1986–87 Champions Trophy

1986 Champions Trophy

Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Champions	West Indies
Runners-up	Pakistan
Participants	4
Matches	6
Player of the series	CA Walsh
Most runs	CG Greenidge (141)
Most wickets	CA Walsh (10)

The 1986 Champions Trophy was held in Sharjah, UAE, between November 27 and December 5, 1986. Four national teams took part: India, Pakistan, Sri Lanka and West Indies.

The 1986 Champions Trophy was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once in a tournament worth £60,000 in prize money. West Indies won all three of its matches, winning the trophy and UK£22,000.

Matches

Table

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	RR	Points
West Indies	3	3	0	0	0	4.792	12
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	0	3.419	8
India	3	1	2	0	0	3.985	4
Sri Lanka	3	0	3	0	0	3.207	0

27 November 1986 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 214/9 (45 overs)	v	India 215/3 (41.3 overs)
A Ranatunga 39 (44) C Sharma 3/40 (8 overs)		K Srikkanth 92 (89) GF Labrooy 2/32 (8 overs)

India won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: K Srikkanth (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• GF Labrooy and HP Tillakaratne (SL) made their ODI debuts.

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28 November 1986 Scorecard

Pakistan 143 (43.4 overs)	v	West Indies 145/1 (33.2 overs)
Rameez Raja 44 (93) CA Walsh 4/31 (9.4 overs)		CG Greenidge 74 (102) Manzoor Elahi 1/20 (3.2 overs)

West Indies won by 9 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: AL Logie (WIN)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• An umpiring oversight allowed Courtney Walsh an illegal tenth over.

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30 November 1986 Scorecard

West Indies 198/8 (45 overs)	v	India 165/8 (45 overs)
IVA Richards 62 (58) M Azharuddin 2/41 (9 overs)		SM Gavaskar 63 (107) AH Gray 3/32 (9 overs)

West Indies won by 33 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: IVA Richards (WIN)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

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2 December 1986 Scorecard

Sri Lanka 164/7 (45 overs)	v	Pakistan 165/6 (44 overs)
AP Gurunsinha 60 (97) Mudassar Nazar 1/16 (6 overs)		Rameez Raja 39 (70) A Ranatunga 1/14 (3 overs)

Pakistan won by 4 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: AP Gurusinha (SL)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

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3 December 1986 Scorecard

West Indies 248/5 (45 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 55 (28.3 overs)
RB Richardson 109 (120) JR Ratnayeke 3/59 (9 overs)		AP Gurusinha 15 (35) CA Walsh 5/1 (4.3 overs)

West Indies won by 193 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: CA Walsh (WIN)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

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5 December 1986 Scorecard

India 144 (40.2 overs)	v	Pakistan 145/7 (43.3 overs)
M Azharuddin 49 (86) Imran Khan 3/27 (8 overs)		Manzoor Elahi 50* (54) Maninder Singh 4/22 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: HD Bird (ENG) and DR Shepherd (ENG) Player of the match: Manzoor Elahi (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

See also

• Sharjah Cup

References

• Frindall, Bill (1997). Limited-Overs International Cricket – The Complete Record. Headline Book Publishing. ISBN 0-7472-1173-6.
• Cricket Archive: Champions Trophy 1986/87
• ESPNCricinfo: Champions Trophy, 1986/87
• Wright, Graeme, ed. (1988). "Champions Trophy, 1986-87". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1988. John Wisden & Co Ltd. pp. 1004–1007. ISBN 0-947766-10-3.