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.^[1]

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

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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

1. Frindall 1997, pp. 190–191.
2. "John Player Triangular Tournament 1985/86 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for John Player Triangular Tournament".

• 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.