South Africa joins teams for Sharjah Tournament

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South Africa joins teams for Sharjah Tournament in April
Richard Sydenham (Bloomberg) - 20 November 2002

World Cup host South Africa will play in the Sharjah cricket tournament in April with Pakistan and Sri Lanka, organisers said.

The Cricketers Benefit Fund Series organizes one-day international events in Sharjah, United Arab Emirates, and the Moroccan city of Tangiers to raise money for former players. It has three-year contracts with the three countries, which are committed to at least one CBFS tournament a year.

“Sharjah tournaments are always exciting but this one promises to be even better if one of the teams playing in April happens to win the World Cup,” said CBFS Chief Executive Zahid Noorani. The World Cup finishes the week before.

Shaun Pollock and his South Africa team last played at the desert venue in March 2000, a month before then captain Hansie Cronje was banned for life for match-fixing.

The tournament runs from April 1-10 and the teams will face one another twice before the two best play a one-off final. Sharjah has hosted a record 191 one-day internationals.

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Why don’t these Sharjah dudes make their own cricket team also instead of getting everyone else’s to come and play in front of them :hehe:

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Good going SA will do good for Sharijah.

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I believe they do have their own cricket team, captained by an arabic guy, consisting of many expatriate Indo-Pak players.

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I believe they do have their own cricket team, captained by an arabic guy, consisting of many expatriate Indo-Pak players.
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Indo-Pak players? What about their own people - the Arabs?

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It would be exciting, and plus we would get revenge to both teams for what they did to us in Morroco.

Only if Australia had replaced Srilanka we would have the top 3 ODI teams contest.

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Abhi tournament shuru nahin hua ki aapka badbolapan shuru ho gaya ??

Yeah Sure :rolleyes:

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:slight_smile: Rassi jaal gayee..Bal nahi gya !!! :wink:

:hehe: :hehe: :hehe: :hehe:

If KEN,ZIM replace SA and SL then we will have Bottom 3 ODI teams. :wink:

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Jaltay Indians! :hehe:
Love them or hate them but you can’t live without them!

:kiss: :kiss: :kiss:

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:hehe: Chalo yaar AQ Bhi main to chala Hindustan on Sunday - Morcha Sambhal ke rakhna :slight_smile:

Umair - Yeah we are jealous of Pakistan Performance against Aussies :hehe:

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Re: South Africa joins teams for Sharjah Tournament

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"Sharjah tournaments are always exciting but this one promises to be even better if one of the teams playing in April happens to win the World Cup,"
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Doesn't it sounds like too early as the World Cup finishes?

Anyway, I've also heard of England Tour of Pakistan in June 2003.

Have you Question?

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Doesn't it sounds like too early as the World Cup finishes?

Anyway, I've also heard of England Tour of Pakistan in June 2003.

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No PT I haven't heard the ENG tour.

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No PT I haven't heard the ENG tour.
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Pakistan is touring England for three ODI's in May 2003.

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Chalo koi baat nahin, my guess wasn’t on the right spot though but I was right about Pakistan and England Series :hehe:

Wasn’t I? :smiley:

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Yeah, and did I tell you how jealous I was for that 17% win record that you have abroad (15+ years winless ;)), when your own umpires arent raising the fingers when your weak bowlers yell.