# Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup 2003

The Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Sharjah during April 2003. The games took place at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium. Seven matches were played during the tournament, including the final. Final of the tournament was played between Pakistan and Zimbabwe which Pakistan won by eight wickets. After scoring two centuries, Kumar Sangakkara was named the man of the series. It was Sanath Jayasuriya's last tournament as Sri Lankan captain.

## Squads

| Pakistan | Kenya | Sri Lanka | Zimbabwe |
| Rashid Latif (c) (wk) | Steve Tikolo (c) | Sanath Jayasuriya (c) | Heath Streak (c) |
| Mohammad Yousuf | Joseph Angara | Marvan Atapattu | Andy Blignaut |
| Abdul Razzaq | Jimmy Kamande | Charitha Buddhika | Dion Ebrahim |
| Danish Kaneria | Alfred Luseno | Kumar Dharmasena | Sean Ervine |
| Faisal Iqbal | Hitesh Modi | Dilhara Fernando | Andrew Flower(wk) |
| Misbah-ul-Haq | Collins Obuya | Avishka Gunawardene | Grant Flower |
| Mohammad Hafeez | David Obuya | Prasanna Jayawardene(wk) | Travis Friend |
| Mohammad Sami | Thomas Odoyo | Kaushal Lokuarachchi | Douglas Hondo |
| Mohammad Zahid | Maurice Odumbe | Jehan Mubarak | Dougie Marillier |
| Naved Latif | Peter Ongondo | Muttiah Muralitharan | Stuart Matsikenyeri |
| Naved-ul-Hasan | Kennedy Otieno(wk) | Prabath Nissanka | Mluleki Nkala |
| Shoaib Malik | Morris Ouma | Kumar Sangakkara (wk) | Raymond Price |
| Taufeeq Umar | Brijal Patel | Hashan Tillakaratne | Gavin Rennie |
| Umar Gul | Martin Suji | Chaminda Vaas | Tatenda Taibu (wk) |
| Younis Khan | Tony Suji | Michael Vandort | Craig Wishart |

## Points table

Points Table :
| Pos | Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | Pts | NRR | For | Against |
| 1 | Pakistan | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 17 | +1.515 | 789/147.2 | 576/150.0 |
| 2 | Zimbabwe | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 10 | -0.347 | 634/147.4 | 696/150.0 |
| 3 | Sri Lanka | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 8 | +0.740 | 672/150.0 | 546/146.0 |
| 4 | Kenya | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | -1.881 | 495/150.0 | 772/149.0 |

## Round robin matches
### Match 1

* 3 April 2003 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 278/7 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 210 (44.1 overs) |
| Abdul Razzaq 76* (53) Heath Streak 2/31 (10 overs) | | Dougie Marillier 59 (73) Umar Gul 2/25 (7 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 68 runs. Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Umar Gul (Pak) made his ODI debut.

### Match 2

* 4 April 2003 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 223/3 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 225/3 (47.2 overs) |
| Kumar Sangakkara 100* (111) Naved-ul-Hasan 2/55 (10 overs) | | Mohammad Yousuf 64* (64) Dilhara Fernando 1/34 (8 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 7 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE Umpires: Kevan Barbour (Zim) and Billy Doctrove (WIN) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kumar Sangakkara (SL) scored his first century in ODIs.

### Match 3

* 5 April 2003 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Kenya 225/6 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 230/5 (49 overs) |
| David Obuya 57 (89) Douglas Hondo 2/37 (8 overs) | | Dougie Marillier 100 (140) Tony Suji 2/30 (3 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets (with 6 balls remaining) Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Dougie Marillier (Zim)
* Kenya won the toss and elected to bat.

### Match 4

* 6 April 2003 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 256/5 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 127 (37.5 overs) |
| Kumar Sangakkara 103* (108) Collins Obuya 2/38 (10 overs) | | Maurice Odumbe 42 (68) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/16 (6.5 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 129 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE Umpires: Kevan Barbour (Zim) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

### Match 5

* 7 April 2003 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 193 (49.1 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 194/6 (48.4 overs) |
| Hashan Tillakaratne 31 (52) Heath Streak 3/36 (7.1 overs) | | Grant Flower 61* (88) Kaushal Lokuarachchi 3/37 (10 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 4 wickets (with 8 balls remaining) Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Grant Flower (Zim)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

### Match 6

* 8 April 2003 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 286/8 (50 overs) | v | Kenya 143 (31.4 overs) |
| Shoaib Malik 76 (58) Steve Tikolo 3/42 (8 overs) | | Maurice Odumbe 54 (65) Mohammad Sami 4/25 (6.4 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 143 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE Umpires: Kevan Barbour (Zim) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

## Final

* 10 April 2003 14:00 (D/N) Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 168 (49.1 overs) | v | Pakistan 172/2 (35.2 overs) |
| Tatenda Taibu 74* (113) Shoaib Malik 3/29 (9.1 overs) | | Taufeeq Umar 81* (124) Heath Streak 2/35 (8 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 88 balls remaining) Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, UAE Umpires: Billy Doctrove (WIN) and Arani Jayaprakash (Ind) Player of the match: Taufeeq Umar (Pak)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.