The 1997 Singer-Akai Champions Trophy was held in Sharjah, UAE, between December 11–19, 1997. Four national teams took part: England, India, Pakistan, and West Indies.
Cricket format | One Day International |
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Host(s) | ![]() |
Champions | ![]() |
Runners-up | ![]() |
Participants | 4 |
Matches | 7 |
Player of the series | ![]() |
Most runs | ![]() |
Most wickets | ![]() ![]() |
The 1997 Singer-Akai Champions Trophy started with a round-robin tournament where each team played the other once. The two leading teams qualified for the final. England won the tournament and US$40,000. Runners-up West Indies won US$25,000.[1]
Squads
editEngland[2] | India[3] | Pakistan[4] | West Indies[5] |
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Group stage points table
editTeam | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points |
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England | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | +0.233 | 6 |
West Indies | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.436 | 4 |
Pakistan | 3 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 0 | -0.231 | 2 |
India | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.434 | 0 |
Group stage
edit1st Match
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
- DR Brown and MV Fleming (both ENG) made their ODI debuts.
2nd Match
edit3rd Match
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
4th Match
edit5th Match
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- England won the toss and elected to bat.
6th Match
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- India won the toss and elected to field.
Final
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ Ranvir Ahmed (20 December 1997). "England clinch Champions Trophy". Dawn. Karachi, Pakistan. Retrieved 8 April 2020.
- ^ England Squad
- ^ India Squad
- ^ Pakistan Squad
- ^ West Indies Squad
- ^ "Akai-Singer Champions Trophy 1997/98 Table, Matches, win, loss, points for Akai-Singer Champions Trophy".
- ^ Engel 1999, p. 1214.
External links
edit- Cricket Archive: Singer-Akai Champions Trophy 1997/98
- ESPNCricinfo: Akai-Singer Champions Trophy, 1997/98
- Engel, Matthew, ed. (1999). "Akai Singer Champions Trophy, 1997-98". Wisden Cricketers' Almanack 1999. John Wisden & Co Ltd. pp. 1208–1215. ISBN 0-947766-50-2.