1986 John Player Triangular Tournament

International cricket 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.Frindall 1997 190-191 The John Player Triangular Tournament was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once. Each of the three teams won one match each and Pakistan won the tournament on run rate. Matches Table http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/60862.html?view=pointstable John Player Triangular Tournament 1985/86 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for John Player Triangular Tournament TeamPWLTNRRRPoints PAK 2 1 1 0 0 4.763 2 NZL 2 1 1 0 0 4.519 2 SRI 2 1 1 0 0 3.891 2 5 April 1986 SRI NZL 137/9 (43 overs) LRD Mendis 24 (31) W Watson 3/15 (9 overs) 140/4 (36.2 overs) KR Rutherford 34 (50) A Ranatunga 2/17 (6 overs) New Zealand won by 6 wickets ScorecardWisden Report Khettarama Stadium, Colombo HD Bird (ENG) and Mahboob Shah (PAK) 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. 6 April 1986 PAK SRI 191/9 (45 overs) Javed Miandad 67 (100) KN Amalean 4/46 (9 overs) 195/5 (42.2 overs) A Ranatunga 57 (55) Abdul Qadir 3/32 (9 overs) Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets ScorecardWisden Report Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Javed Miandad (PAK) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. This match was also the final of the 1986 Asia Cup. 7 April 1986 NZL PAK 214/8 (42 overs) MD Crowe 75 (85) Mohsin Kamal 4/47 (8 overs) 217/6 (40.4 overs) Javed Miandad 68 (81) MC Snedden 2/55 (8.4 overs) Pakistan won by 4 wickets ScorecardWisden Report Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo HC Felsinger (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) 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 Bill Frindall Bill Frindall Limited-Overs International Cricket – The Complete Record Headline Book Publishing 1997 0-7472-1173-6 Vaidyasekera Gerry Wright Graeme Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1987 John Wisden & Co Ltd 1987 1021–1025 Asia Cup, 1985-86 http://www.espncricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/154346.html 9780947766085 John Player Triangular Tournament John Player Triangular Tournament Category:International cricket competitions from 1985–86 to 1988 Cricket, John Player Triangular Tournament, 1986 Category:International cricket competitions in Sri Lanka 1986 1986 1986 John Player John Player