1997 Singer Akai Cup | |
Cricket Format: | One Day International |
Participants: | 3 |
Matches: | 7 |
Player Of The Series: | Aravinda de Silva |
Most Runs: | Aravinda de Silva (410) |
Most Wickets: | Muttiah Muralitharan (13) |
The 1997 Singer Akai Cup was held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 3-11, 1997. Three national teams took part: Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe.
The 1997 Singer Akai Cup started with a double round-robin tournament where each team played the other twice. The two leading teams qualified for the final. Sri Lanka won the tournament and US$40,000. Runners-up Pakistan won US$25,000 and Zimbabwe US$10,000.[1]
The beneficiaries of the tournament were Waqar Younis and Saeed Ahmed who each received US$35,000, and Aslam Khokhar, Israr Ali and Zulfiqar Ahmed (all Pakistan) who each received US$10,000.
Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points | |
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4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.197 | 6 | ||
4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.275 | 4 | ||
4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.455 | 2 |
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