Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup 2003

Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and Final
Host(s)	United Arab Emirates
Champions	Pakistan
Participants	Pakistan Kenya Sri Lanka Zimbabwe
Matches played	April 3 – April 10, 2003
Man of the Series	Kumar Sangakkara
Most runs	Kumar Sangakkara (228)
Most wickets	Mohammad Sami (9)
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The Cherry Blossom Sharjah Cup was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Sharjah during April 2003. The games took place at Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium. After scoring two centuries, Kumar Sangakkara was named the man of the series.

It was Sanath Jayasuriya's last tournament as Sri Lankan captain

Squads

Pakistan	Kenya	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
Rashid Latif (c) (wk) Yousuf Youhana Abdul Razzaq Danish Kaneria Faisal Iqbal Misbah-ul-Haq Mohammad Hafeez Mohammad Sami Mohammad Zahid Naved Latif Naved-ul-Hasan Shoaib Malik Taufeeq Umar Umar Gul Younis Khan	Steve Tikolo (c) Joseph Angara Jimmy Kamande Alfred Luseno Hitesh Modi Collins Obuya David Obuya Thomas Odoyo Maurice Odumbe Peter Ongondo Kennedy Otieno(wk) Maurice Ouma Brijal Patel Martin Suji Tony Suji	Sanath Jayasuriya (c) Marvan Atapattu Charitha Buddhika Kumar Dharmasena Dilhara Fernando Avishka Gunawardene Prasanna Jayawardene(wk) Kaushal Lokuarachchi Jehan Mubarak Muttiah Muralitharan Prabath Nissanka Kumar Sangakkara (wk) Hashan Tillakaratne Chaminda Vaas Michael Vandort	Heath Streak (c) Andy Blignaut Dion Ebrahim Sean Ervine Andrew Flower(wk) Grant Flower Travis Friend Douglas Hondo Douglas Marillier Stuart Matsikenyeri Mluleki Nkala Raymond Price Gavin Rennie Tatenda Taibu Craig Wishart

Preliminary matches

• 1st ODI April 3 - Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
  Pakistan 7/278 (50) beat Zimbabwe 210 (44.1) by 68 runs
  Man of the Match was Abdul Razzaq
• 2nd ODI April 4 - Pakistan vs Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka 6/223 (50) lost to Pakistan 3/225 (47.2) by 7 wickets
  Man of the Match was Kumar Sangakkara
• 3rd ODI April 5 - Kenya vs Zimbabwe
  Kenya 6/225 (50) lost to Zimbabwe 5/230 (49) by 5 wickets
  Man of the Match was Douglas Marillier
• 4th ODI April 6 - Kenya vs Sri Lanka
  Sri Lanka 5/256 (50) beat Kenya 127 (37.5) by 129 runs
  Man of the Match was Kumar Sangakkara
• 5th ODI April 7 - Sri Lanka vs Zimbabwe
  Sri Lanka 193 (49.1) lost to Zimbabwe 6/194 (48.4) by 4 wickets
  Man of the Match was Grant Flower
• 6th ODI April 8 - Pakistan vs Kenya
  Pakistan 8/286 (50) beat Kenya 143 (31.4) by 143 runs
  Man of the Match was Shoaib Malik

Final

• April 10 - Pakistan vs Zimbabwe
  Zimbabwe 168 (49.1) lost to Pakistan 2/172 (35.2) by 8 wickets
  Man of the Match was Taufeeq Umar

External links

• Tournament home at Cricinfo