1998 'Friendship' Cup

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1998 Friendship Cup
Dates12 – 20 September 1998
Administrator(s) International Cricket Council
Cricket format One Day International
Host(s)Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg  Canada
ChampionsFlag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
Participants2
Matches5
Player of the series Flag of Pakistan.svg Inzamam-ul-Haq
Most runs Flag of Pakistan.svg Inzamam-ul-Haq (214)
Most wickets Flag of India.svg Javagal Srinath (10)
1997

The 1998 'Friendship Cup' , also known as the 1998 Sahara 'Friendship Cup' for sponsorship reasons, was a One Day International cricket series which took place between 12 and 20 September 1998. [1] The tournament was held in Canada, which was seen as neutral territory for India and Pakistan to play each other. The tournament was won by Pakistan, who won the series 4–1.

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Squads

Flag of India.svg  India Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan [2]

A provisional Pakistan squad for the series was announced on 30 August 1998. Saleem Malik was recalled, and Wasim Akram, who had to fulfill playing commitments to his club side Lancashire, and Saqlain Mushtaq, were excluded. Mushtaq was included in the list of three reserve players. The other two were Murtaza Hussain and Fazl-e-Akbar. [3] An injured Younis was later omitted when the final squad was announced a few days later. [2]

India split its squad into two, sending one led by Ajay Jadeja to compete in the 1998 Commonwealth Games. That squad included Sachin Tendulkar, Anil Kumble and VVS Laxman, while the squad that travelled to Canada was led by Mohammad Azharuddin and included other first team players such as Sourav Ganguly, Rahul Dravid, Javagal Srinath and Venkatesh Prasad. Two members of the team that played at the Commonwealth Games were sent to Canada after they failed to progress past the group stages at the Games. Jadeja came into the side for the fourth match of the series when his team was trailing 1–2, and Tendulkar for the fifth and final match. [4]

Fixtures

ODI series

1st ODI

12 September
10:10
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
189/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
193/4 (43.4 overs)
Saleem Malik 41 (74)
Sourav Ganguly 3/33 (10 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 54 (72)
Mohammad Zahid 1/38 (10 overs)
India won by 6 wickets
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Match start was delayed by 40 minutes due to wet outfield.

2nd ODI

13 September
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
246/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
195 (46.3 overs)
Moin Khan 69 (83)
Hrishikesh Kanitkar 2/22 (6 overs)
Nayan Mongia 41 (58)
Saleem Malik 4/36 (6.3 overs)
Pakistan won by 51 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Moin Khan (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sanjay Raul (Ind) made his ODI debut.

3rd ODI

16 September
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
257/5 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
180 (46.2 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 81 (112)
Ajit Agarkar 2/59 (10 overs)
Javagal Srinath 43 (40)
Mohammad Zahid 2/20 (6.2 overs)
Pakistan won by 77 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Peter Manuel (SL)
Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.

4th ODI

19 September
Scorecard
Pakistan  Flag of Pakistan.svg
316/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of India.svg  India
182 (46.3 overs)
Shahid Afridi 109 (94)
Sunil Joshi 2/36 (10 overs)
Navjot Sidhu 62 (78)
Saqlain Mushtaq 3/20 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 134 runs
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Saleem Malik (Pak) passed 7,000 runs in ODIs. [5]

5th ODI

20 September
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
256/9 (50 overs)
v
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
258/5 (48.2 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 101 (111)
Saqlain Mushtaq 4/67 (10 overs)
Aamer Sohail 97* (125)
Javagal Srinath 3/50 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 5 wickets
Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto
Umpires: Steve Dunne (NZ) and Peter Manuel (SL)
Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (Pak)
  • India won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Match start was delayed by 15 minutes due to wet outfield.

Statistics

Most runs [6] Most wickets [6]
Flag of Pakistan.svg Inzamam-ul-Haq 214 Flag of India.svg Javagal Srinath 10
Flag of Pakistan.svg Saeed Anwar 207 Flag of Pakistan.svg Saqlain Mushtaq 8
Flag of Pakistan.svg Aamer Sohail 201 Flag of India.svg Ajit Agarkar 8
Flag of India.svg Mohammad Azharuddin 195 Flag of Pakistan.svg Saleem Malik 6
Flag of Pakistan.svg Shahid Afridi 183 Flag of Pakistan.svg Aamer Sohail 5

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