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Austral-Asia Cup
The Austral-Asia Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The Arab millionaire Abdur Rahman Bukhathir brought cricket initially to Sharjah in the mid-1980s and organized a multi-nation one-day tournament involving several cricketing nations such as Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The tournament became defunct by the mid-1990s.
The first tournament was held at Sharjah in April 1986. India beat New Zealand and Pakistan beat Australia in the first round. Sri Lanka as Asia Cup winners got a bye to the semi-final, where they lost to India. New Zealand fielding a weakened team were bowled all out for 64 in the other semi. Abdul Qadir took 4–9 in 10 overs.
Pakistan and India met in the final in front of a capacity crowd of 20,000. India scored 245–7 with Sunil Gavaskar top-scoring with 92. Pakistan need 90 to win of the last ten overs. Javed Miandad held the innings together. In a tense finale, the last over bowled by Chetan Sharma began with 11 runs required and two wickets fell in that over. Pakistan was nine wickets down and needed 4 runs with Javed Miandad facing the final ball. Chetan Sharma's intended yorker became a full toss which was dispatched into the crowds by Javed for a six. Pakistan finished on 248–9 with Javed finishing on 116 not out. It is still considered one of the most historic moments in one-day cricket history and Javed became a Pakistani national hero.
The second tournament took place in April 1990 at Sharjah with Bangladesh joining in. The six teams were split into 2 groups:
Group A: Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh
Group B: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
With Bangladesh and India falling by the wayside, Australia beat Sri Lanka in the first semi-final with Simon O'Donnell hitting a then world record 50 in 18 balls. Pakistan again bowled New Zealand out for less than 100 to go through to the final. During the tournament Waqar Younis took 4 wickets in an innings three successive times: 4–42, 6–26 and 5–20.
Pakistan scored 266–7 in the final and Australia's 10 match winning streak was brought to an end by Wasim Akram. He ended their innings with a hat-trick, clean-bowling Merv Hughes, Carl Rackemann and Terry Alderman. Australia making 230-all out.
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Austral-Asia Cup
The Austral-Asia Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held at Sharjah, United Arab Emirates. The Arab millionaire Abdur Rahman Bukhathir brought cricket initially to Sharjah in the mid-1980s and organized a multi-nation one-day tournament involving several cricketing nations such as Australia, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The tournament became defunct by the mid-1990s.
The first tournament was held at Sharjah in April 1986. India beat New Zealand and Pakistan beat Australia in the first round. Sri Lanka as Asia Cup winners got a bye to the semi-final, where they lost to India. New Zealand fielding a weakened team were bowled all out for 64 in the other semi. Abdul Qadir took 4–9 in 10 overs.
Pakistan and India met in the final in front of a capacity crowd of 20,000. India scored 245–7 with Sunil Gavaskar top-scoring with 92. Pakistan need 90 to win of the last ten overs. Javed Miandad held the innings together. In a tense finale, the last over bowled by Chetan Sharma began with 11 runs required and two wickets fell in that over. Pakistan was nine wickets down and needed 4 runs with Javed Miandad facing the final ball. Chetan Sharma's intended yorker became a full toss which was dispatched into the crowds by Javed for a six. Pakistan finished on 248–9 with Javed finishing on 116 not out. It is still considered one of the most historic moments in one-day cricket history and Javed became a Pakistani national hero.
The second tournament took place in April 1990 at Sharjah with Bangladesh joining in. The six teams were split into 2 groups:
Group A: Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh
Group B: India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
With Bangladesh and India falling by the wayside, Australia beat Sri Lanka in the first semi-final with Simon O'Donnell hitting a then world record 50 in 18 balls. Pakistan again bowled New Zealand out for less than 100 to go through to the final. During the tournament Waqar Younis took 4 wickets in an innings three successive times: 4–42, 6–26 and 5–20.
Pakistan scored 266–7 in the final and Australia's 10 match winning streak was brought to an end by Wasim Akram. He ended their innings with a hat-trick, clean-bowling Merv Hughes, Carl Rackemann and Terry Alderman. Australia making 230-all out.