1987 Sharjah Cup

Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Champions	England
Runners-up	Pakistan
Participants	4
Matches	6
Player of the series	DC Boon
Most runs	DC Boon (206)
Most wickets	JE Emburey (6)

The 1987 Sharjah Cup was held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 2–10, 1987. Four national teams took part: Australia, England, India and Pakistan.

The 1987 Sharjah Cup was a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once.

England won the tournament and UK£18,750 in prize money.^[1][2]

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Team	P	W	L	T	NR	RR	Points
England	3	2	1	0	0	4.46	4
Pakistan	3	2	1	0	0	4.17	4
India	3	2	1	0	0	4.07	4
Australia	3	0	3	0	0	3.80	0

2 April 1987 Scorecard

England  211/7 (50 overs)	v	India 214/7 (48.5 overs)
BC Broad 57 (94) RJ Shastri 3/47 (10 overs)		Kapil Dev 64 (54) JE Emburey 3/38 (9.5 overs)

India won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: Kapil Dev (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• DJ Capel, NH Fairbrother and JJ Whitaker (all ENG) made their ODI debuts.

3 April 1987 Scorecard

Australia  176/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 180/4 (46.4 overs)
DC Boon 71 (132) Mudassar Nazar 3/44 (10 overs)		Javed Miandad 74* (97) SP Davis 1/26 (10 overs) BA Reid 1/26 (8.4 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: Mudassar Nazar (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• MRJ Veletta (AUS) made his ODI debut.

5 April 1987 Scorecard

Australia  176/6 (50 overs)	v	India 177/3 (42 overs)
DC Boon 62 (113) Maninder Singh 2/26 (9 overs)		M Azharuddin 84 (129) SR Waugh 1/33 (8 overs)

India won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: M Azharuddin (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.

7 April 1987 Scorecard

Pakistan  217/9 (50 overs)	v	England 220/5 (47.2 overs)
Javed Miandad 60 (101) DJ Capel 3/38 (10 overs)		RT Robinson 83 (104) Abdul Qadir 3/47 (10 overs)

England won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: RT Robinson (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to field.

9 April 1987 Scorecard

England  230/6 (50 overs)	v	Australia 219/8 (50 overs)
GA Gooch 86 (119) SP O'Donnell 1/27 (8 overs)		AR Border 84 (104) JE Emburey 2/38 (10 overs)

England won by 11 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: GA Gooch (ENG)

• Australia won the toss and elected to field.

10 April 1987 Scorecard

India  183/8 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 184/2 (41.4 overs)
DB Vengsarkar 95* (151) Imran Khan 4/27 (10 overs)		Saleem Malik 61* (98) Maninder Singh 1/28 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: DP Buultjens (SL) and PW Vidanagamage (SL) Player of the match: DB Vengsarkar (IND)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Attendance: 18,000.^[2]

• Sharjah Cup

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• Cricket Archive: Sharjah Cup 1986/87
• ESPNCricinfo: Sharjah Cup, 1986/87
• Otway, Graham (1988). "Sharjah Cup, 1986-87". In Wright, Graeme (ed.). Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1988. John Wisden & Co Ltd. pp. 1024–1028. ISBN 0-947766-10-3.