1999 Aiwa Cup

The 1999 Aiwa Cup was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in different venues across Sri Lanka from 22 to 31 August 1999.^[1] It featured the national cricket teams of India, Sri Lanka and Australia. The tournament was won by Sri Lanka, who defeated Australia in the final.^[2][3]

1999 Aiwa Cup
Date	22–31 August 1999
Location	Sri Lanka
Result	Won by Sri Lanka
Player of the series	Adam Gilchrist (AUS)
Teams  Australia  India  Sri Lanka Captains Steve Waugh Sachin Tendulkar Sanath Jayasuriya Most runs Adam Gilchrist (231) Mark Waugh (174) Sachin Tendulkar (171) Robin Singh (121) Marvan Atapattu (169) Sanath Jayasuriya (169) Most wickets Jason Gillespie (10) Shane Warne (6) Venkatesh Prasad (5) Robin Singh (4) Sanath Jayasuriya (8) Upul Chandana (4)
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Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Pts[4]
Australia	4	4	0	0	0	+0.889	8
Sri Lanka	4	1	3	0	0	-0.354	2
India	4	1	3	0	0	-0.533	2

Group stage

1st ODI

22 August Scorecard

Australia  205/9 (43 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 160 (37.4 overs)
Michael Bevan 42* (44) Sanath Jayasuriya 5/28 (9 overs)		Romesh Kaluwitharana 33 (46) Jason Gillespie 3/26 (6 overs)

Australia won by 50 runs (D/L) Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Peter Manuel (both SL) Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (AUS)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain during Australia's innings reduced the match to 43 overs per side
• Indika de Saram (SL) made his ODI debut

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2nd ODI

23 August Scorecard

India  151/7 (38 overs)	v	Australia 159/2 (29.1 overs)
Robin Singh 38 (52) Tom Moody 2/25 (8 overs)		Andrew Symonds 68* (68) Sourav Ganguly 1/4 (1 over)

Australia won by 8 wickets (D/L) Galle International Stadium, Galle Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara and Peter Manuel (both SL) Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (AUS)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.
• Rain during India's innings reduced the match to 38 overs per side

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3rd ODI

25 August (D/N) Scorecard

India  205/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 206/3 (46.4 overs)
Ajay Jadeja 49 (85) Upul Chandana 2/35 (10 overs)		Marvan Atapattu 71* (126) Nikhil Chopra 2/37 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Asoka de Silva and Nandasena Pathirana (both SL) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL)

• India won the toss and elected to bat.

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4th ODI

26 August (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  241/9 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 214 (47.1 overs)
Mark Waugh 84 (94) Upul Chandana 3/35 (10 overs)		Chamara Silva 55 (85) Glenn McGrath 2/52 (10 overs) Shane Warne 2/52 (9 overs)

Australia won by 27 runs R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: Lalith Jayasundara and K. T. Francis (both SL) Player of the match: Mark Waugh (AUS)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Chamara Silva (SL) made his ODI debut.

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5th ODI

28 August Scorecard

Australia  252/8 (50 overs)	v	India 211 (48.3 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 77 (84) Venkatesh Prasad 2/29 (10 overs)		Sadagoppan Ramesh 71 (123) Jason Gillespie 4/26 (9 overs)

Australia won by 41 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: B. C. Cooray and Tyron Wijewardene (both SL) Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist (AUS)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• India fined one over for slow over rate.

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6th ODI

29 August Scorecard

India  296/4 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 247/9 (42 overs)
Sachin Tendulkar 120 (141) Sanath Jayasuriya 1/33 (6 overs)		Sanath Jayasuriya 71 (53) Robin Singh 2/27 (7 overs)

India won by 23 runs (D/L) Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: E. K. G. Wijewardene and Gamini Silva (SL) Player of the match: Robin Singh

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Rain during Sri Lanka's innings revised their target to 271 in 42 overs

Final

31 August (D/N) Scorecard

Australia  202 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 208/2 (39.3 overs)
Steve Waugh 43 (68) Upul Chandana 2/33 (10 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/33 (7 overs)		Romesh Kaluwitharana 95 (117) Damien Fleming 1/28 (7 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets R Premadasa Stadium, Colombo Umpires: B. C. Cooray and K. T. Francis (both SL) Player of the match: Romesh Kaluwitharana (SL)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
• Sri Lanka won the 1999 Aiwa Cup