2000-01 ARY Gold Cup

The 2000–2001 ARY Gold Cup was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 8 to 20 April 2001.[1] It featured the national cricket teams of New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Pakistan in the final.

2000-01 ARY Gold Cup
Date	8-20 April 2001
Location	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Result	Won by Sri Lanka
Player of the series	Inzamam-ul-Haq (PAK)
Teams  New Zealand  Pakistan  Sri Lanka Captains Craig McMillan Waqar Younis Sanath Jayasuriya Most runs Mathew Sinclair (304) Saeed Anwar (329) Mahela Jayawardene (290) Most wickets Kyle Mills (4) Jacob Oram (4) Saqlain Mushtaq (9) Muttiah Muralitharan (9)

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Pts[2]
Pakistan	4	4	0	0	0	+1.166	8
Sri Lanka	4	1	3	0	0	-0.085	2
Sri Lanka	4	1	3	0	0	−0.989	2

1st ODI

8 April (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  255/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 239 (48.3 overs)
Saeed Anwar 90 (117) Akalanka Ganegama 2/27 (4 overs)		Romesh Kaluwitharana 63 (73) Waqar Younis 4/49 (8 overs)

Pakistan won by 16 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: David Orchard (AUS) and Doug Cowie (NZ) Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Humayun Farhat, Mohammad Sami (both PAK) and Akalanka Ganegama (SL) made their ODI debuts.

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2nd ODI

10 April (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  269/9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 163 (42.1 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 116 (129) Jacob Oram 3/40 (9 overs)		Mathew Sinclair 60 (89) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/12 (7.1) overs)

Sri Lanka won by 106 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: John Hampshire (ENG) and David Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Andre Adams (NZ) made his ODI debut.

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3rd ODI

12 April (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  266/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 270/2 (42.1 overs)
Mathew Sinclair 117 (144) Abdul Razzaq 2/31 (7 overs)		Shahid Afridi 70 (43) Andre Adams 1/38 (8 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and John Hampshire (ENG) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (PAK)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

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4th ODI

13 April (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  278/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 250/8 (50 overs)
Saeed Anwar 88 (99) Dilhara Fernando 3/50 (9 overs)		Chaminda Vaas 50* (59) Shahid Afridi 3/44 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 28 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: David Orchard (AUS) and Doug Cowie (NZ) Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (PAK)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kashif Raza (Pak) made his ODI debut.

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5th ODI

15 April (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  127 (31.3 overs)	v	Pakistan 131/3 (25.2 overs)
Chris Nevin 50 (40) Saqlain Mushtaq 4/17 (7.3 overs)		Inzamam-ul-Haq 85* (67) Jacob Oram 1/23 (5 overs)

Pakistan won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: John Hampshire (ENG) and David Orchard (AUS) Player of the match: Saqlain Mushtaq (PAK)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
• Kyle Mills (NZ) made his ODI debut.

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6th ODI

17 April (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  248/6 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 169/8 (50 overs)
Mathew Sinclair 118* (137) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/47 (10 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 41 (55) Kyle Mills 3/30 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 79 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and John Hampshire (ENG) Player of the match: Mathew Sinclair & Kyle Mills (both NZ)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Final

20 April (D/N) Scorecard

Sri Lanka  297/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 220 (41.4 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 89 (119) Saqlain Mushtaq 3/54 (9 overs)		Saeed Anwar 62 (64) Chaminda Vaas 3/36 (6 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 77 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: David Orchard (AUS) and Doug Cowie (NZ) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sri Lanka won the 2001 ARY Gold Cup

References

1. Fixtures
2. "Points Table". ESPN Cricinfo.