2001 Standard Bank Triangular Tournament

The 2001 Standard Bank Triangular Tournament was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in South Africa in October 2001. It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the South Africa, India and Kenya. The hosts South Africa won the tournament by defeating the India by six wickets in the final. Kenya caused an upset in the sixth match of the series, defeating India by 70 runs. That was Kenya's only win in the tournament though.

Standard Bank Triangular Tournament 2001-02
Date	5–26 October 2001
Location	South Africa
Result	South Africa won
Player of the series	Gary Kirsten (SA)
Teams South Africa India Kenya Captains Shaun Pollock Saurav Ganguly Maurice Odumbe Steve Tikolo (4th, 5th ODIs) Most runs Gary Kirsten (372) Saurav Ganguly (380) Thomas Odoyo (179) Most wickets Shaun Pollock (14) Harbhajan Singh (9) Thomas Odoyo (9)

Squads

South Africa	India	Kenya
Shaun Pollock (c) Mark Boucher Herschelle Gibbs Nantie Hayward Claude Henderson Jacques Kallis Justin Kemp Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Charl Langeveldt Neil McKenzie Andre Nel Makhaya Ntini Jonty Rhodes	Sourav Ganguly (c) Ajit Agarkar Shiv Sundar Das Deep Dasgupta Rahul Dravid Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Jacob Martin Venkatesh Prasad Virender Sehwag Harbhajan Singh Harvinder Singh Yuvraj Singh Reetinder Sodhi Javagal Srinath Sachin Tendulkar	Maurice Odumbe (c) Joseph Angara Sandeep Gupta Jimmy Kamande Collins Obuya David Obuya Thomas Odoyo Henry Olonga Peter Ongondo Kennedy Otieno Brijal Patel Steve Tikolo Ravi Shah Martin Suji Tony Suji

Matches

1st match

5 October (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa 280/4 (48.2 overs)	v	India 279/5 (50 overs)
Gary Kirsten 133* (155) Javagal Srinath 2/59 (10 overs)		Saurav Ganguly 127 (126) Justin Kemp 1/40 (6 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Gary Kirsten (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field
• Shiv Sundar Das and Deep Dasgupta (both India) made their ODI debuts
• Points: South Africa 4, India 0

2nd match

7 October Scorecard

Kenya 159 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 160/3 (33.4 overs)
Steve Tikolo 68* (83) Shaun Pollock 2/19 (10 overs)		Jacques Kallis 54* (80) Thomas Odoyo 2/24 (7 overs)

South Africa won by 7 wickets Willowmoore Park, Benoni Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Barry Lambson (SA) Player of the match: Shaun Pollock (SA)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat
• Points: South Africa 5, Kenya 0

3rd match

10 October (D/N) Scorecard

India 233 (48.5 overs)	v	South Africa 192 (46.2 overs)
Rahul Dravid 54 (79) Shaun Pollock 5/37 (9.5 overs)		Lance Klusener 44 (70) Harbhajan Singh 3/27 (10 overs)

India won by 41 runs SuperSport Park, Centurion Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Brian Jerling (SA) Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat
• Points: India 4, South Africa 0

4th match

12 October (D/N) Scorecard

Kenya 90 (37.1 overs)	v	India 91/0 (11.3 overs)
Tony Suji 18* (47) Ajit Agarkar 4/27 (10 overs)		Virender Sehwag 55* (43)

India won by 10 wickets Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and Shaid Wadvalla (SA) Player of the match: Ajit Agarkar (Ind)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat
• Points: India 5, Kenya 0

5th match

14 October Scorecard

Kenya 229/7 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 230/1 (41.1 overs)
Maurice Odumbe 60 (94) Shaun Pollock 3/41 (10 overs)		Lance Klusener 75* (74) Brijal Patel 1/15 (3.1 overs)

South Africa won by 9 wickets De Beers Diamond Oval, Kimberley Umpires: Wilf Diedricks (SA) and Dave Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs (SA)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat
• Charl Langeveldt (SA) made his ODI debut
• Points: South Africa 4, Kenya 0

6th match

16 October (D/N) Scorecard

Kenya 246/6 (50 overs)	v	India 176 (46.4 overs)
Kennedy Otieno 64 (95) Harbhajan Singh 2/38 (10 overs)		Harbhajan Singh 37 (32) Joseph Angara 3/30 (10 overs)

Kenya won by 70 runs Crusaders Ground, Port Elizabeth Umpires: Brian Jerling (SA) and Dave Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Joseph Angara (Ken)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to bat
• Points: Kenya 5, India 0

7th match

19 October (D/N) Scorecard

South Africa 282/4 (50 overs)	v	India 236 (44.4 overs)
Boeta Dippenaar 81 (111) Javagal Srinath 2/55 (10 overs)		Saurav Ganguly 85 (95) Andre Nel 3/45 (7.4 overs)

South Africa won by 46 runs Buffalo Park, East London Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Harbhajan Singh (Ind)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
• Points: South Africa 4, India 0

8th match

22 October Scorecard

South Africa 354/3 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 146 (45.3 overs)
Neil McKenzie 131* (121) Brijal Patel 1/50 (7 overs)		Thomas Odoyo 44 (56) Charl Langeveldt 4/21 (9.3 overs)

South Africa won by 208 runs Newlands Cricket Ground, Cape Town Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Rudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match: Neil McKenzie (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat
• Points: South Africa 5, Kenya 0

9th match

24 October (D/N) Scorecard

India 351/3 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 165/5 (50 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 146 (132) Thomas Odoyo 3/67 (10 overs)		Kennedy Otieno 40 (97) Yuvraj Singh 2/35 (10 overs)

India won by 186 runs Boland Bank Park, Paarl Umpires: Danzel Becker (SA) and Ian Howell (SA) Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

• India won the toss and elected to bat
• Points: India 5, Kenya 0

Final

26 October (D/N) Scorecard

India 183 (48.2 overs)	v	South Africa 187/4 (42.1 overs)
Rahul Dravid 77 (102) Justin Kemp 3/20 (6.2 overs)		Gary Kirsten 87 (108) Sachin Tendulkar 2/27 (10 overs)

South Africa won by 6 wickets Kingsmead Cricket Ground, Durban Umpires: Ian Howell (SA) and Dave Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Shaun Pollock (SA)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to field
• South Africa won the tournament

External links

• Series home at ESPNcricinfo