LG Cup in Kenya in 1999–2000

LG Cup in Kenya

Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and Final
Host(s)	Kenya
Champions	South Africa
Participants	India Kenya South Africa Zimbabwe
Matches played	September 25 – October 1, 1999
Player of the series	Vijay Bhardwaj
Most runs	Sourav Ganguly (208)
Most wickets	Vijay Bhardwaj Nikhil Chopra (10)

The LG Cup 1999–2000 was a four team cricket ODI tournament held in Kenya. After the round robin stage, the final took place between South Africa and India. Despite only making his international debut in India's opening game of the tournament, Vijay Bhardwaj won the man of the series award. The tournament was dominated by the bowlers, with the best bowling figures being Sunil Joshi's 5 wickets for 6 runs off his full 10 overs, one of the most economical figures of all time. With the bat, no player passed 50 twice in the series and only Ganguly and Lance Klusener made hundreds.

Squads

India	Kenya	South Africa	Zimbabwe
Ajay Jadeja (c) Vijay Bharadwaj Nikhil Chopra Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Sunil Joshi Mohammad Kaif Sadagoppan Ramesh Jacob Martin Debashish Mohanty Mannava Prasad (wk) Venkatesh Prasad Laxmi Shukla Robin Singh	Maurice Odumbe (c) Josephat Ababu Jimmy Kamande Hitesh Modi Thomas Odoyo Peter Ongondo Francis Otieno Kennedy Otieno (wk) Ravindu Shah Mohammed Sheikh Tony Suji Martin Suji Steve Tikolo Alpesh Vadher	Hansie Cronje (c) Paul Adams Dale Benkenstein Mark Boucher (wk) Derek Crookes Alan Dawson Boeta Dippenaar Steve Elworthy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Lance Klusener Victor Mpitsang Shaun Pollock Jonty Rhodes	Alistair Campbell (c) Andy Blignaut Stuart Carlisle Andrew Flower (wk) Grant Flower Murray Goodwin Neil Johnson Pommie Mbangwa David Mutendera Henry Olonga Gavin Rennie Paul Strang Andrew Whittall Guy Whittall

Schedule Date Match Venue September/October 99 25 September 1st ODI Nairobi 26 2nd ODI Nairobi 28 3rd ODI Nairobi 29 4th ODI Nairobi 30 5th ODI Nairobi 1 October 6th ODI Nairobi 3 Final Nairobi

Points table Place Team Played Won Lost Points NetRR 1  India 3 3 0 6 +2.037 2  South Africa 3 2 1 4 -0.233 3  Zimbabwe 3 1 2 2 -1.209 4  Kenya 3 0 3 0 -0.572

Final

The final took place between South Africa and India at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi. India won the toss and sent the South African into bat. They made 235 from their 50 overs with an innings of 84 from Herschelle Gibbs being the highest. Vijay Bharadwaj took 3 wickets but perhaps the best spell came from Venkatesh Prasad who bowled 5 maidens in his 10 overs. His namesake, Mannava Prasad contributed 63 runs in their chase but it wasn't enough as Jacques Kallis took the final wicket to give the South Africans a 26 run victory. Scorecard

External links

• Tournament home at Cricinfo