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1st Match, Ary Gold Cup, Sri Lanka v Pakistan, Statistical Highlights
Rajneesh Gupta - 13 April 2001

  • It was the 1704th ODI in cricket history.

  • It was Pakistan's 490th and Sri Lanka's 351st match.

  • It was the 85th match between these two sides. The record now reads :
  • Pakistan 53, Sri Lanka 29,abandoned 2 and tied one.

  • It was the 168th match at this ground- 87th for Pakistan and 58th for Sri Lanka.

  • It was the 50th day-night match at this ground and 450th day-night match in all ODIs. Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium became only the third ground after Sydney (102) and Melbourne MCG (64) to host 50 or more floodlit matches.

  • Umpires Doug Cowie and Dave Orchard were officiating in their 57th and 67th match respectively.

  • Humayun Farhat and Mohammad Sami became 136th and 137th Pakistani to appear in a ODI, while Akalanka Ganegama became 107th player to represent Sri Lanka in shorter version of the game.

  • Waqar Younis was making a comeback as Pakistan's skipper. He had last captained Pakistan in the three nations cup at Singapore against South Africa on 27-08-2000.

  • Saeed Anwar (90) was becoming a victim of nervous ninety for the fourth time in his career-his first in Sharjah. Interestingly Anwar's previous highest score at Sharjah in a match in which he failed to make a hundred was only 72 against West Indies on 14-10-1999.

  • Anwar has now aggregated 1874 runs in 45 matches at this ground which makes him the most prolific run-scorer in ODI matches in Sharjah. He surpassed fellow countryman Inzamam's aggregate of 1854 runs from 44 matches.

  • Anwar has now aggregated 1921 runs from 46 appearances against Sri Lanka- most by any batsman against that country. India's Mohammad Azharuddin was the previous record holder with a tally of 1834 runs from 53 matches.

  • The catch of Shoaib Malik was 30th for Jayasuriya in day-night matches. He has now taken most catches in such matches moving ahead of Roshan Mahanama.

  • Waqar Younis (4-49) became fourth Pakistani skipper to take a four wicket haul after Wasim Akram (11 times), Imran Khan (thrice) and Asif Iqbal (once).

  • Sanath Jayasuriya was getting dismissed without scoring for the 17th time in his career. He is now only inching towards Romesh Kaluwitharana's dubious record of most ducks by a Sri Lankan in a career. Kaluwitharana has a tally of 19 ducks from 157 matches and is followed by Arjuna Ranatunga who has 18 ducks from 269 matches.

  • The duck was Jayasuriya's sixth against Pakistan which equalled India's Javagal Srinath's tally. Now only fellow teammate Muttiah Muralitharan (8) and former West Indian Gus Logie (7) are ahead of Jayasuriya.

  • Ganegama by failing to open his account, became the 13th Sri Lankan to suffer the ignominy of getting a duck in debut innings. The other Sri Lankans to record this dubious feat are Anura Tennekoon (v WI,Manchester,07-06-1975), Anura Ranasinghe (v WI,Manchester,07-06-1975), Ajith de Silva (v Pak,Nottingham,14-06-1975), Susil Fernando (v NZ,Dunedin,02-03-1983), Athula Samarasekera (v Pak,Swansea, 09-06-1983),Roger Wijesuriya (v Pak,Peshawar,13-10-1985),Champaka Ramanayake (v Pak, Colombo SSC, 11-03-1986),Asanka Gurusinha (v Pak,Hyderabad,03-11-1985), Pramodya Ickremasinghe (v Pak,Karachi,13-01-1992), Nishantha Ranatunga (v Pak,Sharjah, 04-02-1993), Niroshan Bandaratilleke (v Ind, Colombo RP, 07-07-1998) and Ruchira Perera (v Eng,Perth,29-01-1999).

  • Ganegama also became only the second Sri Lankan after Ruchira Perera (see above) and 23rd batsman in ODI history to get a golden duck in debut innings. In addition three batsmen (Zimbabwean Eddo Brandes, South African CJPG van Zyl and Australian Paul Wilson) were dismissed without scoring in their debut innings without facing a ball !

  • Saeed Anwar was winning his 25th Man of the Match award- his sixth in floodlit matches and his ninth at Sharjah. He has now equalled India's Sachin Tendulkar's tally of most awards at this ground.

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    Teams New Zealand, Pakistan, Sri Lanka.
    Players/Umpires Doug Cowie, David Orchard, Humayun Farhat, Mohammad Sami, Akalanka Ganegama, Waqar Younis, Saeed Anwar, Inzamam-ul-Haq, Roshan Mahanama, Shoaib Malik, Sanath Jayasuriya, Wasim Akram, Asif Iqbal, Romesh Kaluwitharana, Arjuna Ranatunga, Javagal Srinath, Muttiah Muralitharan, Gus Logie, Anura Tennekoon, A Ranasinghe, Anura Samarasekera, Roger Wijesuriya, Champaka Ramanayake, Asanka Gurusinha, Nishantha Ranatunga, Niroshan Bandaratilleke, Ruchira Perera, Eddo Brandes, Sachin Tendulkar.
    Tournaments ARY Gold Cup
    Grounds Sharjah C.A. Stadium