Cricket format | One Day International |
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Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | United Arab Emirates |
Champions | Pakistan (2nd title) |
Runners-up | Australia |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 9 |
Player of the series | Waqar Younis |
Most runs | M Azharuddin (186) |
Most wickets | Waqar Younis (17) |
The 1990 Austral-Asia Cup was a cricket tournament held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 25–May 4, 1990. Six national teams took part: Australia, Bangladesh, India, New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.
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 Australia in the final, and won US$30,000. As runners-up, Australia won US$20,000, while the semi-finalists, New Zealand and Sri Lanka won US$10,000 each.[1]
The tournament was sponsored by Sanyo.[2]