Singer Triangular Series 2000

The Singer Triangular Series 2000 was a three-nation tournament that was held from July 5th to 14th, 2000 in Sri Lanka in one-day cricket . In addition to the host, teams from Pakistan and South Africa took part in the tournament, which was part of the 2000 international cricket season . In the final, Sri Lanka was able to prevail against South Africa with 30 runs.

prehistory

Pakistan and Sri Lanka played a test tour in Sri Lanka immediately before , which Pakistan won 2–1. It was the first tour of the season for South Africa.

format

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

Colombo (RPS) Colombo (SSC) bile

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venues.

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

Sri Lanka named its squad on July 3, 2000.

ODI
Sri Lanka	Pakistan	South Africa
Sanath Jayasuriya ( K ) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Upul Chandana Kumar Dharmasena Avishka Gunawardene Mahela Jayawardene Muttiah Muralitharan Kumar Sangakkara ( wk ) Eric Upashantha Chaminda Vaas Pramodya Wickramasinghe Nuwan Zoysa	Moin Khan ( K & wk ) Abdul Razzaq Arshad Khan Azhar Mahmood Inzamam-ul-Haq Mohammad Akram Mohammad Yousuf Mushtaq Ahmed Saeed Anwar Shabbir Ahmed Shahid Afridi Shoaib Malik Waqar Younis Younis Khan	Shaun Pollock ( K ) Paul Adams Nicky buoy Mark Boucher ( wk ) Daryll Cullinan Andrew Hall Nantie Hayward Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini Jonty Rhodes David Terbrugge

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	Points	NRR
Sri Lanka	4th	4th	0	0	0	0	8th	+1,017
South Africa	4th	2	2	0	0	0	4th	-0.329
Pakistan	4th	0	4th	0	0	0	0	-0.629

Win: 2 points; Draw: 1 point

Games

July 5th scorecard	bile	Pakistan 164-8 (45/45)	-	Sri Lanka 166-5 (37.3 / 45)
		Sri Lanka wins with 5 wickets

July 6th scorecard	bile	Sri Lanka 249-7 (50)	-	South Africa 212 (48.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 37 runs

July 8th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	South Africa 241-6 (50)	-	Pakistan 223-9 (50)
		South Africa wins with 18 runs

Pakistani players Waqar Younis and Azhar Mahmood were fined for tampering with the ball. Younis's additional one-game suspension was the first time he was suspended for ball-tampering in an international game.

July 9th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Pakistan 240-6 (50)	-	Sri Lanka 244-4 (49.2)
		Sri Lanka wins with 6 wickets

July 11th scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	South Africa 167 (49.2)	-	Sri Lanka 168-2 (27.3)
		Sri Lanka wins with 8 wickets

July 12th scorecard	Colombo (SSC)	Pakistan 153 (44.1)	-	South Africa 156-3 (37.3)
		South Africa wins with 7 wickets

final

July 14th scorecard	Colombo (RPS)	Sri Lanka 294-7 (50)	-	South Africa 264-9 (50)
		Sri Lanka wins with 30 runs

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ^ Singer Triangular Series 2000 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
2. ^ Charlie Austin: Aravinda de Silva dropped from the one-day squad ( English ) Cricinfo. July 3, 2000. Retrieved December 13, 2016.
3. ^ Charlie Austin: Waqar Younis and Azhar Mahmood reprimanded for 'altering the condition of the ball' ( English ) Cricinfo. January 29, 2013. Retrieved December 11, 2016.
4. ↑ Rehan Siddiqui: Waqar first to be fined for ball tampering ( English ) Cricinfo. July 11, 2000. Retrieved December 13, 2016.