# 2001 Khaleej Times Trophy

The 2001 Khaleej Times Trophy was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in the United Arab Emirates in late October 2001. It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. The Pakistanis won the tournament by defeating the Sri Lanka by 5 wickets in the final. All matches were held in Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah.

## Squads

| Pakistan | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe |
| Waqar Younis (c) Shahid Afridi Shoaib Akhtar Saeed Anwar Danish Kaneria Younis Khan Naved Latif Rashid Latif Azhar Mahmood Shoaib Malik Abdul Razzaq Taufeeq Umar Mohammad Yousuf | Sanath Jayasuriya (c) Russell Arnold Marvan Atapattu Charitha Buddhika Kumar Dharmasena Dilhara Fernando Avishka Gunawardene Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana Dulip Liyanage Muttiah Muralitharan Prabath Nissanka Chaminda Vaas | Brian Murphy (c) Gary Brent Stuart Carlisle Dion Ebrahim Sean Ervine Grant Flower Andy Flower Travis Friend Trevor Gripper Douglas Marillier Henry Olonga Mluleki Nkala Heath Streak Craig Wishart |

## Matches
### 1st ODI

* 26 October (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 256/6 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 193 (50 overs) |
| Marvan Atapattu 92 (110) Sean Ervine 2/46 (9 overs) | | Sean Ervine 47 (67) Charitha Buddhika 5/67 (9 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and George Sharp (Eng) Player of the match: Charitha Buddhika (Sri)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Charitha Buddhika (Sri) made his ODI debut.
* This was Zimbabwe's 12th consecutive defeat in ODIs.
* Points: Sri Lanka 5, Zimbabwe 0.

### 2nd ODI

* 27 October (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 176 (46.2 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 177/3 (38.1 overs) |
| Mohammad Yousuf 47 (72) Dilhara Fernando 3/43 (7 overs) | | Avishka Gunawardene 88 (123) Shoaib Akhtar 2/39 (7.1 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Eddie Nicholls (Win) Player of the match: Avishka Gunawardene (Sri)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Taufeeq Umar (Pak) and Prabath Nissanka (Sri) both made their ODI debuts.
* Points: Sri Lanka 5, Pakistan 0.

### 3rd ODI

* 28 October (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 279/6 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 173 (39.1 overs) |
| Shahid Afridi 67 (81) Grant Flower 1/22 (4 overs) | | Andy Flower 43 (71) Shoaib Malik 3/42 (7 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 106 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Eddie Nicholls (Win) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Trevor Gripper (Zim) made his ODI debut.
* Points: Pakistan 5, Zimbabwe 0.

### 4th ODI

* 30 October (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 250 (49.4 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 171/8 (50 overs) |
| Mahela Jayawardene 63 (78) Heath Streak 4/59 (10 overs) | | Douglas Marillier 52 (68) Kumar Dharmasena 3/26 (10 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 79 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Eddie Nicholls (Win) Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (Sri)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Sri Lanka 5, Zimbabwe 0.

### 5th ODI

* 31 October (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 261/9 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 232 (46.2 overs) |
| Younis Khan 59 (81) Sean Ervine 3/29 (7 overs) | | Grant Flower 91 (128) Wasim Akram 3/19 (9 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 29 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Grant Flower (Zim)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Danish Kaneria and Naved Latif (both Pak) made their ODI debuts.
* Points: Pakistan 4, Zimbabwe 0.

### 6th ODI

* 2 November (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 272/9 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 273/3 (49.2 overs) |
| Mahela Jayawardene 84 (83) Shoaib Akhtar 3/45 (10 overs) | | Inzamam-ul-Haq 118* (124) Charitha Buddhika 1/35 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Eddie Nicholls (Win) Player of the match: Naved Latif (Pak)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Sanath Jayasuriya (Sri) passed 9,000 ODI runs, becoming third Sri Lanka to do so.
* Naved Latif (Pak) made his maiden ODI century.
* Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) made his 8th ODI century.
* Points: Pakistan 4, Sri Lanka 0.

### Final

* 4 November (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 173 (44.2 overs) | v | Pakistan 177/5 (43.4 overs) |
| Russell Arnold 84 (83) Waqar Younis 3/31 (8.2 overs) | | Mohammad Yousuf 40 (69) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/22 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Pakistan won the 2001/02 Khaleej Times Trophy