LG Cup in Kenya in 1999–2000

The LG Cup 1999–2000 was a four team cricket ODI tournament held in Kenya. After the round robin stage, the final took place between South Africa and India. Despite only making his international debut in India's opening game of the tournament, Vijay Bharadwaj won the man of the series award. The tournament was dominated by the bowlers, with the best bowling figures being Sunil Joshi's 5 wickets for 6 runs off his full 10 overs, one of the most economical figures of all time.[1] With the bat, no player passed 50 twice in the series and only Ganguly and Lance Klusener made hundreds.

LG Cup in Kenya
Dates25 September – 3 October 1999
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round robin and final
Host(s) Kenya
Champions South Africa
ParticipantsIndia
Kenya
South Africa
Zimbabwe
Matches7
Player of the seriesIndia Vijay Bhardwaj
Most runsIndia Sourav Ganguly (208)
Most wicketsIndia Vijay Bhardwaj (10)
India Nikhil Chopra (10)

Squads

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  India[2]   Kenya[3]   South Africa[4]   Zimbabwe[5]

Points table

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Place Team Played Won Lost Points NetRR
1   India 3 3 0 6 +2.037
2   South Africa 3 2 1 4 -0.233
3   Zimbabwe 3 1 2 2 -1.209
4   Kenya 3 0 3 0 -0.572

Matches

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Group stage

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25 September 1999
Scorecard
Kenya  
199/8 (50 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
200/7 (49.2 overs)
Ravindu Shah 71 (100)
Guy Whittall 3/29 (10 overs)
Murray Goodwin 76* (105)
Steve Tikolo 3/22 (9 overs)
Zimbabwe won by 3 wickets
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: Eddie Nicholls (Win) and Athar Zaidi (Pak)
Player of the match: Murray Goodwin (Zim)

26 September 1999
Scorecard
South Africa  
117 (48 overs)
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  India
120/2 (22.4 overs)
Jacques Kallis 38 (110)
Sunil Joshi 5/6 (10 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 38 (51)
Derek Crookes 2/47 (8.4 overs)
India won by 8 wickets
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Eddie Nicholls (Win)
Player of the match: Sunil Joshi (Ind)

28 September 1999
Scorecard
Zimbabwe  
216 (47.4 overs)
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  South Africa
217/1 (35 overs)
Grant Flower 91 (120)
Alan Dawson 3/36 (9 overs)
Lance Klusener 101* (105)
Guy Whittall 1/46 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 9 wickets
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Athar Zaidi (Pak)
Player of the match: Lance Klusener (RSA)
  • Grant Flower's 91 was the highest individual score by a Zimbabwe player against South Africa.[6]
  • South Africa 2, Zimbabwe 0.

29 September 1999
Scorecard
India  
220/7 (50 overs)
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  Kenya
162 (50 overs)
Sadagoppan Ramesh 50 (117)
Maurice Odumbe 3/51 (8 overs)
Thomas Odoyo 33 (60)
Venkatesh Prasad 3/26 (9 overs)
India won by 58 runs
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: Eddie Nicholls (Win) and Athar Zaidi (Pak)
Player of the match: Vijay Bharadwaj (Ind)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
  • India 2, Kenya 0.

30 September 1999
Scorecard
South Africa  
220/7 (50 overs)
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  Kenya
196 (48.1 overs)
Jonty Rhodes 45 (46)
Tony Suji 2/24 (7 overs)
Steve Tikolo 67 (87)
Shaun Pollock 3/10 (8.1 overs)
South Africa won by 24 runs
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Eddie Nicholls (Win)
Player of the match: Steve Tikolo (Ken)
  • Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
  • Peter Ongondo (Ken) made his ODI debut.
  • South Africa 2, Kenya 0.

1 October 1999
Scorecard
India  
277/6 (50 overs)
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  Zimbabwe
170 (38.3 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 139 (147)
Guy Whittall 3/55 (10 overs)
Neil Johnson 52 (67)
Nikhil Chopra 4/33 (8.3 overs)
India won by 107 runs
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Eddie Nicholls (Win)
Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind)
  • Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
  • Robin Singh played his 100th ODI.[7]
  • India 2, Zimbabwe 0.

Final

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3 October 1999
Scorecard
South Africa  
235/9 (50 overs)
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  India
209 (47.3 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs 84 (124)
Vijay Bharadwaj 3/34 (8 overs)
MSK Prasad 63 (90)
Derek Crookes 3/47 (9 overs)
South Africa won by 26 runs
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and Eddie Nicholls (Win)
Player of the match: Herschelle Gibbs (RSA)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • South Africa won the LG Cup.

The final took place between South Africa and India on 3 October. India won the toss and sent South Africa into bat. They made 235 from their 50 overs with an innings of 84 from Herschelle Gibbs being the highest. Vijay Bharadwaj took three wickets but perhaps the best spell came from Venkatesh Prasad who bowled 5 maidens in his 10 overs. His namesake, MSK Prasad contributed 63 runs in their chase but it wasn't enough as Jacques Kallis took the final wicket to give the South Africans a 26 run victory.[8]

References

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  1. ^ "Cricinfo - ODI Career Best Innings Bowling Economy Rates". www.cricinfo.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
  2. ^ "LG Cup in Kenya - India Squad, Sep-Oct 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  3. ^ "LG Cup in Kenya - Kenya Squad, Sep-Oct 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  4. ^ "LG Cup in Kenya - South African Squad, Sep-Oct 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  5. ^ "LG Cup in Kenya - Zimbabwe Squad, Sep-Oct 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  6. ^ Lane, Keith (28 September 1999). "South Africa get back to winning ways". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
  7. ^ Lane, Keith (1 October 1999). "India wins by 107 runs". ESPNcricinfo.
  8. ^ Ramchand, Partab (4 October 1999). "South Africa defeat India in LG Cup final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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