Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup 2003 Explained

Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup
Cricket Format:One Day International
Tournament Format:Round robin and Final
Host: United Arab Emirates
Participants:Pakistan
Kenya
Sri Lanka
Zimbabwe
Matches:3–10 April 2003
Player Of The Series: Kumar Sangakkara
Most Runs:Kumar Sangakkara (228)
Most Wickets:Mohammad Sami (9)

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]

Squads

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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
13 3 0 0 0 17 +1.515 789/147.2 576/150.0
23 2 1 0 0 10 -0.347 634/147.4 696/150.0
33 1 2 0 0 8 +0.740 672/150.0 546/146.0
43 0 3 0 0 1 -1.881 495/150.0 772/149.0

Round robin matches

Match 6

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup 2002/03 . . 6 April 2012 .
  2. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup, 2002/03 / Grounds . . 6 April 2012 .
  3. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup, 2002/03 / Fixtures . . 6 April 2012 .
  4. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup, 2002/03 / Results . . 6 April 2012 .
  5. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup, 2002-03  - Tour Summary . . 6 April 2012 .
  6. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup  - Final . . 6 April 2012 .
  7. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup, 2002/03 / Statistics / Most runs . . 6 April 2012 .
  8. Web site: Jayasuriya confirms resignation after Sharjah . . 6 April 2003 . 6 April 2012 .
  9. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup, 2002/03 / Pakistan Squad . CricketArchive . 6 April 2012.
  10. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup, 2002/03 / Kenya Squad . CricketArchive . 6 April 2012.
  11. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup, 2002/03 / Sri Lanka Squad . CricketArchive . 6 April 2012.
  12. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup, 2002/03 / Zimbabawe Squad . CricketArchive . 6 April 2012.
  13. Web site: Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup, 2002/03 / Points table . . 6 April 2012.