1994 Singer World Series

International cricket tournament May 2020 1994 Singer World Series 5 17 September 1994 Sri Lanka Cricket (SLC) One Day International Round-robin and Knockout SL IND SL 8 SL Arjuna Ranatunga Arjuna Ranatunga (196) Shane Warne (7) The Singer World Series was a quadrangular ODI cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka from 4 to 17 September 1994. It featured the national cricket teams of Pakistan, Australia, India and the hosts, Sri Lanka. The competition was won by India, which defeated Sri Lanka in the final.Cricinfo - Singer World Series http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/series/60959.html Cricinfo 2019-01-17 Background A multi-nation tournament was to be held in Sri Lanka after a long time, owing to troubles due to the civil war. All matches of the tournament were scheduled to be played in Colombo. Cammie Smith was named the referee for all matches.Natarajan H. Rains frustrate Indian again https://news.google.com/newspapers?id=i2FlAAAAIBAJ&sjid=GJQNAAAAIBAJ&pg=927%2C906642 5 October 2023 The Indian Express 3 September 1994 20 Sri Lanka entered the tournament on the back of a Test and ODI series loss to Pakistan, the latter by a 1–4 margin. World champions Pakistan were touted favorites to win the series. A winner's prize of 15,000 and 7,500 for the runner-up was announced.RAIN THREATENS FOUR-NATION SERIES http://static.espncricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1994-95/OD_TOURNEYS/SINWS/ARTICLES/RAIN_THREATENS_4NAT-SL_03SEP94 Reuter ESPNcricinfo 5 October 2023 3 September 1994 Squads SLAUSINDPAKArjuna Ranatunga (c) Aravinda de Silva Roshan Mahanama Ruwan Kalpage Kumar Dharmasena Sanjeeva Ranatunga Sanath Jayasuriya Pubudu Dassanayake (wk) Roshan Mahanama Upul Chandana Hashan Tillakaratne Chaminda Vaas Pramodya WickremasingheMark Taylor (c) Michael Slater David Boon Mark Waugh Steve Waugh Ian Healy (wk) Michael Bevan Darren Lehmann Craig McDermott Glenn McGrath Tim May Justin Langer Gavin Robertson Damien Fleming Jo AngelMohammad Azharuddin(c) Sachin Tendulkar Anil Kumble Manoj Prabhakar Navjot Singh Sidhu Vinod Kambli Atul Bedade Kapil Dev Javagal Srinath Ajay Jadeja Nayan Mongia (wk) Rajesh Chauhan Venkatapathy RajuSaleem Malik (c) Saeed Anwar Aamer Sohail Inzamam-ul-Haq Basit Ali Rashid Latif (wk) Wasim Akram Akram Raza Waqar Younis Mushtaq Ahmed Asif Mujtaba Zahid Fazal Kabir Khan Points table The tournament was organised in a round robin format, with each team playing each other once. TeamPWLTNRNRRPoints SRI 3 3 0 0 0 6 IND 3 1 1 0 1 3 AUS 3 1 2 0 0 2 PAK 3 0 2 0 1 1 Matches 4 September IND 16/0 (4 overs) SRI Sachin Tendulkar 11* (16) No result Scorecard R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo K. T. Francis (SL) and Brian Aldridge (NZ) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. 5 September IND 125/5 (25 overs) 126/3 (24.2 overs) SRI Vinod Kambli 30* (39) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/28 (5 overs) Roshan Mahanama 50 (78) Anil Kumble 1/17 (5 overs) Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Scorecard R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo K.T. Francis (SL) and Brian Aldridge (NZ) Pramodya Wickramasinghe (SL) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. Match reduced to 25 overs per side 7 September AUS 179/7 (50 overs) 151/9 (50 overs) PAK Michael Bevan 37 (73) Wasim Akram 3/24 (10 overs) Saeed Anwar 46 (78) Steve Waugh 3/16 (10 overs) Australia won by 28 runs Scorecard R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Udaya Wickramasinghe (SL) and B. C. Cooray (SL) Shane Warne (AUS) Australia won the toss and elected to bat. 9 September IND 246/8 (50 overs) 215 (47.4 overs) AUS Sachin Tendulkar 110 (130) Craig McDermott 2/46 (10 overs) Mark Waugh 61 (81) Manoj Prabhakar 3/34 (8 overs) India won by 31 runs Scorecard R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) and Ignatius Anandappa (SL) Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) India won the toss and elected to bat. Sachin Tendulkar (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs. 11 September PAK 210/6 (50 overs) 213/3 (47.2 overs) SRI Saleem Malik 53 (85) Ruwan Kalpage 1/32 (8 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 82 (76) Mushtaq Ahmed 1/31 (8 overs) Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Scorecard Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Brian Aldridge (NZ) and Peter Manuel (SL) Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field. Kabir Khan (Pak) made his ODI debut. 13 September AUS 225/6 (50 overs) 164/4 (34.4 overs) SRI Michael Bevan 47 (54) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/42 (10 overs) Arjuna Ranatunga 59 (71) Shane Warne 2/27 (8 overs) Sri Lanka won by 6 runs with 8 balls remaining (Revised target) Scorecard P. Sara Oval, Colombo T. M. Samarasinghe (SL) and Brian Aldridge (NZ) Arjuna Ranatunga (SL) India won the toss and elected to bat. Gavin Robertson and Jo Angel (Aus) made his ODI debuts. 15–16 September IND PAK Match abandoned without a ball bowled Scorecard R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo No toss Final 17 September SRI 98/9 (25 overs) 99/4 (23.4 overs) IND Ruwan Kalpage 39 (57) Manoj Prabhakar 2/19 (5 overs) Mohammad Azharuddin 45 (51) Pramodya Wickramasinghe 2/13 (5 overs) India won by 6 wickets Scorecard Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo (transferred from R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo) Brian Aldridge (NZ) and K. T. Francis (SL) Mohammad Azharuddin (IND) India won the toss and elected to field. The match was reduced to 25 overs maximum per innings. Records and awards Sri Lanka's captain Arjuna Ranatunga won the player of the series award; India's Sachin Tendulkar won the batsmen of the series award; and Australia's Steve Waugh was awarded the bowler of the series award. References External links Tournament home at ESPN Cricinfo Singer World Series Category:International cricket competitions from 1991–92 to 1994 Cricket