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.
| 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 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 edit
Group A edit
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
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| Australia
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.260 | 4 |
 New Zealand
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.330 | 2 |
 Bangladesh
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.110 | 0 |
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- JP Millmow and MW Priest (both NZ) made their ODI debuts.
Group B edit
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
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| Pakistan
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.460 | 4 |
 Sri Lanka
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.661 | 2 |
| India
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.500 | 0 |
Knockout stage edit
| 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 edit
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
Final edit
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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ Wright 1991, p. 1088.
- ^ Frindall 1997, p. 313.
- ^ a b "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.