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The '''1996 Singer Cup''' was a triangular [[Cricket (sport)|cricket]] tournament held between 1 and 7 April 1996 in [[Singapore]]. The competition featured the national cricket teams of [[India national cricket team|India]], [[Sri Lanka national cricket team|Sri Lanka]] and [[Pakistan national cricket team|Pakistan]]. The tournament was won by Pakistan, which defeated Sri Lanka in the final on 7 April.

==Venue==
The 1996 Singer Cup was the first major international cricket competition hosted in Singapore. All matches were played at [[Padang, Singapore|The Padang]] sports ground, which has been the home of the [[Singapore Cricket Club]].

==Squads==
Sri Lanka and India retained the captains – [[Arjuna Ranatunga]] (Sri Lanka) and [[Mohammad Azharuddin]] (India) – who had led their sides in the 1996 World Cup. However, [[Aamir Sohail]] replaced [[Wasim Akram]] as captain of the Pakistan team.

===Sri Lanka===
Sri Lanka named a 14-player side for the tournament, unchanged from the team that won the 1996 World Cup.

*[[Arjuna Ranatunga]] (captain)
*[[Aravinda de Silva]] (vice-captain)
*[[Sanath Jayasuriya]]
*[[Roshan Mahanama]]
*[[Asanka Gurusinha]]
*[[Hashan Tillakaratne]]
*[[Romesh Kaluwitharana]] (wicket-keeper)
*[[Kumar Dharmasena]]
*[[Muttiah Muralitharan]]
*[[Upul Chandana]]
*[[Chaminda Vaas]]
*[[Ravindra Pushpakumara]]
*[[Marvan Atapattu]]
*[[Pramodya Wickremasinghe]]
<ref name="Squads">[http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/OD_TOURNEYS/SINC/3NAT-SPORE_APR1996-SQUADS.html Squads]</ref>

===Pakistan===
Pakistan named a 14-player side with some major changes from the side that had played in the World Cup. Former captain and fast-bowler Wasim Akram had pulled out of the tournament due to an injury, and veteran batsman [[Javed Miandad]] retired after the 1996 World Cup.<ref name="Report">{{cite web|title=Singer Cup 1995–96|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151286.html|author=R. Mohan|publisher=Cricinfo.com|access-date=2010-08-04}}</ref> They were replaced by middle-order batsman [[Basit Ali]] and fast-bowler [[Mohammad Akram (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Akram]].

*[[Aamir Sohail]] (captain)
*[[Saeed Anwar]]
*[[Aaqib Javed]]
*[[Salim Malik]]
*[[Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Ijaz Ahmed]]
*[[Saqlain Mushtaq]]
*[[Inzamam-ul-Haq]]
*[[Ata-ur-Rehman (cricketer)|Ata-ur-Rehman]]
*[[Basit Ali]]
*[[Waqar Younis]]
*[[Rameez Raja]]
*[[Rashid Latif]] (wicket-keeper)
*[[Mushtaq Ahmed (cricketer)|Mushtaq Ahmed]]
*[[Mohammad Akram (cricketer, born 1974)|Mohammad Akram]]
<ref name="Squads"/>

===India===
India named a 14-player side that incorporated some major changes. Leading batsman [[Vinod Kambli]] and medium-fast bowler [[Salil Ankola]] were dropped from the team. They were replaced by medium-fast bowler [[Prashant Vaidya]] and batsmen [[Rahul Dravid]] and [[Vikram Rathour]]. However, Rathour was not picked to play in any match.

*[[Mohammad Azharuddin]] (captain)
*[[Sachin Tendulkar]] (vice-captain)
*[[Rahul Dravid]]
*[[Prashant Vaidya]]
*[[Navjot Singh Sidhu]]
*[[Aashish Kapoor]]
*[[Sanjay Manjrekar]]
*[[Javagal Srinath]]
*[[Vikram Rathour]]
*[[Anil Kumble]]
*[[Venkatapathy Raju]]
*[[Ajay Jadeja]]
*[[Venkatesh Prasad]]
*[[Nayan Mongia]] (wicket-keeper)
<ref name="Squads"/>

==Points table==
The opening match on 1 April between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, was abandoned due to rain and re-played on 2 April. At the end of the round-robin matches, each team had one victory and one loss, making their tally of points equal. As a result, the finalists were decided based on superior net run-rate.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! width=38% |Team
! width=7% |P
! width=7% |W
! width=7% |L
! width=7% |T
! width=8% |NR
! width=9% |NRR
! width=9% |Points
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{cr|PAK}}
|| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || +0.56 || 2
|- bgcolor=ccffcc
|align=left| {{cr|SRI}}
|| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || +0.22 || 2
|- bgcolor=pink
|align=left| {{cr|IND}}
|| 2 || 1 || 1 || 0 || 0 || −0.46 || 2
|}
<ref name="Results">[http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/OD_TOURNEYS/SINC/3NAT-SPORE_APR1996_RESULTS-SUMMARY.html Result Summary – Points Table]</ref>

==Matches==
{{Limited overs international
| date = 1 April
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 50/3 (10 overs)
| score2 = –
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Aamir Sohail]] 22 (21)
| wickets1 = [[Chaminda Vaas]] 2/11 (3 overs)
| result = No result
| report = [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66025.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Padang, Singapore]]
| umpires = [[David Orchard]] ([[South Africa]]) and [[Russell Tiffin]] ([[Zimbabwe]])
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
| rain = Match abandoned due to rain after 10 overs were bowled. Match was to be restarted on 2 April.
}}

{{Limited overs international
| date = 2 April
| team1 = {{cr-rt|SRI}}
| score1 = 349/9 (50 overs)
| score2 = 315 (49.4 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 134 (65)
| wickets1 = [[Waqar Younis]] 4/62 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Salim Malik]] 68 (77)
| wickets2 = [[Chaminda Vaas]] 2/50 (10 overs)
| result = Sri Lanka won by 34 runs
| report = [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66026.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Padang, Singapore]]
| umpires = [[David Orchard]] ([[South Africa]]) and [[Russell Tiffin]] ([[Zimbabwe]])
| motm = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] (Sri Lanka)
| toss = Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
}}

{{Limited overs international
| date = 3 April
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 199 (45.4 overs)
| score2 = 187 (48.1 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Navjot Singh Sidhu]] 94 (116)
| wickets1 = [[Chaminda Vaas]] 3/35 (7.4 overs)
| runs2 = [[Roshan Mahanama]] 59 (124)
| wickets2 = [[Javagal Srinath]] 4/35 (10 overs)
| result = India won by 12 runs
| report = [http://www.espncricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66027.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Padang, Singapore]]
| umpires = [[George Sharp (cricketer)|George Sharp]] ([[England]]) and [[Russell Tiffin]] ([[Zimbabwe]])
| motm = [[Javagal Srinath]] (India)
| toss = India won the toss and elected to bat.
| notes = [[Rahul Dravid]] made his ODI debut.
}}

{{Limited overs international
| date = 5 April
| team1 = {{cr-rt|IND}}
| score1 = 226/8 (47.1 overs)
| score2 = 190/2 (28 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|PAK}}
| runs1 = [[Sachin Tendulkar]] 100 (111)
| wickets1 = [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] 3/38 (10 overs)
| runs2 = [[Aamir Sohail]] 76 [[not out|*]] (89)
| wickets2 = [[Anil Kumble]] 1/39 (7 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 30 balls remaining)
| report = [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66028.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Padang, Singapore]]
| umpires = [[David Orchard]] ([[South Africa]]) and [[George Sharp (cricketer)|George Sharp]] (England)
| motm = [[Aamir Sohail]] (Pakistan)
| toss = India won the toss and chose to bat.
| rain = Pakistan's target was revised to 187 runs from 33 overs due to rain.
}}

===Final===
{{Limited overs international
| date = 7 April
| team1 = {{cr-rt|PAK}}
| score1 = 215 (48.3 overs)
| score2 = 172 (32.5 overs)
| team2 = {{cr|SRI}}
| runs1 = [[Ijaz Ahmed (cricketer)|Ijaz Ahmed]] 51 (75)
| wickets1 = [[Chaminda Vaas]] 2/35 (8 overs)
| runs2 = [[Sanath Jayasuriya]] 76 (28)
| wickets2 = [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] 3/46 (7 overs)
| result = Pakistan won by 43 runs
| report = [http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66029.html Scorecard]
| venue = [[Padang, Singapore]]
| umpires = [[George Sharp (cricketer)|George Sharp]] (England) and [[Russell Tiffin]] ([[Zimbabwe]])
| motm = [[Saqlain Mushtaq]] (Pakistan)
| toss = Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
}}

==Records and awards==
Sanath Jayasuriya, who had been the player of the tournament for the 1996 World Cup, won the same award for the 1996 Singer Cup. He finished the tournament scoring 217 runs in 3 innings with a batting average of 72.33, with one fifty and one century.<ref name="Bat">{{cite web|title=Batting Averages|url=http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/OD_TOURNEYS/SINC/3NAT-SPORE_APR1996_BAT_AVS.html|publisher=Cricinfo.com|access-date=2010-08-04}}</ref> As a bowler, Jayasuriya had also taken 3 wickets at an average of 38.33 and a best of 1/31.<ref name="Ball">{{cite web|title=Bowling Averages|url=http://static.cricinfo.com/db/ARCHIVE/1995-96/OD_TOURNEYS/SINC/3NAT-SPORE_APR1996_BOWL_AVS.html|publisher=Cricinfo.com|access-date=2010-08-04}}</ref>

Several world records were broken during the course of the tournament. In Sri Lanka's opening match against Pakistan, Jayasuriya made what was then the fastest century in ODIs, taking just 48 balls and going on to score 134 runs from 65 balls.<ref name="Report"/><ref name="Final report">{{cite web|title=Final Match Report|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/wisdenalmanack/content/story/151291.html|publisher=Wisden|access-date=2010-08-04}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://content.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66057.html|title=Pakistan v Sri Lanka ODI no. 1125 – Scorecard|date=4 October 1996 |publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=2010-02-26}}</ref> Jayasuriya's 48-ball century surpassed the previously held record of India's Mohammad Azharuddin, who had scored a century from 62 balls.<ref name="Q">{{cite web|title=Pakistan vs. Sri Lanka scorecard|url=http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66026.html|publisher=Cricinfo.com|access-date=2010-08-04| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100823080333/http://www.cricinfo.com/ci/engine/match/66026.html| archive-date= 23 August 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref> In the same match, Aamir Sohail conceded 30 runs in an over he bowled – the world record for most runs made in a single over.<ref name="Q" /> Jayasuriya's century became the second-fastest when Pakistani batsman [[Shahid Afridi]] scored a century from 37 balls in the first ODI innings of his career, against Sri Lanka in [[Nairobi]], [[Kenya]] later in the year.<ref name=fastest>{{cite web|url=http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/211608.html|title= Records / One-Day Internationals / Batting records / Fastest Centuries|publisher=Cricinfo|access-date=2010-02-26| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20100116163858/http://stats.cricinfo.com/ci/content/records/211608.html| archive-date= 16 January 2010 | url-status= live}}</ref>

Sanath Jayasuriya also scored the fastest fifty in ODIs at that time– in 17 balls against Pakistan in the final – surpassing [[Australia]]'s [[Simon O'Donnell]]'s 18-ball record, made against Sri Lanka in [[Sharjah (emirate)|Sharjah]] in 1989–90.<ref name="Final report"/>

Pakistani captain Aamir Sohail made the second-highest number of runs, scoring 140 in 3 innings at an average of 70.00.<ref name="Bat"/> India's Sachin Tendulkar was the only other batsman after Jayasuriya to score a century – making 100 runs against Pakistan.<ref name="Bat"/>

The tournament's leading wicket-taker was Pakistani spin bowler [[Saqlain Mushtaq]], who took a total of 8 wickets at an average of 16.2 and a best of 3/38.<ref name="Ball"/> Sri Lanka's [[Muttiah Muralitharan]] shared the record of taking most catches along with Pakistani wicket-keeper [[Rashid Latif]], both taking 4 catches.<ref name="Ball"/>

==References==
{{Reflist}}

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