1998 'Friendship' Cup

1998 Friendship Cup
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
Host(s)  Canada
Champions  Pakistan
Participants 2
Matches played 5
Player of the series Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq
Most runs Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq (214)
Most wickets India Javagal Srinath (10)

The 1998 'Friendship Cup' , also known as the 1998 Sahara 'Friendship Cup' for sponsorship reasons, was a One Day International cricket series which took place between 12-20 September 1998.[1] The tournament was held in Canada, which was seen as perfect neutral territory for India and Pakistan to play each other. The tournament was won by Pakistan, who won the series 4-1.

Teams

Squads

 India  Pakistan

Fixtures

ODI series

1st ODI

12 September
(Scorecard)
Pakistan 
189/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
193/4 (43.4 overs)
Saleem Malik 41 (74)
Sourav Ganguly 3/33 (10 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 54 (72)
Mohammad Zahid 1/38 (10 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne & Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (India)

2nd ODI

13 September
(Scorecard)
Pakistan 
246/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
195 all out (46.3 overs)
Moin Khan 69 (83)
Hrishikesh Kanitkar 2/22 (6 overs)
Nayan Mongia 41 (58)
Saleem Malik 4/36 (6.3 overs)
Pakistan won by 51 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Peter Manuel & Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Moin Khan (Pakistan)

3rd ODI

16 September
(Scorecard)
Pakistan 
257/5 (50 overs)
v
 India
180 all out (46.2 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 81 (112)
Ajit Agarkar 2/59 (10 overs)
Javagal Srinath 43 (40)
Mohammad Zahid 2/20 (6.2 overs)
Pakistan won by 77 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne & Peter Manuel
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)

4th ODI

19 September
(Scorecard)
Pakistan 
316/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
182 all out (46.3 overs)
Shahid Afridi 109 (94)
Sunil Joshi 2/36 (10 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 62 (78)
Saqlain Mushtaq 3/20 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 134 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne & Ian Robinson
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

5th ODI

20 September
(Scorecard)
India 
256/9 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
258/5 (48.2 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 101 (111)
Saqlain Mushtaq 4/67 (10 overs)
Aamer Sohail 97* (125)
Javagal Srinath 3/50 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne & Peter Manuel
Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (Pakistan)

Statistics

Most runs[2] Most wickets[2]
Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq 214 India Javagal Srinath 10
Pakistan Saeed Anwar 207 Pakistan Saqlain Mushtaq 8
Pakistan Aamer Sohail 201 India Ajit Agarkar 8
India Mohammad Azharuddin 195 Pakistan Saleem Malik 6
Pakistan Shahid Afridi 183 Pakistan Aamer Sohail 5

References

  1. "1998 Sahara 'Friendship' Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 February 2011.
  2. 1 2 Averages by Team

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