2001 Zimbabwe Coca-Cola Cup

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{{Infobox cricket series

| series= Zimbabwe Coca-Cola Cup 2001

| partof=Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2001
West Indian cricket team in Zimbabwe in 2001

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| date= 23 June – 8 July 2001

| place = Zimbabwe

| result= {{cr|WIN}} won the Coca-Cola Cup

| player of series= Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

| team1= {{cr|ZIM}}

| team2= {{cr|IND}}

| team3= {{cr|WIN}}

| captain1= Grant Flower 1st
Guy Whittall 3rd ODI
Heath Streak 2nd, 4th ODI

| captain2= Sourav Ganguly

| captain3= Carl Hooper

| runs1= Grant Flower (172)

| runs2= Sachin Tendulkar (282)

| runs3= Darren Ganga (228)

| wickets1= Grant Flower (6)

| wickets2= Zaheer Khan (9)

| wickets3= Mervyn Dillon (8)

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The 2001 Zimbabwe Coca-Cola Cup was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tournament held in Zimbabwe in late June 2001.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/103501.html |title=TV, radio coverage of major tour matches |access-date=24 October 2015|work=ESPNcricinfo}} It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Zimbabwe, India and West Indies.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/103503.html |title=Zimbabwe favourites against beleaguered Windies, scattered India |access-date=24 October 2015|work=ESPNcricinfo}} West Indies won the tournament by defeating India by 16 runs in the final.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/101315.html |title=West Indies upset India in Coca-Cola Cup final |access-date=27 June 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}

Squads

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! style="width:20%;"|{{cr|IND}}{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/103115.html |title=Sehwag, Dinesh Mongia, Harvinder Singh, Sodhi in Indian squad for triangular |access-date=30 March 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}

! style="width:20%;"|{{cr|WIN}}{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/102952.html |title=West Indies name squads for African tour |access-date=6 May 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}}

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Andy Flower was ruled out of the tournament with a dislocated thumb bone and was replaced with Tatenda Taibu for Zimbabwe.{{cite web |url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/103465.html |title=Andy Flower ruled out of tri-series |access-date=4 May 2016|work=ESPNcricinfo}} India's Ashish Nehra, who was to return to India following the Test series, was retained for the series.{{cite news|title=Ashish Nehra retained for tri-series|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/103359.html|access-date=12 August 2017|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|date=19 June 2001}}

Fixtures

=1st ODI=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 23 June 2001

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}

| team2 = {{cr|ZIM}}

| score1 = 266/5 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Daren Ganga 66 (98)

| wickets1 = Brian Murphy 2/43 (9 overs)

| score2 = 239/9 (50 overs)

| runs2 = Alistair Campbell 68 (108)

| wickets2 = Marlon Samuels 3/28 (5 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 27 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66312.html Scorecard]

| venue = Harare Sports Club, Harare

| umpires = Kevan Barbour (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)

| motm = Cameron Cuffy (Win)

| toss = Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Tatenda Taibu (Zim) made his ODI debut.

  • Points: West Indies 2, Zimbabwe 0.

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=2nd ODI=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 24 June 2001

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ZIM}}

| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 133 (41.5 overs)

| runs1 = Dion Ebrahim 32 (53)

| wickets1 = Ajit Agarkar 3/26 (9.5 overs)

| score2 = 137/1 (26.2 overs)

| runs2 = Sachin Tendulkar 70* (70)

| wickets2 = Heath Streak 1/28 (6 overs)

| result = India won by 9 wickets (with 142 balls remaining)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66313.html Scorecard]

| venue = Harare Sports Club, Harare

| umpires = Graeme Evans (Zim) and Ian Robinson (Zim)

| motm = Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Ashish Nehra (Ind) made his ODI debut.

  • Points: India 2, Zimbabwe 0.

}}

=3rd ODI=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 27 June 2001

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|ZIM}}

| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 234/6 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Guy Whittall 58* (55)

| wickets1 = Zaheer Khan 4/42 (10 overs)

| score2 = 237/6 (49.2 overs)

| runs2 = Saurav Ganguly 85 (125)

| wickets2 = Grant Flower 4/44 (8 overs)

| result = India won by 4 wickets (with 4 balls remaining)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66314.html Scorecard]

| venue = Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

| umpires = Ahmed Esat (Zim) and Jeff Fenwick (Zim)

| motm = Rahul Dravid (Ind)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Points: India 2, Zimbabwe 0.

}}

=4th ODI=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 30 June 2001

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}

| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 169/7 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Ridley Jacobs 53* (76)

| wickets1 = Debashish Mohanty 3/18 (10 overs)

| score2 = 170/4 (43.5 overs)

| runs2 = Sachin Tendulkar 81* (110)

| wickets2 = Wavell Hinds 1/12 (4 overs)

| result = India won by 6 wickets (with 37 balls remaining)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66315.html Scorecard]

| venue = Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

| umpires = Charles Coventry (Zim) and Quintin Goosen (Zim)

| motm = Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Points: India 2, West Indies 0.

}}

=5th ODI=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 1 July 2001

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr|ZIM}}

| team2 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}

| score1 = 255/5 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Grant Flower 94 (107)

| wickets1 = Cameron Cuffy 2/30 (10 overs)

| score2 = 258/5 (49.5 overs)

| runs2 = Chris Gayle 76 (95)

| wickets2 = Grant Flower 2/46 (10 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 5 wickets (with 1 ball remaining)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66316.html Scorecard]

| venue = Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo

| umpires = Jeff Fenwick (Zim) and Quintin Goosen (Zim)

| motm = Grant Flower (Zim)

| toss = West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Points: West Indies 2, Zimbabwe 0.

}}

=6th ODI=

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 4 July 2001

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}

| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 229/5 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Wavell Hinds 66 (90)

| wickets1 = Harvinder Singh 2/65 (10 overs)

| score2 = 230/4 (48.1 overs)

| runs2 = Sachin Tendulkar 122* (131)

| wickets2 = Carl Hooper 2/39 (10 overs)

| result = India won by 6 wickets (with 11 balls remaining)

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66317.html Scorecard]

| venue = Harare Sports Club, Harare

| umpires = Graeme Evans (Zim) and Kevan Barbour (Zim)

| motm = Sachin Tendulkar (Ind)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Points: India 2, West Indies 0.

}}

Final

{{Single-innings cricket match

| date = 7 July 2001

| time =

| daynight =

| team1 = {{cr-rt|WIN}}

| team2 = {{cr|IND}}

| score1 = 290/6 (50 overs)

| runs1 = Darren Ganga 71 (62)

| wickets1 = Reetinder Sodhi 2/31 (7 overs)

| score2 = 274/8 (50 overs)

| runs2 = Sameer Dighe 94* (96)

| wickets2 = Corey Collymore 4/49 (10 overs)

| result = West Indies won by 16 runs

| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66318.html Scorecard]

| venue = Harare Sports Club, Harare

| umpires = Ian Robinson (Zim) and Russell Tiffin (Zim)

| motm = Corey Collymore (WI)

| toss = India won the toss and elected to field.

| rain =

| notes = Wavell Hinds (WI) passed 1,000 runs in ODIs.{{cite web|title=7th Match (Final), India v West Indies, Coca Cola Cup, Statistical Highlights|url=http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/content/story/101327.html|publisher=ESPNcricinfo|access-date=12 August 2017}}

  • {{color|maroon|West Indies won the Coca-Cola Cup}}.

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References

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