LG Aban's Triangular Series 2001/02

The 2001/02 LG Abans Triangular Series was a three-nation tournament that was held from December 8 to 19, 2001 in Sri Lanka in one-day cricket . In the tournament, which was part of the 2001/02 international cricket season, teams from Zimbabwe and the West Indies took part alongside the host . In the final, Sri Lanka was able to prevail against the West Indies with 34 runs ( D / L ).

prehistory

The tournament took place as a result of the test series between Sri Lanka and the West Indies , which Sri Lanka won 3-0. Zimbabwe previously played a tour in Bangladesh .

format

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

Stadion

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC) Kandy (AS)

Tour venues

The following stadiums were chosen as the venue.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
R. Premadasa Stadium (RPS)	Colombo	35,000	3rd & 4th game; final
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground (SSC)	Colombo	10,000	1st & 2nd game
Asgiriya Stadium	Kandy	10,300	5th & 6th game

Squad lists

The West Indies named their roster on October 14, 2001. Sri Lanka named its roster on December 5, 2001.

ODI
Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	West Indies
Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Charitha Buddhika Upul Chandana Kumar Dharmasena Avishka Gunawardene Mahela Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan Prabath Nissanka Suresh Perera Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Chaminda Vaas Nuwan Zoysa	Stuart Carlisle ( K ) Gary Brent Dilon Ebrahim Andy Flower ( wk ) Grant Flower Travis Friend Trevor Gripper Doug Mariller Mluleki Nkala Henry Olonga Heath Streak Tatenda Taibu Craig Wishart	Carl Hooper ( K ) Marlon Black Darryl Brown Pedro Collins Corey Collymore Daren Ganga Chris Gayle Wavell Hinds Ridley Jacobs ( wk ) Brian Lara Jermaine Lawson Neil McGarrell Ricardo Powell Marlon Samuels Ramnaresh Sarwan

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
Sri Lanka	4th	3	1	0	0	0	2	14th	+1,418
West Indies	4th	2	2	0	0	0	1	9	+0.399
Zimbabwe	4th	1	3	0	0	0	0	4th	-1,700

Win: 4 points; Draw: 2 points

Games

December 8th scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Zimbabwe 38 (15.4)	-	Sri Lanka 40-1 (4.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 9 wickets

The Zimbabwean team's run number was the lowest that a team could achieve in an ODI.

December 9th scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	West Indies 173 (49.1)	-	Zimbabwe 175-6 (48.1)
		Zimbabwe wins with 4 wickets

December 11th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	West Indies 250-8 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 201 (43.2)
		West Indies wins with 49 runs

December 12th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 272-7 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 213 (47.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 59 runs

December 15th scorecard	Kandy	West Indies 235 (49.5)	-	Sri Lanka 239-2 (43.1)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

December 16 scorecard	Kandy	Zimbabwe 154 (49.2)	-	West Indies 155-2 (34)
		West Indies wins by 8 wickets

final

December 19 scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 253-8 (50)	-	West Indies 212-7 (47/47)
		Sri Lanka wins with 34 runs ( D / L method )

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ LG Albans Triangular Series 2001/02 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved July 16, 2017.
2. ↑ West Indies Squad for the Sri Lankan tour announced ( English ) Cricinfo. October 14, 2001. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
3. ↑ December 5, 2001 Sri Lankan selectors make three changes for LG Aban's tri-series ( English ) Cricinfo. December 5, 2001. Retrieved January 16, 2017.
4. ↑ Records galore! ( English ) Cricinfo. December 8, 2001. Retrieved January 16, 2017.