# 2000–01 ARY Gold Cup

The 2000–01 ARY Gold Cup was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 8 to 20 April 2001. It featured the national cricket teams of New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Pakistan in the final.

## Points table

| Team | Pld | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Pts |
| Pakistan | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +1.166 | 8 |
| Sri Lanka | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.085 | 2 |
| New Zealand | 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | −0.989 | 2 |

### 1st ODI

* 8 April (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 255/9 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 239 (48.3 overs) |
| Saeed Anwar 90 (117) Akalanka Ganegama 2/27 (4 overs) | | Romesh Kaluwitharana 63 (73) Waqar Younis 4/49 (8 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 16 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Dave Orchard (Aus) and Doug Cowie (NZ) Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Humayun Farhat, Mohammad Sami (both Pak) and Akalanka Ganegama (SL) made their ODI debuts.

### 2nd ODI

* 10 April (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 269/9 (50 overs) | v | New Zealand 163 (42.1 overs) |
| Mahela Jayawardene 116 (129) Jacob Oram 3/40 (9 overs) | | Mathew Sinclair 60 (89) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/12 (7.1) overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 106 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: John Hampshire (Eng) and Dave Orchard (Aus) Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
* Andre Adams (NZ) made his ODI debut.

### 3rd ODI

* 12 April (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 266/7 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 270/2 (42.1 overs) |
| Mathew Sinclair 117 (144) Abdul Razzaq 2/31 (7 overs) | | Shahid Afridi 70 (43) Andre Adams 1/38 (8 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and John Hampshire (Eng) Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pak)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.

### 4th ODI

* 13 April (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 278/9 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 250/8 (50 overs) |
| Saeed Anwar 88 (99) Dilhara Fernando 3/50 (9 overs) | | Chaminda Vaas 50* (59) Shahid Afridi 3/44 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 28 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Dave Orchard (Aus) and Doug Cowie (NZ) Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kashif Raza (Pak) made his ODI debut.

### 5th ODI

* 15 April (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 127 (31.3 overs) | v | Pakistan 131/3 (25.2 overs) |
| Chris Nevin 50 (40) Saqlain Mushtaq 4/17 (7.3 overs) | | Inzamam-ul-Haq 85* (67) Jacob Oram 1/23 (5 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 7 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: John Hampshire (Eng) and Dave Orchard (Aus) Player of the match: Saqlain Mushtaq (Pak)
* New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
* Kyle Mills (NZ) made his ODI debut.

### 6th ODI

* 17 April (D/N) Scorecard
| New Zealand 248/6 (50 overs) | v | Sri Lanka 169/8 (50 overs) |
| Mathew Sinclair 118* (137) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/47 (10 overs) | | Mahela Jayawardene 41 (55) Kyle Mills 3/30 (10 overs) |
* New Zealand won by 79 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Doug Cowie (NZ) and John Hampshire (Eng) Player of the match: Mathew Sinclair and Kyle Mills (both NZ)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

## Final

* 20 April (D/N) Scorecard
| Sri Lanka 297/7 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 220 (41.4 overs) |
| Marvan Atapattu 89 (119) Saqlain Mushtaq 3/54 (9 overs) | | Saeed Anwar 62 (64) Chaminda Vaas 3/36 (6 overs) |
* Sri Lanka won by 77 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Dave Orchard (Aus) and Doug Cowie (NZ) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL)
* Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.