1997–98 Coca-Cola Cup

International cricket tournament 1998 Coca-Cola Cup Australian cricket team in India in 1997–98 SharjahCricket.JPG India v/s Australia match in progress during the Coca-Cola Cup 17 – 24 April 1998 Sharjah Won by India Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) 22px India 22px Australia 22px New Zealand Mohammad Azharuddin Steve Waugh Stephen Fleming Sachin Tendulkar (434)Sourav Ganguly (184) Michael Bevan (276)Adam Gilchrist (149) Stephen Fleming (187)Craig McMillan (152) Prasad (9)Anil Kumble (8) Damien Fleming (10)Steve Waugh (5) Dion Nash (6)Chris Cairns (4) 1998–99 The Coca-Cola Cup was a tri-nation cricket tournament played in Sharjah in 1998.Coca-Cola Cup (Sharjah), 1997–98 http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/155189.html Wisden Almanack (1999) 14 March 2012 This was the first cricket tournament in Sharjah to be sponsored by Coca-Cola and was played under the aegis of the Cricketers Benefit Fund Series. The Round Robin format was followed with each team playing the other two teams twice each. All matches were day and night games and the tournament featured India, Australia and New Zealand cricket teams.Coca-Cola Cricket Cup to be held in Sharjah http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/CCC/ARTICLES/CCC_PRESS_RELEASE_05APR1998.html ESPNCricinfo 14 March 2012 This tournament was the first one in ten years which was held in Sharjah that Pakistan was not a part of. 24,000 spectators witnessed the final, a record turnout for a match at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, where all the matches were played.Desert storm Tendulkar leaves Australia in disarray http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/29379/ 14 March 2012 The Indian Express 25 April 1998 India won the tournament after losing all their league games against Australia in a reversal of what happened during the Pepsi Cup (sponsored by Coke's competitor Pepsi) in India just preceding this tournament, where Australia lost all their league ties to India but beat India in the finals to claim the title.Sachin's B-Day, India's D-Day http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/29188/ 14 March 2012 The Indian Express 24 April 1998 Australia won all their league matches and qualified for the final, while both India and New Zealand had won a game each, which meant that the second finalist was chosen based on a better net run rate.Cricket: A Numbers Game? http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/CCC/ARTICLES/NRR_TO_QUAL_FOR_FINAL_21APR1998 14 March 2012 ESPNCricinfo 22 April 1998 Winners India took home US$40,000 in prize money, while Australia got US$30,000 for being runners up and third place New Zealand got US$15,000. Sachin Tendulkar won the man of the tournament award and an Opel Astra that went with the award, apart from winning other awards for most sixes and fastest fifty. Damien Fleming and Ricky Ponting of Australia won the best bowler and best fielder awards respectively.Coca-Cola Cup Sharjah 1998 http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1997-98/OD_TOURNEYS/CCC/ ESPNCricinfo 14 March 2012 Group stage TeamPWLTNRPtsNRR AUS 4 4 0 0 0 8 +0.788IND 4 1 3 0 0 2 −0.331NZ 4 1 3 0 0 2 −0.401 Matches 17 April yes IND 9/220 (50 overs) 205 (47.5 overs) NZ Sourav Ganguly 105 (140) Dion Nash 4/38 (10 overs) Stephen Fleming 75 (97) Ajit Agarkar 4/35 (10 overs) India won by 15 runs Scorecard Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Steve Bucknor (WI) and Javed Akhtar (Pak) Ajit Agarkar (Ind) India won the toss and elected to bat. Harbhajan Singh (Ind) made his ODI debut. 18 April yes NZ 159 (48.4 overs) 4/160 (36.5 overs) AUS Stephen Fleming 59 (94) Damien Fleming 4/28 (9.4 overs) Adam Gilchrist 57 (89) Chris Harris 2/31 (10 overs) Australia won by 6 wickets Scorecard Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Javed Akhtar (Pak) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Damien Fleming (Aus) New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. 19 April yes AUS 9/264 (50 overs) 206 (44 overs) IND Michael Bevan 58 (83) Harbhajan Singh 3/41 (10 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 80(72) Steve Waugh 4/40 (9 overs) Australia won by 58 runs Scorecard Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 20 April yes IND 181 (49.3 overs) 6/183 (49 overs) NZ Sachin Tendulkar 38 (58) Chris Cairns 3/26 (10 overs) Craig McMillan 59 (122) Anil Kumble 2/26 (10 overs) New Zealand won by 4 wickets Scorecard Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Steve Bucknor (WI) and Javed Akhtar (Pak) Craig McMillan (NZ) India won the toss and elected to bat. Paul Wiseman (NZ) made his ODI debut. 21 April yes NZ 5/259 (50 overs) 5/261 (47.5 overs) AUS Nathan Astle 78 (125) Ian Harvey 2/59 (10 overs) Tom Moody 63 (74) Dion Nash 2/39 (9 overs) Australia won by 5 wickets Scorecard Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Javed Akhtar (Pak) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Tom Moody (Aus) New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat. 22 April yes AUS 7/284 (50 overs) 5/250 (46 overs) IND Michael Bevan 101* (103) Venkatesh Prasad 2/41 (8 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 143 (131) Damien Fleming 2/46 (10 overs) Australia won by 26 runs (D/L) Scorecard Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Steve Bucknor (WI) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) Australia won the toss and elected to bat. Sandstorm disrupted the play by about 25 minutes. Indian target was revised to 276 in 46 overs after the break. India required 254 to pass New Zealand on net run rate, and qualify for the final. After the break it was 237 in 46 overs. Final 24 April yes AUS 9/272 (50 overs) 4/275 (48.3 overs) IND Darren Lehmann 70 (59) Venkatesh Prasad 2/32 (10 overs) Sachin Tendulkar 134 (131) Damien Fleming 2/47 (10 overs) India won by 6 wickets Scorecard Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Steve Bucknor (WI) and Javed Akhtar (Pak) Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) India won the toss and elected to field India won the 1997/98 Coca-Cola Cup Statistics Most runs Player Team Runs Inns Avg S/R HS 100s 50s Sachin Tendulkar IND 435 5 87.00 100.46 1432 1 Michael Bevan AUS 276 5 55.20 82.63 101* 1 2 Stephen Fleming NZ 187 4 46.75 71.92 75 0 2 Sourav Ganguly IND 184 5 36.80 70.22 103 1 0 Craig McMillan NZ 152 4 38.00 59.84 59 0 1 Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=767;type=tournament Coca-Cola Cup, 1997/98 / Records / Most runs ESPN Cricinfo 17 February 2015 Most wickets Player Team Wkts Mts Ave S/R Econ BBI Damien Fleming AUS 10 4 15.60 22.6 4.14 4/28 Venkatesh Prasad IND 9 5 21.77 29.3 4.45 2/32 Anil Kumble IND 8 5 26.12 37.3 4.19 3/39 Dion Nash NZ 6 3 15.33 23.0 4.0 4/38 Ajit Agarkar IND 6 2 16.0 18.0 5.33 4/35 Source: http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=767;type=tournament Coca-Cola Cup, 1997/98 / Records / Most wickets ESPN Cricinfo 17 February 2015 Desert Storm The tournament is best known for Sachin Tendulkar's back to back centuries against Australia (popularly known as 'Desert Storm') - the first helped India qualify for the final based on a better net run rate, and the second, in the finals which was played on Tendulkar's 25th birthday, helped India beat Australia to win the tournament.Tendulkar dedicates it to his brother Ajit http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/cricket/Tendulkar-dedicates-it-to-his-brother-Ajit/articleshow/39082730.cms 14 March 2012 The Times of India 2 March 2003 In lighter vein, Australian bowler Shane Warne claimed that he had "nightmares" at the thought of bowling to Tendulkar after being dominated by him in the tournament.Star wars http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/101677/ 14 March 2012 The Indian Express 3 June 1999‘Nightmare' comment was a joke, says Warne http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article329112.ece https://web.archive.org/web/20131124082156/http://www.thehindu.com/sport/cricket/article329112.ece dead November 24, 2013 14 March 2012 The Hindu 30 March 2010 Tendulkar is credited for single-handedly winning the tournament for India. The last league match, where India played Australia needing to finish with a win or a better net run rate than New Zealand to qualify for the finals, was interrupted by a sandstorm.It's a surrender, says Rajsingh Dungarpur http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/30255/ 14 March 2012 The Indian Express 1 May 1998Tendulkar's century sends India storming into final http://www.indianexpress.com/Storyold/29078/ 14 March 2012 The Indian Express 23 April 1998 Tendulkar's hundred following the storm in that match, which ensured that India qualified for the finals, came to be known as the "sandstorm innings" or "Desert Storm".A once-in-a-century star: Sachin https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/cricket/top-stories/A-once-in-a-century-star-Sachin/articleshow/5229323.cms https://web.archive.org/web/20131117184655/http://articles.timesofindia.indiatimes.com/2009-11-14/top-stories/28112318_1_sachin-bat-sachin-tendulkar-frayed-nerves live 17 November 2013 14 March 2012 The Times of India 14 November 2009Just the second time, Sachin's hundred against Australia goes in vain http://www.mid-day.com/sports/2009/nov/061109-Sachin-Tendulkar-Century-Australia.htm 14 March 2012 Mid-Day 6 November 2009The first of the two Sachin Tendulkar desert storms http://www.cricketcountry.com/cricket-articles/The-first-of-the-two-Sachin-Tendulkar-desert-storms/25514Moments which mean Sachin Tendulkar http://sports.in.msn.com/gallery/moments-which-mean-sachin-tendulkar?page=2 2013-04-24 https://web.archive.org/web/20130525064734/http://sports.in.msn.com/gallery/moments-which-mean-sachin-tendulkar?page=2 2013-05-25 dead The other Indian player who made a notable contribution in the tournament victory was Sourav Ganguly, whose century against New Zealand resulted in the only Indian victory in the league stage. For Australia, Michael Bevan made a century in the last league game versus India, which resulted in an Australian victory but couldn't stop India from qualifying for the finals. References 2 Notes Records for most wickets in the tournament Records for most runs in the tournament Category:1998 in cricket Category:International cricket competitions from 1997–98 to 2000 Category:Coca-Cola Category:International cricket competitions in the United Arab Emirates