Top 10 greatest ODI cricket matches of all time

#4. Pakistan vs India - Final, Austral-Asia Cup at Sharjah (18 April 1986)

Miandad hit a six off the last ball to win the game

The Austral-Asia Cup was an ODI tournament held in Sharjah featuring the major cricketing nations of Asia and Australia. The inaugural edition was in 1986 and India and Pakistan faced off in the final.

Batting first, India set a target of 246 thanks to half-centuries from Kris Srikkanth, Sunil Gavaskar and Dilip Vengsarkar.

While chasing, Pakistan were reduced to 3/61 but a century from Javed Miandad and contributions from Saleem Malik and Abdul Qadir took them close to the target. However, they lost wickets at regular intervals and were down to 9/241 with Miandad still in the middle.

In the final ball off the game, Pakistan needed four runs to win and Miandad hit a low full toss from Chetan Sharma for a six over the mid-wicket boundary to give his team their most memorable win over their arch-rivals.

Miandad’s final score was 116 off 114 balls and he hit three fours and sixes each in his match-winning knock.