1989–90 Champions Trophy

1989 Champions Trophy

Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Double round-robin
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Champions	Pakistan
Runners-up	India
Participants	3
Matches	6
Player of the series	Saleem Malik
Most runs	Saleem Malik (260)
Most wickets	CA Walsh (9)

The 1989 Champions Trophy was held in Sharjah, UAE, between October 13–20, 1989. Three national teams took part: India, Pakistan and West Indies.

The 1989 Champions Trophy was a double round-robin tournament where each team played the other twice. Pakistan won the tournament by winning all four of their matches.

The beneficiaries of the tournament were Fazal Mahmood (Pakistan), Iqbal Qasim (Pakistan), Krishnamachari Srikkanth (India), Polly Umrigar (India) and Viv Richards (West Indies) who each received US$35,000 (£20,000).

Matches

Group stage

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	RR	Points
Pakistan	4	4	0	0	0	5.285	16
India	4	1	3	0	0	4.492	4
West Indies	4	1	3	0	0	3.872	4

13 October 1989 Scorecard Wisden report

India 169 (48.1 overs)	v	West Indies 173/5 (47.5 overs)
NS Sidhu 28 (51) CA Walsh 4/25 (10 overs)		AL Logie 59* (65) Arshad Ayub 2/27 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: IVA Richards (WI)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

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14 October 1989 Scorecard Wisden report

Pakistan 250/8 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 239 (48.4 overs)
Saleem Malik 74 (81) IR Bishop 3/49 (10 overs)		DL Haynes 59 (94) Wasim Akram 5/39 (9.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 11 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and SG Ponnadurai (SL) Player of the match: Wasim Akram (PAK)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• Shahid Saeed and Waqar Younis (PAK) made their ODI debuts.

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15 October 1989 Scorecard Wisden report

India 273/4 (46 overs)	v	Pakistan 274/4 (44.4 overs)
NS Sidhu 108 (121) Wasim Akram 3/30 (9 overs)		Saleem Malik 68* (58) RJ Shastri 2/60 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: NS Sidhu (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• The match was reduced to 46 overs per side.
• Navjot Singh Sidhu (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.

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16 October 1989 Scorecard Wisden report

India 211/9 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 174 (46.4 overs)
Kapil Dev 41 (50) CA Walsh 2/32 (10 overs)		MD Marshall 40 (47) Kapil Dev 2/19 (7.4 overs)

India won by 37 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and SG Ponnadurai (SL) Player of the match: Kapil Dev (IND)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

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17 October 1989 Scorecard Wisden report

Pakistan 237/7 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 180 (44.4 overs)
Imran Khan 60 (56) CEL Ambrose 2/43 (10 overs)		CA Best 44 (74) Waqar Younis 3/28 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 57 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Imran Khan (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sohail Fazal (PAK) and RC Haynes (WI) made their ODI debuts.

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20 October 1989 Scorecard Wisden report

Pakistan 252/4 (47 overs)	v	India 214/9 (47 overs)
Saleem Malik 102 (115) M Prabhakar 2/45 (10 overs)		DB Vengsarkar 35 (75) Aaqib Javed 3/49 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 38 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Saleem Malik (PAK)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 47 overs per side.

See also

• Sharjah Cup

External links

• Frindall, Bill (1997). Limited-Overs International Cricket – The Complete Record. Headline Book Publishing. pp. 286–288. ISBN 0-7472-1173-6.
• Cricket Archive: Champions Trophy 1989/90
• ESPNCricinfo: Champions Trophy, 1989/90
• Wright, Graeme, ed. (1991). "Sharjah Champions Trophy, 1989-90". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1991. John Wisden & Co Ltd. pp. 1058–1062. ISBN 0-947766-16-2.