1987 Sharjah Cup
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) United Arab Emirates
Champions England
Runners-up Pakistan
Participants4
Matches6
Player of the seriesAustralia DC Boon
Most runsAustralia DC Boon (206)
Most wicketsEngland JE Emburey (6)

The 1987 Sharjah Cup was held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 2–10, 1987. Four national teams took part: Australia, England, India and Pakistan,

The 1987 Sharjah Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once in a tournament where each team played the other once.

England won the tournament and UK£18,750 in prize money.[1][2]

Matches

Table

[3][4]

Team P W L T NR RR Points
 England 321004.464
 Pakistan 321004.174
 India 321004.074
 Australia 303003.800
2 April 1987
Scorecard
England 
211/7 (50 overs)
v
 India
214/7 (48.5 overs)
BC Broad 57 (94)
RJ Shastri 3/47 (10 overs)
Kapil Dev 64 (54)
JE Emburey 3/38 (9.5 overs)
 India won by 3 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL)
Player of the match: Kapil Dev (IND)
3 April 1987
Scorecard
Australia 
176/9 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
180/4 (46.4 overs)
DC Boon 71 (132)
Mudassar Nazar 3/44 (10 overs)
Javed Miandad 74* (97)
SP Davis 1/26 (10 overs)
BA Reid 1/26 (8.4 overs)
 Pakistan won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL)
Player of the match: Mudassar Nazar (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • MRJ Veletta (AUS) made his ODI debut.
5 April 1987
Scorecard
Australia 
176/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
177/3 (42 overs)
DC Boon 62 (113)
Maninder Singh 2/26 (9 overs)
M Azharuddin 84 (129)
SR Waugh 1/33 (8 overs)
 India won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL)
Player of the match: M Azharuddin (IND)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
7 April 1987
Scorecard
Pakistan 
217/9 (50 overs)
v
 England
220/5 (47.2 overs)
Javed Miandad 60 (101)
DJ Capel 3/38 (10 overs)
RT Robinson 83 (104)
Abdul Qadir 3/47 (10 overs)
 England won by 5 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL)
Player of the match: RT Robinson (ENG)
  • England won the toss and elected to field.
9 April 1987
Scorecard
England 
230/6 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
219/8 (50 overs)
GA Gooch 86 (119)
SP O'Donnell 1/27 (8 overs)
AR Border 84 (104)
JE Emburey 2/38 (10 overs)
 England won by 11 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL)
Player of the match: GA Gooch (ENG)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field.
10 April 1987
Scorecard
India 
183/8 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
184/2 (41.4 overs)
DB Vengsarkar 95* (151)
Imran Khan 4/27 (10 overs)
Saleem Malik 61* (98)
Maninder Singh 1/28 (10 overs)
 Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL)
Player of the match: DB Vengsarkar (IND)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Attendance: 18,000.[2]

See also

References

  1. ↑ Frindall 1997, p. 225.
  2. 1 2 Wright 1988, p. 1024.
  3. ↑ "Sharjah Cup 1986/87 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for Sharjah Cup".
  4. ↑ Wright 1988, p. 1028.
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