2001 Sri Lanka Coca-Cola Cup

The 2001 Sri Lanka Coca-Cola Cup was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka in late June 2001.[1] It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Sri Lanka, India and New Zealand. Sri Lanka won the tournament by defeating India by 121 runs in the final.[2]

Sri Lanka Coca-Cola Cup 2001
Part of Indian cricket team in Sri Lanka in 2001
Date18 July – 5 August 2001
LocationSri Lanka
Result Sri Lanka won the 2001 Sri Lanka Coca-Cola Cup
Player of the seriesSanath Jayasuriya (Sri)
Teams
 Sri Lanka  India  New Zealand
Captains
Sanath Jayasuriya Saurav Ganguly Stephen Fleming
Craig McMillan 4th, 6th ODIs
Most runs
Sanath Jayasuriya (305) Rahul Dravid (259) Nathan Astle (290)
Most wickets
Dilhara Fernando (11) Harbhajan Singh (11) Chris Harris (9)

Squads
 Sri Lanka[3]  India[4]  New Zealand[5]

Fixtures

1st ODI
18 July 2001 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
220 (48.5 overs)
v
 New Zealand
204/9 (50 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 88 (108)
Chris Harris 2/42 (10 overs)
Daniel Vettori 2/42 (10 overs)
Adam Parore 51* (83)
Dilhara Fernando 2/28 (6 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 16 runs
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara (SL) and Nandasena Pathirana (SL)
Player of the match: Sanath Jayasuriya (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.

2nd ODI
20 July 2001 (D/N)
Scorecard
New Zealand 
211/8 (50 overs)
v
 India
127 (41.1 overs)
Nathan Astle 117 (150)
Harbhajan Singh 2/25 (10 overs)
VVS Laxman 60 (103)
Dion Nash 3/13 (6 overs)
New Zealand won by 84 runs
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Gamini Silva (SL) and Nandasena Pathirana (Zim)
Player of the match: Nathan Astle (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: New Zealand 2, India 0.

3rd ODI
22 July 2001 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
221/9 (50 overs)
v
 India
215/7 (50 overs)
Avishka Gunawardene 63 (107)
Harbhajan Singh 3/29 (10 overs)
Saurav Ganguly 69 (105)
Suresh Perera 2/26 (6 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 6 runs
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)
Player of the match: Suresh Perera (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 2, India 0.

4th ODI
25 July 2001 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
240/5 (48.3 overs)
v
 New Zealand
236/8 (50 overs)
Russel Arnold 91* (116)
Kyle Mills 2/32 (8 overs)
Nathan Astle 54 (67)
Kumar Dharmasena 3/52 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 5 wickets
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara (SL) and Asoka de Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Russel Arnold (SL)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.

5th ODI
26 July 2001
Scorecard
India 
133 (39.4 overs)
v
 New Zealand
200 (46.4 overs)
Virender Sehwag 33 (54)
Chris Harris 2/9 (7 overs)
Dion Nash 42 (58)
Saurav Ganguly 3/32 (9 overs)
New Zealand won by 67 runs
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and Gamini Silva (Zim)
Player of the match: Dion Nash (NZ)
  • India won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: New Zealand 2, India 0.

6th ODI
28 July 2001 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
183 (46.5 overs)
v
 India
184/3 (45.4 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 57 (72)
Zaheer Khan 2/30 (8 overs)
VVS Laxman 87* (127)
Chaminda Vaas 2/47 (10 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Peter Manuel (SL)
Player of the match: VVS Laxman (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: India 2, Sri Lanka 0.

7th ODI
31 July 2001 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
221/6 (36 overs)
v
 New Zealand
115/9 (36 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 58 (46)
Craig McMillan 2/17 (2 overs)
Dion Nash 23 (43)
Chaminda Vaas 3/20 (7 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 106 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Nandasena Pathirana (SL) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)
Player of the match: Chaminda Vaas (SL)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: Sri Lanka 2, New Zealand 0.

8th ODI
1 August 2001 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
181 (45.5 overs)
v
 India
227/8 (50 overs)
Mahela Jayawardene 34 (78)
Ashish Nehra 3/35 (8.5 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 98* (127)
Dilhara Fernando 3/47 (9 overs)
India won by 46 runs
Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Gamini Silva (SL)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Points: India 2, Sri Lanka 0.

9th ODI
2 August 2001
Scorecard
New Zealand 
264/7 (50 overs)
v
 India
267/3 (45.4 overs)
Nathan Astle 108 (143)
Ashish Nehra 3/30 (9 overs)
Virender Sehwag 100 (70)
Craig McMillan 2/49 (8.4 overs)
India won by 7 wickets
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara (SL) and Tyron Wijewardene (Zim)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag (Ind)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Points: New Zealand 0, India 2.
  • Virender Sehwag (Ind) scored his first century in ODIs.

Final
5 August 2001 (D/N)
Scorecard
Sri Lanka 
295/5 (50 overs)
v
 India
174 (47.2 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 99 (102)
Harbhajan Singh 2/29 (10 overs)
VVS Laxman 37 (51)
Dilhara Fernando 2/32 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 121 runs
R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo
Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Tyron Wijewardene (SL)
Player of the match: Russel Arnold (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Sri Lanka won the Sri Lanka Coca-Cola Cup .

References
  1. "COCA-COLA CUP (SRI LANKA)". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
  2. "Sri Lanka overwhelm India in Coca-Cola Cup final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
  3. "Lankan squad for tri-series with India, New Zealand". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 May 2016.
  4. "Injured Tendulkar ruled out for Sri Lanka tri-series". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2016.
  5. "Nash and Vettori return to CLEAR Black Caps for One-Day International tri-series against Sri Lanka and India". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 May 2016.
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