The 1997 Singer-Akai Champions Trophy was held in Sharjah, UAE, between December 11–19, 1997. Four national teams took part: England, India, Pakistan, and West Indies.
The 1997 Singer-Akai Champions Trophy started with a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once. The two leading teams qualified for the final. England won the tournament and US$40,000. Runners-up West Indies won US$25,000.
Squads England Squad India Squad Pakistan Squad West Indies SquadAdam Hollioake (captain) Ali Brown Dougie Brown Robert Croft Mark Ealham Matthew Fleming Ashley Giles Dean Headley Graham Hick Ben Hollioake Nick Knight Peter Martin Alec Stewart (wicketkeeper) Graham ThorpeSachin Tendulkar (captain) Ajay Jadeja Navjot Singh Sidhu Sourav Ganguly Mohammad Azharuddin Vinod Kambli Rahul Dravid Robin Singh Saba Karim Javagal Srinath Abey Kuruvilla Venkatesh Prasad Rajesh Chauhan Anil KumbleWasim Akram (captain) Saeed Anwar Aamer Sohail Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Moin Khan Azhar Mahmood Waqar Younis Aaqib Javed Mushtaq Ahmed Saqlain Mushtaq Manzoor Akhtar Shahid Afridi Akhtar SarfrazCourtney Walsh (captain) Sherwin Campbell Stuart Williams Philo Wallace Shivnarine Chanderpaul Brian Lara Carl Hooper Roland Holder Phil Simmons David Williams (wicketkeeper) Ian Bishop Franklyn Rose Mervyn Dillon Rawl Lewis
Group stage points table
TeamPWLTNRNRRPoints 3 3 0 0 0 +0.233 6 3 2 1 0 0 +0.436 4 3 1 2 0 0 -0.231 2 3 0 3 0 0 -0.434 0
Group stage 1st Match
2nd Match
3rd Match
4th Match
5th Match
6th Match
Final
See also Sharjah Cup
References
External links Cricket Archive: Singer-Akai Champions Trophy 1997/98 ESPNCricinfo: Akai-Singer Champions Trophy, 1997/98