1999 Singapore Challenge

1999 Coca-Cola Singapore Challenge
Date2 – 8 September 1999
LocationSingapore
ResultWon by  West Indies
Player of the seriesRicardo Powell
Teams
 West Indies  India  Zimbabwe
Captains
Brian Lara Sachin Tendulkar Alistair Campbell
Most runs
Ricardo Powell (221) Rahul Dravid (183) Andy Flower (152)
Most wickets
Reon King (9) Debasis Mohanty (9) Grant Flower (2)
Andy Blignaut (2)
Neil Johnson (2)
2000

The 1999 Singapore Challenge, also known as the 1999 Coca-Cola Singapore Challenge for sponsorship reasons was a One Day International cricket tournament which took place between 2–8 September 1999. The tournament was held in Singapore. The tournament was won by the West Indies who defeated India by 4 wickets.

Teams

Squads

 India  West Indies  Zimbabwe

Fixtures

Group stage

Points Table

Team P W L T NR Points NRR
 West Indies 2 2 0 0 0 4 +1.039
 India 2 1 1 0 0 2 +1.125
 Zimbabwe 2 0 2 0 0 0 −1.945

Matches

2 September
(Scorecard)
Zimbabwe 
244/9 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
247/4 (43.4 overs)
Andy Flower 89 (99)
Hendy Bryan 3/36 (10 overs)
Sherwin Campbell 63 (64)
Grant Flower 2/39 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 6 wickets
Kallang Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Darrell Hair & Riazuddin
Player of the match: Ridley Jacobs (West Indies)
  • Zimbabwe , elected to bat first

4 September
(Scorecard)
India 
245/6 (30 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
130/8 (29 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 88 (61)
Andy Blignaut 2/35 (6 overs)
Andy Flower 63 (69)
Debasis Mohanty 3/28 (6 overs)
India won by 115 runs
Kallang Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Darrell Hair & Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (India)
  • Zimbabwe , elected to field first
  • Match was reduced before play started to 30 overs per side. Zimbabwe innings limited to 29 overs due to their slow over rate.

5 September
(Scorecard)
West Indies 
196/7 (30 overs)
v
 India
154/8 (30 overs)
Brian Lara 60 (43)
Debasis Mohanty 3/52 (6 overs)
Rahul Dravid 39 (49)
Reon King 2/25 (5 overs)
West Indies won by 42 runs
Kallang Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen & Riazuddin
Player of the match: Brian Lara (West Indies)
  • West Indies , elected to bat first
  • Match was reduced before play started to 30 overs per side.

Final

7 September
(Scorecard)
India 
149/6 (38.2 overs)
v
Sachin Tendulkar 40 (65)
Reon King 3/25 (8 overs)
No result
Kallang Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Darrell Hair & Rudi Koertzen
  • India , elected to bat first
  • Match was replayed the following day

8 September
(Scorecard)
India 
254/6 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
255/6 (47.4 overs)
Rahul Dravid 103* (124)
Nehemiah Perry 3/65 (10 overs)
Ricardo Powell 124 (93)
Debasis Mohanty 3/33 (8.4 overs)
West Indies won by 4 wickets
Kallang Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Darrell Hair & Rudi Koertzen
Player of the match: Ricardo Powell (West Indies)
  • West Indies , elected to field first

Statistics

Most runs Most wickets
Cricket West Indies Ricardo Powell 221 India Debasis Mohanty 9
India Rahul Dravid 183 Cricket West Indies Reon King 9
Zimbabwe Andy Flower 152 India Nikhil Chopra 4
Cricket West Indies Brian Lara 126 Cricket West Indies Mervyn Dillon 4
India Sachin Tendulkar 125 Cricket West Indies Nehemiah Perry 4

See also

References