1994 Singer World Series

1994 Singer World Series

Dates	5 – 17 September 1994
Administrator(s)	Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC)
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin and Knockout
Host(s)	Sri Lanka
Champions	India
Runners-up	Sri Lanka
Matches	8
Player of the series	Arjuna Ranatunga
Most runs	Arjuna Ranatunga (196)
Most wickets	Shane Warne (7)

The Singer World Series was a quadrangular ODI cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka from 4 to 17 September 1994. It featured the national cricket teams of Pakistan, Australia, India and the hosts, Sri Lanka. The competition was won by India, which defeated Sri Lanka in the final.^[1]

Background

A multi-nation tournament was to be held in Sri Lanka after a long time, owing to troubles due to the civil war. All matches of the tournament were scheduled to be played in Colombo. Cammie Smith was named the referee for all matches.^[2]

Sri Lanka entered the tournament on the back of a Test and ODI series loss to Pakistan, the latter by a 1–4 margin. World champions Pakistan were touted favorites to win the series. A winner's prize of US$15,000 and US$7,500 for the runner-up was announced.^[3]

Squads

Sri Lanka	Australia	India	Pakistan
Arjuna Ranatunga (c) Aravinda de Silva Roshan Mahanama Ruwan Kalpage Kumar Dharmasena Sanjeeva Ranatunga Sanath Jayasuriya Pubudu Dassanayake (wk) Roshan Mahanama Upul Chandana Hashan Tillakaratne Chaminda Vaas Pramodya Wickremasinghe	Mark Taylor (c) Michael Slater David Boon Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Ian Healy (wk) Michael Bevan Darren Lehmann Craig McDermott Glenn McGrath Tim May Justin Langer Gavin Robertson Damien Fleming Jo Angel	Mohammad Azharuddin(c) Sachin Tendulkar Anil Kumble Manoj Prabhakar Navjot Singh Sidhu Vinod Kambli Atul Bedade Kapil Dev Javagal Srinath Ajay Jadeja Nayan Mongia (wk) Rajesh Chauhan Venkatapathy Raju	Saleem Malik (c) Saeed Anwar Aamer Sohail Inzamam-ul-Haq Basit Ali Rashid Latif (wk) Wasim Akram Akram Raza Waqar Younis Mushtaq Ahmed Asif Mujtaba Zahid Fazal Kabir Khan

Points table

The tournament was organised in a round robin format, with each team playing each other once.

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Sri Lanka	3	3	0	0	0		6
India	3	1	1	0	1		3
Australia	3	1	2	0	0		2
Pakistan	3	0	2	0	1		1

Matches

4 September Scorecard

India  16/0 (4 overs)	v	Sri Lanka
Sachin Tendulkar 11* (16)

No result R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Brian Aldridge (NZ)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

5 September Scorecard

India  125/5 (25 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 126/3 (24.2 overs)
Vinod Kambli 30* (39) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/28 (5 overs)		Roshan Mahanama 50 (78) Anil Kumble 1/17 (5 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: K.T. Francis (SL) and Brian Aldridge (NZ) Player of the match: Pramodya Wickramasinghe (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Match reduced to 25 overs per side

7 September Scorecard

Australia  179/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 151/9 (50 overs)
Michael Bevan 37 (73) Wasim Akram 3/24 (10 overs)		Saeed Anwar 46 (78) Steve Waugh 3/16 (10 overs)

Australia won by 28 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Udaya Wickramasinghe (SL) and B. C. Cooray (SL) Player of the match: Shane Warne (AUS)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

9 September Scorecard

India  246/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 215 (47.4 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 110 (130) Craig McDermott 2/46 (10 overs)		Mark Waugh 61 (81) Manoj Prabhakar 3/34 (8 overs)

India won by 31 runs R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) and Ignatius Anandappa (SL) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.

11 September Scorecard

Pakistan  210/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 213/3 (47.2 overs)
Saleem Malik 53 (85) Ruwan Kalpage 1/32 (8 overs)		Arjuna Ranatunga 82 (76) Mushtaq Ahmed 1/31 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Peter Manuel (SL) Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Kabir Khan (Pak) made his ODI debut.

13 September Scorecard

Australia  225/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 164/4 (34.4 overs)
Michael Bevan 47 (54) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/42 (10 overs)		Arjuna Ranatunga 59 (71) Shane Warne 2/27 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 6 runs with 8 balls remaining (Revised target) P. Sara Oval, Colombo Umpires: T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) and Brian Aldridge (NZ) Player of the match: Arjuna Ranatunga (SL)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Gavin Robertson and Jo Angel (Aus) made his ODI debuts.

15–16 September Scorecard

India	v	Pakistan

Match abandoned without a ball bowled R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo

• No toss

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Final

17 September Scorecard

Sri Lanka  98/9 (25 overs)	v	India 99/4 (23.4 overs)
Ruwan Kalpage 39 (57) Manoj Prabhakar 2/19 (5 overs)		Mohammad Azharuddin 45 (51) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 2/13 (5 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo (transferred from R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo) Umpires: Brian Aldridge (NZ) and K. T. Francis (SL) Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (IND)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• The match was reduced to 25 overs maximum per innings.

Records and awards

Sri Lanka's captain Arjuna Ranatunga won the player of the series award; India's Sachin Tendulkar won the batsmen of the series award; and Australia's Steve Waugh was awarded the bowler of the series award.

References

1. "Cricinfo - Singer World Series". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
2. Natarajan, H. (3 September 1994). "Rains frustrate Indian again". The Indian Express. p. 20. Retrieved 5 October 2023.
3. "RAIN THREATENS FOUR-NATION SERIES". Reuter. ESPNcricinfo. 3 September 1994. Retrieved 5 October 2023.

External links

• Tournament home at ESPN Cricinfo