12 yrs back, celebrating Golden Jubilee of Indian Independence the cricket board BCCI had organized an Independence Cup.. India staged a quadrangular one-day tournament in the unusually late month of May to celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the country's independence. They evaded the worst of the intense summer heat by starting the games in the afternoon and playing on under floodlights, now erected at most of the major grounds thanks to the profits of the World Cup.
India, New Zealand, Sri Lanka, and Pakistan took part in the tournament.. 6 league matches and 3 finals.. This tournament would be remembered for one knock from the Left-hander Saeed Anwar who scored the highest innings ever made in a one-day international, plundering 194 off the Indian bowling to beat Viv Richards's 13-year-old record. It was his 12th century in this form of the game; Tendulkar had also reached 12 during the tournament, and only Desmond Haynes, with 17, had remained ahead of them..
The tournament was not a happy one for the Indians though who managed to win only one match against New Zealand losing the other 2 to the 2 Asian giants PAK and SRL.. PAK and SRL made it to the finals of the event which Sri Lanka eventually won convincingly without having to play the 3rd finals..
POINTS TABLE
| Teams | Mat | Won | Lost | Tied | N/R | Pts | Net RR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pakistan | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.287 |
| Sri Lanka | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | +0.478 |
| India | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.331 |
| New Zealand | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | -0.452 |
Match1: NZ vs Pak : Mohali: D/N : Pak won the toss and chose to field.. NZ won by 22 runs
NZ scored 285 on the back of a brilliant 100 from Astle, what looked like going to be staggering score was reduced with some fine bowling from Saqlain., 4 wickets from Astle saw PAK lose..
MoM: Nathan Astle
Match2: SRL vs Pak: Gwalior: D/N: Pak won the toss and batted. Pak won by 30 runs
Consistent batting saw Pak lost 289, needing 290 to win SRL was jolted by 3 early wickets.. 2 wickets of the same over by Saleem Malik ended the run chase..
MoM: Aqib Javed (5wickets)
Match3: IND vs NZ: Bangalore : D/N : NZ won the toss and batted : India won by 8 wickets
Astle almost scored his 2nd century, 92.. But NZ lost their way and made a paltry 220.. India launched a 169 run opening partnership with Sachin scoring his 12th century..
MoM: Sachin Tendulkar
Match4: IND vs SRL : Mumbai : India won toss and batted.. India lost by 5 wickets
India lost Ganguly to the first ball of the match and were in dire straits when Tendulkar slashed to deep third-man in the fourth over. Jadeja joined Dravid at 29 for three and revived the innings with a stand of 95, while Robin Singh added a run-a-ball maiden fifty. But Vaas bowled with such economy that he conceded only 13 runs, including just one in the 50th over. A moderate target of 226 soon shrank as Jayasuriya blazed his way to the highest score by a Sri Lankan in one-day internationals - 151 off 121 balls, with 17 fours and four sixes, beating Aravinda de Silva's 145 against Kenya in the 1996 World Cup. Sri Lanka won with nine overs to spare.
MoM : S. T. Jayasuriya.
Match5 : PAK vs SRL : Hyderabad, day/night. Sri Lanka won by 52 runs. Toss: Sri Lanka.
Debutant seamer Shayne O'Connor quickly removed Jayasuriya and Aravinda de Silva. Those blows, plus the persistence of off-spinner Patel, who shared the new ball, and the slow medium-pacers, Larsen and Astle, choked Sri Lanka's usual free-scoring style. While Mahanama tried to anchor the innings, it was left to Kaluwitharana, demoted to No. 7 after a run of poor scores, to ensure that it went past 200. Once again, New Zealand started well - they were 96 for two at the halfway mark - but then, after Fleming swept and missed at De Silva, they subsided against Sri Lanka's slow bowlers, who each picked up two wickets.
Man of the Match: R. S. Kaluwitharana.
Match6: IND vs PAK : Chennai, day night, pak won toss and batted :
Saeed Anwar broke the record for the highest individual innings in a one-day international by scoring 194, from 146 balls, with 22 fours and five sixes, three in succession in one over from Kumble, which went for 226664. He beat the previous record, Viv Richards's unbeaten 189 for West Indies against England at Old Trafford in 1984, by five, and might have reached a double-hundred had he not top-edged a sweep to be caught at fine leg in the 47th over. It was a remarkable exhibition of controlled aggression, even if he was helped by a runner, Shahid Afridi, for most of the innings (he was suffering from heat exhaustion and loss of fluid). India were left a target of 328. They began on a poor note when Inzamam-ul-Haq took an athletic catch to dismiss Tendulkar, but Dravid sustained them with his maiden hundred in limited-overs internationals - also briefly assisted by a runner, Tendulkar, until the fielding side objected. They soon fell behind (scored 292), five wickets for Aqib Javed.
MoM: Saeed Anwar
Finals : PAK and SRL
1st : Mohali : Sri Lanka won by 115 runs.. Jayasuriya 96 off 67 balls, De Silva 90, Ranatunga 80 - SRL- 339 Pakistan had no realistic hopes of making 340 once Sajeewa de Silva sent their top three back to the pavilion before 50 was on the board.
Player of the match ST Jayasuriya
2nd : Kolkata :Sri Lanka won by 85 runs..Sri Lanka passed 300 for the second match running. Pakistan made a poor start, with both openers holing out off unconventional shots as they tried to clear the infield. Ijaz Ahmed and Ramiz Raja added 98 but, once Ijaz fell to a smart stumping, they could not sustain the chase.
Man of the Match: P. A. De Silva.
Man of the Series: S. T. Jayasuriya.
2 comments:
no independence cup after india lost it !!! eh ??haha ...
Good posting!
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