The 1987 Sharjah Cup was held in
Sharjah
Sharjah (; ar, ٱلشَّارقَة ', Gulf Arabic: ''aš-Šārja'') is the third-most populous city in the United Arab Emirates, after Dubai and Abu Dhabi, forming part of the Dubai-Sharjah-Ajman metropolitan area.
Sharjah is the capital o ...
,
UAE
The United Arab Emirates (UAE; ar, اَلْإِمَارَات الْعَرَبِيَة الْمُتَحِدَة ), or simply the Emirates ( ar, الِْإمَارَات ), is a country in Western Asia (The Middle East). It is located at th ...
, between April 2–10, 1987. Four national teams took part:
Australia
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,
England
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,
India
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and
Pakistan
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,
The 1987 Sharjah Cup was a
round-robin tournament
A round-robin tournament (or all-go-away-tournament) is a competition
Competition is a rivalry where two or more parties strive for a common goal which cannot be shared: where one's gain is the other's loss (an example of which is a zero ...
where each team played the other once in a tournament where each team played the other once.
England won the tournament and UK£18,750 in prize money.
Matches
Table
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See also
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Sharjah Cup
The Sharjah Cup was an international limited-overs cricket tournament that took place at the Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium in Sharjah, UAE on multiple occasions between 1984 and 2003.
The stadium usually hosted two tournaments each season: ...
References
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Cricket Archive: Sharjah Cup 1986/87*
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International cricket competitions from 1985–86 to 1988
Sharjah Cup, 1987
1987 in Emirati sport
International cricket competitions in the United Arab Emirates