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{{Infobox cricket tournament main<br />
| name = '''Austral-Asia Cup'''<br />
| image = <br />
| caption = Pakistan team lifts the Austral-Asia cup<br />
| administrator = Sharjah Cricket Association & [[International Cricket Council]]<br />
| cricket format = [[One Day International]]<br />
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and [[Single-elimination tournament|Knock Out]]<br />
| first = 1986<br />
| last = 1994<br />
| next =<br />
| participants = 6 per tournament<br />
| champions = {{cr|PAK}} (3rd title)<br />
| most successful = {{cr|PAK}} (3 titles)<br />
| most runs = {{flagicon|India}} [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] (371)<br />
| most wickets = {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Wasim Akram]] (18)<br />
}}<br />
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The '''Austral-Asia Cup''' was a [[One Day International]] cricket tournament held at [[Emirate of Sharjah|Sharjah]], [[United Arab Emirates]].<br />
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The Arab cricketer, enthusiast and millionaire Abdur Rahman Bukhathir brought cricket initially to Sharjah in the mid-1980s and he masterminded a one-day tournament involving [[Asia]] and [[Australasia]]'s main cricketing nations – [[Australian cricket team|Australia]], [[Indian cricket team|India]], [[New Zealand cricket team|New Zealand]], [[Pakistani cricket team|Pakistan]] and [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]].<br />
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==First edition 1986==<br />
{{Main|1986 Austral-Asia Cup}}<br />
:Won by {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]]<br />
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 (cricketer)|Abdul Qadir]] took 4–9 in 10 overs.<br />
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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. During the over two wickets fell and with Pakistan needing 4 runs and India one final wicket from the last ball. Chetan Sharma's intended yorker became a full toss which was dispatched into 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.<br />
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==Second edition 1990==<br />
{{Main|1990 Austral-Asia Cup}}<br />
:Won by {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]]<br />
The second tournament took place in April 1990 at Sharjah with [[Bangladesh cricket team|Bangladesh]] joining in. The six teams were split into 2 groups:<br />
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'''Group A:''' Australia, New Zealand and Bangladesh<br />
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'''Group B:''' India, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.<br />
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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.<br />
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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]]. Australia making 230-All Out.<br />
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==Third edition 1994==<br />
{{Main|1994 Austral-Asia Cup}}<br />
:Won by {{flagicon|Pakistan}} [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]]<br />
The [[United Arab Emirates cricket team|United Arab Emirates]] (UAE) replaced Bangladesh as the sixth team in the tournament, with the UAE playing their first ever [[One Day International]] match. Again there were two groups of three teams.<br />
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'''Group A:''' India, Pakistan, United Arab Emirates<br />
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'''Group B:''' Australia, New Zealand and Sri Lanka.<br />
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The UAE and Sri Lanka did not make the semis. India defeated Australia in the first semi-final and this time Pakistan scored 328–2 with a then world record stand for the 2nd wicket between [[Aamer Sohail]] (134) and [[Inzamam-ul-Haq]] (137 not out) of 263 against New Zealand and won by 62 runs.<br />
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This set up the final most people wanted: India v Pakistan. Pakistan made 250 for 6 [[Aamer Sohail]] top scoring with 69 and India were bowled all out for 211. Pakistan had a hat-trick of Austral-Asia Cup triumphs.<br />
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==Demise==<br />
Due to the busy international fixture schedule, the Austral-Asia Cup hasn't been contested since 1994.<br />
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==References==<br />
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==External links==<br />
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1985-86/OD_TOURNEYS/AA/ Austral-Asia Cup 1986 Cricinfo scorecards]<br />
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1989-90/OD_TOURNEYS/AA/ Austral-Asia Cup 1990 Cricinfo scorecards]<br />
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1993-94/OD_TOURNEYS/AA/ Australasia Cup 1994 Cricinfo scorecards]<br />
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[[Category:One Day International cricket competitions]]<br />
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