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LG Cup in Kenya

Dates	25 September – 3 October 1999
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Round robin and final
Host(s)	Kenya
Champions	South Africa
Participants	India Kenya South Africa Zimbabwe
Matches	7
Player of the series	Vijay Bhardwaj
Most runs	Sourav Ganguly (208)
Most wickets	Vijay Bhardwaj (10) Nikhil Chopra (10)

The LG Cup 1999–2000 was a four team cricket ODI tournament held in Kenya. After the round robin stage, the final took place between South Africa and India. Despite only making his international debut in India's opening game of the tournament, Vijay Bharadwaj won the man of the series award. The tournament was dominated by the bowlers, with the best bowling figures being Sunil Joshi's 5 wickets for 6 runs off his full 10 overs, one of the most economical figures of all time. With the bat, no player passed 50 twice in the series and only Ganguly and Lance Klusener made hundreds.

Squads

India	Kenya	South Africa	Zimbabwe
Ajay Jadeja (c) Vijay Bharadwaj Nikhil Chopra Rahul Dravid Sourav Ganguly Sunil Joshi Mohammad Kaif Sadagoppan Ramesh Jacob Martin Debashish Mohanty MSK Prasad (wk) Venkatesh Prasad Laxmi Ratan Shukla Robin Singh	Maurice Odumbe (c) Josephat Ababu Jimmy Kamande Hitesh Modi Thomas Odoyo Peter Ongondo Francis Otieno Kennedy Otieno (wk) Ravindu Shah Mohammed Sheikh Tony Suji Martin Suji Steve Tikolo Alpesh Vadher	Hansie Cronje (c) Paul Adams Dale Benkenstein Mark Boucher (wk) Derek Crookes Alan Dawson Boeta Dippenaar Steve Elworthy Herschelle Gibbs Jacques Kallis Lance Klusener Victor Mpitsang Shaun Pollock Jonty Rhodes	Alistair Campbell (c) Andy Blignaut Stuart Carlisle Andrew Flower (wk) Grant Flower Murray Goodwin Neil Johnson Pommie Mbangwa David Mutendera Henry Olonga Gavin Rennie Paul Strang Andrew Whittall Guy Whittall

Points table

Place	Team	Played	Won	Lost	Points	NetRR
1	India	3	3	0	6	+2.037
2	South Africa	3	2	1	4	-0.233
3	Zimbabwe	3	1	2	2	-1.209
4	Kenya	3	0	3	0	-0.572

Matches

Group stage

Kenya  199/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 200/7 (49.2 overs)
Ravindu Shah 71 (100) Guy Whittall 3/29 (10 overs)		Murray Goodwin 76* (105) Steve Tikolo 3/22 (9 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Josephat Ababu (Ken) and David Mutendera (Zim) made their ODI debut.
• Zimbabwe 2, Kenya 0.

South Africa  117 (48 overs)	v	India 120/2 (22.4 overs)
Jacques Kallis 38 (110) Sunil Joshi 5/6 (10 overs)		Sourav Ganguly 38 (51) Derek Crookes 2/47 (8.4 overs)

• South Africa won the toss and elected to bat.
• Vijay Bharadwaj (Ind) and Boeta Dippenaar (RSA) made their ODI debut.
• India 2, South Africa 0

Zimbabwe  216 (47.4 overs)	v	South Africa 217/1 (35 overs)
Grant Flower 91 (120) Alan Dawson 3/36 (9 overs)		Lance Klusener 101* (105) Guy Whittall 1/46 (10 overs)

• Grant Flower's 91 was the highest individual score by a Zimbabwe player against South Africa.
• South Africa 2, Zimbabwe 0.

India  220/7 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 162 (50 overs)
Sadagoppan Ramesh 50 (117) Maurice Odumbe 3/51 (8 overs)		Thomas Odoyo 33 (60) Venkatesh Prasad 3/26 (9 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
• India 2, Kenya 0.

South Africa  220/7 (50 overs)	v	Kenya 196 (48.1 overs)
Jonty Rhodes 45 (46) Tony Suji 2/24 (7 overs)		Steve Tikolo 67 (87) Shaun Pollock 3/10 (8.1 overs)

• Kenya won the toss and elected to field.
• Peter Ongondo (Ken) made his ODI debut.
• South Africa 2, Kenya 0.

India  277/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 170 (38.3 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 139 (147) Guy Whittall 3/55 (10 overs)		Neil Johnson 52 (67) Nikhil Chopra 4/33 (8.3 overs)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
• Robin Singh played his 100th ODI.
• India 2, Zimbabwe 0.

Final

South Africa  235/9 (50 overs)	v	India 209 (47.3 overs)
Herschelle Gibbs 84 (124) Vijay Bharadwaj 3/34 (8 overs)		MSK Prasad 63 (90) Derek Crookes 3/47 (9 overs)

• India won the toss and elected to field.
• South Africa won the LG Cup.

The final took place between South Africa and India on 3 October. India won the toss and sent South Africa into bat. They made 235 from their 50 overs with an innings of 84 from Herschelle Gibbs being the highest. Vijay Bharadwaj took three wickets but perhaps the best spell came from Venkatesh Prasad who bowled 5 maidens in his 10 overs. His namesake, MSK Prasad contributed 63 runs in their chase but it wasn't enough as Jacques Kallis took the final wicket to give the South Africans a 26 run victory.

References

1. "Cricinfo - ODI Career Best Innings Bowling Economy Rates". www.cricinfo.com. Archived from the original on 28 March 2007. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
2. "LG Cup in Kenya - India Squad, Sep-Oct 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
3. "LG Cup in Kenya - Kenya Squad, Sep-Oct 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
4. "LG Cup in Kenya - South African Squad, Sep-Oct 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
5. "LG Cup in Kenya - Zimbabwe Squad, Sep-Oct 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
6. Lane, Keith (28 September 1999). "South Africa get back to winning ways". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
7. Lane, Keith (1 October 1999). "India wins by 107 runs". ESPNcricinfo.
8. Ramchand, Partab (4 October 1999). "South Africa defeat India in LG Cup final". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

External links

• Tournament home at ESPNcricinfo

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• International cricket competitions from 1997–98 to 2000
• Kenyan cricket seasons to 1999–2000
• Sport in Nairobi
• 2000 in Kenyan cricket
• International cricket competitions in Kenya
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