2001 Zimbabwe Coca-Cola Cup

The 2001 Zimbabwe Coca-Cola Cup was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in Zimbabwe in late June 2001.[1] It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Zimbabwe, India and West Indies.[2] West Indies won the tournament by defeating India by 16 runs in the final.[3]

Zimbabwe Coca-Cola Cup 2001
Part of Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2001
West Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2001
Date23 June – 8 July 2001
LocationZimbabwe
Result West Indies won the Coca-Cola Cup
Player of the seriesSachin Tendulkar (Ind)
Teams
 Zimbabwe  India  West Indies
Captains
Grant Flower 1st
Guy Whittall 3rd ODI
Heath Streak 2nd, 4th ODI
Sourav Ganguly Carl Hooper
Most runs
Grant Flower (172) Sachin Tendulkar (282) Darren Ganga (228)
Most wickets
Grant Flower (6) Zaheer Khan (9) Mervyn Dillon (8)

Squads edit

  Zimbabwe[4]   India[5]   West Indies[6]

Andy Flower was ruled out of the tournament with a dislocated thumb bone and was replaced with Tatenda Taibu for Zimbabwe.[7] India's Ashish Nehra, who was to return to India following the Test series, was retained for the series.[8]

Fixtures edit

1st ODI edit

23 June 2001
Scorecard
West Indies  
266/5 (50 overs)
v
  Zimbabwe
239/9 (50 overs)
Daren Ganga 66 (98)
Brian Murphy 2/43 (9 overs)
Alistair Campbell 68 (108)
Marlon Samuels 3/28 (5 overs)
West Indies won by 27 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Kevan Barbour (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Cameron Cuffy (Win)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Tatenda Taibu (Zim) made his ODI debut.
  • Points: West Indies 2, Zimbabwe 0.

2nd ODI edit

24 June 2001
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
133 (41.5 overs)
v
  India
137/1 (26.2 overs)
Dion Ebrahim 32 (53)
Ajit Agarkar 3/26 (9.5 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 70* (70)
Heath Streak 1/28 (6 overs)
India won by 9 wickets (with 142 balls remaining)
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Graeme Evans (Zim) and Ian Robinson (Zim)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Ashish Nehra (Ind) made his ODI debut.
  • Points: India 2, Zimbabwe 0.

3rd ODI edit

27 June 2001
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
234/6 (50 overs)
v
  India
237/6 (49.2 overs)
Guy Whittall 58* (55)
Zaheer Khan 4/42 (10 overs)
Saurav Ganguly 85 (125)
Grant Flower 4/44 (8 overs)
India won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Ahmed Esat (Zim) and Jeff Fenwick (Zim)
Player of the match: Rahul Dravid (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India 2, Zimbabwe 0.

4th ODI edit

30 June 2001
Scorecard
West Indies  
169/7 (50 overs)
v
  India
170/4 (43.5 overs)
Ridley Jacobs 53* (76)
Debashish Mohanty 3/18 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 81* (110)
Wavell Hinds 1/12 (4 overs)
India won by 6 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Charles Coventry (Zim) and Quintin Goosen (Zim)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India 2, West Indies 0.

5th ODI edit

1 July 2001
Scorecard
  Zimbabwe
255/5 (50 overs)
v
West Indies  
258/5 (49.5 overs)
Grant Flower 94 (107)
Cameron Cuffy 2/30 (10 overs)
Chris Gayle 76 (95)
Grant Flower 2/46 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 5 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)
Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo
Umpires: Jeff Fenwick (Zim) and Quintin Goosen (Zim)
Player of the match: Grant Flower (Zim)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: West Indies 2, Zimbabwe 0.

6th ODI edit

4 July 2001
Scorecard
West Indies  
229/5 (50 overs)
v
  India
230/4 (48.1 overs)
Wavell Hinds 66 (90)
Harvinder Singh 2/65 (10 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 122* (131)
Carl Hooper 2/39 (10 overs)
India won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Graeme Evans (Zim) and Kevan Barbour (Zim)
Player of the match: Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India 2, West Indies 0.

Final edit

7 July 2001
Scorecard
West Indies  
290/6 (50 overs)
v
  India
274/8 (50 overs)
Darren Ganga 71 (62)
Reetinder Sodhi 2/31 (7 overs)
Sameer Dighe 94* (96)
Corey Collymore 4/49 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 16 runs
Harare Sports Club, Harare
Umpires: Ian Robinson (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)
Player of the match: Corey Collymore (WI)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Wavell Hinds (WI) passed 1,000 runs in ODIs.[9]
  • West Indies won the Coca-Cola Cup.

References edit

  1. ^ "TV, radio coverage of major tour matches". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. ^ "Zimbabwe favourites against beleaguered Windies, scattered India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  3. ^ "West Indies upset India in Coca-Cola Cup final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  4. ^ "Nkala in Zimbabwe team for first ODI". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  5. ^ "Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, Harvinder Singh, Sodhi in Indian squad for triangular". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  6. ^ "West Indies name squads for African tour". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
  7. ^ "Andy Flower ruled out of tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 4 May 2016.
  8. ^ "Ashish Nehra retained for tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. 19 June 2001. Retrieved 12 August 2017.
  9. ^ "7th Match (Final), India v West Indies, Coca Cola Cup, Statistical Highlights". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 12 August 2017.

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