1998 'Friendship' Cup

1998 Friendship Cup
Dates 12–20 September 1998
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
10:10
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 (NZ) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match start was delayed by 40 minutes due to wet outfield.

2nd ODI

13 September
Scorecard
Pakistan 
246/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
195 (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 (SL) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Moin Khan (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sanjay Raul (Ind) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

16 September
Scorecard
Pakistan 
257/5 (50 overs)
v
 India
180 (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 (NZ) and Peter Manuel (SL)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

19 September
Scorecard
Pakistan 
316/6 (50 overs)
v
 India
182(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 (NZ) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Saleem Malik (Pak) passed 7,000 runs in ODIs.[2]

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 (NZ) and Peter Manuel (SL)
Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Match start was delayed by 15 minutes due to wet outfield.

Statistics

Most runs[3] Most wickets[3]
Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq214 India Javagal Srinath10
Pakistan Saeed Anwar207 Pakistan Saqlain Mushtaq8
Pakistan Aamer Sohail201 India Ajit Agarkar8
India Mohammad Azharuddin195 Pakistan Saleem Malik6
Pakistan Shahid Afridi183 Pakistan Aamer Sohail5

References

  1. ↑ "1998 Sahara 'Friendship' Cup". CricketArchive. Retrieved 25 February 2011. (Subscription required (help)).
  2. ↑ "India v Pakistan, Sahara 'Friendship' Cup 1998 (4th ODI)". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 8 October 2008. Retrieved 3 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 Averages by Team
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