The 1997 Singer Akai Cup was a cricket tournament held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 3-11, 1997. Three national teams took part: Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe.
The 1997 Singer Akai Cup started with a double round-robin tournament where each team played the other twice. The two leading teams qualified for the final. Sri Lanka won the tournament and US$40,000. Runners-up Pakistan won US$25,000 and Zimbabwe US$10,000.
The beneficiaries of the tournament were Waqar Younis and Saeed Ahmed who each received US$35,000, and Aslam Khokhar, Israr Ali and Zulfiqar Ahmed (all Pakistan) who each received US$10,000.
Squads
Pakistan Wasim Akram (captain) Rameez Raja Sajid Ali Ijaz Ahmed Shahid Afridi Inzamam-ul-Haq Saleem Malik Mohammad Wasim Mushtaq Ahmed Moin Khan (wicket-keeper) Saqlain Mushtaq Waqar Younis Mohammad Zahid Shahid Nazir Pakistan Squad
Sri Lanka Arjuna Ranatunga (captain) Sanath Jayasuriya Romesh Kaluwitharana (wicket-keeper) Marvan Atapattu Aravinda de Silva Hashan Tillakaratne Roshan Mahanama Ruwan Kalpage Kumar Dharmasena Chaminda Vaas Upul Chandana Muttiah Muralitharan Nuwan Zoysa Sajeewa de Silva Sri Lanka Squad
Zimbabwe Alistair Campbell (captain) Andy Flower (vice-captain/wicket-keeper/coach) Eddo Brandes Stuart Carlisle Grant Flower Everton Matambanadzo JA Rennie Bryan Strang Paul Strang Heath Streak Dirk Viljoen Andy Whittall Guy Whittall Craig Wishart Zimbabwe Squad
Matches
Group stage
TeamPWLTNRNRRPoints 4 3 1 0 0 +0.197 6 4 2 2 0 0 +0.275 4 4 1 3 0 0 -0.455 2
Final
See also Sharjah Cup
References
Cricket Archive: Singer Akai Cup 1996/97 ESPNCricinfo: Singer Akai Cup, 1996/97