1994 Austral-Asia Cup
Cricket format | One Day International |
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Tournament format(s) | Round robin and Knockout |
Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Participants | 6 |
Matches | 9 |
Player of the series | ![]() |
Most runs | ![]() |
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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.
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.[1][2]
Group stage
[edit]Group A
[edit]Team | P | W | L | T | NR | RR | Points |
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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.453 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.098 | 2 |
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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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2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4.323 | 4 |
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2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4.240 | 2 |
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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 | ||||||
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22 April | ||||||
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20 April | ||||||
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Semi-finals
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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
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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.
Preceding season: International cricket in 1993 | |
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January 1994 | |
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Following season: International cricket in 1994 |
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