1992–93 Wills Trophy

1992–93 Wills Trophy
Date 1 February 1993 – 4 February 1993 Location UAE Result Won by  Pakistan 1–0 in final series Player of the series Wasim Akram
Teams
Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe
Captains
Wasim Akram	Arjuna Ranatunga	David Houghton
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The 1992–93 Wills Trophy was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where the United Arab Emirates played host to Pakistan, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe. Pakistan and Sri Lanka reached the Finals, which Australia won 1-0. India were invited to join the competition, but declined in protest of the referees in the 1991–92 competition.^[1]

Points Table

Team	P	W	L	T	RR	Points[2]
Pakistan	2	2	0	0	4.904	4
Sri Lanka	2	1	1	0	5.011	2
Zimbabwe	2	0	2	0	4.828	0

Results

1 February

Pakistan  262-8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 213-6 (50 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 90 (133) Ali Shah 3/33 (10 overs)		Grant Flower 57 (109) Waqar Younis 2/26 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 49 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: R. V. Ramani (India) and Raman Sharma (India) Player of the match: Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pakistan)

• West Indies won the toss and chose to field

Arshad Khan made his debut ODI debut for Pakistan.

Gavin Briant made his ODI debut for Zimbabwe.

2 February

Pakistan  180-9 (46 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 181-2 (40.2 overs)
Asanka Gurusinha 90 (112) Wasim Akram 4/24 (10 overs)		Rameez Raja 73 (104) Aravinda de Silva 2/24 (5 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: R. V. Ramani (India) and Raman Sharma (India) Player of the match: Wasim Akram (Pakistan)

• Pakistan won the toss and chose to field

The start of the match was delayed by rain and it was reduced to 46 overs a side

3 February

Sri Lanka  266-5 (43 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 236-9 (43 overs)
Chandika Hathurusingha 66 (91) Eddo Brandes 2/57 (9 overs)		Eddo Brandes 55 (35) Champaka Ramanayake 3/28 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 30 runs Sharjah Cricket Stadium, Sharjah, UAE Umpires: R. V. Ramani (India) and Raman Sharma (India) Player of the match: Eddo Brandes (Zimbabwe)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and chose to bat

The start of the match was delayed by rain and it was reduced to 43 overs a side

Nishantha Ranatunga made his ODI debut for Sri Lanka.

Final

4 February 1993 (scorecard)

Pakistan  281/3 (41 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 167/7 (41 overs)
Saeed Anwar 110 (105) Asanka Gurusinha 2-63 (7 overs)		Chandika Hathurusingha 42 (72) Wasim Akram 4–24 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 114 runs Sharjah Cricket Association Stadium Umpires: R. V. Ramani & Raman Sharma Player of the match: Saeed Anwar

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bowl

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