# 1986 Asia Cup

The 1986 Asia Cup (also known as the John Player Gold Leaf Trophy) was the second Asia Cup tournament, and was held in Sri Lanka between March 30 and April 6. Three teams took part in the tournament: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Asian leading associate member Bangladesh. India pulled out of the tournament due to strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka and was replaced by Asian leading associate nation Bangladesh, which had qualified by winning the 1984 South-East Asia Cup.
The 1986 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. Pakistan won both its matches and qualified for the final against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan to win their first Asia Cup.

## Squads

Squads :
| Sri Lanka | Pakistan | Bangladesh |
| Duleep Mendis (c) | Imran Khan (c) | Gazi Ashraf (c) |
| Brendon Kuruppu (wk) | Mudassar Nazar | Raqibul Hasan |
| Roshan Mahanama | Mohsin Khan | Nurul Abedin |
| Asanka Gurusinha | Ramiz Raja | Minhajul Abedin |
| Roy Dias | Javed Miandad | Shaheedur Rahman |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | Qasim Umar | Rafiqul Alam |
| Aravinda de Silva | Manzoor Elahi | Golam Faruq |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | Abdul Qadir | Jahangir Shah |
| Ashantha de Mel | Wasim Akram | Hafizur Rahman (wk) |
| Don Anurasiri | Zulqarnain (wk) | Gholam Nousher |
| Kaushik Amalean | Zakir Khan | Samiur Rahman |
| Athula Samarasekera | Saleem Malik | - |

## Matches
### Group stage

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | RR |
| Pakistan | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3.823 |
| Sri Lanka | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 3.796 |
| Bangladesh | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.795 |
* 30 March 1986 Scorecard
| Pakistan 197 (45 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 116 (33.5 overs) |
| Mohsin Khan 39 (46) Ravi Ratnayeke 3/32 (9 overs) | | Brendon Kuruppu 34 (56) Manzoor Elahi 3/22 (9 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 81 runs Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Shepherd Player of the match: Mohsin Khan (Pak)
* 31 March 1986 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 94 (35.3 overs) | v | Pakistan 98/3 (32.1 overs) |
| Shaheedur Rahman 37 (60) Wasim Akram 4/19 (9 overs) | | Mudassar Nazar 47 (97) Jahangir Shah 2/23 (9 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 7 wickets Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa Umpires: Herbi Felsinger and PW Vidanagamage Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak)
* 2 April 1986 Scorecard
| Bangladesh 131/8 (45 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 132/3 (31.3 overs) |
| Minhajul Abedin 40 (63) Kaushik Amalean 2/15 (9 overs) | | Asanka Gurusinha 44 (91) Golam Faruq 1/22 (8.3 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy Umpires: Mahboob Shah and David Shepherd Player of the match: Asanka Gurusinha (SL)

### Final

* 6 April 1986 Scorecard
| Pakistan 191/9 (45 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 195/5 (42.2 overs) |
| Javed Miandad 67 (100) Kaushik Amalean 4/46 (9 overs) | | Arjuna Ranatunga 57 (55) Abdul Qadir 3/32 (9 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Shepherd Player of the match: Javed Miandad (Pak)

## Statistics
### Most runs

| Player | Matches | Innings | NO | Runs | Average | SR | HS | 100 | 50 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 3 | 3 | 1 | 105 | 52.50 | 92.10 | 57 | 0 | 1 |
| Javed Miandad | 3 | 3 | 0 | 91 | 30.33 | 61.48 | 67 | 0 | 1 |
| Mohsin Khan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 74 | 24.66 | 64.91 | 39 | 0 | 0 |
| Brendon Kuruppu | 3 | 3 | 0 | 67 | 22.33 | 59.29 | 34 | 0 | 0 |
| Aravinda de Silva | 3 | 2 | 0 | 64 | 32.00 | 66.66 | 52 | 0 | 1 |
| Shaheedur Rahman | 2 | 2 | 0 | 62 | 31.00 | 57.41 | 37 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo ||||||||||

### Most wickets

| Player | Matches | Innings | Wickets | Overs | Econ. | Ave. | BBI | S/R | 4WI | 5WI |
| Abdul Qadir | 3 | 3 | 9 | 24.2 | 2.91 | 7.88 | 3/15 | 16.2 | 0 | 0 |
| Kaushik Amalean | 3 | 3 | 7 | 25.0 | 3.64 | 13.00 | 4/46 | 21.4 | 1 | 0 |
| Ravi Ratnayeke | 3 | 3 | 7 | 26.0 | 4.73 | 17.57 | 3/32 | 22.22 | 0 | 0 |
| Wasim Akram | 3 | 3 | 4 | 22.2 | 2.59 | 14.50 | 4/19 | 33.50 | 1 | 0 |
| Manzoor Elahi | 3 | 3 | 4 | 23.0 | 3.04 | 17.50 | 3/22 | 34.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Arjuna Ranatunga | 3 | 3 | 4 | 27.0 | 3.00 | 20.25 | 2/17 | 40.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Zakir Khan | 3 | 3 | 4 | 19.0 | 5.10 | 24.25 | 3/34 | 28.50 | 0 | 0 |
| Source: Cricinfo |||||||||||