1990 Austral-Asia Cup

1990 Austral-Asia Cup
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round robin and Knockout
Host(s) United Arab Emirates
Champions Pakistan (2nd title)
Runners-up Australia
Participants6
Matches9
Player of the seriesPakistan Waqar Younis
Most runsIndia M Azharuddin (186)
Most wicketsPakistan Waqar Younis (17)
1986
1994

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]

  1. ^ Wright 1991, p. 1088.
  2. ^ Frindall 1997, p. 313.

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