1998 'Friendship' Cup

1998 Friendship Cup

Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Host(s)	Canada
Champions	Pakistan
Participants	2
Matches played	5
Player of the series	Inzamam-ul-Haq
Most runs	Inzamam-ul-Haq (214)
Most wickets	Javagal Srinath (10)

The 1998 'Friendship Cup' , also known as the 1998 Sahara 'Friendship Cup' for sponsorship reasons, was a One Day International cricket series which took place between 12-20 September 1998. The tournament was held in Canada, which was seen as perfect neutral territory for India and Pakistan to play each other. The tournament was won by Pakistan, who won the series 4-1.

Teams

• India
• Pakistan

Squads

India	Pakistan
Mohammad Azharuddin (C) Ajit Agarkar Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Ajay Jadeja Sunil Joshi Hrishikesh Kanitkar Nayan Mongia (Wk) Jatin Paranjpe Venkatesh Prasad Sanjay Raul Navjot Sidhu Javagal Srinath Sachin Tendulkar	Aamer Sohail (C) Aaqib Javed Abdul Razzaq Azhar Mahmood Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Mohammad Zahid Moin Khan (Wk) Saeed Anwar Saleem Malik Saqlain Mushtaq Shahid Afridi

Fixtures

ODI series

1st ODI

12 September (Scorecard)

Pakistan 189/9 (50 overs)	v	India 193/4 (43.4 overs)
Saleem Malik 41 (74) Sourav Ganguly 3/33 (10 overs)		Sourav Ganguly 54 (72) Mohammad Zahid 1/38 (10 overs)

India won by 6 wickets Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Umpires: Steve Dunne & Ian Robinson Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (India)

2nd ODI

13 September (Scorecard)

Pakistan 246/9 (50 overs)	v	India 195 all out (46.3 overs)
Moin Khan 69 (83) Hrishikesh Kanitkar 2/22 (6 overs)		Nayan Mongia 41 (58) Saleem Malik 4/36 (6.3 overs)

Pakistan won by 51 runs Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Umpires: Peter Manuel & Ian Robinson Player of the match: Moin Khan (Pakistan)

3rd ODI

16 September (Scorecard)

Pakistan 257/5 (50 overs)	v	India 180 all out (46.2 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 81 (112) Ajit Agarkar 2/59 (10 overs)		Javagal Srinath 43 (40) Mohammad Zahid 2/20 (6.2 overs)

Pakistan won by 77 runs Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Umpires: Steve Dunne & Peter Manuel Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)

4th ODI

19 September (Scorecard)

Pakistan 316/6 (50 overs)	v	India 182 all out (46.3 overs)
Shahid Afridi 109 (94) Sunil Joshi 2/36 (10 overs)		Navjot Sidhu 62 (78) Saqlain Mushtaq 3/20 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 134 runs Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Umpires: Steve Dunne & Ian Robinson Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (Pakistan)

5th ODI

20 September (Scorecard)

India 256/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 258/5 (48.2 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 101 (111) Saqlain Mushtaq 4/67 (10 overs)		Aamer Sohail 97* (125) Javagal Srinath 3/50 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 5 wickets Toronto Cricket, Skating and Curling Club, Toronto Umpires: Steve Dunne & Peter Manuel Player of the match: Aamer Sohail (Pakistan)

Statistics

Most runs		Most wickets
Inzamam-ul-Haq	214	Javagal Srinath	10
Saeed Anwar	207	Saqlain Mushtaq	8
Aamer Sohail	201	Ajit Agarkar	8
Mohammad Azharuddin	195	Saleem Malik	6
Shahid Afridi	183	Aamer Sohail	5

External links

• 1998 'Friendship Cup' at CricketArchive

• Averages by Team