PSO Tri-Nation Tournament 2002

The PSO Tri-Nation Tournament 2002 was a three-nation tournament that was held from August 29 to September 7, 2002 in Kenya in one-day cricket . In addition to the hosts, teams from Australia and Pakistan took part in the tournament, which was part of the 2002 international cricket season . The final between Australia and Pakistan had to be canceled due to rain, which means that the two finalists shared the tournament win.

prehistory

Australia previously played a tour against Pakistan , Pakistan a three-nation tournament in Morocco . For Kenya it was the first competition of the season. A test series in Pakistan was originally planned for Australia and Pakistan, but Australia withdrew from this for security reasons. This tournament was then played as a substitute.

format

In a preliminary round, each team played twice against each other. 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

Nairobi

Tour venues

The following venue was announced on July 30, 2002.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Gymkhana Club Ground	Nairobi	7,000	1st - 6th game; final

Squad lists

Pakistan named its squad on August 17, 2002.

ODI
Kenya	Australia	Pakistan
Steve Tikolo ( K ) Joseph Angara Jimmy Kamande Hitesh modes Collins Obuya David Obuya ( wk ) Thomas Odoyo Maurice Odumbe Peter Ongondo Lameck Onyango Kennedy Otieno Brijal Father Ravindu Shah Tony Suji Martin Suji	Ricky Ponting ( K ) Adam Gilchrist ( VK & wk ) Michael Bevan Andy Bichel Jason Gillespie Nathan Hauritz Matthew Hayden Brett Lee Glenn McGrath Jimmy Maher Damien Martyn Andrew Symonds Shane Warne Shane Watson	Waqar Younis ( K ) Abdul Razzaq Azhar Mahmood Imran Nazir Inzamam-ul-Haq Misbah-ul-Haq Mohammad Sami Rashid Latif ( wk ) Saeed Anwar Shahid Afridi Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Malik Wasim Akram Younis Khan

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
Australia	4th	4th	0	0	0	0	3	19th	+2,925
Pakistan	4th	2	2	0	0	0	2	10	-1,386
Kenya	4th	0	4th	0	0	0	0	0	-1,373

Win: 4 points; Draw: 2 points

Games

August 29th scorecard	Nairobi	Kenya 133 (30.3)	-	Pakistan 134-6 (33.3)
		Pakistan wins with 4 wickets

August 30th scorecard	Nairobi	Australia 332-5 (50)	-	Pakistan 108 (36)
		Australia wins with 224 runs

September 1st scorecard	Nairobi	Kenya 179 (42.3)	-	Pakistan 181-3 (38.4)
		Pakistan wins with 7 wickets

September 2nd scorecard	Nairobi	Kenya 84 (35.3)	-	Australia 85-2 (17)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

September 4th scorecard	Nairobi	Pakistan 117 (32.3)	-	Australia 121-1 (19.1)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

September 5 scorecard	Nairobi	Kenya 204-9 (50)	-	Australia 205-5 (49.1)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

final

September 7th scorecard	Nairobi	Pakistan 227 (50)	-	Australia 67-1 (9.3 / 42)
		No result

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ ACB withdraws from Pakistan Test tour, confirms participation in Kenyan one-day international series ( English ) Cricinfo. August 9, 2002. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
2. ^ PSO Tri-Nation Tournament 2002 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
3. ↑ PCB announces triangular tournament itinerary ( English ) Cricinfo. July 30, 2002. Retrieved February 4, 2017.
4. ↑ PCB announce teams for Kenya and Sri Lanka ( English ) Cricinfo. August 17, 2002. Retrieved February 4, 2017.