1990 Austral-Asia Cup

Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and Knockout
Host	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, who were the defending champions, won the tournament, defeating Australia in the final and winning the US$30,000 champions' purse. As runners-up, Australia won US$20,000, while the semi-finalists, New Zealand and Sri Lanka won US$10,000 each.^[1] India, the losing finalist from the previous edition of the tournament, were eliminated in the group stage after being beaten by Pakistan and Sri Lanka in its two group matches.

The tournament was sponsored by Sanyo.^[2]

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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.

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.

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.

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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.

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.

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.

	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

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.

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.

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.

• Austral-Asia Cup

• 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.