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Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup 2003

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 the 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]

Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round robin and Final
Host(s)United Arab Emirates United Arab Emirates
Champions Pakistan
ParticipantsPakistan
Kenya
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
Matches3–10 April 2003
Player of the seriesSri Lanka Kumar Sangakkara
Most runsKumar Sangakkara (228)
Most wicketsMohammad Sami (9)

Squads

 Pakistan[9]  Kenya[10]  Sri Lanka[11]  Zimbabwe[12]
Rashid Latif (c) (wk)Steve Tikolo (c)Sanath Jayasuriya (c)Heath Streak (c)
Mohammad YousufJoseph AngaraMarvan AtapattuAndy Blignaut
Abdul RazzaqJimmy KamandeCharitha BuddhikaDion Ebrahim
Danish KaneriaAlfred LusenoKumar DharmasenaSean Ervine
Faisal IqbalHitesh ModiDilhara FernandoAndrew Flower(wk)
Misbah-ul-HaqCollins ObuyaAvishka GunawardeneGrant Flower
Mohammad HafeezDavid ObuyaPrasanna Jayawardene(wk)Travis Friend
Mohammad SamiThomas OdoyoKaushal LokuarachchiDouglas Hondo
Mohammad ZahidMaurice OdumbeJehan MubarakDougie Marillier
Naved LatifPeter OngondoMuttiah MuralitharanStuart Matsikenyeri
Naved-ul-HasanKennedy Otieno(wk)Prabath NissankaMluleki Nkala
Shoaib MalikMorris OumaKumar Sangakkara (wk)Raymond Price
Taufeeq UmarBrijal PatelHashan TillakaratneGavin Rennie
Umar GulMartin SujiChaminda VaasTatenda Taibu (wk)
Younis KhanTony SujiMichael VandortCraig Wishart

Points table

Points Table[13]
PosTeam Pld W L T NR Pts NRR For Against
1  Pakistan3300017+1.515789/147.2576/150.0
2  Zimbabwe3210010-0.347634/147.4696/150.0
3  Sri Lanka312008+0.740672/150.0546/146.0
4  Kenya303001-1.881495/150.0772/149.0

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)
Mohammad Yousuf 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 (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Kumar Sangakkara (SL) scored his first century in ODIs.

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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