Who will won India Sri Lanka Test series

26.7.08

why India?

Why India created a messy terrorism again and again.
Why India created a messy terrorism again and again.
Why India created a messy terrorism again and again.
Why India created a messy terrorism again and again.
Why India created a messy terrorism again and again.
Why India created a messy terrorism again and again.
Why India created a messy terrorism again and again.
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I dont know. I think anybdy dnt know it. Anybody dnot bothered about it...

21.7.08

England is going to.....

England, sometimes will fail in the test against South Africa. Now the day 4, their score is 157/6 (67.2 overs)

They want 162 for 4 wickets for trial with South Africa.

England 203 & 157/6 batting
South Africa 522 declared

17.7.08

World Cup participants


1975 World Cup / Prudential Cup, 1975

England, New Zealand, India, East Africa (Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda), West Indies, Australia, Sri Lanka, Pakistan


1979 World Cup / Prudential Cup, 1979

England, Australia, Pakistan, Canada, West Indies, New Zealand, India, Sri Lanka


1983 World Cup / Prudential Cup, 1983

England, Pakistan, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, Australia, West Indies, India, Zimbabwe


1987 World Cup / Reliance World Cup

Australia, India, New Zealand, Zimbabwe, England, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, West Indies


1992 Cricket World Cup / Benson & Hedges World Cup

Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe



1996 Cricket World Cup / Wills World Cup

Sri Lanka, Australia, India, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Kenya, South Africa, Pakistan, New Zealand, England, United Arab Emirates, Netherlands


1999 Cricket World Cup

Australia, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Bangladesh, Kenya, Scotland


2003 Cricket World Cup / ICC Cricket World Cup 2003

Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, Kenya, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Canada, Namibia, Netherlands



2007 ICC Cricket World Cup

Australia, Bangladesh, England, India, New Zealand, Pakistan, South Africa, Sri Lanka, West Indies, Zimbabwe, Bermuda, Canada, Kenya, Ireland, Netherlands, Scotland

When nations got test status

Australia: March 15, 1877
England: March 15, 1877
South Africa: March 12, 1889
West Indies: June 23, 1928
New Zealand: January 10, 1930
India: June 25, 1932
Pakistan: October 16, 1952
Sri Lanka: February 17, 1982
Zimbabwe: October 18, 1992
Bangladesh: November 10, 2000

14.7.08

2002 ICC Champions Trophy

Day history
September 12
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
R Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Sri Lanka
Pakistan 200 all out (49.4 overs) / Saeed Anwar 52 (82) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/29
Sri Lanka 201/2 (36.1 overs) / Sanath Jayasuriya 102* (120) Wasim Akram 1/42
Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets
Umpires: Steve Bucknor and Daryl Harper
Man of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya

September 13
West Indies v South Africa
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka
West Indies 238/8 / Chris Gayle 49 (55) Jacqes Kallis 2/41
South Africa 242/8 (49 overs) / Jonty Rhodes 61 (70) Mervyn Dillon 4/60
South Africa won by 2 wickets
Umpires: David Shepherd and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
Man of the Match: Jonty Rhodes

September 14
India v Zimbabwe
R Premadasa Stadium, Khettarama, Sri Lanka
India 288/6 / Muhammad Kaif 111 (112) Douglad Hondo 4/62
Zimbabwe 274/8 / Andy Flower 145 (164) Zaheer Khan 4/45
India won by 14 runs
Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Rudi Koertzen
Man of the Match: Mohammad Kaif

September 15
Australia v New Zealand
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka
Australia 296/7 / Damien Martyn 73 (87) Jacob Oram 2/60
New Zealand 132 all out (26.2 overs) / Shane Bond 26 (22) Glenn McGrath 5/37
Australia won by 164 runs
Umpires: Dave Orchard and Russell Tiffin
Man of the Match: Glenn McGrath

2002 ICC Champions Trophy

The 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was held in Sri Lanka in 2002. It was the third edition of the ICC Champions Trophy. The tournament was due to be held in India, but was switched to Sri Lanka when an exemption from tax in India was not granted.


Twelve teams competed in the tournament - 10 Test-playing nations with Netherlands and Kenya. The teams were split into four pools of three teams each.


Group A: Australia / Bangladesh/ New Zealand

Group B: England / India / Zimbabwe

Group C: Kenya / South Africa / West Indies

Group D: Netherlands / Pakistan / Sri Lanka


Each team played the other two teams in its pool once, and the four teams that lead in each pool proceeded to the Semi Finals. The Final between India and Sri Lanka was washed out twice, to leave no result.


Squads

Australia

Ricky Ponting (Captain)

Adam Gilchrist (Vice-captain)

Michael Bevan

Andrew Bichel

Jason Gillespie

Nathan Hauritz

Matthew Hayden

Brett Lee

Darren Lehmann

Jimmy Maher

Damien Martyn

Glenn McGrath

Shane Warne

Shane Watson

Stephen Bernard (Team Manager)

John Buchanan (Coach)

Errol Alcott (Physiotherapist)

Jock Campbell (Physical Performance Manager)

Mike Walsh (Assistant Team Manager/Cricket Analyst)

Bangladesh

Khaled Mashud (Captain)

Al Sahariar

Alok Kapali

Fahim Muntasir

Habibul Bashar

Javed Omar

Khaled Mahmud

Manjural Islam

Mazharul Haque

Mohammad Ashraful

Mohammad Rafique

Talha Jubair

Tapash Baisya

Tushar Imran

England

Nasser Hussain (Captain)

Ian Blackwell

Andrew Caddick

Rikki Clarke

Dominic Cork

Ashley Giles

Matthew Hoggard

Ronnie Irani

James Kirtley

Nick Knight

Owais Shah

Jeremy Snape

Alec Stewart (Wicketkeeper)

Marcus Trescothick

India

Sourav Ganguly (Captain)

Rahul Dravid

SR Tendulkar

Virender Sehwag

Dinesh Mongia

Mohammad Kaif

Anil Kumble

Harbhajan Singh

Zaheer Khan

Ajit Agarkar

Yuvraj Singh

Jai Prakash Yadav

Ashish Nehra

VVS Laxman

Javagal Srinath

Kenya

Steve Tikolo (Captain)

Thomas Odoyo (Vice-captain)

Joseph Angara

Jimmy Kamande

Brijal Patel

Collins Obuya

David Obuya

Maurice Odumbe

Peter Ongondo

Lameck Onyango

Kennedy Otieno

Ravindu Shah

Tony Suji

Martin Suji

Team Manager - Mehmood Quraishy

Coach - Sandeep Patil

Asst. Coach - A Kirsten

Physiotherapist - Bernard Onden'g Choi

Netherlands

Roland Lefebvre (Captain)

Luuk van Troost

Daan van Bunge

Jacob-Jan Esmeijer

Victor Grandia

Feiko Kloppenburg

Tim de Leede

Hendrik-Jan Mol

Robert van Oosterom

Adeel Raja

Edgar Schiferli

Reinout Scholte

Nick Statham

Bas Zuiderent

New Zealand

Stephen Fleming (Captain)

Nathan Astle

Shane Bond

Chris Harris

Paul Hitchcock

Kyle Mills

Chris Nevin

Jacob Oram

Mathew Sinclair

Scott Styris

Glen Sulzberger

Daryl Tuffey

Daniel Vettori

Lou Vincent

Pakistan

Waqar Younis (Captain)

Inzamam-ul-Haq (Vice-Captain)

Abdur Razzaq

Imran Nazir

Misbah-ul-Haq

Mohammad Sami

Rashid Latif

Saeed Anwar

Shahid Afridi

Shoaib Akhtar

Shoaib Malik

Wasim Akram

Younis Khan

Yousuf Youhana

South Africa

Shaun Pollock (Captain)

Dale Benkenstein

Nicky Boje

Mark Boucher

Alan Dawson

Boeta Dippenaar

Allan Donald

Herschelle Gibbs

Jacques Kallis

Lance Klusener

Makhaya Ntini

Justin Ontong

Jonty Rhodes

Graeme Smith

Robin Peterson

Sri Lanka

Sanath Jayasuriya (Captain)

Russel Arnold

Marvan Atapattu

Mahela Jayawardene

Aravinda de Silva

Upul Chandana

Kumar Sangakkara

Kumar Dharmasena

Tillakaratne Dilshan

Chaminda Vaas

Hasantha Fernando

Dilhara Fernando

Muttiah Muralitharan

Pulasthi Gunaratne

Manager: Ajith Jayasekera

Cricket Advisor: Duleep Mendis

Coach: Dav Whatmore

Physiotherapist: Alex Kountouri

West Indies

Carl Hooper (Captain)

Shivnarine Chanderpaul

Pedro Collins

Corey Collymore

Cameron Cuffy - withdrawn 4th September

Mervyn Dillon

Vasbert Drakes

Chris Gayle

Ryan Hinds

Wavell Hinds

Ridley Jacobs

Brian Lara

Runako Morton

Mahendra Nagamootoo

Ramnaresh Sarwan

Zimbabwe

Heath Streak (Captain)

Alistair Campbell

Stuart Carlisle

Dion Ebrahim

Sean Ervine

Andy Flower

Grant Flower

Travis Friend

Douglas Hondo

Douglas Marillier

Mpumelelo Mbangwa

Raymond Price

Tatenda Taibu

Guy Whittall

Records

Batting

Most Runs: Virender Sehwag (India) (271)

Highest Score: Andy Flower (Zimbabwe) (145)

Bowling

Most wickets: Sri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan (Sri Lanka) (10)

Best Economy Rate: Kumar Dharmasena (Sri Lanka) (1.55)

Best figures: Glenn McGrath (Australia) (5/37)

squads of 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy

Australia
Steve Waugh (captain)
Adam Gilchrist (wicket keeper)
Michael Bevan
Jason Gillespie
Ian Harvey
Mark Higgs
Brett Lee
Shane Lee
Damien Martyn
Glenn McGrath
Ricky Ponting
Andrew Symonds
Mark Waugh
Bradley Young
John Buchanan (Coach)

England
Nasser Hussain (captain)
Mark Alleyne
Andy Caddick
Mark Ealham
Andrew Flintoff
Ashley Giles
Paul Grayson
Darren Gough
Matthew Hoggard
Graeme Hick
Vikram Solanki
Alec Stewart (wicket keeper)
Marcus Trescothick
Graham Thorpe
Duncan Fletcher (Coach)

India
Sourav Ganguly (captain)
Sachin Tendulkar
Ajit Agarkar
Hemang Badani
Rahul Dravid
Vinod Kambli
Anil Kumble
Sunil Joshi
Robin Singh
Yuvraj Singh
Sridharan Sriram
Venkatesh Prasad
Vijay Dahiya (wicket keeper)
Zaheer Khan
Anshuman Gaekwad (Coach)

New Zealand
Stephen Fleming (captain)
Geoff Allott
Nathan Astle
Chris Cairns
Chris Harris
Craig McMillan
Dion Nash
Chris Nevin
Adam Parore (wicket keeper)
Craig Spearman
Scott Styris
Glen Sulzberger
Roger Twose
Paul Wiseman
David Trist (coach)
Pakistan
Moin Khan (wicket keeper and captain)
Inzamam-ul-Haq
Abdul Razzaq
Arshad Khan
Azhar Mahmood
Faisal Iqbal
Ijaz Ahmed
Imran Nazir
Saeed Anwar
Saleem Elahi
Saqlain Mushtaq
Waqar Younis
Wasim Akram
Yousuf Youhana
Javed Miandad (coach)
South Africa
Shaun Pollock (captain)
Mark Boucher (wicket keeper)
Shafiek Abrahams
Nicky Boje
Allan Donald
Boeta Dippenaar
Andrew Hall
Jacques Kallis
Gary Kirsten
Lance Klusener
Neil McKenzie
Makhaya Ntini
Jonty Rhodes
Roger Telemachus
Graham Ford (Coach)

Sri Lanka
Sanath Jayasuriya (captain)
Marvan Atapattu
Russel Arnold
Upul Chandana
Kumar Dharmasena
Avishka Gunawardene
Mahela Jayawardene
R.Kaluwitharana (wicket keeper)
Muttiah Muralitharan
Kumar Sangakkara
Eric Upashantha
Chaminda Vaas
P.Wickramasinghe
Nuwan Zoysa
Dav Whatmore (Coach)

West Indies
Heath Streak (captain)
Guy Whittall
Alistair Campbell
Stuart Carlisle
Andrew Flower (wicket keeper)
Grant Flower
Pommie Mbangwa
Mluleki Nkala
Henry Olonga
Gavin Rennie
Paul Strang
Mark Vermeulen
Dirk Viljoen
Craig Wishart
Carl Rackemann (Coach)

Champions Trophy 1998 / Wills KnockOut Trophy

The ICC Champions Trophy was started in 1998. It was known as ICC Wills KnockOut Trophy. It was sponsored by Wills, a British Tobacco importer and cigarette manufacturer (W D & H O Wills). It was One Day International cricket tournament held in Bangladesh on October 21 to November 1.

The participated teams are India, New Zealand, South Africa, West Indies, Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Australia. Also Zimbabwe and Bangladesh are participated in first round.

Day history

October 21

England v Zimbabwe

No toss made. England first bat. 45 0vers

England 197 all out (43.5 overs)

Zimbabwe 79 all out (33.3 overs)

Umpires: Mohammad Asghar and Showkatur Rahman

England won by 118 runs

October 22

Bangladesh v New Zealand

Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan Groung, Savar

Bangladesh won toss and decided to bat

Bangladesh 129 all out (42.1 overs)

New Zealand 130/4 (35.3 overs)

Umpires: Jahangir Alam, Mohammad Asghar

New Zealand won by 6 wickets

October 23

Bangladesh v England

Bangladesh Krira Shikkha Protisthan Groung, Savar

Bangladesh won toss and decided to field

England 229/9

Bangladesh 193/9

England won by 36 runs

October 24

New Zealand v Zimbabwe

Bangabandhu National Stadium Dhaka

Zimbabwe won toss and decided to bat

Zimbabwe 258/7

New Zealand 260/5

Umpires: SA Bucknor and P Willey

Third umpire: DR Shepherd

Man of the match: SP Fleming

New Zealand won by 5 wickets

October 25

England v South Africa

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

England won the toss and decided to bat

England 281/7

South Africa 283/4 (46.4 overs)

Umpires: RS Dunne, S Venkataraghavan

Third umpire: SA Bucknor

Man of the match: DJ Cullinan

South Africa won by 6 wickets

October 26

New Zealand v Sri Lanka

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka
Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field

New Zealand 188 all out (49.5 overs)

Sri Lanka 191/5 (41.3 overs)

Umpires: DR Shepherd, P Willey

Third umpire: S Venkataraghavan

Man of the match: A Ranatunga

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets

October 28

India v Australia

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Australia won the toss and decided to field

India 307/8

Australia 263 all out (48.1 overs)

Umpires: SA Bucknor, RS Dunne

Third umpire: DL Orchard

Man of the match: SR Tendulkar

India won by 44 runs

October 29
Pakistan v West Indies

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

West Indies won the toss and decided to bat

West Indies 289/9

Pakistan 259/9

Umpires: DL Orchard, DR Shepherd

Third umpire: P Willey

Man of the match: KLT Arthurton

West Indies won by 30 runs

October 30

Sri Lanka v South Africa

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field

South Africa 240/7 (39 overs)

Sri Lanka 132 all out (23.4 overs)

Umpires: SA Bucknor and S Venkataraghavan

Third umpire: DR Shepherd

Man of the match: JH Kallis

South Africa won by 92 runs (Duckworth/Lewis method)

October 31

India v West Indies

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

India won the toss and decided to bat

India 242/6

West Indies 245/4 (47 overs)

Umpires: DL Orchard and P Willey

Third umpire: RS Dunne

Referee: RS Madugalle

Man of the match: M Dillon

West Indies won by 6 wickets

November 1 / Final

South Africa v West Indies

Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka

South Africa won the toss and decided to field

West Indies 245 all out (49.3 overs)

South Africa 248/6 (47 overs)

Umpires: RS Dunne and DR Shepherd

Third umpire: P Willey

Referee: RS Madugalle

Man of the match: JH Kallis

South Africa won by 4 wickets

13.7.08

10.7.08

ICC World Twenty20 Qualifier 2008

Fixtures
August 2008
Sat 2 / 09:30 local, 08:30 GMT / Group B - Kenya v Netherlands
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Sat 2 / 13:00 local, 12:00 GMT / Group A - Ireland v Scotland
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Sat 2 / 16:30 local, 15:30 GMT / Group B - Canada v Netherlands
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Sun 3 / 09:30 local, 08:30 GMT / Group A - Bermuda v Scotland
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Sun 3 / 13:00 local, 12:00 GMT / Group B - Canada v Kenya
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Sun 3 / 16:30 local, 15:30 GMT / A - Bermuda v Ireland
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

Mon 4 / 09:30 local, 08:30 GMT / 1st Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast
Group A winner v Group B runner-up

Mon 4 / 13:00 local, 12:00 GMT / 2nd Semi-Final - TBC v TBC
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast
Group A runner-up v Group B winner

Mon 4 / 16:30 local, 15:30 GMT / Final - TBC v TBC
Civil Service Cricket Club, Stormont, Belfast

ICC Champions Trophy

The 2008 ICC Champions Trophy is scheduled on September 11 to 28, 2008 in Pakistan. It is ODI matches will participate eight teams. It is the sixth edition of the Trophy.

The teams are in two groups

Group A

Australia

India

Pakistan

West Indies

Group B

South Africa

New Zealand

Sri Lanka

England

Fixture

11 September – Pakistan v West Indies, Lahore

12 September – New Zealand v Sri Lanka, Karachi

13 September – Australia v India, Lahore

14 September – England v Sri Lanka, Karachi

15 September – South Africa v New Zealand, Rawalpindi

16 September – West Indies v India, Karachi

17 September – Pakistan v Australia, Rawalpindi

18 September – South Africa v Sri Lanka, Lahore

19 September – England v New Zealand, Rawalpindi

20 September – Pakistan v India, Lahore

21 September – Australia v West Indies, Karachi; England v South Africa, Rawalpindi

24 September – 1st Semi-Final, Karachi

25 September – 2nd Semi-Final, Rawalpindi

28 September – Final, Lahore

18.6.08

Asia Cup - 1988

The third edition of Asia Cup was known as Wills Asia Cup. The matches held in Bangladesh between October 26 and November 4, 1988. Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka and Pakistan participated in the tournament. The tournament was round-robin method tournament. Each team played the other once and top two teams qualifying for final. India and Sri Lanka qualified for the final and India won the Wills Asia Cup 1988. It was their second Asia Cup.
Captains of the teams
Pakistan - Javed Miandad
Bangladesh - Gazi Ashraf
India - D B Vengsarkar
Sri Lanka - A Ranatunga

Match summary
27 October, 1988; First match: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
The match was held in National Stadium,
Dhaka. The match was reduced 44 overs. Sri Lanka won the toss and select to field. Pakistan got 194 for 7 wickets with Ijaz Ahmed’s half century. (Saleem Yousuf 31, Saleem Malik 30, Javed Miandad 25 retired) Sri Lanka’s bowling was excellent. Labrooy take three wickets and Ratnayeke and Wijegunawardene got 2 wickets each. (Labrooy 3/36, Ratnayeke 2/27, Wijegunawardene 2/29)

Sri Lankan opener R S Mahanama make a clear victory with his 55 runs. P A de Silva got 48 and D S B P Kuruppu was 35. Sri Lanka make clear victory on 38.5 overs for 5 wickets loss. Wasim Akram got 2 wickets.

Match umpires: R B Gupta and V K Ramaswamy
Man of the match : R S Mahanama

27 October, 1988; Second match: India vs Bangladesh
The 45 overs match was held on Chittagong Stadium.
India won the toss and send Bangladesh to bat first. Bangladesh openers failed to help the middle batsman. They decayed by the Arshad Ayub’s excellent bowling. The top scored batsmen are Minhajul Abedin (22 from 67 balls) and Athar Ali Khan (16 from 34 balls). The Indian side, Arshad Ayub got 3 wickets (3/20). Mahinder Singh (1/9) and Amarnath (1/8) are excellent bowling effort.

N S Sindhu’s unbeaten 50 help a easy won for India on 26 overs. K Srikkanth 24 catch Athar bowl Azhar and M Amarnath 19 are the other batsmen.

Match umpires: KT Francis and Tariq Ata
Man of the match: NS Sidhu

29 October, 1988; Third match: Pakistan vs Bangladesh
The match held on Chittagong Stadium. In the match
Pakistan won by 173 runs. Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. The 45 overs match, Pakistan end the innings on 284 for 3 wickets loss. Moin ul Atiq 105 and Ijaz Ahmed 124 were help the innings. Bangladesh started their innings with big losses. Iqbal Qasim (3/13) stopped runs for Bangladesh. Abdul Qadir (2/27) and Shoaib Mohammad (1/21) are made a good win for Pakistan. The top score was 22 by Athar Ali Khan.

Match umpires: RB Gupta and S Ponnadurai
Man of the match: Moin-ul-Atiq

29 October, 1988; Fourth match: India vs Sri Lanka
The match was reduced 45 overs. The match was held on National Stadium,
Dhaka. India won the toss and to elected to field. Sri Lanka entered 271 runs with PA de Silva 69 and MAR Samarasekera 66. Kapil Dev took 2 wickets. India failed to face the all overs. They were all out on 44 overs with 254 overs. Wijegunawardene (4/49) was the good bowling effort for Sri Lanka.

Match umpires: Saleem Badar and Tariq Ata
Man of the match: PA de Silva

31 October, 1988; Fifth match: India vs Pakistan
National Stadium,
Dhaka was the venue of the match. India won the toss and selected to field. In the limited 45 overs match, Pakistan was stopped by Arshad Ayub. They were entered 142 but all out on 42.2 overs. Arshad Ayub (5/21), Kapil Dev (2/16), Maninder Singh (2/25). India chased the score on 40.4 overs with M Amarnath’s unbeaten 74. Abdul Quadir (3/27), Wasim Akram (2/29). India won by 4 wickets.

Match umpires: KT Francis and S Ponnadurai
Man of the match: Arshad Ayub

2 November, 1988; Sixth match: Bangladesh vs Sri Lanka
The match was won by Sri Lanka. The match was held on National Stadium, Dhaka. In the 45 overs match, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field. Bangladesh got 118 runs for 8 wickets loss. Ratnayeke 4/23 was excellent and parted Ramanayake 1/6 also. Sri Lanka crossed the target on 30.5 overs for 1 wicket loss. Azhar Hossain won the wicket. Sri Lanka won by 9 wickets.

Match umpires: V K Ramaswamy and Saleem Badar
Man of the match: DSBP Kuruppu

Point table
(Team – play – win – loss – points)
Sri Lanka – 3 - 3 - 0 - 6
India 3 – 2- 1 – 4
Pakistan 3 – 1 – 2 – 2
Bangladesh 3 – 0 – 3 - 0

4 November, 1988; Final: Sri Lanka vs India

In the final was India’s greatest cricket style. The toss got India send Sri Lanka to bat first. Sri Lanka got 176 from 43.2 overs. India’s target was 177 from 45 overs. Srikkanth 3/12 helped India to a great dismissal of Sri Lanka. N S Sindhu 76 (87) and captain D B Vengsarkar 50 (81) were made India an easy win on 37.1 overs with 6 wickets. Wijegunawardene got 2 wickets.

Match umpires: Saleem Badar and Tariq Ata
Man of the match: N S Sindhu

Man of the series: N S Sindhu

Asia Cup -1986

The second edition of Asia Cup was known as John Player Gold Leaf Trophy. It was held in Sri Lanka between March 30 and April 6, 1986. Three teams participated in the tournament – Sri Lanka, Pakistan and Bangladesh.

Each team played the other once and the top two teams qualifying to the final. Pakistan won two matches and qualified for the final. Sri Lanka beat Bangladesh and got points to take final. In the final, Sri Lanka beat Pakistan.
Captains of teams
Pakistan – Imran Khan
Sri Lanka – LRD Mendis
Bangladesh – Gazi Ashraf

Match summery

30 March, 1986; First match: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
In the first, Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field. The match was reduced 45 overs. Pakistan won the match by 81 runs. P Saravanamuthu Stadium, Colombo was the venue of the match.
Match umpires: H D Bird and D R Shepherd
Man of the match: Mohsin Khan

Pakistan
Mudassar Nazarc de Silva b de Mel 15 – 23
Mohsin Khanc and b Anurasiri 39 – 46
Rameez Rajac Kuruppu b Ratnayeke 26 – 46
Javed Miandadc Dias b Anurasiri 9 – 16
Qasim Umarst Kuruppu b Ranatunga 16 – 26
Manzoor Elahic Kuruppu b Ranatunga 6 – 10
Imran Khanc de Silva b de Mel 21 – 42
Abdul Qadirc Anurasiri b Amalean 14 – 30
Wasim Akramc sub b Ratnayeke 24 – 26
Zulqarnain (not out) 11 – 10
Zakir Khanb Ratnayeke 1 – 3
Extras (5 b, 7 lb, 1 nb, 2 w) 15
Total (all out, 45 overs) 197

Fall of wickets: 1-18 (Mudassar Nazar), 2-87 (Mohsin Khan), 3-87 (Rameez Raja), 4-108 (Qasim Umar), 5-118 (Javed Miandad), 6-119 (Manzoor Elahi), 7-141 (Abdul Qadir), 8-179 (Imran Khan), 9-187 (Wasim Akram), 10-197 (Zakir Khan)

Sri Lanka bowling
de Mel 9 – 1 – 40 – 2
Amalean 7 – 1 – 30 – 1
Ratnayeke 9 – 1 – 32 – 3
Samarasekera 2 – 0 – 19 – 0
Anurasiri 9 – 1 – 27 – 2
Ranatunga 9 – 1 – 37 – 2

Sri Lanka
DSBP Kuruppu c and b Abdul Qadir 34 - 56
MAR Samarasekera c Imran Khan b Zakir Khan 5 – 13
AP Gurusinha c Zulqarnain b Zakir Khan 8 – 10
RL Dias c Javed Miandad b Zakir Khan 0 - 2
A Ranatunga c Zulqarnain b Manzoor Elahi 7 – 13
LRD Mendis c Zulqarnain b Imran Khan 0 - 2
PA de Silva c Javed Miandad b Manzoor Elahi 12 – 29
JR Ratnayeke (not out) 22 – 39
ALF de Mel c Zulqarnain b Manzoor Elah 0 – 10
SD Anurasiri c Imran Khan b Abdul Qadir 5 – 13
KN Amalean c Imran Khan b Abdul Qadir 9 – 19
Extras (4 b, 3 lb, 7 w) 14
Total (all out, 33.5 overs) 116

Fall of wickets: 1-24 (Samarasekera), 2-32 (Gurusinha), 3-32 (Dias), 4-52 (Ranatunga), 5-53 (Mendis), 6-67 (Kuruppu), 7-83 (de Silva), 8-94 (de Mel), 9-105 (Anurasiri), 10-116 (Amalean)

Pakistan bowling
Wasim Akram 6 – 1 – 17 – 0
Zakir Khan 6 - 0 - 34 – 3
Manzoor Elahi 9 – 1 – 22 – 3
Imran Khan 5 - 0 - 12 – 1
Abdul Qadir 7.5 - 1 – 24 - 3

31 March, 1986; Second match: Bangladesh vs Pakistan
In the match Pakistan beat Bangladesh by 7 wickets. In the 45 overs match Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Bangladesh failed on 35.3 overs with 94 runs. Pakistan was crossed it their 33 over. Venue of the match was Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa.
Match Umpires: H C Felsinger and P W Vidanagamage
Man of the match: Wasim Akram

Bangladesh
Raqibul Hasan c Zulqarnain b Zakir Khan 5 - 13
Nurul Abedin c Zulqarnain b Imran Khan 0 – 3
Gazi Ashraf b Wasim Akram 0 – 3
Shaheedur Rahman c and b Abdul Qadir 37 – 60
Minhajul Abedin c Manzoor Elahi b Wasim Akram 6 – 23
Rafiqul Alam c Rameez Raja b Wasim Akram 14 - 43
Golam Faruq c Zulqarnain b Abdul Qadir 14 - 29
Jahangir Shah b Wasim Akram 0 – 10
Hafizur Rahman b Imran Khan 8 – 24
Golam Nousher (not out) 1 – 3
Samiur Rahman st Zulqarnain b Abdul Qadir 0 – 2
Extras (4 lb, 1 nb, 4 w) 9
Total (all out, 35.3 overs) 94

Fall of wickets: 1-3 (Nurul Abedin), 2-4 (Gazi Ashraf), 3-15 (Raqibul Hasan), 4-27 (Minhajul Abedin), 5-68 (Rafiqul Alam), 6-70 (Shaheedur Rahman), 7-79 (Jahangir Shah), 8-93 (Golam Faruq), 9-93 (Hafizur Rahman), 10-94 (Samiur Rahman)

Pakistan bowling
Imran Khan 7 - 3 – 11 – 2
Wasim Akram 9 - 2 - 19 – 4
Zakir Khan 7 – 0 – 27 – 1
Manzoor Elahi 5 – 1 – 18 – 0
Abdul Qadir 7.3 - 1 - 15 – 3

Pakistan
Mudassar Nazar (not out) 47 – 97
Mohsin Khan lbw b Jahangir Shah 28 – 44
Rameez Raja lbw b Jahangir Shah 0 – 8
Javed Miandad c Hafizur Rahman b Gazi Ashraf 15 – 32
Qasim Umar (not out) 3 – 12
Extras (4 lb, 1 w) 5
Total (3 wickets, 32.1 overs) 98
Fall of wickets: 1-45 (Mohsin Khan), 2-55 (Rameez Raja), 3-85 (Javed Miandad)
Did not bat: Manzoor Elahi, Imran Khan, Abdul Qadir, Wasim Akram, Zulqarnain, Zakir Khan

Bangladesh bating
Golam Nousher 7 - 1 - 32 - 0
Samiur Rahman 7 - 1 - 15 - 0
Golam Faruq 6 - 0 - 13 - 0
Jahangir Shah 9 - 1 - 23 - 2
Gazi Ashraf 3 - 0 - 7 – 1
Raqibul Hasan 0.1 - 0 - 4 - 0

2 April, 1986; Third match: Sri Lanka vs Bangladesh
In the third match was held in Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy. Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field. The match reduced to 45 overs.
Match umpires: Mahboob Shah and D R Shepherd
Man of the match: A P Gurusinha

Bangladesh
Raqibul Hasan lbw b Ranatunga 12 - 59
Nurul Abedin c Mahanama b Ratnayeke 13 - 29
Gazi Ashraf c Kuruppu b Ranatunga 10 - 24
Minhajul Abedin run out 40 - 63
Shaheedur Rahman c Mendis b Ratnayeke 25 - 48
Rafiqul Alam b Amalean 10 - 20
Golam Faruq (not out) 3 - 14
Jahangir Shah run out 1 - 3
Samiur Rahman c Dias b Amalean 4 - 5
Golam Nousher (not out) 3 - 5
Extras (1 b, 4 lb, 2 nb, 3 w) 10
Total (8 wickets, 45 overs) 131

Fall of wickets: 1-26 (Raqibul Hasan), 2-29 (Nurul Abedin), 3-49 (Gazi Ashraf), 4-92 (Shaheedur Rahman), 5-119 (Rafiqul Alam), 6-119 (Minhajul Abedin), 7-120 (Jahangir Shah), 8-126 (Samiur Rahman)
Did not bat: Hafizur Rahman

Sri Lanka bowling
de Mel 9 - 1 - 30 – 0
Amalean 9 - 2 - 15 – 2
Ratnayeke 9 - 1 - 41 – 2
Ranatunga 9 - 1 - 17 – 2
Anurasiri 9 - 2 - 23 – 0

Sri Lanka
DSBP Kuruppu c Samiur Rahman b Golam Nousher 3 - 7
RS Mahanama c Hafizur Rahman b Golam Faruq 25 - 50
AP Gurusinha (not out) 44 - 91
RL Dias c Raqibul Hasan b Gazi Ashraf 0 - 5
A Ranatunga (not out) 41 – 46
Extras (3 b, 7 lb, 9 w) 19
Total (3 wickets, 31.3 overs) 132
Fall of wickets: 1-8 (Kuruppu), 2-63 (Mahanama), 3-64 (Dias)
Did not bat: LRD Mendis, PA de Silva, JR Ratnayeke, ALF de Mel, SD Anurasiri, KN Amalean

Bangladesh bating
Golam Nousher 9 - 0 - 45 – 1
Samiur Rahman 3 - 0 - 15 – 0
Jahangir Shah 6 - 0 - 18 – 0
Golam Faruq 8.3 – 2 - 22 – 1
Gazi Ashraf 5 – 0 - 22 - 1

6 April, 1986; Final: Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
The final match was held on Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo. The match was reduced 45 overs. In the match Sri Lanka beat Pakistan by 5 wickets with half centuries of P A de Silva and A Ranatunga. Javed Miandad’s 67 runs from 100 balls did not help Pakistan to make a good score. Sri Lanka crossed their 191 on 42.2 overs for 5 wickets loss.
Match umpires: H D Bird and D R Shepherd
Man of the match: Javed Miandad

Pakistan
Mudassar Nazarb de Mel 2 – 17
Mohsin Khan run out 7 – 24
Rameez Raja c Mahanama b Amalean 2 – 12
Javed Miandad c Ratnayeke b Amalean 67 – 100
Imran Khan lbw b Ratnayeke 2 – 16
Saleem Malik c and b Anurasiri 23 – 27
Manzoor Elahi b Amalean 37 – 52
Abdul Qadir c de Mel b Ratnayeke 30 – 19
Wasim Akram c Gurusinha b Amalean 6 – 3
Zulqarnain (not out) 1 – 2
Extras (4 lb, 2 nb, 8 w) 14
Total (9 wickets, 45 overs) 191
Fall of wickets: 1-6 (Mudassar Nazar), 2-10 (Mohsin Khan), 3-24 (Rameez Raja), 4-32 (Imran Khan), 5-72 (Saleem Malik), 6-137 (Manzoor Elahi), 7-179 (Javed Miandad), 8-185 (Wasim Akram), 9-191 (Abdul Qadir)
Did not bat: Zakir Khan

Sri Lanka bowling
de Mel 9 - 2 - 21 – 1
Amalean 9 - 1 - 46 – 4
Ratnayeke 8 - 0 - 50 – 2
Ranatunga 9 - 1 - 27 – 0
Anurasiri 9 - 0 - 24 – 1
de Silva 1 - 0 - 19 – 0

Sri Lanka
DSBP Kuruppu c Saleem Malik b Abdul Qadir 30 - 50
RS Mahanama c Abdul Qadir b Manzoor Elahi 21 - 52
AP Gurusinha c Zulqarnain b Abdul Qadir 4 - 13
PA de Silva c sub (Tauseef Ahmed) b Mudassar Nazar 52 - 67
A Ranatunga c Mohsin Khan b Abdul Qadir 57 - 55
LRD Mendis (not out) 22 - 18
RL Dias (not out) 0 - 1
Extras (1 b, 6 lb, 2 w) 9
Total (5 wickets, 42.2 overs) 195
Fall of wickets: 1-40 (Mahanama), 2-59 (Gurusinha), 3-64 (Kuruppu), 4-161 (Ranatunga), 5-191 (de Silva)
Did not bat: JR Ratnayeke, ALF de Mel, SD Anurasiri, KN Amalean

Pakistan bowling
Wasim Akram 7.2 - 2 - 22 – 0
Zakir Khan 6 - 0 - 36 – 0
Abdul Qadir 9 - 0 - 32 – 3
Manzoor Elahi 9 - 0 - 30 – 1
Saleem Malik 3 - 0 - 19 – 0
Mudassar Nazar 8 - 0 - 49 - 1

 
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