SL winning ARY Gold Cup in Sharjah in 2001ARY Gold Cup Final (D/N), Sharjah, Apr 20 2001Toss: Sri Lanka. Sri Lanka 297/7 (50 overs)Pakistan 220 (41.4/50 overs)Sri Lanka won by 77 runsThe victorious SL team with the ARY Gold CupSri Lanka astonished a sell-out crowd by overwhelming in-form Pakistan. If less comprehensive than when they beat India by 245 runs in their previous Sharjah final, in October, it was nevertheless a convincing victory. Humayun Farhat and Saeed Anwar fought back, adding 69 in eight overs, and Pakistan were well ahead of the asking-rate after 15 overs, with 108. Tail-enders Shoaib Malik and Waqar Younis saw them past 200, but once Muttiah Muralitharan removed them, the innings subsided with eight overs to spare.

Source: The Nation June 09, 2021 12:08 UTC