Nehru Cup (cricket)

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{{Infobox cricket tournament
| name = 1989 MRF World Series (Nehru Cup)
| image =
| imagesize =
| caption =
| administrator = [[Board of Control for Cricket in India]]
| cricket format = [[One Day International]]
| tournament format = [[Round-robin tournament|Round-robin]] and [[Single-elimination tournament|Knockout]]
| host = [[India]]
| champions = {{cr|Pakistan}}
| participants = 6
| matches = 18
| attendance =
| player of the series = {{flagicon|PAK}} [[Imran Khan]]
| most runs = {{flagicon|WIN}} [[Desmond Haynes]] (366)
| most wickets = {{flagicon|WIN}} [[Winston Benjamin]] (13)
| official song =
| previous_year =
| previous_tournament =
| next_year =
| next_tournament =
| fromdate = 15 October
| todate = 1 November
}}

The '''MRF World Series for the Jawaharlal Nehru Cup''' was an international cricket tournament held in [[India]] to celebrate the birth centenary of [[Jawaharlal Nehru]], first Prime Minister of India.

The tournament took place in October and November 1989, and was sponsored by the [[Madras Rubber Factory]] (MRF). Six teams took part [[Indian cricket team|India]], the hosts, [[Australian cricket team|Australia]], [[English cricket team|England]], [[Pakistan cricket team|Pakistan]], [[Sri Lankan cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and the [[West Indian cricket team|West Indies]]. The tournament was a round robin with each team playing each other once.

==Group stage==
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"
|-
!width=175|Team
!width=20 abbr="Points" |Pts
!width=20 abbr="Played" |Pld
!width=20 abbr="Won" |W
!width=20 abbr="Lost" |L
!width=20 abbr="Run Rate"|R/R
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|IND}}
|'''12'''||5||3||2||4.63
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|ENG}}
|'''12'''||5||3||2||4.52
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|PAK}}
|'''12'''||5||3||2||4.30
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|West Indies}}
|'''12'''||5||3||2||4.13
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|AUS}}
|'''8'''||5||2||3||4.36
|-
|style="text-align:left;"|{{cr|Sri Lanka}}
|'''4'''||5||1||4||4.05
|}
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 15 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score1 = 193 (48.3 overs)
| runs1 = [[Aravinda de Silva|PA de Silva]] 80 (89)
| wickets1 = [[Phillip DeFreitas|PAJ DeFreitas]] 3/38 (10 overs)

| score2 = 196/5 (48.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Robin Smith (cricketer)|RA Smith]] 81[[not out|*]] (119)
| wickets2 = [[Kapila Wijegunawardene|KIW Wijegunawardene]] 2/37 (8.4 overs)

| result = England won by 5 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51930.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground]], [[Delhi]]
| umpires = [[Ram Babu Gupta|RB Gupta]] (IND) and [[Peter McConnell (umpire)|PJ McConnell]] (AUS)
| motm = [[Robin Smith (cricketer)|RA Smith]] (ENG)
| toss = England won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Angus Fraser|ARC Fraser]] and [[Alec Stewart|AJ Stewart]] (both ENG) made their ODI debuts.
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 19 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score1 = 242/3 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Allan Border|AR Border]] 84[[not out|*]] (44)
| wickets1 = [[Angus Fraser|ARC Fraser]] 1/48 (10 overs)

| score2 = 243/3 (47.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Wayne Larkins|W Larkins]] 124 (126)
| wickets2 = [[Allan Border|AR Border]] 1/43 (10 overs)

| result = England won by 7 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51943.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Lal Bahadur Shastri Stadium]], [[Hyderabad]]
| umpires = [[Lloyd Barker (umpire)|LH Barker]] (WI) and [[Khizer Hayat]] (PAK)
| motm = [[Wayne Larkins|W Larkins]] (ENG)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 19 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}

| score1 = 176/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Gus Logie|AL Logie]] 54[[not out|*]] (73)
| wickets1 = [[Kapila Wijegunawardene|KIW Wijegunawardene]] 2/30 (10 overs)<br>[[Asoka de Silva (cricketer)|EAR de Silva]] 2/30 (10 overs)

| score2 = 180/6 (47.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Asanka Gurusinha|AP Gurusinha]] 66 (90)
| wickets2 = [[Winston Benjamin|WKM Benjamin]] 3/22 (9 overs)

| result = Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51944.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground|Municipal Stadium]], [[Rajkot]]
| umpires = [[Peter McConnell (umpire)|PJ McConnell]] (AUS) and [[Piloo Reporter|PD Reporter]] (IND)
| motm = [[Asanka Gurusinha|AP Gurusinha]] (SL)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 21 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}

| score1 = 241/6 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Geoff Marsh|GR Marsh]] 74 (129)
| wickets1 = [[Winston Benjamin|WKM Benjamin]] 3/38 (9 overs)

| score2 = 142 (40.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Richie Richardson|RB Richardson]] 61 (101)
| wickets2 = [[Allan Border|AR Border]] 3/20 (10 overs)

| result = Australia won by 99 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51954.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[M. A. Chidambaram Stadium]], [[Madras]]
| umpires = [[Sunit Ghosh|SK Ghosh]] (IND) and [[John Holder (cricketer)|JW Holder]] (ENG)
| motm = [[Allan Border|AR Border]] (AUS)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 22 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score1 = 148/9 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Saleem Malik]] 42 (59)
| wickets1 = [[Graham Gooch|GA Gooch]] 3/19 (10 overs)

| score2 = 149/6 (43.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Allan Lamb|AJ Lamb]] 42 (62)
| wickets2 = [[Wasim Akram]] 2/32 (10 overs)

| result = England won by 4 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51957.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Barabati Stadium]], [[Cuttack]]
| umpires = [[Ram Babu Gupta|RB Gupta]] (IND) and [[V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire)|VK Ramaswamy]] (IND)
| motm = [[Graham Gooch|GA Gooch]] (ENG)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{anchor|India vs Sri Lanka}}
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 22 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}

| score1 = 227/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu|NS Sidhu]] 80 (88)
| wickets1 = [[Ravi Ratnayeke|JR Ratnayeke]] 3/35 (10 overs)

| score2 = 221 (49.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Asanka Gurusinha|AP Gurusinha]] 83 (106)
| wickets2 = [[Kapil Dev]] 3/26 (8.4 overs)

| result = India won by 6 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51958.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Sardar Patel Stadium|Gujarat Stadium]], [[Ahmedabad]]
| umpires = [[Khizer Hayat]] (PAK) and [[Peter McConnell (umpire)|PJ McConnell]] (AUS)
| motm = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu|NS Sidhu]] (IND)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 23 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|AUS}}

| score1 = 205/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Shoaib Mohammad]] 73 (121)
| wickets1 = [[Terry Alderman|TM Alderman]] 4/22 (10 overs)

| score2 = 139 (43.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|DM Jones]] 58 (94)
| wickets2 = [[Imran Khan]] 3/13 (8 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 66 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51963.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Brabourne Stadium]], [[Bombay]]
| umpires = [[Lloyd Barker (umpire)|LH Barker]] (WI) and [[Piloo Reporter|PD Reporter]] (IND)
| motm = [[Imran Khan]] (PAK)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes = [[Akram Raza]] (PAK) made his ODI debut.
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 23 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 196/9 (45 overs)
| runs1 = [[Richie Richardson|RB Richardson]] 57 (110)
| wickets1 = [[Chetan Sharma|C Sharma]] 3/46 (9 overs)

| score2 = 176 (41.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Raman Lamba|R Lamba]] 61 (80)
| wickets2 = [[Viv Richards|IVA Richards]] 6/41 (9.4 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 20 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51964.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Feroz Shah Kotla Ground]], [[Delhi]]
| umpires = [[K. T. Francis|KT Francis]] (SL) and [[John Holder (cricketer)|JW Holder]] (ENG)
| motm = [[Viv Richards|IVA Richards]] (WI)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = The match was reduced before play started from 50 overs to 46 overs per side. ''
*''The match was reduced to 45 overs per side.
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 25 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}

| score1 = 222/7 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|DM Jones]] 85 (101)
| wickets1 = [[Graeme Labrooy|GF Labrooy]] 3/38 (10 overs)

| score2 = 194 (47.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Aravinda de Silva|PA de Silva]] 96 (107)
| wickets2 = [[Simon O'Donnell|SP O'Donnell]] 3/48 (10 overs)

| result = Australia won by 28 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51970.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Fatorda Stadium|Nehru Stadium]], [[Margao]], [[Goa]]
| umpires = [[Lloyd Barker (umpire)|LH Barker]] (WI) and [[Piloo Reporter|PD Reporter]] (IND)
| motm = [[Aravinda de Silva|PA de Silva]] (SL)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = [[Lalithamana Fernando|TL Fernando]] (SL) made his ODI debut.
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 25 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 255/7 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Allan Lamb|AJ Lamb]] 91 (109)
| wickets1 = [[Kapil Dev]] 2/56 (10 overs)

| score2 = 259/4 (48.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Chetan Sharma|C Sharma]] 101[[not out|*]] (96)
| wickets2 = [[Gladstone Small|GC Small]] 1/44 (10 overs)

| result = India won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51971.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Green Park Stadium|Modi Stadium]], [[Kanpur]]
| umpires = [[K. T. Francis|KT Francis]] (SL) and [[Khizer Hayat]] (PAK)
| motm = [[Chetan Sharma|C Sharma]] (IND)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 25 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}

| score1 = 223/5 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Aamer Malik]] 77 (106)
| wickets1 = [[Curtly Ambrose|CEL Ambrose]] 2/45 (10 overs)

| score2 = 226/4 (48.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Richie Richardson|RB Richardson]] 80 (116)
| wickets2 = [[Wasim Akram]] 2/38 (9.3 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51972.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Gandhi Stadium]], [[Jalandhar]]
| umpires = [[John Holder (cricketer)|JW Holder]] (ENG) and [[V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire)|VK Ramaswamy]] (IND)
| motm = [[Richie Richardson|RB Richardson]] (WI)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 27 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}
| team2 = {{cr|ENG}}

| score1 = 265/5 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Desmond Haynes|DL Haynes]] 138[[not out|*]] (164)
| wickets1 = [[Gladstone Small|GC Small]] 3/39 (10 overs)

| score2 = 239/8 (50 overs)
| runs2 = [[Robin Smith (cricketer)|RA Smith]] 65 (74)
| wickets2 = [[Malcolm Marshall|MD Marshall]] 4/33 (10 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 26 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51980.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Captain Roop Singh Stadium]], [[Gwalior]]
| umpires = [[Sunit Ghosh|SK Ghosh]] (IND) and [[V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire)|VK Ramaswamy]] (IND)
| motm = [[Desmond Haynes|DL Haynes]] (WI)
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 27 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|AUS}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 247/8 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Dean Jones (cricketer)|DM Jones]] 53 (77)
| wickets1 = [[Ajay Sharma|AK Sharma]] 3/41 (10 overs)

| score2 = 249/7 (47.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth|K Srikkanth]] 58 (65)
| wickets2 = [[Greg Matthews|GRJ Matthews]] 3/56 (10 overs)

| result = India won by 3 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51981.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[M. Chinnaswamy Stadium]], [[Bangalore]]
| umpires = [[Lloyd Barker (umpire)|LH Barker]] (WI) and [[Khizer Hayat]] (PAK)
| motm = [[Ajay Sharma|AK Sharma]] (IND)
| toss = Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 27 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}

| score1 = 219/6 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Imran Khan]] 84[[not out|*]] (110)
| wickets1 = [[Aravinda de Silva|PA de Silva]] 2/43 (10 overs)

| score2 = 213 (49.2 overs)
| runs2 = [[Aravinda de Silva|PA de Silva]] 83 (90)
| wickets2 = [[Wasim Akram]] 2/30 (10 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 6 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51982.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[K. D. Singh Babu Stadium, Lucknow|K. D. Singh Babu Stadium]], [[Lucknow]]
| umpires = [[Ram Babu Gupta|RB Gupta]] (IND) and [[Peter McConnell (umpire)|PJ McConnell]] (AUS)
| motm = [[Imran Khan]] (PAK)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}
----
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 28 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 279/7 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Rameez Raja]] 77 (90)
| wickets1 = [[Arshad Ayub]] 2/31 (7 overs)

| score2 = 202 (42.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Krishnamachari Srikkanth|K Srikkanth]] 65 (75)
| wickets2 = [[Mushtaq Ahmed (cricketer)|Mushtaq Ahmed]] 3/51 (10 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 77 runs
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51987.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Calcutta]]
| umpires = [[K. T. Francis|KT Francis]] (SL) and [[John Holder (cricketer)|JW Holder]] (ENG)
| motm = [[Imran Khan]] (PAK)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Semi finals==
===1st Semi Final===
Pakistan beat England in the first semi-final. The match was reduced to 30 overs a side.

{{Limited overs matches
| date = 30 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|ENG}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score1 = 194/7 (30 overs)
| runs1 = [[Robin Smith (cricketer)|RA Smith]] 55 (57)
| wickets1 = [[Abdul Qadir (cricketer)|Abdul Qadir]] 3/30 (6 overs)

| score2 = 195/4 (28.3 overs)
| runs2 = [[Rameez Raja]] 85[[not out|*]] (82)
| wickets2 = [[Phillip DeFreitas|PAJ DeFreitas]] 2/40 (6 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 6 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51998.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground]], [[Nagpur]]
| umpires = [[Ram Babu Gupta|RB Gupta]] (IND) and [[V. K. Ramaswamy (umpire)|VK Ramaswamy]] (IND)
| motm = [[Rameez Raja]] (PAK)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = The match was reduced before play started to 30 overs per side.
| notes = [[Nasser Hussain|N Hussain]] (ENG) made his ODI debut.
}}

===2nd Semi Final===
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 30 October 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| team2 = {{cr|WIN}}

| score1 = 165 (48.5 overs)
| runs1 = [[Mohammad Azharuddin|M Azharuddin]] 38 (56)
| wickets1 = [[Courtney Walsh|CA Walsh]] 3/39 (10 overs)

| score2 = 166/2 (42.1 overs)
| runs2 = [[Desmond Haynes|DL Haynes]] 64 (100)
| wickets2 = [[Kapil Dev]] 2/31 (8 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 8 wickets
| report = [https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/51/51999.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Wankhede Stadium]], [[Bombay]]
| umpires = [[John Holder (cricketer)|JW Holder]] (ENG) and [[Peter McConnell (umpire)|PJ McConnell]] (AUS)
| motm = [[Viv Richards|IVA Richards]] (WI)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes =
}}

==Final==
{{Limited overs matches
| date = 1 November 1989
| time =
| daynight =
| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}

| score1 = 273/5 (50 overs)
| runs1 = [[Desmond Haynes|DL Haynes]] 107[[not out|*]] (137)
| wickets1 = [[Imran Khan]] 3/47 (9 overs)

| score2 = 277/6 (49.5 overs)
| runs2 = [[Saleem Malik]] 71[[not out|*]] (62)
| wickets2 = [[Winston Benjamin|WKM Benjamin]] 2/71 (10 overs)

| result = Pakistan won by 4 wickets
| report = [https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/8539/scorecard/65932/pakistan-vs-west-indies-final-mrf-world-series-nehru-cup-1989-90 Scorecard]
| venue = [[Eden Gardens]], [[Calcutta]]
| umpires = [[Sunit Ghosh|SK Ghosh]] (IND) and [[Piloo Reporter|PD Reporter]] (IND)
| motm = [[Imran Khan]] (PAK)
| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
| rain =
| notes = This was [[Imran Khan]]'s last ODI in [[India]].
}}

At the final at Eden Gardens, Calcutta, [[Desmond Haynes]] scored 107 as West Indies totalled 273-5. But Pakistan overhauled it, scoring 277-6, thanks to [[Wasim Akram]]'s six in the last over and half centuries from [[Saleem Malik]] and captain [[Imran Khan]] who was also Man of the Series.

==External links==
* [http://uk.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1980S/1989-90/OD_TOURNEYS/NEHRU/ Nehru Cup 1989-90 scorecards on Cricinfo]

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