The 2001 Asian Test Championship was a Test cricket tournament held in Sri Lanka and Pakistan in August 2001.[1] It was a tri-nation series between the national representative cricket teams of the Sri Lanka, Bangladesh and Pakistan, where India did not participated to the series. The hosts Sri Lanka won the tournament by defeating Pakistan by 8 wickets in the final.[2]
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| Date | 8 December – 29 August - 6 March 2001 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Sri Lanka and Pakistan | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result |  Sri Lanka won the 2001 Asian Test Championship | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Squads
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 Bangladesh
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 Pakistan
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Matches
edit1st Test
edit29–31 August 2001
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- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- Shoaib Malik and Taufeeq Umar (both Pak) made their Test debuts.
- Danish Kaneria took a ten-wicket haul.
- Points: Pakistan 24, Bangladesh 0.
2nd Test
edit6–8 September 2001
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- Sri Lanka won the toss and decided to field
- Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) and Michael Vandort (Sri) made their Test debuts.
- Mohammad Ashraful (Ban) became the youngest ever player to score a Test century on debut.[3]
- Points: Sri Lanka 24, Bangladesh 0.
Final
editReferences
edit- ^ "Asian Test Championship, 2001-02". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 24 October 2015.
- ^ "Sri Lankans reign supreme". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 June 2016.
- ^ "Teenage prodigy steals limelight as Sri Lanka crush Bangladesh". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 11 March 2017.