2002 Morocco Cup

The 2002 Morocco Cup was a three-team cricket tournament which took place in Tangier, Morocco in August of 2002. The teams competing were Sri Lanka, Pakistan and South Africa. Each side met each other twice in a round robin format. The Morocco Cup was won by Sri Lanka after a 27 run win over South Africa in the final.

Group Stage

1st match, Pakistan v South Africa, 12 August 2002

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = South Africa
score first innings = 283/9
overs first innings = 50
batting first highest scorer = Herschelle Gibbs
batting first highest scorer initial form = H. Gibbs
batting first highest score = 114
batting first highest score balls faced = 130
bowling first best bowler = Waqar Younis
bowling first best bowler initial form = W. Younis
bowling first best figures = 5/38 [10]
batting second

batting second = Pakistan
score second innings = 229
overs second innings = 43.2
batting second highest scorer = Imran Nazir
batting second highest scorer initial form = I. Nazir
batting second highest score = 40
batting second highest score balls faced = 29
batting second highest scorer = Younis Khan
batting second highest scorer initial form = Y. Khan
batting second highest score = 40
batting second highest score balls faced = 41
bowling second best bowler = Lance Klusener
bowling second best bowler initial form = L. Klusener
bowling second best figures = 3/45 [8.2]
winning team = South Africa
win margin = 54 runs
stadium = National Cricket Stadium
city = Tangier
country = Morocco
umpire1 = Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
umpire1 initial form = S Venkataraghavan
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = Daryl Harper
umpire2 initial form = D Harper
umpire2 country = Australia
umpire2 country short form = Aus
MOTM = Herschelle Gibbs
MOTM initial form = H Gibbs
MOTM country = South Africa
MOTM ctry short form = Rsa

2nd match, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 14 August 2002

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = Pakistan
score first innings = 279/5
overs first innings = 50
batting first highest scorer = Saeed Anwar
batting first highest scorer initial form = S. Anwar
batting first highest score = 70
batting first highest score balls faced = 77
bowling first best bowler = Muttiah Muralitharan
bowling first best bowler initial form = M. Muralitharan
bowling first best figures = 1/35 [10]
batting second

batting second = Sri Lanka
score second innings = 251/8
overs second innings = 50
batting second highest scorer = Marvan Atapattu
batting second highest scorer initial form = M. Atapattu
batting second highest score = 42
batting second highest score balls faced = 73
bowling second best bowler = Abdul Razzaq
bowling second best bowler initial form = A. Razzaq
bowling second best figures = 3/36 [10]
winning team = Pakistan
win margin = 28 runs
stadium = National Cricket Stadium
city = Tangier
country = Morocco
umpire1 = Daryl Harper
umpire1 initial form = D Harper
umpire1 country = Australia
umpire1 country short form = Aus
umpire2 = Simon Taufel
umpire2 initial form = SJ Taufel
umpire2 country = Australia
umpire2 country short form = Aus
MOTM = Younis Khan
MOTM initial form = Y Khan
MOTM country = Pakistan
MOTM ctry short form = Pak

3rd match, South Africa v Sri Lanka, 15 August 2002

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = Sri Lanka
score first innings = 267/7
overs first innings = 50
batting first highest scorer = Aravinda de Silva
batting first highest scorer initial form = A de Silva
batting first highest score = 73
batting first highest score balls faced = 84
bowling first best bowler = Allan Donald
bowling first best bowler initial form = A. Donald
bowling first best figures = 2/47 [10]
bowling first best bowler = Jacques Kallis
bowling first best bowler initial form = J. Kallis
bowling first best figures = 2/47 [10]
batting second

batting second = South Africa
score second innings = 174
overs second innings = 45
batting second highest scorer = Gary Kirsten
batting second highest scorer initial form = G. Kirsten
batting second highest score = 55
batting second highest score balls faced = 65
bowling second best bowler = Sanath Jayasuriya
bowling second best bowler initial form = S. Jayasuriya
bowling second best figures = 3/24 [5]
winning team = Sri Lanka
win margin = 93 runs
stadium = National Cricket Stadium
city = Tangier
country = Morocco
umpire1 = Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
umpire1 initial form = S Venkataraghavan
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = Simon Taufel
umpire2 initial form = SJ Taufel
umpire2 country = Australia
umpire2 country short form = Aus
MOTM = Aravinda de Silva
MOTM initial form = A de Silva
MOTM country = Sri Lanka
MOTM ctry short form = Srl

4th match, Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 17 August 2002

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = Sri Lanka
score first innings = 242
overs first innings = 49.5
batting first highest scorer = Sanath Jayasuriya
batting first highest scorer initial form = S Jayasuriya
batting first highest score = 97
batting first highest score balls faced = 94
bowling first best bowler = Waqar Younis
bowling first best bowler initial form = W Younis
bowling first best figures = 3/43 [9]
batting second

batting second = Pakistan
score second innings = 203
overs second innings = 43.4
batting second highest scorer = Yousuf Youhana
batting second highest scorer initial form = Y. Youhana
batting second highest score = 80
batting second highest score balls faced = 91
bowling second best bowler = Pulasthi Gunaratne
bowling second best bowler initial form = P. Gunaratne
bowling second best figures = 4/44 [9.4]
winning team = Sri Lanka
win margin = 39 runs
stadium = National Cricket Stadium
city = Tangier
country = Morocco
umpire1 = Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
umpire1 initial form = S Venkataraghavan
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = Daryl Harper
umpire2 initial form = D Harper
umpire2 country = Australia
umpire2 country short form = Aus
MOTM = Sanath Jayasuriya
MOTM initial form = S Jayasuriya
MOTM country = Sri Lanka
MOTM ctry short form = Srl

5th match, Pakistan v South Africa, 18 August 2002

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = South Africa
score first innings = 196/8
overs first innings = 50
batting first highest scorer = Mark Boucher
batting first highest scorer initial form = M Boucher
batting first highest score = 57
batting first highest score balls faced = 99
bowling first best bowler = Wasim Akram
bowling first best bowler initial form = W Akram
bowling first best figures = 3/31 [10]
batting second

batting second = Pakistan
score second innings = 188
overs second innings = 48.3
batting second highest scorer = Shahid Afridi
batting second highest scorer initial form = S Afridi
batting second highest score = 62
batting second highest score balls faced = 40
bowling second best bowler = Allan Donald
bowling second best bowler initial form = A. Donald
bowling second best figures = 4/43 [9.3]
winning team = South Africa
win margin = 8 runs
stadium = National Cricket Stadium
city = Tangier
country = Morocco
umpire1 = Simon Taufel
umpire1 initial form = S Taufel
umpire1 country = Australia
umpire1 country short form = Aus
umpire2 = Daryl Harper
umpire2 initial form = D Harper
umpire2 country = Australia
umpire2 country short form = Aus
MOTM = Allan Donald
MOTM initial form = A Donald
MOTM country = South Africa
MOTM ctry short form = Rsa

6th match, South Africa v Sri Lanka, 19 August 2002

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = South Africa
score first innings = 220/6
overs first innings = 50
batting first highest scorer = Jacques Kallis
batting first highest scorer initial form = J Kallis
batting first highest score = 84
batting first highest score balls faced = 124
bowling first best bowler = Upul Chandana
bowling first best bowler initial form = U Chandana
bowling first best figures = 3/32 [10]
batting second

batting second = Sri Lanka
score second innings = 221/4
overs second innings = 42.1
batting second highest scorer = Aravinda de Silva
batting second highest scorer initial form = A de Silva
batting second highest score = 77
batting second highest score balls faced = 75
bowling second best bowler = Roger Telemachus
bowling second best bowler initial form = R. Telemachus
bowling second best figures = 2/51 [6]
winning team = Sri Lanka
win margin = 6 wickets
stadium = National Cricket Stadium
city = Tangier
country = Morocco
umpire1 = Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan
umpire1 initial form = S Venkataraghavan
umpire1 country = India
umpire1 country short form = Ind
umpire2 = Simon Taufel
umpire2 initial form = S Taufel
umpire2 country = Australia
umpire2 country short form = Aus
MOTM = Aravinda de Silva
MOTM initial form = A de Silva
MOTM country = Sri Lanka
MOTM ctry short form = Srl

Final

South Africa v Sri Lanka, 21 August 2002

Limited overs international
batting first

batting first = Sri Lanka
score first innings = 235/7
overs first innings = 50
batting first highest scorer = Sanath Jayasuriya
batting first highest scorer initial form = S Jayasuriya
batting first highest score = 71
batting first highest score balls faced = 71
bowling first best bowler = Lance Klusener
bowling first best bowler initial form = L Klusener
bowling first best figures = 2/35 [10]
batting second

batting second = South Africa
score second innings = 208
overs second innings = 48.3
batting second highest scorer = Mark Boucher
batting second highest scorer initial form = M Boucher
batting second highest score = 70
batting second highest score balls faced = 65
bowling second best bowler = Chaminda Vaas
bowling second best bowler initial form = C Vaas
bowling second best figures = 2/33 [10]
winning team = Sri Lanka
win margin = 27 runs
stadium = National Cricket Stadium
city = Tangier
country = Morocco
umpire1 = Daryl Harper
umpire1 initial form = D Harper
umpire1 country = Australia
umpire1 country short form = Aus
umpire2 = Simon Taufel
umpire2 initial form = S Taufel
umpire2 country = Australia
umpire2 country short form = Aus
MOTM = Sanath Jayasuriya
MOTM initial form = S Jayasuriya
MOTM country = Sri Lanka
MOTM ctry short form = Srl