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ODI # 1198
Singer-Akai Cup, 1996/97, Final
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
Sharjah C.A. Stadium
11 April 1997 (50-overs match)

Result: Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets
Sri Lanka wins the 1996/97 Singer-Akai Cup

Toss: Pakistan
Umpires: RS Dunne (NZ) and CJ Mitchley (SA)
TV Umpire: DB Cowie (NZ)
Match Referee: Hanumant Singh (Ind)
Man of the Match: PA de Silva
Man of the Series: PA de Silva
Batsman of the Series: PA de Silva
Bowler of the Series: M Muralitharan
Fielder of the Series: RS Mahanama

Pakistan innings (50 overs maximum)                             R   B   4  6
Rameez Raja           c Ranatunga        b KSC de Silva        12  30   1  0
Sajid Ali             c Tillakaratne     b Muralitharan        28  48   1  0
Ijaz Ahmed                               b Jayasuriya          33  51   3  0
Saleem Malik                             b Muralitharan        58  76   2  0
Inzamam-ul-Haq        run out (Vaas)                           61  75   2  1
+Moin Khan            c Mahanama         b Muralitharan         1   3   0  0
*Wasim Akram                             b Dharmasena           3   6   0  0
Shahid Afridi                            b Vaas                 8   5   0  1
Waqar Younis          c PA de Silva      b Vaas                 1   2   0  0
Saqlain Mushtaq       c Mahanama         b KSC de Silva         1   3   0  0
Mushtaq Ahmed         not out                                   0   1   0  0
Extras                (b 1, lb 1, w 5, nb 1)                    8
Total                 (all out, 49.2 overs)                   214

FoW: 1-19 (Rameez Raja), 2-68 (Sajid Ali), 3-87 (Ijaz Ahmed),
     4-183 (Saleem Malik), 5-185 (Moin Khan), 6-194 (Wasim Akram),
     7-208 (Shahid Afridi), 8-210 (Waqar Younis), 9-212 (Saqlain Mushtaq),
     10-214 (Inzamam-ul-Haq).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Vaas                         9.2    1     32      2
KSC de Silva                 9      0     35      2 (1w)
Muralitharan                10      0     42      3 (3nb, 1w)
Dharmasena                   9      1     30      1
Jayasuriya                   5      0     31      1
PA de Silva                  7      0     42      0 (3w)

Sri Lanka innings (target: 215 runs from 50 overs)              R   B   4  6
ST Jayasuriya         lbw                b Waqar Younis        13  18   1  0
+RS Kaluwitharana     c Ijaz Ahmed       b Wasim Akram          0   2   0  0
MS Atapattu           lbw                b Mushtaq Ahmed       29  49   3  0
PA de Silva           not out                                  87 124   3  0
*A Ranatunga                         c & b Saleem Malik        28  41   2  0
RS Mahanama           c Mushtaq Ahmed    b Saqlain Mushtaq     31  51   1  0
HP Tillakaratne       c Ijaz Ahmed       b Saqlain Mushtaq      7  14   0  0
HDPK Dharmasena       not out                                   3   3   0  0
Extras                (lb 11, w 2, nb 4)                       17
Total                 (6 wickets, 49.2 overs)                 215

DNB: WPUJC Vaas, M Muralitharan, KSC de Silva.

FoW: 1-1 (Kaluwitharana), 2-35 (Jayasuriya), 3-67 (Atapattu),
     4-133 (Ranatunga), 5-193 (Mahanama), 6-204 (Tillakaratne).

Bowling                      O      M      R      W
Wasim Akram                 10      1     30      1 (4nb)
Waqar Younis                 8      0     43      1 (1w)
Saqlain Mushtaq              9.2    0     41      2 (1nb, 1w)
Mushtaq Ahmed               10      0     41      1
Shahid Afridi                5      0     24      0
Saleem Malik                 7      0     25      1

• Sri Lanka innings: 1x7-ball over (8 balls including a noball by Mitchley in Akram's 10th over).
• Fastest fifty Award: Shahid Afridi

Tournament Index

Team Pages: Pakistan, Sri Lanka.

Ground Page: Sharjah C.A. Stadium

Pakistan Player Pages: Rameez Raja, Sajid Ali, Ijaz Ahmed, Saleem Malik, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Moin Khan, Wasim Akram, Shahid Afridi, Waqar Younis, Saqlain Mushtaq, Mushtaq Ahmed.

Sri Lanka Player Pages: ST Jayasuriya, RS Kaluwitharana, MS Atapattu, PA de Silva, A Ranatunga, RS Mahanama, HP Tillakaratne, HDPK Dharmasena, WPUJC Vaas, M Muralitharan, KSC de Silva.

Match Officials' Pages: RS Dunne, CJ Mitchley, DB Cowie, Hanumant Singh.