ARY Gold Cup 2000/01

The ARY Gold Cup 2000/2001 was a three-nation tournament that was held from April 8th to 20th, 2001 in the United Arab Emirates in one-day cricket . In which, for international cricket 2000/01 belonging tournament took teams from New Zealand , Pakistan and Sri Lanka in part. In the final, Sri Lanka was able to prevail against Pakistan with 77 runs.

prehistory

New Zealand and Pakistan previously played a tour against each other in New Zealand , New Zealand winning the ODI series 3–2. Sri Lanka previously played a tour against England . Originally also had India provided as a participant, but after the Indian government to have a week before the association forbade teams to "irregular" venues compete, the team was withdrawn. The reasons for the government's decision were, in addition to the Pakistani-Indian conflict, the betting fraud scandal in October 1999 in the same place .

format

In a preliminary round, each team played against each other once. There were two points for a win and 1 point for a draw or no result. The first two of the group qualified for the final and played for the tournament victory.

Stadion

Sharjah

Venue of the competition.

The following venue has been selected for the tournament.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium	Sharjah	27,000	Preliminary round & final

Squad lists

New Zealand named its roster on March 31, 2001. Pakistan named its roster on April 4, 2001.

ODI
New Zealand	Pakistan	Sri Lanka
Craig McMillan ( K ) Andre Adams Matthew Bell Grant Bradburn James Franklin Chris Harris Kyle Mills Chris Nevin ( wk ) Jacob Oram Mathew Sinclair Daryl Tuffey Lou Vincent Brooke Walker	Waqar Younis ( K ) Abdul Razzaq Faisal Iqbal Humayun Farhat ( wk ) Imran Nazir Inzamam-ul-Haq Kashif Raza Mohammad Sami Saeed Anwar Saqlain Mushtaq Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Yasir Arafat Younis Khan	Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Indika de Saram Kumar Dharmasena Tillakaratne Dilshan Dilhara Fernando Akalanka Ganegama Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana ( wk ) Muttiah Muralitharan Thilan Samaraweera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	Points	NRR
Pakistan	4th	4th	0	0	0	0	8th	+1,166
Sri Lanka	4th	1	3	0	0	0	2	-0.085
New Zealand	4th	1	3	0	0	0	2	-0.989

Win: 2 points; Draw: 1 point

Games

April 8th scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan 255-9 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 239 (48.3)
		Pakistan wins with 16 runs

April 10th scorecard	Sharjah	Sri Lanka 269-9 (50)	-	New Zealand 163 (42.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 106 runs

April 12th scorecard	Sharjah	New Zealand 266-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 270-2 (42.1)
		Pakistan wins with 8 wickets

April 13th Scorecard	Sharjah	Pakistan 278-9 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 250-8 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 28 runs

April 15 scorecard	Sharjah	New Zealand 127 (31.3)	-	Pakistan 131-3 (25.2)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

April 17th scorecard	Sharjah	New Zealand 248-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 169-8 (50)
		New Zealand wins with 79 runs

final

April 20 scorecard	Sharjah	Sri Lanka 297-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 220 (41.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 77 runs

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ India not to play at Sharjah ( English ) The Tribune. April 2, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
2. ↑ ARY Gold Cup 2000/01 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
3. ↑ CLEAR Black Caps to Sharjah ( English ) Cricinfo. March 31, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
4. ↑ Muhammad Yaqoob: Waqar named to lead in Sharjah ( English ) Cricinfo. April 4, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2017.