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Asian Test Challenge

Asian Test Championship 2001-02
Date8 December – 29 August - 6 March 2001
LocationSri Lanka and Pakistan
Result Sri Lanka won the 2001 Asian Test Championship
Teams
 Sri Lanka  Bangladesh  Pakistan
Captains
Sanath Jayasuriya Naimur Rahman Waqar Younis
Most runs
Kumar Sangakkara (298) Mohammad Ashraful (140) Inzamam-ul-Haq (233)
Most wickets
Muttiah Muralitharan (18) Naimur Rahman (2) Danish Kaneria (12)
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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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 Sri Lanka  Bangladesh  Pakistan

Matches

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1st Test

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29–31 August 2001
Scorecard
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134 (41.1 overs)
Mehrab Hossain 19 (45)
Danish Kaneria 6/42 (13 overs)
546 (114.5 overs)
Abdul Razzaq 110* (100)
Mohammad Sharif 2/110 (24.5 overs)
148 (41.1 overs)
Habibul Bashar 56* (97)
Danish Kaneria 6/52 (15 overs)
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)

2nd Test

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6–8 September 2001
Scorecard
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555/5d (103.3 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 201 (259)
Naimur Rahman 2/117 (30.3 overs)
90 (36.4 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 26 (53)
Muttiah Muralitharan 5/13 (9.4 overs)
328 (101.3 overs)
Mohammad Ashraful 114 (212)
Muttiah Muralitharan 5/98 (35.3 overs)
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) and Mohammad Ashraful (Ban)

Final

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6-10 March 2002
Scorecard
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234 (67 overs)
Younis Khan 46 (66)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/55 (25 overs)
528 (139.5 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 230 (327)
Mohammad Sami 4/120 (36.5 overs)
325 (101.5 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 99 (228)
Muttiah Muralitharan 4/72 (34 overs)
33/2 (6.2 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 14* (21)
Mohammad Sami 1/15 (3 overs)
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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