Aiwa Cup 1999

The Aiwa Cup 1999 was a three-nation tournament that was held from August 22nd to 31st, 1999 in Sri Lanka in one-day cricket . In the tournament, which was part of the 1999 international cricket season, teams from Australia and India took part alongside the host . In the final, India prevailed with 23 runs ( D / L ).

prehistory

All three teams previously played at the 1999 Cricket World Cup . Australia won this tournament, India qualified for the Super 6 round, while Sri Lanka failed in the preliminary round.

format

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

Stadion

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC) bile

Tour venues

The following stadium was designated for this competition.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	Colombo	35,000	3rd & 4th game; final
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	5th & 6th game
Galle International Stadium	bile	35,000	1st & 2nd game

Squad lists

The teams named the following squads.

ODI
Australia	India	Sri Lanka
Michael Bevan Adam Dale Damien Fleming Adam Gilchrist Jason Gillespie Darren Lehmann Glenn McGrath Damien Martyn Tom Moody Ricky Ponting Andrew Symonds Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh	Nikhil Chopra Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Ajay Jadeja Amay Khurasiya Vinod Kambli Anil Kumble Mannava Prasad Venkatesh Prasad Sadagoppan Ramesh Robin Singh Javagal Srinath Sachin Tendulkar	Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Upul Chandana Indika de Saram Avishka Gunawarden Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jaywardene Romesh Kaluwitharana Muttiah Muralitharan Suresh Perera Chamara Silva Chaminda Vaas Pramodya Wickramasinghe Nuwan Zoysa

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	Points	NRR
Australia	4th	4th	0	0	0	0	8th	+0.889
Sri Lanka	4th	1	3	0	0	0	2	-0.354
India	4th	1	3	0	0	0	2	-0.533

Win: 2 points; Draw: 1 point

Games

August 22nd scorecard	bile	Australia 205-9 (43/43)	-	Sri Lanka 160 (37.4 / 43)
		Australia wins with 50 runs ( D / L method )

August 23 scorecard	bile	India 151-7 (38/38)	-	Australia 159-2 (29.1 / 38)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets ( D / L method )

August 25 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	India 205-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 206-3 (46.4)
		Sri Lanka wins with 7 wickets

August 26th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Australia 241-9 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 214-7 (47.1)
		Australia wins with 27 runs

August 28th scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Australia 252-8 (50)	-	India 211 (48.3 / 49)
		Australia wins with 41 runs

August 29th scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	India 296-4 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 211 (48.3)
		India wins with 23 runs ( D / L method )

final

August 31 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Australia 202 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 208-2 (39.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo