1997 'Friendship' Cup

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1997 Friendship Cup
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
Host(s)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
ChampionsFlag of India.svg  India
Participants2
Matches6
Player of the series Flag of India.svg Sourav Ganguly
Most runs Flag of India.svg Sourav Ganguly (222)
Most wickets Flag of India.svg Sourav Ganguly (15)
1996
1998

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. [1] 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.

Contents

Teams

Squads

Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan

Warm-up match

11 September
Scorecard
Canada  Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg
171/6 (35 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
176/4 (34 overs)
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
Ajax Cricket Club, Ajax
Umpires: 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
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
208 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
188 (44.2 overs)
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
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)

2nd ODI

14 September
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
116 (45 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
119/3 (34.4 overs)
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
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Steve Randell (Aus)
Player of the match: 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
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
169/3 (31.5 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
Saeed Anwar 74 (84)
Sourav Ganguly 2/39 (7.5 overs)
  • 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. [2]
  • Subsequent rain led to abandoning of the match and called for a replay.

Replay

18 September
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
182/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
148 (36.5 overs)
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
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Steve Randell (Aus)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

20 September
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
159/6 (28 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
162/3 (25.3 overs)
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
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Steve Randell (Aus)
Player of the match: 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
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
250/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
251/5 (41.5 overs)
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
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (WI) and Steve Randell (Aus)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
  • Pakistan innings limited to 48 overs due to slow over rate.

Statistics

Most runs [3] Most wickets [3]
Flag of India.svg Sourav Ganguly 222 Flag of India.svg Sourav Ganguly 15
Flag of India.svg Mohammad Azharuddin 197 Flag of India.svg Harvinder Singh 9
Flag of Pakistan.svg Shahid Afridi 145 Flag of Pakistan.svg Saqlain Mushtaq 8
Flag of Pakistan.svg Saeed Anwar 140 Flag of India.svg Debasis Mohanty 8
Flag of Pakistan.svg Saleem Malik 132 Flag of India.svg 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. [4]

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  3. 1 2 Averages by Team
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