1986 Asia Cup

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The 1986 Asia Cup (also known as the John Player Gold Leaf Trophy), was the second Asia Cup tournament, and was held in Sri Lanka between March 30 and April 6 1986. Three teams took part in the tournament: Bangladesh, Pakistan and Sri Lanka.

The 1986 Asia Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once, and the top two teams qualifying for a place in the final. Pakistan won both its matches and qualified for the final against Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan to win their first Asia Cup.

[edit] Preliminary matches

March 30, 1986
	Pakistan 197 all out (45 overs)	vs	Sri Lanka 116 all out (33.5 overs)	Pakistan won by 81 runs Saravanamuttu Stadium, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Shepherd Man of the Match: Mohsin Khan
	Mohsin Khan 39 (46) Ravi Ratnayeke 3/32 (9 overs)		Brendon Kuruppu 34 (56) Manzoor Elahi 3/22 (9 overs)

March 31, 1986
	Bangladesh 94 all out (35.3 overs)	vs	Pakistan 98/3 (32.1 overs)	Pakistan won by 7 wickets Tyronne Fernando Stadium, Moratuwa, Sri Lanka Umpires: Herbi Felsinger and PW Vidanagamage Man of the Match: Wasim Akram
	Shaheedur Rahman 37 (60) Wasim Akram 4/19 (9 overs)		Mudassar Nazar 47 (97) Jahangir Shah 2/23 (9 overs)

April 2, 1986
	Bangladesh 131/8 (45 overs)	vs	Sri Lanka 132/3 (31.3 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Asgiriya Stadium, Kandy, Sri Lanka Umpires: Mahboob Shah and David Shepherd Man of the Match: Asanka Gurusinha
	Minhajul Abedin 40 (63) Kaushik Amalean 2/15 (9 overs)		Asanka Gurusinha 44 (91) Golam Faruq 1/22 (8.3 overs)

[edit] Final

March 30, 1986
	Pakistan 191/9 (45 overs)	vs	Sri Lanka 195/5 (42.2 overs)	Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo, Sri Lanka Umpires: Dickie Bird and David Shepherd Man of the Match: Javed Miandad
	Javed Miandad 67 (100) Kaushik Amalean 4/46 (9 overs)		Arjuna Ranatunga 57 (55) Abdul Qadir 3/32 (9 overs)