2000 Singapore Challenge

2000 Godrej Singapore Challenge
Dates	20 August 2000 – 27 August 2000
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round-robin
Host(s)	Singapore
Champions	South Africa
Participants	3
Matches	4
Player of the series	Gary Kirsten
Most runs	Gary Kirsten (191)
Most wickets	Abdul Razzaq (7)
	← 1999

The 2000 Singapore Challenge, also known as the 2000 Godrej Singapore Challenge for sponsorship reasons, was a One Day International cricket tournament that took place 20–27 August 2000.^[1] The tournament was held in Singapore. The tournament was won by South Africa who defeated Pakistan by 93 runs by the Duckworth–Lewis method.

Teams[edit]

Squads[edit]

New Zealand	Pakistan	South Africa
Stephen Fleming (C) Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Chris Harris Craig McMillan Shayne O'Connor Adam Parore (Wk) Scott Styris Roger Twose Daniel Vettori Paul Wiseman	Waqar Younis (C) Abdul Razzaq Arshad Khan Atiq-uz-Zaman (Wk) Azhar Mahmood Ijaz Ahmed Imran Nazir Kabir Khan Mohammad Yousuf Saeed Anwar Saleem Elahi Shahid Afridi Younis Khan	Shaun Pollock (C) Nicky Boje Daryll Cullinan Boeta Dippenaar Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini Nic Pothas (Wk) Roger Telemachus

Fixtures[edit]

Group stage[edit]

Points Table[edit]

Team	P	W	L	Points	NRR
Pakistan	2	2	0	4	+0.533
South Africa	2	1	1	2	+0.412
New Zealand	2	0	2	0	−1.439

Matches[edit]

20 August
(Scorecard)

Pakistan 191/6 (25 overs)	v	New Zealand 179 all out (24.4 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 49 (37) Geoff Allott 3/33 (5 overs)		Chris Harris 40 (30) Arshad Khan 3/45 (5 overs)

Pakistan won by 12 runs
Kallang Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Shyam Bansal & V. K. Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Ijaz Ahmed (Pakistan)

Match was reduced before play started to 25 overs per side

23 August
(Scorecard)

Pakistan 227/9 (50 overs)	v	South Africa 199 all out (48.4 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 56 (75) Jacques Kallis 2/19 (6 overs)		Gary Kirsten 54 (80) Azhar Mahmood 3/37 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 28 runs
Kallang Ground, Singapore
Umpires: V. K. Ramaswamy & Gamini Silva
Player of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Pakistan)

25 August
(Scorecard)

New Zealand 158 all out (47.4 overs)	v	South Africa 159/2 (34 overs)
Chris Harris 42 (69) Shaun Pollock 3/24 (9 overs)		Gary Kirsten 75* (103) Scott Styris 1/23 (7 overs)

South Africa won by 8 wickets
Kallang Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Shyam Bansal & Gamini Silva
Player of the match: Shaun Pollock (South Africa)

Final[edit]

27 August
(Scorecard)

South Africa 197/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 121 all out (28.1 overs)
Gary Kirsten 62 (77) Kabir Khan 2/33 (7 overs)		Ijaz Ahmed 31 (40 overs) Roger Telemachus 2/20 (6 overs)

South Africa won by 93 runs (D/L)
Kallang Ground, Singapore
Umpires: Shyam Bansal & V. K. Ramaswamy
Player of the match: Nicky Boje (South Africa)

Match was reduced to 35 overs per side, Pakistan target was 215 runs

Statistics[edit]

Most runs^[2]		Most wickets^[2]
Gary Kirsten	191	Abdul Razzaq	7
Ijaz Ahmed	136	Shaun Pollock	6
Chris Harris	82	Kabir Khan	5
Andrew Hall	77	Azhar Mahmood	5
Mohammad Yousuf	61	Jacques Kallis	4

References[edit]

^ "Tournament fixture list". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2017.
^ ^a ^b Averages by Team

External links[edit]

2000 Singapore Challenge Archived 23 October 2012 at the Wayback Machine at CricketArchive

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[1] "Tournament fixture list". Archived from the original on 23 October 2012. Retrieved 8 September 2017.

[ABT-2] Averages by Team

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