1986 Asia Cup

1986 Asia Cup
Administrator(s)	Asian Cricket Council
Cricket format	One-Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round Robin
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Champions	Sri Lanka
Participants	3
Matches played	4
Man of the Series	Arjuna Ranatunga
Most runs	Arjuna Ranatunga (105)
Most wickets	Abdul Qadir (9)
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The 1986 Asia Cup (also known as the John Player Gold Leaf Trophy), was the second Asia Cup tournament, and was held in Sri Lanka between March 30 and April 6. Three teams took part in the tournament: Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. India pulled out of the tournament due to strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka.

The 1986 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. Pakistan won both its matches and qualified for the final against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan to win their first Asia Cup.

Matches

Group stage

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	Pts	RR
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	0	4	3.823
Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0	0	2	3.796
Bangladesh	2	0	2	0	0	0	2.795

March 30 (scorecard)	Pakistan  197 all out (45 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 116 all out (33.5 overs)	Pakistan won by 81 runs Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Shepherd Player of the match: Mohsin Khan
	Mohsin Khan 39 (46) Ravi Ratnayeke 3/32 (9 overs)		Brendon Kuruppu 34 (56) Manzoor Elahi 3/22 (9 overs)

March 31 (scorecard)	Bangladesh  94 all out (35.3 overs)	v	Pakistan 98/3 (32.1 overs)	Pakistan won by 7 wickets Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Umpires: Herbi Felsinger and PW Vidanagamage Player of the match: Wasim Akram
	Shaheedur Rahman 37 (60) Wasim Akram 4/19 (9 overs)		Mudassar Nazar 47 (97) Jahangir Shah 2/23 (9 overs)

April 2 (scorecard)	Bangladesh  131/8 (45 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 132/3 (31.3 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka Umpires: Mahboob Shah and David Shepherd Player of the match: Asanka Gurusinha
	Minhajul Abedin 40 (63) Kaushik Amalean 2/15 (9 overs)		Asanka Gurusinha 44 (91) Golam Faruq 1/22 (8.3 overs)

Final

April 6 (scorecard)	Pakistan  191/9 (45 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 195/5 (42.2 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Shepherd Player of the match: Javed Miandad
	Javed Miandad 67 (100) Kaushik Amalean 4/46 (9 overs)		Arjuna Ranatunga 57 (55) Abdul Qadir 3/32 (9 overs)

See also

• Asia Cup

References

• Cricket Archive: John Player Gold Leaf Trophy (Asia Cup) 1985/86 http://www.cricketarchive.co.uk/Archive/Seasons/SL/1985-86_SL_John_Player_Gold_Leaf_Trophy_(Asia_Cup)_1985-86.html
• WisdenAlmanack: John Player Gold Leaf Trophy (Asia Cup) http://content-search.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/150621.html

External links

• Cricket archive tournament page

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