Meril International Tournament 1999

Meril International Tournament 1999
Date 19 March 1999 – 27 March 1999 Location Dhaka, Bangladesh Result  Zimbabwe wins Player of the series Andy Flower
Teams
Bangladesh	Zimbabwe	Kenya
Captains
Aminul Islam	Andy Flower	Aasif Karim
Most runs
Andy Flower (257)	Mehrab Hossain (197)	Steve Tikolo (187)
Most wickets
Hasibul Hossain (6)	Paul Strang (7)	Thomas Odoyo (9)

The Meril International Tournament 1999 was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Dhaka, Bangladesh from March 19 to March 27, 1999. The tri-series involved the national teams of Bangladesh, Kenya and Zimbabwe,^[1] with Zimbabwe winning the tournament.

Points Table

Zimbabwe and Kenya qualified for the Finals with four and two wins respectively.

Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Points
Zimbabwe	4	4	0	0	0	+1.649	8
Kenya	4	2	2	0	0	-0.483	4
Bangladesh	4	0	4	0	0	−1.200	0

Group stage matches

1st match

19 March 1999 Scoreboard

Zimbabwe  272/6 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 139 (44 overs)
Andy Flower 83 (99) Thomas Odoyo 2/26 (10)		Ravindu Shah 28 (38) Paul Strang 5/22 (10)

Zimbabwe won by 133 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Peter Manuel (Sri Lanka) (SRL) and VK Ramaswamy (India) Player of the match: Paul Strang (ZIM)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd match

20 March 1999 (D/N) Scoreboard

Bangladesh  213 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 215/2 (43.5 overs))
Shahriar Hossain 95 (145) Mohammad Sheikh 3/36 (8 overs)		Steve Tikolo 106* (111) Khaled Mahmud 1/30 (10 overs)

Kenya won by 8 wickets Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pakistan) and VK Ramaswamy (India) Player of the match: Steve Tikolo

• Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat

3rd match

21 March 1999 (D/N) Scorecard

Zimbabwe (H) 310/6 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh  184 (43.5 overs)
Andy Flower 79 (99) Shafiuddin Ahmed 2/38 (8 overs)		Mehrab Hossain 73 (109) Grant Flower 2/6 (3.2 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 126 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pakistan) & Peter Manuel (Sri Lanka) Player of the match: Andy Flower

• Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat

4th match

Mar 23, 1999 (D/N) Scorecard

Zimbabwe  280/6 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 216/8 (50 overs)
Neil Johnson 101 (120) Thomas Odoyo 2/40 (10 overs)		Steve Tikolo 78 (88) Grant Flower 4/32 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 126 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: VK Ramaswamy (India) & Peter Manuel (Sri Lanka) Player of the match: Neil Johnson

• Zimbabwe won the toss and chose to bat

5th match

24 March 1999 (D/N) Scorecard

Kenya  280/6 (50 overs)	v	Bangladesh (H) 158 (41.4 overs)
Kennedy Otieno 120 (137) Hasibul Hossain 4/56 (10 overs)		Akram Khan 65 (109) Steve Tikolo 3/28 (6.4 overs)

Kenya won by 73 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pakistan) & Peter Manuel (Sri Lanka) Player of the match: Kennedy Otieno

• Kenya won the toss and chose to bat

6th match

25 March 1999 (D/N) Scorecard

Bangladesh  (H) 257/5 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 261/6 (49.3 overs)
Mehrab Hossain 101 (116) Neil Johnson 4/56 (10 overs)		Alistair Campbell 97 (114) Hasibul Hossain 2/66 (9 overs)

Kenya won by 73 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pakistan) & Peter Manuel (Sri Lanka) Player of the match: Alistair Campbell

• Bangladesh won the toss and chose to bat
• Mahbubur Rahman and Neeyamur Rashid (Bangladesh) made ODI debut.

Final

27 March 1999 (D/N) Scorecard

Zimbabwe  325/6 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 123 (36.5 overs)
Grant Flower 140 (125) Martin Suji 2/32 (10 overs)		Thomas Odoyo 32 (55) Andy Whittall 3/29 (8.5 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 202 runs Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Umpires: Javed Akhtar (Pakistan) & VK Ramaswamy (India) Player of the match: Grant Flower

• Zimbabwe, won the toss and chose to bat
• 3rd highest margin of victory in one-day international (by runs)

References

1. http://cricketarchive.com/Archive/Events/0/Meril_International_Tournament_1998-99.html

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