1996–97 Singer Akai Cup
The 1997 Singer Akai Cup was held in Sharjah, UAE, between April 3-11, 1997. Three national teams took part: Pakistan, Sri Lanka, and Zimbabwe.
The 1997 Singer Akai Cup started with a double round-robin tournament where each team played the other twice. The two leading teams qualified for the final. Sri Lanka won the tournament and US$40,000. Runners-up Pakistan won US$25,000 and Zimbabwe US$10,000.
The beneficiaries of the tournament were Waqar Younis and Saeed Ahmed who each received US$35,000, and Aslam Khokhar, Israr Ali and Zulfiqar Ahmed who each received US$10,000.
Squads
Pakistan
- Wasim Akram
- Rameez Raja
- Sajid Ali
- Ijaz Ahmed
- Shahid Afridi
- Inzamam-ul-Haq
- Saleem Malik
- Mohammad Wasim
- Mushtaq Ahmed
- Moin Khan
- Saqlain Mushtaq
- Waqar Younis
- Mohammad Zahid
- Shahid Nazir
Sri Lanka
- Arjuna Ranatunga
- Sanath Jayasuriya
- Romesh Kaluwitharana
- Marvan Atapattu
- Aravinda de Silva
- Hashan Tillakaratne
- Roshan Mahanama
- Ruwan Kalpage
- Kumar Dharmasena
- Chaminda Vaas
- Upul Chandana
- Muttiah Muralitharan
- Nuwan Zoysa
- Sajeewa de Silva
Zimbabwe
- Alistair Campbell
- Andy Flower
- Eddo Brandes
- Stuart Carlisle
- Grant Flower
- Everton Matambanadzo
- JA Rennie
- Bryan Strang
- Paul Strang
- Heath Streak
- Dirk Viljoen
- Andy Whittall
- Guy Whittall
- Craig Wishart
Matches
Group stage
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points |
| 4 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | +0.197 | 6 | |
| 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | +0.275 | 4 | |
| 4 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | -0.455 | 2 |
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