2002 Morocco Cup

Morocco Cup 2002 12 – 21 August 2002 Morocco SL won the 2002 Morocco Cup PAK SA SL Waqar Younis Shaun Pollock Sanath Jayasuriya Mohammad Yousuf (153) Jacques Kallis (141) Sanath Jayasuriya (299) Waqar Younis (11) Allan Donald (10) Upul Chandana (8) The 2002 Morocco Cup was a three-team cricket tournament which took place in Tangier, Morocco during August 2002. The tournament was the first occasion on which the highest level of international cricket had been played in North Africa. Pakistan, South Africa and Sri Lanka competed in the competition, which was funded by Abdul Rahman Bukhatir, a wealthy business man from the United Arab Emirates. Sri Lanka beat South Africa in the final to scoop the $250,000 prize money.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/155017.html Morocco Cup, 2002 Steer Duncan ESPNcricinfo 2003 8 January 2013 The tournament, in addition to attracting TV audiences to Bukhatir's TEN Sports channel, promoted cricket in North Africa. All of the matches were played at the National Cricket Stadium in Tangier, a purpose built ground which cost $4 million, most of which was spent on the grandstand. The organisers of the competition were so keen to avoid any accusations of match-fixing that they installed closed-circuit television (CCTV) cameras in the team dressing rooms. During the group stage, Pakistan won only once; beating Sri Lanka in the second match of the tournament. Sri Lanka beat Pakistan in their other match, and defeated South Africa in both the side's group contests to finish top of the table. South Africa won both their matches against Pakistan to qualify for the final.https://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/cricket/statistics/2170580.stm Full details of the 2002 Morocco Cup BBC Sport 8 January 2013 In the final, Sri Lanka beat South Africa by 27 runs, led by a run-a-ball score of 71 from their captain Sanath Jayasuriya, and two wickets from each of Chaminda Vaas, Pulasthi Gunaratne and Muttiah Muralitharan.http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/112236.html Sri Lanka prevail despite late fright Agha Akbar ESPNcricinfo 21 August 2002 8 January 2013 Jayasuriya finished the tournament as the leading run-scorer, aggregating 299 runs from his five appearances at an average of 59.80. Each of the top-three run-scorers were Sri Lankan; the highest Pakistani batsman was Mohammad Yousuf whose 153 runs placed him fourth, while South African Jacques Kallis was fifth with 141 runs.http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/batting/most_runs_career.html?id=853;type=tournament Records / Morocco Cup, 2002 / Most runs ESPNcricinfo 8 January 2013 In contrast, Waqar Younis of Pakistan took the most wickets, 11, followed by a pair of South Africans – Allan Donald and Lance Klusener, who took 10 and 9 respectively. Upul Chandana and Pulasthi Gunaratne were the leading Sri Lankans, claiming 8 wickets apiece.http://stats.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/records/bowling/most_wickets_career.html?id=853;type=tournament Records / Morocco Cup, 2002 / Most wickets ESPNcricinfo 8 January 2013 Group stage Table Key: Pld = Played, W = Wins, L = Losses, Pts = Points, NRR = Net run rate. + Morocco CupPoint_Table / Morocco Cup, 2002 / Point Table https://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/2002/OD_TOURNEYS/MOROCCO/MOROCCO_AUG2002_POINTS-TABLE.html ESPNcricinfo 5 June 2022TeamPldWLPtsNRRSri Lanka*43113+0.725South Africa*4228−0.344Pakistan4134−0.365 Notes: Teams marked #ccffcc * darkgray progressed to the final of the competition. Fixtures 1st match 12 August 2002 RSA PAK 283/9 (50 overs) HH Gibbs 114 (130) Waqar Younis 5/38 (10 overs) 229 (43.2 overs) Imran Nazir 40 (29)Younis Khan 40 (41) L Klusener 3/45 (8.2 overs) South Africa won by 54 runs Scorecard National Cricket Stadium, Tangier DJ Harper (AUS) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) HH Gibbs (SA) South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Pakistan 0; South Africa 4 2nd match 14 August 2002 PAK SRI 279/5 (50 overs) Saeed Anwar 70 (77) UDU Chandana 1/29 (5 overs) 251/8 (50 overs) MS Atapattu 42 (73) Abdul Razzaq 3/36 (10 overs) Pakistan won by 28 runs Scorecard National Cricket Stadium, Tangier DJ Harper (AUS) and SJA Taufel (AUS) Younis Khan (PAK) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. Points: Pakistan 4; Sri Lanka 0 3rd match 15 August 2002 SRI RSA 267/7 (50 overs) PA de Silva 73* (84) JH Kallis 2/47 (10 overs)AA Donald 2/47 (10 overs) 174 (45 overs) G Kirsten 55 (65) ST Jayasuriya 3/24 (5 overs) Sri Lanka won by 93 runs Scorecard National Cricket Stadium, Tangier SJA Taufel (AUS) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) PA de Silva (SL) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Points: South Africa 0; Sri Lanka 5 4th match 17 August 2002 SRI PAK 242 (49.5 overs) ST Jayasuriya 97 (94) Waqar Younis 3/43 (9 overs) 203 (43.4 overs) Mohammad Yousuf 80 (91) PW Gunaratne 4/44 (9.4 overs) Sri Lanka won by 39 runs Scorecard National Cricket Stadium, Tangier DJ Harper (AUS) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) ST Jayasuriya (SL) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Pakistan 0; Sri Lanka 4 5th match 18 August 2002 RSA PAK 196/8 (50 overs) MA Boucher 57 (99) Wasim Akram 3/31 (10 overs) 188 (48.3 overs) Shahid Afridi 62 (40) AA Donald 4/43 (9.3 overs) South Africa won by 8 runs Scorecard National Cricket Stadium, Tangier DJ Harper (AUS) and SJA Taufel (AUS) AA Donald (SA) South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Points: Pakistan 0; South Africa 4 6th match 19 August 2002 RSA SRI 220/6 (50 overs) JH Kallis 84 (124) UDU Chandana 3/32 (10 overs) 221/4 (42.1 overs) PA de Silva 77* (75) R Telemachus 2/51 (6 overs) Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Scorecard National Cricket Stadium, Tangier SJA Taufel (AUS) and S Venkataraghavan (IND) PA de Silva (SL) South Africa won the toss and elected to bat. Points: South Africa 0; Sri Lanka 4 Final 21 August 2002 SRI RSA 235/7 (50 overs) ST Jayasuriya 71 (71) L Klusener 2/35 (10 overs)AA Donald 2/35 (8 overs) 208 (48.3 overs) MV Boucher 70 (65) WPUJC Vaas 2/33 (10 overs)M Muralitharan 2/35 (10 overs) Sri Lanka won by 27 runs Scorecard National Cricket Stadium, Tangier DJ Harper (AUS) and SJA Taufel (AUS) ST Jayasuriya (SL) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. References External links Morocco Cup, 2002 Category:International cricket competitions in 2002 Category:Cricket in Morocco Category:2002 in Moroccan sport