# 1998–99 Coca-Cola Cup

The 1998–99 Coca-Cola Cup was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 7 to 16 April 1999. It featured the national cricket teams of England, Pakistan and India. Its official sponsor was Coca-Cola. The tournament was won by Pakistan, which defeated India in the final.

## Squads

| England | India | Pakistan |
| Alec Stewart (c) (wk) Graham Thorpe Graeme Hick Nick Knight Neil Fairbrother Andrew Flintoff Mark Ealham Darren Gough Adam Hollioake Robert Croft Vince Wells Ian Austin Alan Mullally Angus Fraser | Mohammad Azharuddin (c) Javagal Srinath Ajay Jadeja Anil Kumble Sadagoppan Ramesh Venkatesh Prasad Nayan Mongia (wk) Anil Kumble Robin Singh Sunil Joshi Vinod Kambli Ajit Agarkar Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Hrishikesh Kanitkar Amay Khurasiya | Wasim Akram (c) Inzamam-ul-Haq Moin Khan (wk) Azhar Mahmood Shoaib Akhtar Saeed Anwar Shahid Afridi Wajahatullah Wasti Ijaz Ahmed Arshad Khan Saqlain Mushtaq Yousuf Youhana Saleem Malik |

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts |
| India | 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | −0.392 | 6 |
| Pakistan | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.678 | 4 |
| England | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.285 | 2 |

## Group stage
### 1st ODI

* 7 April (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 323/5 (50 overs) | v | England 233 (45.5 overs) |
| Ijaz Ahmed 137 (130) Darren Gough 3/55 (10 overs) | | Graeme Hick 65 (90) Saqlain Mushtaq 3/23 (7.5 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 90 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: K. T. Francis (SL) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 2nd ODI

* 8 April (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 279/8 (50 overs) | v | India 163/6 (50 overs) |
| Inzamam-ul-Haq 107 (115) Venkatesh Prasad 3/69 (10 overs) | | Sunil Joshi 38* (48) Azhar Mahmood 2/20 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 116 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Ian Robinson (Zim) Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

### 3rd ODI

* 9 April (D/N) Scorecard
| India 222/5 (50 overs) | v | England 202 (47.5 overs) |
| Mohammad Azharuddin 74* (85) Andrew Flintoff 2/24 (5 overs) | | Neil Fairbrother 57 (77) Ajay Jadeja 3/3 (1 over) |
* India won by 20 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and K. T. Francis (SL) Player of the match: Ajay Jadeja (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 11 April (D/N) Scorecard
| India 239/6 (50 overs) | v | England 230 (48.5 overs) |
| Ajay Jadeja 74* (67) Darren Gough 2/49 (10 overs) | | Nick Knight 84 (93) Venkatesh Prasad 3/35 (10 overs) |
* India won by 9 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and K. T. Francis (SL) Player of the match: Venkatesh Prasad (Ind)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.

### 5th ODI

* 12 April (D/N) Scorecard
| England 206 (49.1 overs) | v | Pakistan 144 (40.2 overs) |
| Graham Thorpe 62 (80) Shoaib Akhtar 4/37 (10 overs) | | Saleem Malik 47* (77) Mark Ealham 4/30 (10 overs) |
* England won by 62 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ian Robinson (Zim) and K. T. Francis (SL) Player of the match: Mark Ealham (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.

### 6th ODI

* 13 April (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 205/9 (50 overs) | v | India 206/4 (48.1 overs) |
| Moin Khan 54 (61) Ajay Jadeja 2/19 (3 overs) | | Sadagoppan Ramesh 82 (131) Shoaib Akhtar 2/43 (10 overs) |
* India won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Ian Robinson (Zim) and Darrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Sadagoppan Ramesh (Ind)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

## Final

* 16 April (D/N) Scorecard
| India 125 (45 overs) | v | Pakistan 129/2 (28 overs) |
| Sourav Ganguly 50 (96) Wasim Akram 3/11 (8 overs) | | Inzamam-ul-Haq 39* (38) Anil Kumble 2/28 (9 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and K. T. Francis (SL) Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pak)
* India won the toss and elected to bat.
* Pakistan won the 1998/1999 Coca-Cola Cup