1998–99 Coca-Cola Cup

The 1998–99 Coca-Cola Cup was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 7 to 16 April 1999.[1] It featured the national cricket teams of England, Pakistan and India. Its official sponsor was Coca-Cola. The tournament was won by Pakistan, which defeated India in the final.

1998–99 Coca-Cola Cup
Date7–16 April 1999
LocationSharjah, United Arab Emirates
ResultWon by Pakistan
Player of the seriesShoaib Akhtar (Pak)
Teams
 Pakistan  India  England
Captains
Wasim Akram Mohammad Azharuddin Alec Stewart
Most runs
Ijaz Ahmed (220) Rahul Dravid (188) Graham Thorpe (179)
Most wickets
Shoaib Akhtar (11) Venkatesh Prasad (10) Darren Gough (8)

Squads
 England  India  Pakistan

Points table
Team Pld W L T NR NRR Pts[2]
 India 43100−0.3926
 Pakistan 42200+0.6784
 England 41300−0.2852

Group Stage

1st ODI
7 April (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
5/323(50 overs)
v
 England
233(45.5 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 137 (130)
Darren Gough 3/55 (10 overs)
Graeme Hick 65 (90)
Saqlain Mushtaq 3/23 (7.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 90 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd ODI
8 April (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
8/279 (50 overs)
v
 India
6/163 (50 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 107 (115)
Venkatesh Prasad 3/69 (10 overs)
Sunil Joshi 38* (48)
Azhar Mahmood 2/20 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 116 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI
9 April (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
5/222 (50 overs)
v
 England
202 (47.5 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 74* (85)
Andrew Flintoff 2/24 (5 overs)
Neil Fairbrother 57 (77)
Ajay Jadeja 3/3 (1 over)
India won by 20 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and K. T. Francis (SL)
Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI
11 April (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
6/239 (50 overs)
v
 England
230 (48.5 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 74* (67)
Darren Gough 2/49 (10 overs)
Nick Knight 84 (93)
Venkatesh Prasad 3/35 (10 overs)
India won by 9 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and K. T. Francis (SL)
Player of the match: Venkatesh Prasad (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI
12 April (D/N)
Scorecard
England 
206 (49.1 overs)
v
 Pakistan
144 (40.2 overs)
Graham Thorpe 62 (80)
Shoaib Akhtar 4/37 (10 overs)
Saleem Malik 47* (77)
Mark Ealham 4/30 (10 overs)
England won by 62 runs
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Ian Robinson (Zim) and K. T. Francis (SL)
Player of the match: Mark Ealham (Eng)
  • England won the toss and elected to bat.

6th ODI
13 April (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
9/205 (50 overs)
v
 India
4/206 (48.1 overs)
Moin Khan 54 (61)
Ajay Jadeja 2/19 (3 overs)
Sadagoppan Ramesh 82 (131)
Shoaib Akhtar 2/43 (10 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Ian Robinson (Zim) and Darrell Hair (Aus)
Player of the match: Sadagoppan Ramesh (Ind)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

Final
16 April (D/N)
Scorecard
India 
125 (45 overs)
v
 Pakistan
2/129 (28 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 50 (96)
Wasim Akram 3/11 (8 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 39* (38)
Anil Kumble 2/28 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 8 wickets
Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and K. T. Francis (SL)
Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Pakistan won the 1998/1999 Coca-Cola Cup
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References
  1. Tournament Fixtures
  2. "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo.
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