Coca-Cola Cup 2001 (Sri Lanka)

The Coca-Cola Cup 2001 was a three-nation tournament that was held from July 18 to August 5, 2001 in Sri Lanka in one-day cricket . In the tournament, which was part of the 2001 international cricket season, teams from India and New Zealand took part alongside the host . In the final, Sri Lanka prevailed against India with 121 runs.

prehistory

The tournament took place in Sri Lanka in advance of the India tour . India previously played a three-nation tournament in Zimbabwe , and it was the first tour of the season for the other two teams. The Sri Lankan Ministry of Sports under Lakshman Kiriella played a special role in the preparation . Initially, the Sri Lankan Association planned to use Dambulla as the venue for games, as the question of the owner of the stadium there had not been clarified. Local personalities then intervened, vehemently calling for the government to host games there. The games were then also planned there until a week before the start of the tournament the Ministry of Sports decided that the games would not be played there due to possible boycott actions due to unpaid bills from the association. Also in Sri Lanka the minister of sport has to officially confirm the squad of the national cricket team, which is drawn up by a selection committee of the association, before it can be nominated for a competition. Usually this is a no-problem formality. This time, however, the sports minister intervened because he did not agree with Thilan Samaraweera's non-line-up . Two days later, the minister gave up his resistance and gave his approval for the cadre of the selection committee.

format

In a preliminary round, each team played against each other three times. 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)

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	Colombo	35,000	1st - 6th game; final
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	7th - 9th game

Squad lists

New Zealand named its roster on June 14, 2001. India named its roster on July 9, 2001. Sri Lanka named its roster on July 9, 2001.

ODI
Sri Lanka	India	New Zealand
Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Kumar Dharmasena Dilhara Fernando Avishka Gunawardene Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana ( wk ) Muttiah Muralitharan Suresh Perera Kumar Sangakkara Chaminda Vaas	Sourav Ganguly ( K ) Hemang Badani Sameer Dighe ( wk ) Rahul Dravid Harbhajan Singh Zaheer Khan Amay Khurasiya VVS Laxman Debasis Mohanty Ashish Nehra Virender Sehwag Reetinder Sodhi Yuvraj Singh	Stephen Fleming ( K ) Craig McMillan ( UK ) Nathan Astle Grant Bradburn Chris Harris Kyle Mills Dion Nash Jacob Oram Adam Parore ( wk ) Mathew Sinclair Daryl Tuffey Daniel Vettori Lou Vincent

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
Sri Lanka	6th	4th	2	0	0	0	0	16	+0.258
India	6th	3	3	0	0	0	0	12	-0.244
New Zealand	6th	2	4th	0	0	0	0	8th	-0.012

Win: 4 points; Draw: 2 points

Games

July 18 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 220 (48.5)	-	New Zealand 204-9 (49/49)
		Sri Lanka wins with 16 runs

July 20 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	New Zealand 211-8 (50)	-	India 127 (41.1)
		New Zealand wins with 84 runs

July 22nd scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 221-9 (50)	-	India 215-7 (50)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 runs

During the tournament, there was an attack by the LTTE on the Bandaranaike International Airport near Colombo . After checking the security concepts, the tournament continued without interruption.

July 25th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	New Zealand 236-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 240-5 (48.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 5 wickets

July 26th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	New Zealand 200 (46.4 / 48)	-	India 133 (39.4 / 47)
		New Zealand wins with 67 runs

July 28th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 183 (46.5)	-	India 184-3 (45.4)
		India wins with 7 wickets

July 31 scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Sri Lanka 221-6 (36/36)	-	New Zealand 115-9 (26/36)
		Sri Lanka wins with 106 runs

August 1st scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	India 227-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 181 (45.5)
		India wins with 46 runs

The Indian captain Sourav Ganguly was fined for verbally abusing the Sri Lankan team.

August 2nd scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	New Zealand 264-7 (50)	-	India 267-3 (45.4)
		India wins with 7 wickets

final

August 5th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 295-5 (50)	-	India 174 (47.2)
		Sri lanka wins with 121 runs

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Charlie Austin: Dambulla to host triangular matches after political pressure ( English ) Cricinfo. June 20, 2001. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
2. ↑ Dambulla matches called off by government ( English ) Cricinfo. July 19, 2001. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
3. ^ Rex Clementine: Sports Minister refuses to clear Sri Lanka squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 12, 2001. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
4. ^ Rex Clementine: Sports Minister finally approves Sri Lanka squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 13, 2001. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
5. ↑ Coca Cola Cup (Sri Lanka) 2001 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
6. ^ Nash and Vettori return to CLEAR Black Caps for One-Day International tri-series against Sri Lanka and India ( English ) Cricinfo. June 14, 2001. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
7. ↑ India without Tendulkar for first part of Sri Lanka tour ( English ) Cricinfo. July 9, 2001. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
8. ^ Charlie Austin: Lankan squad for tri-series with India, New Zealand ( English ) Cricinfo. July 9, 2001. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
9. ↑ Charlie Austin: Sri Lankan board assures team safety after security threat ( English ) Cricinfo. July 24, 2001. Retrieved January 7, 2017.
10. ↑ Charlie Austin: Ganguly fined 75 percent of his match fee ( English ) Cricinfo. August 2, 2001. Retrieved January 7, 2017.