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: Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Asian leading associate member Bangladesh. India pulled out of the tournament due to strained cricketing relations with Sri Lanka and was replaced by Asian leading associate nation Bangladesh, which had qualified by winning the 1984 South-East Asia Cup.

1986 Asia Cup
Administrator(s)Asian Cricket Council
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Sri Lanka
Champions Sri Lanka (1st title)
Runners-up Pakistan
Participants3
Matches4
Player of the seriesSri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga
Most runsSri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga (105)
Most wicketsPakistan Abdul Qadir (9)
1984
1988

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.

Squads

edit
Squads[1]
  Sri Lanka   Pakistan   Bangladesh
Duleep Mendis (c) Imran Khan (c) Gazi Ashraf (c)
Brendon Kuruppu (wk) Mudassar Nazar Raqibul Hasan
Roshan Mahanama Mohsin Khan Nurul Abedin
Asanka Gurusinha Ramiz Raja Minhajul Abedin
Roy Dias Javed Miandad Shaheedur Rahman
Arjuna Ranatunga Qasim Umar Rafiqul Alam
Aravinda de Silva Manzoor Elahi Golam Faruq
Ravi Ratnayeke Abdul Qadir Jahangir Shah
Ashantha de Mel Wasim Akram Hafizur Rahman (wk)
Don Anurasiri Zulqarnain (wk) Gholam Nousher
Kaushik Amalean Zakir Khan Samiur Rahman
Athula Samarasekera Saleem Malik -

Matches

edit

Group stage

edit
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
30 March 1986
Scorecard
Pakistan  
197 (45 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
116 (33.5 overs)
Mohsin Khan 39 (46)
Ravi Ratnayeke 3/32 (9 overs)
Brendon Kuruppu 34 (56)
Manzoor Elahi 3/22 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 81 runs
Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Mohsin Khan (Pak)

31 March 1986
Scorecard
Bangladesh  
94 (35.3 overs)
v
  Pakistan
98/3 (32.1 overs)
Shaheedur Rahman 37 (60)
Wasim Akram 4/19 (9 overs)
Mudassar Nazar 47 (97)
Jahangir Shah 2/23 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets
Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa
Umpires: Herbi Felsinger and PW Vidanagamage
Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak)

2 April 1986
Scorecard
Bangladesh  
131/8 (45 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
132/3 (31.3 overs)
Minhajul Abedin 40 (63)
Kaushik Amalean 2/15 (9 overs)
Asanka Gurusinha 44 (91)
Golam Faruq 1/22 (8.3 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy
Umpires: Mahboob Shah and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Asanka Gurusinha (SL)

Final

edit
6 April 1986
Scorecard
Pakistan  
191/9 (45 overs)
v
  Sri Lanka
195/5 (42.2 overs)
Javed Miandad 67 (100)
Kaushik Amalean 4/46 (9 overs)
Arjuna Ranatunga 57 (55)
Abdul Qadir 3/32 (9 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Shepherd
Player of the match: Javed Miandad (Pak)

Statistics

edit

Most runs

edit
Player Matches Innings NO Runs Average SR HS 100 50
  Arjuna Ranatunga 3 3 1 105 52.50 92.10 57 0 1
  Javed Miandad 3 3 0 91 30.33 61.48 67 0 1
  Mohsin Khan 3 3 0 74 24.66 64.91 39 0 0
  Brendon Kuruppu 3 3 0 67 22.33 59.29 34 0 0
  Aravinda de Silva 3 2 0 64 32.00 66.66 52 0 1
  Shaheedur Rahman 2 2 0 62 31.00 57.41 37 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[2]

Most wickets

edit
Player Matches Innings Wickets Overs Econ. Ave. BBI S/R 4WI 5WI
  Abdul Qadir 3 3 9 24.2 2.91 7.88 3/15 16.2 0 0
  Kaushik Amalean 3 3 7 25.0 3.64 13.00 4/46 21.4 1 0
  Ravi Ratnayeke 3 3 26.0 4.73 17.57 3/32 22.22 0 0
  Wasim Akram 3 3 4 22.2 2.59 14.50 4/19 33.50 1 0
  Manzoor Elahi 3 3 23.0 3.04 17.50 3/22 34.50 0 0
  Arjuna Ranatunga 3 3 27.0 3.00 20.25 2/17 40.50 0 0
  Zakir Khan 3 3 19.0 5.10 24.25 3/34 28.50 0 0
Source: Cricinfo[3]

See also

edit

References

edit
  1. ^ Cricinfo Asia Cup page Cricinfo. Retrieved on 14 September 2021
  2. ^ "John Player Gold Leaf Trophy (Asia Cup), 1985/86 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
  3. ^ "John Player Gold Leaf Trophy (Asia Cup), 1985/86 Cricket Team Records & Stats | ESPNcricinfo.com". Cricinfo. Retrieved 2022-09-18.
edit