Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup 2003

Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup
Cricket format One Day International
Tournament format(s) Round robin and Final
Host(s) United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Champions  Pakistan
Participants Pakistan
Kenya
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
Matches played 3 April –
10 April 2003
Player of the series Sri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara
Most runs Kumar Sangakkara (228)
Most wickets Mohammad Sami (9)

The Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Sharjah during April 2003.[1] The games took place at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium.[2] Seven matches were played during the tournament including final.[3][4] Final of the tournament was played between Pakistan and Zimbabwe[5] which Pakistan won by eight wickets.[5][6] After scoring two centuries, Kumar Sangakkara was named the man of the series.[6] [7] It was Sanath Jayasuriya's last tournament as Sri Lankan captain.[8]

Squads

 Pakistan[9]  Kenya[10]  Sri Lanka[11]  Zimbabwe[12]
Rashid Latif (c) (wk) Steve Tikolo (c) Sanath Jayasuriya (c) Heath Streak (c)
Yousuf Youhana Joseph Angara Marvan Atapattu Andy Blignaut
Abdul Razzaq Jimmy Kamande Charitha Buddhika Dion Ebrahim
Danish Kaneria Alfred Luseno Kumar Dharmasena Sean Ervine
Faisal Iqbal Hitesh Modi Dilhara Fernando Andrew Flower(wk)
Misbah-ul-Haq Collins Obuya Avishka Gunawardene Grant Flower
Mohammad Hafeez David Obuya Prasanna Jayawardene(wk) Travis Friend
Mohammad Sami Thomas Odoyo Kaushal Lokuarachchi Douglas Hondo
Mohammad Zahid Maurice Odumbe Jehan Mubarak Dougie Marillier
Naved Latif Peter Ongondo Muttiah Muralitharan Stuart Matsikenyeri
Naved-ul-Hasan Kennedy Otieno(wk) Prabath Nissanka Mluleki Nkala
Shoaib Malik Morris Ouma Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Raymond Price
Taufeeq Umar Brijal Patel Hashan Tillakaratne Gavin Rennie
Umar Gul Martin Suji Chaminda Vaas Tatenda Taibu (wk)
Younis Khan Tony Suji Michael Vandort Craig Wishart

Points table

Points Table[13]
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR For Against
1  Pakistan 3 3 0 0 0 17 +1.515 789/147.2 576/150.0
2  Zimbabwe 3 2 1 0 0 10 -0.347 634/147.4 696/150.0
3  Sri Lanka 3 1 2 0 0 8 +0.740 672/150.0 546/146.0
4  Kenya 3 0 3 0 0 1 -1.881 495/150.0 772/149.0

Round robin matches

Match 1

3 April 2003
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
278/7 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
210 (44.1 overs)
Abdul Razzaq 76* (53)
Heath Streak 2/31 (10 overs)
Dougie Marillier 59 (73)
Umar Gul 2/25 (7 overs)
Pakistan won by 68 runs.
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Umar Gul (Pak) made his ODI debut.

Match 2

4 April 2003
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
223/3 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
225/3 (47.2 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 100* (111)
Naved-ul-Hasan 2/55 (10 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 64* (64)
Dilhara Fernando 1/34 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE
Umpires: Kevan Barbour (Zim) and Billy Doctrove (WIN)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 3

5 April 2003
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Kenya 
225/6 (50 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
230/5 (49 overs)
David Obuya 57 (89)
Douglas Hondo 2/37 (8 overs)
Dougie Marillier 100 (140)
Tony Suji 2/30 (3 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining)
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Dougie Marillier (Zim)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 4

6 April 2003
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
256/5 (50 overs)
v
 Kenya
127 (37.5 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 103* (108)
Collins Obuya 2/38 (10 overs)
Maurice Odumbe 42 (68)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/16 (6.5 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 129 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE
Umpires: Kevan Barbour (Zim) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 5

7 April 2003
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
193 (49.1 overs)
v
 Zimbabwe
194/6 (48.4 overs)
Hashan Tillakaratne 31 (52)
Heath Streak 3/36 (7.1 overs)
Grant Flower 61* (88)
Kaushal Lokuarachchi 3/37 (10 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets (with 8 balls remaining)
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Grant Flower (Zim)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Match 6

8 April 2003
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
286/8 (50 overs)
v
 Kenya
143 (31.4 overs)
Shoaib Malik 76 (58)
Steve Tikolo 3/42 (8 overs)
Maurice Odumbe 54 (65)
Mohammad Sami 4/25 (6.4 overs)
Pakistan won by 143 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE
Umpires: Kevan Barbour (Zim) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Final

10 April 2003
14:00 (D/N)
Scorecard
Zimbabwe 
168 (49.1 overs)
v
 Pakistan
172/2 (35.2 overs)
Tatenda Taibu 74* (113)
Shoaib Malik 3/29 (9.1 overs)
Taufeeq Umar 81* (124)
Heath Streak 2/35 (8 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 88 balls remaining)
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE
Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind)
Player of the match: Taufeeq Umar (Pak)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

References

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