1996–97 Singer Akai Cup

1997 Singer Akai Cup
Cricket formatOne Day International
Host(s) United Arab Emirates
Champions Sri Lanka
Runners-up Pakistan
Participants3
Matches7
Player of the seriesSri Lanka Aravinda de Silva
Most runsSri Lanka Aravinda de Silva (410)
Most wicketsSri Lanka Muttiah Muralitharan (13)

The 1997 Singer Akai Cup was held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 3-11, 1997. Three national teams took part: Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe.

The 1997 Singer Akai Cup started with a double round-robin tournament where each team played the other twice. The two leading teams qualified for the final. Sri Lanka won the tournament and US$40,000. Runners-up Pakistan won US$25,000 and Zimbabwe US$10,000.[1]

The beneficiaries of the tournament were Waqar Younis and Saeed Ahmed who each received US$35,000, and Aslam Khokhar, Israr Ali and Zulfiqar Ahmed (all Pakistan) who each received US$10,000.[2]

Squads

Pakistan

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Sri Lanka

[4]

Zimbabwe

[5]

Matches

Group stage

[6][7]

Team P W L T NR NRR Points
 Sri Lanka 4 3 1 0 0 +0.197 6
 Pakistan 4 2 2 0 0 +0.275 4
 Zimbabwe 4 1 3 0 0 -0.455 2
3 April 1997
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
187/9 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
188/3 (45.4 overs)
A Flower 38 (61)
PA Strang 38 (52)
WPUJC Vaas 3/25 (10 overs)
PA de Silva 60 (81)
GW Flower 1/15 (4.4 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: DB Cowie (NZ) and RS Dunne (NZ)
Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • DP Viljoen (ZIM) made his ODI debut.
4 April 1997
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
243/8 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
224/9 (50 overs)
PA de Silva 97 (137)
Saqlain Mushtaq 3/47 (10 overs)
Shahid Afridi 67 (55)
M Muralitharan 3/38 (10 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 19 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and CJ Mitchley (SA)
Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
6 April 1997
Scorecard
Pakistan 
187 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
94 (31.4 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 46 (68)
HH Streak 3/37 (10 overs)
CB Wishart 29 (38)
Mushtaq Ahmed 2/20 (7 overs)
 Pakistan won by 93 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: DB Cowie (NZ) and CJ Mitchley (SA)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
7 April 1997
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
251/7 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
200 (45.4 overs)
PA de Silva 134 (131)
Saqlain Mushtaq 2/42 (10 overs)
Saleem Malik 2/42 (9 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 62 (66)
HDPK Dharmasena 3/27 (9.4 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 51 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: DB Cowie (NZ) and RS Dunne (NZ)
Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
8 April 1997
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
203 (49.5 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
153 (46.1 overs)
GJ Whittall 44 (59)
RS Kalpage 3/38 (9 overs)
RS Mahanama 42 (70)
HH Streak 2/12 (8.1 overs)
 Zimbabwe won by 50 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and CJ Mitchley (SA)
Player of the match: GJ Whittall (ZIM)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
9 April 1997
Scorecard
Pakistan 
151/9 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
119 (40.1 overs)
Moin Khan 61 (97)
HH Streak 4/18 (10 overs)
A Flower 28 (54)
Mushtaq Ahmed 4/27 (10 overs)
 Pakistan won by 32 runs
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: DB Cowie (NZ) and CJ Mitchley (SA)
Player of the match: Moin Khan (PAK)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

11 April 1997
Scorecard
Pakistan 
214 (49.2 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
215/6 (49.2 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 61 (75)
M Muralitharan 3/42 (10 overs)
PA de Silva 87* (124)
Saqlain Mushtaq 2/41 (10 overs)
 Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and CJ Mitchley (SA)
Player of the match: PA de Silva (SL)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

See also

References

  1. ^ "We played pretty well throughout - Arjuna Ranatunga". Daily News (Sri Lanka). 13 April 1997. Retrieved 5 April 2020.
  2. ^ Engel 1998, p. 1184.
  3. ^ Pakistan Squad
  4. ^ Sri Lanka Squad
  5. ^ Zimbabwe Squad
  6. ^ "Singer-Akai Cup 1996/97 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for Singer-Akai Cup".
  7. ^ Engel 1998, p. 1189.