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

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4 May 1990
Scorecard
Wisden report

Pakistan
266/7 (50 overs)

Australia
230 (46.5 overs)

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Saleem Malik 87 (104)
CG Rackemann 3/49 (10 overs)

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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

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* Austral-Asia Cup

## References

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1. ^ Wright 1991, p. 1088.
2. ^ Frindall 1997, p. 313.
3. ^ a b "Austral-Asia Cup 1990 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for Austral-Asia Cup".
4. ^ Wright 1991, p. 1090.
5. ^ 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.