1994 Singer World Series

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

Squads
 Sri Lanka  Australia  India  Pakistan

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 330006
 India 311013
 Australia 312002
 Pakistan 302011

Matches
4 September
Scorecard
India 
16/0 (4 overs)
v

Chaminda Vaas 0/6 (2 overs)
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 (AUS)
  • 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: Sachin Tendulkar (AUS)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Gavin Robertson and Jo Angel (Aus) made his ODI debuts.
15–16 September
Scorecard
v
Match abandoned without a ball bowled
R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
  • No toss

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)
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.

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References
  1. "Cricinfo - Singer World Series". Cricinfo. Retrieved 17 January 2019.
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