Sri Lankan national cricket team against Pakistan in the 1988/89 season

The tour of the Sri Lankan national cricket team against Pakistan in the 1988/89 season , also known as the 1989 Sharjah Cup , took place from March 23 to 24, 1989. The international cricket tour was part of the 1988/89 international cricket season and included five ODIs . Pakistan won the series 2–0.

prehistory

Pakistan previously played a tour in New Zealand and Sri Lanka at the Asia Cup in 1988 . The last meeting of the two teams on a tour took place in the 1985/86 season in Sri Lanka .

Stadion

Sharjah

Tour venues

The following stadium was designated as the venue for the tour.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sharjah	27,000	1st & 2nd ODI

Squad lists

The following squads were named by the teams.

ODI
Pakistan	Sri Lanka
Aamer Malik Aaqib Javed Abdul Razzaq Ijaz Ahmed Imran Khan Mushtaq Ahmed Rameez Raja Saleem Malik Saleem Jaffar Saleem Yousuf Shoaib Mohammad Tauseef Ahmed	DSBP Kuruppu Graeme Labrooy Roshan Mahanama Chaminda Mendis Arjuna Ranatunga Rumesh Ratnayake Rumesh Ratnayeke Athula Samarasekera Hashan Tilla caratne Kapila Wijegunawardene Aravinda de Silva Asoka de Silva

One-day internationals

First ODI in Sharjah

March 23 scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan 237-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 207 (48.4)
		Pakistan wins with 30 runs

Second ODI in Sharjah

March 24th scorecard	Sharjah	Sri Lanka 244-8 (50)	-	Pakistan 248-3 (47.5)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

Web links

• The series on Cricinfo