1997 'Friendship' Cup

International cricket tournament 1997 Friendship Cup International Cricket Council One Day International CAN IND 2 6 IND Sourav Ganguly IND Sourav Ganguly (222) IND Sourav Ganguly (15) 1996 1996 'Friendship' Cup 1998 1998 'Friendship' Cup The 1997 'Friendship Cup' , also known as the 1997 Sahara 'Friendship Cup' for sponsorship reasons, was a One Day International cricket series which took place between 13 and 21 September 1997.https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/CAN/1997_CAN_Sahara_Friendship_Cup_1997.html Tournament fixture list 2017-09-08 2012-10-23 https://web.archive.org/web/20121023220623/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/CAN/1997_CAN_Sahara_Friendship_Cup_1997.html dead 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 India 4–1. The matches were played in white clothing and a red ball was used. Teams CAN - warm-up match only IND PAK Squads IND PAKSachin Tendulkar (C) Mohammad Azharuddin Rajesh Chauhan Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Harvinder Singh Ajay Jadeja Vinod Kambli Saba Karim (Wk) Nilesh Kulkarni Abey Kuruvilla Debasis Mohanty Robin SinghRameez Raja (C) Aaqib Javed Azhar Mahmood Hasan Raza Inzamam-ul-Haq Kabir Khan Mohammad Akram Mohammad Hussain Moin Khan (Wk) Saeed Anwar Saleem Malik Saqlain Mushtaq Shahid Afridi Shahid Nazir Warm-up match 11 September CAN 171/6 (35 overs) 176/4 (34 overs) IND George Codrington 101 (97) Debasis Mohanty 2/5 (5 overs) Robin Singh 57* (52) Barry Seebaran 3/23 (7 overs) India won by 6 wickets Scorecard Ajax Cricket Club, Ajax Nizam Baksh, Colin Harvey and Ken Patel India won the toss and elected to field. The match was reduced to 35 overs per side due to rain. ODI series 1st ODI 13 September IND 208 (50 overs) 188 (44.2 overs) PAK Mohammad Azharuddin 52 (87) Saqlain Mushtaq 5/45 (10 overs) Saleem Malik 64 (87) Harvinder Singh 3/44 (8.2 overs) India won by 20 runs Scorecard Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Steve Bucknor (WI) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Ajay Jadeja (Ind) Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Pakistan innings limited to 49 overs due to their slow over rate. Harvinder Singh and Debashish Mohanty (Ind) made their ODI debuts. Mohammad Azharuddin equalled the record for most catches by an India fieldsman (4). 2nd ODI 14 September PAK 116 (45 overs) 119/3 (34.4 overs) IND Saleem Malik 36 (58) Debasis Mohanty 3/15 (7 overs) Sourav Ganguly 32 (86) Saqlain Mushtaq 1/24 (8 overs) India won by 7 wickets Scorecard Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Steve Bucknor (WI) and Steve Randell (Aus) Sourav Ganguly (Ind) Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. Crowd trouble and Inzamam-ul-Haq's (Pak) scuffle with the crowd delayed play by 40 minutes after 16th over of India's innings. 3rd ODI 17 September PAK 169/3 (31.5 overs) IND Saeed Anwar 74 (84) Sourav Ganguly 2/39 (7.5 overs) No result Scorecard Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Steve Randell (Aus) India won the toss and elected to field. Rain reduced Pakistan innings to 31.5 overs and India's target was set to 141 runs in 25 overs by Parabola method.India v Pakistan, Sahara 'Friendship' Cup 1997 (3rd ODI) https://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/64/64612.html CricketArchive 4 August 2017 https://web.archive.org/web/20060718150913/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Scorecards/64/64612.html 2006-07-18 live Subsequent rain led to abandoning of the match and called for a replay. Replay 18 September IND 182/6 (50 overs) 148 (36.5 overs) PAK Mohammad Azharuddin 67 (110) Mohammad Akram 2/28 (10 overs) Shahid Afridi 44 (38) Sourav Ganguly 5/16 (10 overs) India won by 34 runs Scorecard Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Steve Randell (Aus) Sourav Ganguly (Ind) Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. 4th ODI 20 September PAK 159/6 (28 overs) 162/3 (25.3 overs) IND Azhar Mahmood 33* (24) Harvinder Singh 2/25 (5 overs) Sourav Ganguly 75* (75) Shahid Nazir 3/38 (6 overs) India won by 7 wickets Scorecard Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Steve Bucknor (WI) and Steve Randell (Aus) Sourav Ganguly (Ind) India won the toss and elected to field. The match was reduced to 28 overs per side due to rain; India innings limited to 26 overs due to their slow over rate. 5th ODI 21 September IND 250/5 (50 overs) 251/5 (41.5 overs) PAK Sourav Ganguly 96 (136) Azhar Mahmood 2/27 (10 overs) Inzamam-ul-Haq 71* (86) Sourav Ganguly 2/33 (9 overs) Pakistan won by 5 wickets Scorecard Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Rudi Koertzen (WI) and Steve Randell (Aus) Sourav Ganguly (Ind) Pakistan won the toss and elected to field. Pakistan innings limited to 48 overs due to slow over rate. Statistics Most runsAverages by Team Most wicketsIND Sourav Ganguly 222IND Sourav Ganguly 15 IND Mohammad Azharuddin 197 IND Harvinder Singh 9 PAK Shahid Afridi 145 PAK Saqlain Mushtaq 8 PAK Saeed Anwar 140 IND Debasis Mohanty 8 PAK Saleem Malik 132 IND Abey Kuruvilla 7 Spectator incident During the 2nd ODI, spectator Shiv Kumar Thind, an Indian living in Toronto, used a megaphone to shout abuse at Pakistan batsman Inzamam-ul-Haq. Thind likened Inzamam's physical size to that of several kinds of potato and Buddha (an old man). Inzamam took offense to this and proceeded to enter the crowd and challenge Thind. When Thind threw his megaphone at him, ul-Haq borrowed a cricket bat from a teammate and attempted to attack Thind with it. The event subsequently caused a 37-minute delay in the game and later resulted in both men filing charges of assault against one another. Thind and ul-Haq later withdrew the charges, although the Pakistan Cricket Board banned Inzamam for two matches.The Worst of Cricket (2008), p. 68-69. References External links 1997 'Friendship Cup' https://web.archive.org/web/20121023220623/http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/CAN/1997_CAN_Sahara_Friendship_Cup_1997.html 2012-10-23 at CricketArchive Category:1997 in Canadian sports Category:1997 in cricket Category:International cricket competitions from 1994–95 to 1997