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.
| 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) |
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.
Group stage edit
Group A edit
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
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| Pakistan
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.453 | 4 |
| India
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.098 | 2 |
| United Arab Emirates
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.476 | 0 |
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- 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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- Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
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- United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.
Group B edit
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
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 Australia
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.323 | 4 |
 New Zealand
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.240 | 2 |
 Sri Lanka
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2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 3.709 | 0 |
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- 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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- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
- HT Davis (NZ) and AP Weerakkody (SL) made their ODI debuts.
Knockout stage edit
| 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 edit
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- Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
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- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
Final edit
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
See also edit
References edit
- ^ 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.