Asian Test Challenge
Cricket series
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Date | 8 December – 29 August - 6 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Location | Sri Lanka and Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The 2001 Asian Test Championship was a Test cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka and Pakistan in August 2001.[1] It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan, where India did not participated to the series. The hosts Sri Lanka won the tournament by defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final.[2]
Squads
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Matches
1st Test
29–31 August 2001 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by an innings and 264 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and S Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Danish Kaneria (Pak) |
- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shoaib Malik and Taufeeq Umar (both Pak) made their Test debuts.
- Danish Kaneria took a ten-wicket haul.
- Points: Pakistan 24, Bangladesh 0.
2nd Test
6–8 September 2001 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by an innings and 137 runs Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Mian Mohammad Aslam (Ban) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
- Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) and Michael Vandort (Sri) made their Test debuts.
- Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) became the youngest ever player to score a Test century on debut.[3]
- Points: Sri Lanka 24, Bangladesh 0.
Final
6-10 March 2002 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 8 wickets Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Athar Zaidi (Pak) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (SL) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
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