1999–2000 Coca-Cola Cup

The 1999–2000 Coca-Cola Cup was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates from 22 to 31 March 2000.^[1] It featured the national cricket teams of South Africa, Pakistan and India. Its official sponsor was Coca-Cola. The tournament was won by Pakistan, who defeated South Africa in the final.

1999–00 Coca-Cola Cup
Date	22–31 March 2000
Location	Sharjah, United Arab Emirates
Result	Won by Pakistan
Player of the series	Waqar Younis (Pak)
Teams  Pakistan  South Africa  India Captains Moin Khan Hansie Cronje Sourav Ganguly Most runs Inzamam-ul-Haq (239) Imran Nazir (194) Herschelle Gibbs (159) Hansie Cronje (135) Mohammad Azharuddin (117) Rahul Dravid (89) Most wickets Waqar Younis (13) Arshad Khan (8) Lance Klusener (11) Steve Elworthy (6) Venkatesh Prasad (4) Anil Kumble (4)
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Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Pts[2]
South Africa	4	3	1	0	0	+0.354	6
Pakistan	4	2	2	0	0	+0.596	4
India	4	1	3	0	0	−1.014	2

Group stage

1st ODI

22 March (D/N) Scorecard

India  164 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 0/168 (29.2 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 43* (79) Steve Elworthy 3/17 (10 overs)		Herschelle Gibbs 87* (93)

South Africa won by 10 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and John Hampshire (Eng) Player of the match: Steve Elworthy (SA)

• India won the toss and elected to bowl.

2nd ODI

23 March (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  146 (45.3 overs)	v	India 5/148 (43.3 overs)
Imran Nazir 43 (51) Anil Kumble 2/26 (10 overs)		Mohammad Azharuddin 54 (89) Shoaib Akhtar 1/18 (8 overs)

India won by 5 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: John Hampshire (Eng) and Peter Manuel (SL) Player of the match: Mohammad Azharuddin (Ind)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd ODI

24 March (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  8/196 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 7/199 (44.3 overs)
Imran Nazir 71 (114) Lance Klusener 5/47 (10 overs)		Jacques Kallis 35(38) Waqar Younis 2/28 (7 overs)

South Africa won by 3 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Peter Manuel (SL) Player of the match: Lance Klusener (SA)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

4th ODI

26 March (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  3/272 (50 overs)	v	India 9/174 (50 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 121* (113) Sunil Joshi 1/42 (9 overs)		Rahul Dravid 29 (46) Waqar Younis 5/31 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 98 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Peter Manuel (SL) Player of the match: Waqar Younis and Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

5th ODI

27 March (D/N) Scorecard

India  164 (48.5 overs)	v	South Africa 4/167 (42.4 overs)
Mohammad Azharuddin 36 (65) Nantie Hayward 4/31 (10 overs)		Jacques Kallis 53* (93)

South Africa won by 6 wickets Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and John Hampshire (Eng) Player of the match: Nantie Hayward (SA)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

6th ODI

28 March (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  168 (49.2 overs)	v	South Africa 101 (26.5 overs)
Mohammad Yousuf 65 (88) Lance Klusener 2/27 (10 overs)		Herschelle Gibbs 59* (79) Shoaib Akhtar 3/9 (4.5 overs)

Pakistan won by 67 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: John Hampshire (Eng) and Peter Manuel (SL) Player of the match: Shoaib Akhtar (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• Waqar took his 300th ODI wicket when he trapped Mckenzie LBW^[3]

Final

31 March (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  6/263 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 247 (49 overs)
Imran Nazir 69 (89) Lance Klusener 2/27 (10 overs)		Hansie Cronje 79 (73) Waqar Younis 4/62 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 16 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium, Sharjah Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Peter Manuel (SL) Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.