may be the better team wins the cup :-)
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may be the better team wins the cup :-)
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yeh kiya better team better team kehtay phirtay hein yahan kay loug,better ya worst, I want Pakistan to win in any fashion. I dont care :-)
I hope it`s gonna be a great final with the better end for Pakistan of course.
Sharjah Cup Winners 2003: Pakistan
(Inshallah)
oya i am a man through and through 
i think gs shoulw have a mane’s mashallah as well 
yaar but u knwo wat paki team is like they get so full of them selves that y everytime they beat srilanka b4 the final and loose to them
i have to say though i was impressed with shoib i wana see wat he can do against newzeland. i think he attacked more cuase usually he is so slow so he wanted to prove to everyone that he can score runs like a ODI batsman.
It'll should be a good match.....when the hockey team returned after winning the azlan shah hockey tournament.....they were given a grand welcome n ppl lifted them on their shoulders......i wanna see somethin like that if pakistan wins in Sharjah....it'll do a lot of good to the players!!
This team has done very well!!.....we hadnt beaten a major team for months....n these new guys were able to beat the Sri Lankans who are much more experienced and who reached the semis!!! this is great....Pakistan cricket has a bright future!
InshAllah.....we'll win the final!
Pakistan has overcome three problem in this rebuilding process immediately.....the poor fielding, the extras and over rate.....
there seems to be great discipline in bowling and our batting is doing its job too!!!
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Prize Money for Sharjah Cup USD 105,000. Likely Distribution :
Winner : USD 50,000
Runner-Up : USD 30,000
Third : USD 15,000
Fourth : USD 10,000
BTW : As I have already said earlier Pakistan will beat Zimbabwe and win the Sharjah Cup.
Have a Nice Day.
Pakistan will win.
:bhangra:
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I dont care :-)
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any nahi very bad fashion main harana chayay :p
and yeah Pakistan is gonna win the cup.. thats for sure... no question.. and tommorrow we will just keep close eye on our players their style their huuddlin thiing.... jeet to hamari hia..
ALlah miannn main gharoor nai karahi and u knwo that right :)
Pakistan will win easily, It will be a one sided final. Zimbabwe will be thrashed so badly.
Episode 2000](http://uk.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2003/APR/167859_CI_09APR2003.html)
Only 19 days after the World Cup ended, and already there’s another tournament final to be played, as Pakistan take on Zimbabwe to decide the winners of the Cherry Blossom Cup in Sharjah. It may be just another match in just another one-day competition, but there is something special about tomorrow’s final - it’s the 2000th one-day international.
Yes, it was just over 32 years ago that Graham McKenzie bowled to Geoffrey Boycott at Melbourne to start the ODI circus rolling all round the world. And yet, while it’s taken only that long to reach the 2000th ODI, there have been only 1637 Test matches since the first - also at Melbourne - way back in March 1877.
But while the Sharjah Cup final may not be the most important match to grace this landmark, it is fitting that the game is being held at what might be called the spiritual home of one-day cricket. The SCG has hosted 115 ODIs, the MCG 114, and Lord’s only 32, but Sharjah leads the way with a whopping 197.
But enough of the history lesson, what about the game itself? Pakistan start as favourites, having won three out of three here, including a comfortable 68-run win over Zimbabwe in the first match of the tournament. With a new-look young team under the older heads of the captain Rashid Latif and the coach Javed Miandad, they have made a good start to their life after the World Cup. Younis Khan has relished the responsibility as the senior batsman of the team and new boy Mohammad Hafeez has also made a good impression at the top of the order.
Zimbabwe also had their problems in the World Cup, mainly off the field - so a chance to escape the poverty and politics which currently engulf their homeland has been a welcome weight off their shoulders. They have played well to reach the final, including a hard-fought and unexpected win over Sri Lanka, and Pakistan should be wary of the Zimbabweans, despite their earlier win over them. Douglas Marillier has excelled at No. 2 in the batting order, scoring his maiden ODI hundred against Kenya, while Grant Flower has done his best to fill in the huge hole left by his brother’s enforced retirement.
A lot depends on the Sharjah pitch, too. The wickets have been on the slow side, which has meant low scores. However, Pakistan smashed 286 against Kenya - the highest total of the tournament - on one of the more lively pitches in the last round-robin match, and they will be hoping tomorrow’s track is of a similar nature. If it is - and they don’t have any pre-match football games - then expect a Pakistan win.
Teams (probable)
Pakistan 1 Mohammad Hafeez, 2 Taufeeq Umar, 3 Faisal Iqbal, 4 Yousuf Youhana, 5 Younis Khan, 6 Shoaib Malik, 7 Rashid Latif (capt, wk) 8 Abdul Razzaq, 9 Naved-ul-Hasan, 10 Mohammad Sami, 11 Umar Gul.
Zimbabwe 1 Craig Wishart, 2 Douglas Marillier, 3 Gavin Rennie, 4 Grant Flower, 5 Tatenda Taibu (wk), 6 Sean Ervine, 7 Dion Ebrahim, 8 Heath Streak (capt), 9 Andy Blignaut, 10 Ray Price, 11 Douglas Hondo.
Interesting fact, teams who have done extremely well in the past 5 Sharjah Cup first round matches have gone on to lose the finals.
Sri Lanka who defeated Pakistan in first 2 league matches in the last Sharjah Cup went on to lose the final.
Samething happend the final before.
Pakistan who took a very young team to Sharjah 3 times ago, did extremely well the league matches but went on to lose the finals to Sri Lanka, something very similiar happend before.
Lets hope this doesn't happen this time.
If Pakistan are to win the final, they will be the first team ever to complete a Sharjah hatrick, winning 3 straight finals in a row.
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Interesting fact, teams who have done extremely well in the past 5 Sharjah Cup first round matches have gone on to lose the finals.
Sri Lanka who defeated Pakistan in first 2 league matches in the last Sharjah Cup went on to lose the final.
Samething happend the final before.
Pakistan who took a very young team to Sharjah 3 times ago, did extremely well the league matches but went on to lose the finals to Sri Lanka, something very similiar happend before.
Lets hope this doesn't happen this time.
If Pakistan are to win the final, they will be the first team ever to complete a Sharjah hatrick, winning 3 straight finals in a row.
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and to add to this, this will only be the second occassion(first one was sri lanka october 2000) when a team won all thier matches to win the Sharjah cup :)
Inshallah Pakistan will win this Sharjah Cup!:k:
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I am proud of these lads regardless of the result tomorrow. They have played well and exceeded our expectations. So go guys win it, but don't be too upset if you don't. It is all part of the learning curve.
Keeping in mind that the team is in a learning curve mode, I think it will benefit Pakistan more if they lose this final. That way, they will know how it feels to lose a final match. So, when it comes to the final of World Cup in 2007, they will easily beat Australia.
I agree :k:
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Keeping in mind that the team is in a learning curve mode, I think it will benefit Pakistan more if they lose this final. That way, they will know how it feels to lose a final match. So, when it comes to the final of World Cup in 2007, they will easily beat Australia.
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Not Australia again, pleaseeee. I hope its {WI or EN otherwise Kenya} vs Pakistan
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So, when it comes to the final of World Cup in 2007, they will easily beat Australia.
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Pakistan? Beat Australia? In World Cup Final? Nah! I think I have better odds in Russian Roulette.
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Interesting Fact: This is Pakistan's 3rd straight final appearence and if they win, they will complete a first ever Sharjah hatrick. No team has ever won Sharjah in 3 straight appearences.
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That would be sweet.
:D