2001 Khaleej Times Trophy

Khaleej Times Trophy 2001-02
Date	26 October – 4 November 2001
Location	United Arab Emirates
Result	Pakistan won the 2001 Khaleej Times Trophy
Player of the series	Mahela Jayawardene (Sri)
Teams  Pakistan  Sri Lanka  Zimbabwe Captains Waqar Younis Sanath Jayasuriya Brian Murphy Most runs Shahid Afridi (194) Mahela Jayawardene (252) Grant Flower (138) Most wickets Shoaib Akhtar (9) Muttiah Muralitharan (7) Gary Brent (7)

The 2001 Khaleej Times Trophy was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in the United Arab Emirates in late October 2001.^[1] It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The Pakistanis won the tournament by defeating the Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the final.^[2] All matches were held in Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

Squads

Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
Waqar Younis (c) Shahid Afridi Shoaib Akhtar Saeed Anwar Danish Kaneria Younis Khan Naved Latif Rashid Latif Azhar Mahmood Shoaib Malik Abdul Razzaq Taufeeq Umar Mohammad Yousuf	Sanath Jayasuriya (c) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Charitha Buddhika Kumar Dharmasena Dilhara Fernando Avishka Gunawardene Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana Dulip Liyanage Muttiah Muralitharan Prabath Nissanka Chaminda Vaas	Brian Murphy (c) Gary Brent Stuart Carlisle Dion Ebrahim Sean Ervine Grant Flower Andy Flower Travis Friend Trevor Gripper Douglas Marillier Henry Olonga Mluleki Nkala Heath Streak Craig Wishart

Matches

1st ODI

26 October (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  256/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 193 (50 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 92 (110) Sean Ervine 2/46 (9 overs)		Sean Ervine 47 (67) Charitha Buddhika 5/67 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and George Sharp (Eng) Player of the match: Charitha Buddhika (Sri)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Charitha Buddhika (Sri) made his ODI debut.
• This was Zimbabwe's 12th consecutive defeat in ODIs.^[3]
• Points: Sri Lanka 5, Zimbabwe 0.

2nd ODI

27 October (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  176 (46.2 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 177/3 (38.1 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 47 (72) Dilhara Fernando 3/43 (7 overs)		Avishka Gunawardene 88 (123) Shoaib Akhtar 2/39 (7.1 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Eddie Nicholls (Win) Player of the match: Avishka Gunawardene (Sri)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Taufeeq Umar (Pak) and Prabath Nissanka (Sri) both made their ODI debuts.
• Points: Sri Lanka 5, Pakistan 0.

3rd ODI

28 October (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  279/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 173 (39.1 overs)
Shahid Afridi 67 (81) Grant Flower 1/22 (4 overs)		Andy Flower 43 (71) Shoaib Malik 3/42 (7 overs)

Pakistan won by 106 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Eddie Nicholls (Win) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Trevor Gripper (Zim) made his ODI debut.
• Points: Pakistan 5, Zimbabwe 0.

4th ODI

30 October (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  250 (49.4 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 171/8 (50 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 63 (78) Heath Streak 4/59 (10 overs)		Douglas Marillier 52 (68) Kumar Dharmasena 3/26 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 79 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Eddie Nicholls (Win) Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Points: Sri Lanka 5, Zimbabwe 0.

5th ODI

31 October (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  261/9 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 232 (46.2 overs)
Younis Khan 59 (81) Sean Ervine 3/29 (7 overs)		Grant Flower 91 (128) Wasim Akram 3/19 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 29 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Grant Flower (Zim)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Danish Kaneria and Naved Latif (both Pak) made their ODI debuts.
• Points: Pakistan 4, Zimbabwe 0.

6th ODI

2 November (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  272/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 273/3 (49.2 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 84 (83) Shoaib Akhtar 3/45 (10 overs)		Inzamam-ul-Haq 118* (124) Charitha Buddhika 1/35 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Eddie Nicholls (Win) Player of the match: Naved Latif (Pak)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri) passed 9,000 ODI runs, becoming third Sri Lanka to do so.^[4]
• Naved Latif (Pak) made his maiden ODI century.
• Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) made his 8th ODI century.
• Points: Pakistan 4, Sri Lanka 0.

Final

4 November (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  173 (44.2 overs)	v	Pakistan 177/5 (43.4 overs)
Russell Arnold 84 (83) Waqar Younis 3/31 (8.2 overs)		Mohammad Yousuf 40 (69) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/22 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Pakistan won the 2001/02 Khaleej Times Trophy

References

1. "Khaleej Times Trophy, 2001-02". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
2. "Pakistan overwhelm Sri Lanka in low-scoring final at Sharjah". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
3. "Zimbabwe suffer 12th successive defeat". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.
4. "Inzamam, Naveed Latif take Pakistan to victory". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.

External links

• Series stats home at ESPN Cricinfo