SL winning ARY Gold Cup in Sharjah in 2001
ARY Gold Cup Final (D/N), Sharjah, Apr 20 2001
Toss: Sri Lanka.
Sri Lanka 297/7 (50 overs)
Pakistan 220 (41.4/50 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 77 runs
The victorious SL team with the ARY Gold Cup[/caption]
All of them benefited from dropped catches, while Pakistan were also profligate with wides.
The last ten overs brought 100 runs, and in addition saw Saqlain Mushtaq claim three wickets to reach 250 in only 138 one-day internationals, fewer than anyone else had needed.
Pakistan's reply suffered two early blows, Nuwan Zoysa dismissing both openers in his first over.
Humayun Farhat and Saeed Anwar fought back, adding 69 in eight overs, and Pakistan were well ahead of the asking-rate after 15 overs, with 108.
By then, however, they had only four wickets left. Tail-enders Shoaib Malik and Waqar Younis saw them past 200, but once Muttiah Muralitharan removed them, the innings subsided with eight overs to spare.
Man of the Match: Marvan Atapattu