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