1994 Austral-Asia Cup
International cricket tournament
Cricket tournament
Cricket format | One Day International |
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Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | United Arab Emirates |
Champions | Pakistan (3rd title) |
Runners-up | India |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 9 |
Player of the series | Aamer Sohail |
Most runs | Aamer Sohail (274) |
Most wickets | J Srinath (10) |
← 1990 |
The 1994 Austral-Asia Cup was a cricket tournament held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 13–22, 1994. Six national teams took part: Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates.
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 India, in the final. Australia and New Zealand reached the semi-finals, while Sri Lanka and United Arab Emirates were knocked out in the first round.
The tournament was sponsored by Pepsi.[1][2]
Group stage
Group A
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
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Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.453 | 4 |
India | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.098 | 2 |
United Arab Emirates | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.476 | 0 |
13 April 1994 Scorecard Wisden report |
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Mazhar Hussain 70 (112) Bhupinder Singh 3/34 (10 overs) |
India won by 71 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and SB Lambson (SA) Player of the match: VG Kambli (IND) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to field.
- AC Bedade and Bhupinder Singh (both IND), and the entire United Arab Emirates team made their ODI debuts.
15 April 1994 Scorecard Wisden report |
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Pakistan won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: SB Lambson (SA) and KE Liebenberg (SA) Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (PAK) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
17 April 1994 Scorecard Wisden report |
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Pakistan won by 9 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and KE Liebenberg (SA) Player of the match: Ata-ur-Rehman (PAK) |
- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
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Australia | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.323 | 4 |
New Zealand | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.240 | 2 |
Sri Lanka | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.709 | 0 |
14 April 1994 Scorecard Wisden report |
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Australia won by 9 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and KE Liebenberg (SA) Player of the match: ME Waugh (AUS) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- MG Bevan and JL Langer (both AUS), and UDU Chandana and AMN Munasinghe (both SL) made their ODI debuts.
16 April 1994 Scorecard Wisden report |
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BA Young 63 (97) SK Warne 4/34 (10 overs) | DC Boon 68 (98) DK Morrison 1/22 (6 overs) |
Australia won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and SB Lambson (SA) Player of the match: SK Warne (AUS) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
- MW Douglas (NZ) made his ODI debut.
18 April 1994 Scorecard Wisden report |
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New Zealand won by 2 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: SB Lambson (SA) and KE Liebenberg (SA) Player of the match: AP Gurusinha (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- HT Davis (NZ) and AP Weerakkody (SL) made their ODI debuts.
Knockout stage
Semi-finals | Final | |||||
19 April | ||||||
Australia | 244/9 | |||||
22 April | ||||||
India | 245/3 | |||||
Pakistan | 250/6 | |||||
20 April | ||||||
India | 211 | |||||
Pakistan | 328/2 | |||||
New Zealand | 266/7 | |||||
Semi-finals
19 April 1994 Scorecard Wisden report |
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India won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and SB Lambson (SA) Player of the match: AD Jadeja (IND) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
20 April 1994 Scorecard Wisden report |
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Pakistan won by 62 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and KE Liebenberg (SA) Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
Final
22 April 1994 Scorecard Wisden report |
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Pakistan won by 39 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: SB Lambson (SA) and KE Liebenberg (SA) Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (PAK) |
- India won the toss and elected to field.
See also
References
- ^ Engel 1995, p. 1166.
- ^ Frindall 1997, p. 453.
- ^ a b "Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup 1993/94 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup".
- ^ Engel 1995, p. 1169.
- ^ Engel 1995, p. 1171.
- Cricinfo tournament page
- Cricket Archive tournament page
- Frindall, Bill (1997). Limited-Overs International Cricket – The Complete Record. Headline Book Publishing. pp. 453–457. ISBN 0-7472-1173-6.
- Ahmed, Qamar (1995). "Pepsi Austral-Asia Cup, 1993–94". In Engel, Matthew (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1995. John Wisden & Co Ltd. pp. 1166–1173. ISBN 0-947766-24-3.
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