Sharjah Cup Triangular Series 2002
Date	8 April – 17 April 2002
Location	United Arab Emirates
Result	Pakistan won the 2002 Sharjah Cup
Player of the series	Marvan 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)
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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]

New Zealand[5]	Pakistan[6]	Sri Lanka[7]
Stephen Fleming (c) Matt Horne Chris Harris Nathan Astle Jacob Oram Lou Vincent Scott Styris Andre Adams Brooke Walker Daryl Tuffey Ian Butler Chris Nevin Craig McMillan James Franklin Mathew Sinclair	Waqar Younis (c) Shahid Afridi Imran Nazir Younis Khan Inzamam-ul-Haq Yousuf Youhana Misbah-ul-Haq Shoaib Malik Rashid Latif Abdul Razzaq Wasim Akram Shoaib Akhtar Saqlain Mushtaq Mohammad Sami Azhar Mahmood Faisal Iqbal	Sanath Jayasuriya (c) Marvan Atapattu Mahela Jayawardene Kumar Sangakkara Russel Arnold Tillakaratne Dilshan Romesh Kaluwitharana Upul Chandana Kumar Dharmasena Chaminda Vaas Charitha Buddhika Nuwan Zoysa Muttiah Muralitharan Dilhara Fernando Pulasthi Gunaratne

Lou Vincent was initially named in New Zealand's ODI squad, but withdrawn due to chest injury.^[8] Mathew Sinclair was added to the squad for Vincent.^[9]

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.

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.

11 April (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  288/6 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 237/8 (50 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.

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.

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.

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.

17 April (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  295/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 78 (16.5 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 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: Mohammad Yousuf (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Pakistan won the 2001-02 Sharjah Cup.

• Series home at ESPN Cricinfo