2002 Sharjah Cup

The 2002 Sharjah Cup Triangular Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in the United Arab Emirates in April 2002.[1] It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Sri Lanka, New Zealand and Pakistan.[2] Pakistan won the tournament by defeating Sri Lanka by 217 runs in the final.[3] All matches were held at Sharjah Cricket Stadium.[4]

Sharjah Cup Triangular Series 2002
Date8 April – 17 April 2002
LocationUnited Arab Emirates
Result Pakistan won the 2002 Sharjah Cup
Player of the seriesMarvan Atapattu (Sri)
Teams
 New Zealand  Pakistan  Sri Lanka
Captains
Stephen Fleming Waqar Younis Sanath Jayasuriya
Most runs
Chris Harris (139) Imran Nazir (226) Marvan Atapattu (233)
Most wickets
Scott Styris (9) Shoaib Akhtar (10) Muttiah Muralitharan (9)

Squads
 New Zealand[5]  Pakistan[6]  Sri Lanka[7]

Lou Vincent was initially named in New Zealand's ODI squad, but withdrawn due to chest injury.[8] Mathew Sinclair was added to the squad for Vincent.[9]

Matches

1st ODI
8 April (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
242/9 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
201 (45.5 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 87 (78)
Shoaib Akhtar 3/30 (10 overs)
Abdul Razzaq 56 (72)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/27 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 41 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 4, Pakistan 0.

2nd ODI
9 April (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
218/8 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
207 (45.5 overs)
Mathew Sinclair 46* (50)
Muttiah Muralitharan 5/9 (10 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 61 (102)
Scott Styris 3/42 (10 overs)
New Zealand won by 11 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Jacob Oram (Nzl)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: New Zealand 4, Sri Lanka 0.

3rd ODI
11 April (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
288/6 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
237/8 (40 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 68 (96)
Scott Styris 4/30 (10 overs)
Chris Harris 54 (102)
Waqar Younis 3/43 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 51 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Pakistan 4, New Zealand 0.

4th ODI
12 April (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
239/6 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
230/5 (50 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 77* (109)
Wasim Akram 3/30 (10 overs)
Younis Khan 45 (55)
Nuwan Zoysa 1/30 (8 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 9 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (Sri)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 4, Pakistan 0.

5th ODI
14 April (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
243/9 (50 overs)
v
 New Zealand
197/9 (50 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 82 (94)
Chris Harris 3/43 (10 overs)
Craig McMillan 49 (73)
Chaminda Vaas 2/8 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 46 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (Sri)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 4, New Zealand 0.

6th ODI
15 April (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
212/9 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
217/2 (31.3 overs)
Scott Styris 43 (63)
Saqlain Mushtaq 3/26 (10 overs)
Shahid Afridi 108* (92)
Brooke Walker 2/54 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Srinivas Venkataraghavan (Ind) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Pakistan were fined 1 over for a slow over rate.
  • Points: Pakistan 5, New Zealand 0.

Final
17 April (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
295/6 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
78 (16.5 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 129 (131)
Nuwan Zoysa 3/63 (10 overs)
Russell Arnold 19 (18)
Shoaib Akhtar 3/11 (4 overs)
Pakistan won by 217 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Yousuf Youhana (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Pakistan won the 2001-02 Sharjah Cup.

References
  1. "Sri Lanka to meet Pakistan and New Zealand in Sharjah". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 8 February 2002.
  2. "Sharjah Cup draw". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 22 February 2002.
  3. "Pakistan inflict massive defeat on Sri Lanka". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 17 April 2002.
  4. "Sharjah offers chance for second tier development". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 31 March 2002.
  5. "Drum to retire, Hart to 'keep and Walker to spin in NZ teams named today". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2002.
  6. "PCB announces 16 member squad for Sharjah Cup". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2002.
  7. "Sri Lankan selectors announce new look top order for Sharjah". ESPN Cricinfo. Retrieved 1 April 2002.
  8. "Vincent suffers rupture to airway but still expected to tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 2 April 2002.
  9. "Mathew Sinclair gets recall after Vincent withdraws". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 April 2002.
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