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.

1994 Austral-Asia Cup

Cricket format	One Day International
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)

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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				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

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.

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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.

See also

• Austral-Asia Cup

References

• 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.