Sameer Cup 1996–97

The Kenya Cricket Association Centenary Tournament (also known as the Sameer Cup) was a four team ODI cricket tournament held in Kenya during the 1996–97 season.

Sameer Cup
Cricket formatOne Day International
Tournament format(s)Round-robin and Final
Host(s) Kenya
Champions South Africa
ParticipantsKenya
Pakistan
South Africa
Sri Lanka
Matches28 September –
6 October 1996
Player of the seriesSouth Africa Allan Donald
Most runsGary Kirsten (227)
Most wicketsAllan Donald (14)

Squads
Squads
 Kenya[1]  Pakistan[2]  South Africa[3]  Sri Lanka[4]
Maurice Odumbe (c) Saeed Anwar (c) Hansie Cronje (c) Arjuna Ranatunga (c)
Rajab Ali Azhar Mahmood Derek Crookes Upul Chandana
Dipak Chudasama Ijaz Ahmed Daryll Cullinan Aravinda de Silva
Sandeep Gupta Moin Khan (wk) Fanie de Villiers Sajeewa de Silva
Aasif Karim Rameez Raja Allan Donald Kumar Dharmasena
Hitesh Modi Saeed Azad Herschelle Gibbs Asanka Gurusinha
Thomas Odoyo Saleem Elahi Andrew Hudson Sanath Jayasuriya
Tito Odumbe Saleem Malik Gary Kirsten Romesh Kaluwitharana (wk)
Lameck Onyango Saqlain Mushtaq Brian McMillan Roshan Mahanama
Kennedy Otieno (wk) Shahid Afridi Craig Matthews Muttiah Muralitharan
Tony Suji Shahid Nazir Jonty Rhodes Hashan Tillakaratne
Martin Suji Waqar Younis Dave Richardson (wk) Chaminda Vaas
Steve Tikolo Wasim Akram Pat Symcox

Points table
PlaceTeamPlayedWonLostPointsNetRR
1 South Africa32141.518
2 Pakistan32140.498
3 Sri Lanka32140.496
4 Kenya3030-2.396

Group matches

1st match
28 September 1996
Scorecard
Kenya 
188/9 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
190/3 (30.4 overs)
HS Modi 78* (105)
M Muralitharan 4/18 (10 overs)
RS Kaluwitharana 100* (89)
EO Odumbe 2/29 (4 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: ID Robinson (ZIM) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: M Muralitharan (SL)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • SK Gupta (KEN) and KSC de Silva (SL) made their ODI debuts.

2nd match
29 September 1996
Scorecard
South Africa 
321/8 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
259 (42.3 overs)
DJ Cullinan 124 (117)
Saqlain Mushtaq 3/42 (10 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 88 (63)
AA Donald 3/29 (8 overs)
South Africa won by 62 runs
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: SK Bansal (IND) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: JN Rhodes (SA)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

3rd match
1 October 1996
Scorecard
South Africa 
169 (42 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
170/8 (40.4 overs)
DJ Cullinan 51 (73)
M Muralitharan 4/35 (10 overs)
ST Jayasuriya 45 (30)
PL Symcox 2/20 (10 overs)
Sri Lanka won by 2 wickets
Nairobi Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: ID Robinson (ZIM) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: ST Jayasuriya (SL)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.

4th match
2 October 1996
Scorecard
Kenya 
148 (47 overs)
v
 Pakistan
149/6 (40.2 overs)
DN Chudasama 51 (135)
Saqlain Mushtaq 3/27 (10 overs)
Moin Khan 50* (72)
TM Odoyo 3/25 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 4 wickets
Aga Khan Sports Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: SK Bansal (IND) and ID Robinson (ZIM)
Player of the match: TM Odoyo (KEN)

5th match
3 October 1996
Scorecard
South Africa 
305/8 (50 overs)
v
 Kenya
103 (25.1 overs)
G Kirsten 66 (73)
AY Karim 2/44 (10 overs)
DN Chudasama 29 (41)
AA Donald 6/23 (9 overs)
South Africa won by 202 runs
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: SK Bansal (IND) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: AA Donald (SA)
  • South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
  • HH Gibbs (SA) made his ODI debut.

6th match
4 October 1996
Scorecard
Pakistan 
371/9 (50 overs)
v
 Sri Lanka
289 (49.5 overs)
Saeed Anwar 115 (120)
ST Jayasuriya 3/94 (10 overs)
PA de Silva 122 (116)
Waqar Younis 5/52 (8.5 overs)
Pakistan won by 82 runs
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: ID Robinson (ZIM) and RB Tiffin (ZIM)
Player of the match: Shahid Afridi (PAK)
  • Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
  • Sri Lanka required 290 to make the final on net run rate.

Final
6 October 1996
Scorecard
Pakistan 
203 (46.2 overs)
v
 South Africa
204/3 (39.2 overs)
Ijaz Ahmed 47 (68)
DN Crookes 3/30 (10 overs)
G Kirsten 118* (127)
Shahid Afridi 3/48 (10 overs)
South Africa won by 7 wickets
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: SK Bansal (IND) and ID Robinson (ZIM)
Player of the match: G Kirsten (SA)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.

The final took place between South Africa and Pakistan at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi. Pakistan had qualified for the final by edging past Sri Lanka on net run rate, largely due to their first innings effort of 9 for 371 when the two teams met.

Saeed Anwar won the toss for Pakistan and elected to bat first. They were all out of 203 in the 46th over with Donald and Crookes taking 3 wickets each. Ijaz Ahmed top scored for Pakistan with 47. In reply the South Africans started off well, putting on 77 for the 1st wicket before Shahid Afridi took a couple of quick wickets. Gary Kirsten finished unbeaten on 118 off just 127 as his side reached their target in the 39th over. Kirsten was named as the Man of the Match.

References
  1. "KCA Centenary Tournament – Sep-Oct 1996 – Kenyan Squad", ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 12 April 2012
  2. "KCA Centenary Tournament – Sep-Oct 1996 – Pakistani Squad", ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 12 April 2012
  3. "KCA Centenary Tournament – Sep-Oct 1996 – South African Squad", ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 12 April 2012
  4. "KCA Centenary Tournament – Sep-Oct 1996 – Sri Lankan Squad", ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 12 April 2012
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