1986–87 Sharjah Cup

The 1987 Sharjah Cup was held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 2–10, 1987. Four national teams took part: Australia, England, India and Pakistan,

1987 Sharjah Cup

Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Champions	England
Runners-up	Pakistan
Participants	4
Matches	6
Player of the series	DC Boon
Most runs	DC Boon (206)
Most wickets	JE Emburey (6)

The 1987 Sharjah Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once in a tournament where each team played the other once.

England won the tournament and UK£18,750 in prize money.

Matches

Table

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	RR	Points
England	3	2	1	0	0	4.46	4
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	0	4.17	4
India	3	2	1	0	0	4.07	4
Australia	3	0	3	0	0	3.80	0

2 April 1987 Scorecard

England 211/7 (50 overs)	v	India 214/7 (48.5 overs)
BC Broad 57 (94) RJ Shastri 3/47 (10 overs)		Kapil Dev 64 (54) JE Emburey 3/38 (9.5 overs)

India won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: Kapil Dev (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• DJ Capel, NH Fairbrother and JJ Whitaker (all ENG) made their ODI debuts.

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3 April 1987 Scorecard

Australia 176/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 180/4 (46.4 overs)
DC Boon 71 (132) Mudassar Nazar 3/44 (10 overs)		Javed Miandad 74* (97) SP Davis 1/26 (10 overs) BA Reid 1/26 (8.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: Mudassar Nazar (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• MRJ Veletta (AUS) made his ODI debut.

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5 April 1987 Scorecard

Australia 176/6 (50 overs)	v	India 177/3 (42 overs)
DC Boon 62 (113) Maninder Singh 2/26 (9 overs)		M Azharuddin 84 (129) SR Waugh 1/33 (8 overs)

India won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: M Azharuddin (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

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7 April 1987 Scorecard

Pakistan 217/9 (50 overs)	v	England 220/5 (47.2 overs)
Javed Miandad 60 (101) DJ Capel 3/38 (10 overs)		RT Robinson 83 (104) Abdul Qadir 3/47 (10 overs)

England won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: RT Robinson (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

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9 April 1987 Scorecard

England 230/6 (50 overs)	v	Australia 219/8 (50 overs)
GA Gooch 86 (119) SP O'Donnell 1/27 (8 overs)		AR Border 84 (104) JE Emburey 2/38 (10 overs)

England won by 11 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: GA Gooch (ENG)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

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10 April 1987 Scorecard

India 183/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 184/2 (41.4 overs)
DB Vengsarkar 95* (151) Imran Khan 4/27 (10 overs)		Saleem Malik 61* (98) Maninder Singh 1/28 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: DB Vengsarkar (IND)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Attendance: 18,000.

See also

• Sharjah Cup

References

• Frindall, Bill (1997). Limited-Overs International Cricket – The Complete Record. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-1173-6.
• Cricket Archive: Sharjah Cup 1986/87
• ESPNCricinfo: Sharjah Cup, 1986/87
• Otway, Graham (1988). "Sharjah Cup, 1986-87". In Wright, Graeme (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1988. John Wisden & Co Ltd. pp. 1024–1028. ISBN 0-947766-10-3.