1986 John Player Triangular Tournament

The 1986 John Player Triangular Tournament was a cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka between 5 and 7 April 1986. Three teams took part in the tournament: Pakistan, New Zealand and hosts Sri Lanka. The tournament ran concurrently with the 1986 Asia Cup and was arranged partly to compensate for the withdrawal of India from the Asia Cup.

The John Player Triangular Tournament was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once. Each of the three sides won one match each and Pakistan won the tournament on run rate.

Matches

Table

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	RR	Points
Pakistan	2	1	1	0	0	4.763	2
New Zealand	2	1	1	0	0	4.519	2
Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0	0	3.891	2

5 April 1986 Scorecard Wisden Report

Sri Lanka 137/9 (43 overs)	v	New Zealand 140/4 (36.2 overs)
LRD Mendis 24 (31) W Watson 3/15 (9 overs)		KR Rutherford 34 (50) A Ranatunga 2/17 (6 overs)

New Zealand won by 6 wickets Khettarama Stadium, Colombo Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and Mahboob Shah (PAK) Player of the match: MC Snedden (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 43 overs per side.
• W Watson (NZ) made his ODI debut.

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6 April 1986 Scorecard Wisden Report

Pakistan 191/9 (45 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 195/5 (42.2 overs)
Javed Miandad 67 (100) KN Amalean 4/46 (9 overs)		A Ranatunga 57 (55) Abdul Qadir 3/32 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Javed Miandad (PAK)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• This match was also the final of the 1986 Asia Cup.

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7 April 1986 Scorecard Wisden Report

New Zealand 214/8 (42 overs)	v	Pakistan 217/6 (40.4 overs)
MD Crowe 75 (85) Mohsin Kamal 4/47 (8 overs)		Javed Miandad 68 (81) MC Snedden 2/55 (8.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 4 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: HC Felsinger (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: MD Crowe (NZ)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 42 overs per side.

See also

• 1986 Asia Cup

References

• Cricinfo tournament page
• Cricket Archive tournament page
• Frindall, Bill (1997). Limited-Overs International Cricket – The Complete Record. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-1173-6.
• Vaidyasekera, Gerry (1987). "Asia Cup, 1985-86". In Wright, Graeme (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1987. John Wisden & Co Ltd. pp. 1021–1025. ISBN 9780947766085.