# 1994 Austral-Asia Cup

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.

## Group stage
### Group A

| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
| 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
| India 273/5 (50 overs) | v | United Arab Emirates 202/9 (50 overs) |
| VG Kambli 82* (66) Sohail Butt 2/52 (10 overs) | | 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
| India 219 (46.3 overs) | v | Pakistan 223/4 (44.3 overs) |
| SR Tendulkar 73 (64) Aaqib Javed 2/41 (9 overs) | | Basit Ali 75* (76) RK Chauhan 3/47 (10 overs) |
* 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
| United Arab Emirates 145 (49.5 overs) | v | Pakistan 146/1 (23.1 overs) |
| JA Samarasekera 31* (75) Arshad Laeeq 31 (68) Wasim Akram 3/19 (10 overs) | | Aamer Sohail 51* (67) Saleem Raza 1/17 (3 overs) |
* 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 |
| 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
| Sri Lanka 154 (49.3 overs) | v | Australia 158/1 (36.5 overs) |
| HP Tillakaratne 64 (97) SK Warne 3/29 (10 overs) | | MA Taylor 68* (106) WPUJC Vaas 1/35 (10 overs) |
* 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
| New Zealand 207/9 (50 overs) | v | Australia 208/3 (47.5 overs) |
| 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
| New Zealand 217/8 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 215/9 (50 overs) |
| SA Thomson 50 (42) AP Gurusinha 1/30 (10 overs) | | AP Gurusinha 117* (140) DJ Nash 3/43 (10 overs) |
* 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 | Semi-finals | Final | Final |
| 19 April | 19 April |
| Australia | 244/9 |
| Australia | 244/9 | 22 April | 22 April |
| India | 245/3 | 22 April | 22 April |
| India | 245/3 | Pakistan | 250/6 |
| 20 April | 20 April | | Pakistan | 250/6 |
| 20 April | 20 April | India | 211 |
| Pakistan | 328/2 | India | 211 |
| New Zealand | 266/7 | | |

### Semi-finals

* 19 April 1994 Scorecard Wisden report
| Australia 244/9 (50 overs) | v | India 245/3 (45.4 overs) |
| SR Waugh 53 (72) J Srinath 3/32 (9 overs) | | AD Jadeja 87 (106) SK Warne 2/40 (9 overs) |
* 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
| Pakistan 328/2 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 266/7 (50 overs) |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq 137* (129) C Pringle 1/57 (10 overs) | | AC Parore 82 (102) Wasim Akram 2/50 (10 overs) |
* 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
| Pakistan 250/6 (50 overs) | v | India 211 (47.4 overs) |
| Aamer Sohail 69 (87) RK Chauhan 3/29 (9 overs) | | VG Kambli 56 (99) Aamer Sohail 2/22 (5 overs) |
* 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.