2000 Singapore Challenge

2000 Godrej Singapore Challenge

Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Singapore
Champions	South Africa
Participants	3
Matches	4
Player of the series	Gary Kirsten
Most runs	Gary Kirsten (191)
Most wickets	Abdul Razzaq (7)

The 2000 Singapore Challenge, also known as the 2000 Godrej Singapore Challenge for sponsorship reasons, was a One Day International cricket tournament which took place between 20–27 August 2000. The tournament was held in Singapore. The tournament was won by South Africa who defeated Pakistan by 93 runs by the Duckworth–Lewis method.

Teams

• New Zealand
• Pakistan
• South Africa

Squads

New Zealand	Pakistan	South Africa
Stephen Fleming (C) Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Chris Harris Craig McMillan Shayne O'Connor Adam Parore (Wk) Scott Styris Roger Twose Daniel Vettori Paul Wiseman	Waqar Younis (C) Abdul Razzaq Arshad Khan Atiq-uz-Zaman (Wk) Azhar Mahmood Ijaz Ahmed Imran Nazir Kabir Khan Yousuf Youhana Saeed Anwar Saleem Elahi Shahid Afridi Younis Khan	Shaun Pollock (C) Nicky Boje Daryll Cullinan Boeta Dippenaar Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini Nic Pothas (Wk) Roger Telemachus

Fixtures

Group stage

Points Table

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	Points	NRR
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	0	4	+0.533
South Africa	2	1	1	0	0	2	+0.412
New Zealand	2	0	2	0	0	0	−1.439

Matches

20 August (Scorecard)

Pakistan 191/6 (25 overs)	v	New Zealand 179 all out (24.4 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 49 (37) Geoff Allott 3/33 (5 overs)		Chris Harris 40 (30) Arshad Khan 3/45 (5 overs)

Pakistan won by 12 runs Kallang Ground, Singapore Umpires: Shyam Bansal & V. K. Ramaswamy Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (Pakistan)

• Match was reduced before play started to 25 overs per side

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23 August (Scorecard)

Pakistan 227/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 199 all out (48.4 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 56 (75) Jacques Kallis 2/19 (6 overs)		Gary Kirsten 54 (80) Azhar Mahmood 3/37 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 28 runs Kallang Ground, Singapore Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy & Gamini Silva Player of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)

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25 August (Scorecard)

New Zealand 158 all out (47.4 overs)	v	South Africa 159/2 (34 overs)
Chris Harris 42 (69) Shaun Pollock 3/24 (9 overs)		Gary Kirsten 75* (103) Scott Styris 1/23 (7 overs)

South Africa won by 8 wickets Kallang Ground, Singapore Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Gamini Silva Player of the match: Shaun Pollock (South Africa)

Final

27 August (Scorecard)

South Africa 197/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 121 all out (28.1 overs)
Gary Kirsten 62 (77) Kabir Khan 2/33 (7 overs)		Ijaz Ahmed 31 (40 overs) Roger Telemachus 2/20 (6 overs)

South Africa won by 93 runs (D/L) Kallang Ground, Singapore Umpires: Shyam Bansal & V. K. Ramaswamy Player of the match: Nicky Boje (South Africa)

• Match was reduced to 35 overs per side, Pakistan target was 215 runs

Statistics

Most runs		Most wickets
Gary Kirsten	191	Abdul Razzaq	7
Ijaz Ahmed	136	Shaun Pollock	6
Chris Harris	82	Kabir Khan	5
Andrew Hall	77	Azhar Mahmood	5
Yousuf Youhana	61	Jacques Kallis	4

See also

• 1999 Singapore Challenge

References

External links

• 2000 Singapore Challenge at CricketArchive