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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.

Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round robin and Knockout
Host United Arab Emirates
Champions Pakistan (3rd title)
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1994 Austral-Asia Cup
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round robin and Knockout
Host United Arab Emirates
Champions Pakistan (3rd title)
Runners-up India
Participants6
Matches9
Player of the seriesPakistan Aamer Sohail
Most runsPakistan Aamer Sohail (274)
Most wicketsIndia J Srinath (10)
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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 by 39 runs 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

Group A

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More information Team, P ...
Team P W L T NR RR Points
 Pakistan 220005.4534
 India 211005.0982
 United Arab Emirates 202003.4760
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13 April 1994
Scorecard
Wisden report
India 
273/5 (50 overs)
v
 United Arab Emirates
202/9 (50 overs)
VG Kambli 82* (66)
Sohail Butt 2/52 (10 overs)
Mazhar Hussain 70 (112)
Bhupinder Singh 3/34 (10 overs)
 India won by 71 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and SB Lambson (SA)
Player of the match: VG Kambli (IND)
15 April 1994
Scorecard
Wisden report
India 
219 (46.3 overs)
v
 Pakistan
223/4 (44.3 overs)
SR Tendulkar 73 (64)
Aaqib Javed 2/41 (9 overs)
Basit Ali 75* (76)
RK Chauhan 3/47 (10 overs)
 Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: SB Lambson (SA) and KE Liebenberg (SA)
Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
17 April 1994
Scorecard
Wisden report
United Arab Emirates 
145 (49.5 overs)
v
 Pakistan
146/1 (23.1 overs)
JA Samarasekera 31* (75)
Arshad Laeeq 31 (68)
Wasim Akram 3/19 (10 overs)
Aamer Sohail 51* (67)
Saleem Raza 1/17 (3 overs)
 Pakistan won by 9 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and KE Liebenberg (SA)
Player of the match: Ata-ur-Rehman (PAK)
  • United Arab Emirates won the toss and elected to bat.

Group B

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More information Team, P ...
Team P W L T NR RR Points
 Australia 220004.3234
 New Zealand 211004.2402
 Sri Lanka 202003.7090
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14 April 1994
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Wisden report
Sri Lanka 
154 (49.3 overs)
v
 Australia
158/1 (36.5 overs)
HP Tillakaratne 64 (97)
SK Warne 3/29 (10 overs)
MA Taylor 68* (106)
WPUJC Vaas 1/35 (10 overs)
 Australia won by 9 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and KE Liebenberg (SA)
Player of the match: ME Waugh (AUS)
16 April 1994
Scorecard
Wisden report
New Zealand 
207/9 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
208/3 (47.5 overs)
BA Young 63 (97)
SK Warne 4/34 (10 overs)
DC Boon 68 (98)
DK Morrison 1/22 (6 overs)
 Australia won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and SB Lambson (SA)
Player of the match: SK Warne (AUS)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • MW Douglas (NZ) made his ODI debut.
18 April 1994
Scorecard
Wisden report
New Zealand 
217/8 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
215/9 (50 overs)
SA Thomson 50 (42)
AP Gurusinha 1/30 (10 overs)
AP Gurusinha 117* (140)
DJ Nash 3/43 (10 overs)
 New Zealand won by 2 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: SB Lambson (SA) and KE Liebenberg (SA)
Player of the match: AP Gurusinha (SL)

Knockout stage

 
Semi-finalsFinal
 
      
 
19 April
 
 
 Australia244/9
 
22 April
 
 India245/3
 
 Pakistan250/6
 
20 April
 
 India211
 
 Pakistan328/2
 
 
 New Zealand266/7
 

Semi-finals

19 April 1994
Scorecard
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Australia 
244/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
245/3 (45.4 overs)
SR Waugh 53 (72)
J Srinath 3/32 (9 overs)
AD Jadeja 87 (106)
SK Warne 2/40 (9 overs)
 India won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and SB Lambson (SA)
Player of the match: AD Jadeja (IND)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
20 April 1994
Scorecard
Wisden report
Pakistan 
328/2 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
266/7 (50 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 137* (129)
C Pringle 1/57 (10 overs)
AC Parore 82 (102)
Wasim Akram 2/50 (10 overs)
 Pakistan won by 62 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: K Kanjee (ZIM) and KE Liebenberg (SA)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.

Final

22 April 1994
Scorecard
Wisden report
Pakistan 
250/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
211 (47.4 overs)
Aamer Sohail 69 (87)
RK Chauhan 3/29 (9 overs)
VG Kambli 56 (99)
Aamer Sohail 2/22 (5 overs)
 Pakistan won by 39 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: SB Lambson (SA) and KE Liebenberg (SA)
Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (PAK)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

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