# 1990 Austral-Asia Cup

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.
The tournament was sponsored by Sanyo.

## Group stage
### Group A

| 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.

### Group B

| 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.

## Knockout stage

| Semi-finals | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 1 May | 1 May |
| New Zealand | 74 |
| New Zealand | 74 | 4 May | 4 May |
| Pakistan | 77/2 | 4 May | 4 May |
| Pakistan | 77/2 | Pakistan | 266/7 |
| 2 May | 2 May | | Pakistan | 266/7 |
| 2 May | 2 May | Australia | 230 |
| Australia | 332/3 | Australia | 230 |
| Sri Lanka | 218 | | |

### Semi-finals

* 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.

### Final

* 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.