2003 Bank Alfalah Cup
Date	10-23 May 2003
Location	Sri Lanka
Result	Won by New Zealand
Player of the series	Shoaib Malik (PAK)
Teams  New Zealand  Pakistan  Sri Lanka Captains Stephen Fleming Rashid Latif Marvan Atapattu Most runs Stephen Fleming (121) Shoaib Malik (170) Tillakaratne Dilshan (71) Most wickets Daniel Vettori (10) Mohammad Sami (10) Muttiah Muralitharan (13)

The 2003 Bank Alfalah Cup was a triangular ODI cricket competition held in Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla from 10 to 23 May 2003.^[1] It featured the national cricket teams of New Zealand, Pakistan and Sri Lanka. The tournament was won by New Zealand, who defeated Pakistan in the final.

Points table

Team	Pld	W	L	T	NR	NRR	Pts[2]
New Zealand	4	2	2	0	0	+0.196	13
Pakistan	4	2	2	0	0	+0.061	12
Sri Lanka	4	2	2	0	0	-0.259	11

1st ODI

10 May (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  199/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 120 (43.1 overs)
Mohammad Hafeez 53 (114) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/38 (10 overs)		Kumar Sangakkara 29 (57) Shoaib Malik 2/19 (8 overs) Mohammad Sami 2/19 (7.1 overs)

Pakistan won by 79 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Mohammad Hafeez (Pak)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Pakistan 6, Sri Lanka 0

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2nd ODI

11 May (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  116 (43.1 overs)	v	New Zealand 117/3 (27.3 overs)
Shoaib Akhtar 27 (38) Shane Bond 2/7 (5 overs)		Chris Nevin 28 (29) Abdul Razzaq 2/19 (6 overs)

New Zealand won by 7 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Daryl Tuffey (NZ)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: New Zealand 6, Pakistan 0

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3rd ODI

13 May (D/N) Scorecard

New Zealand  139 (43.1 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 143/5 (43.4 overs)
Lou Vincent 32 (72) Muttiah Muralitharan 3/16 (8.1 overs)		Romesh Kaluwitharana 48 (119) Jacob Oram 3/12 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 4 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Tyron Wijewardene (SL) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Romesh Kaluwitharana (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Dharshana Gamage (SL) made his ODI debut.
• Points: Sri Lanka 5, New Zealand 1

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4th ODI

18 May Scorecard

Sri Lanka  172 (49.5 overs)	v	Pakistan 160 (47.3 overs)
Tillakaratne Dilshan 46 (93) Shoaib Malik 2/30 (8 overs)		Shoaib Malik 33 (54) Muttiah Muralitharan 5/23 (9.4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 12 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Tyron Wijewardene (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Muttiah Muralitharan (SL)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: Sri Lanka 5, Pakistan 1

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5th ODI

19 May Scorecard

New Zealand  156/8 (50 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 147 (49.1 overs)
Brendon McCullum 47* (63) Sanath Jayasuriya 2/35 (9 overs)		Mahela Jayawardene 38 (102) Daniel Vettori 4/14 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 9 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and Simon Taufel (AUS) Player of the match: Daniel Vettori (NZ)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
• Points: New Zealand 5, Sri Lanka 1

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6th ODI

20 May Scorecard

Pakistan  203\9 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 181 (48.1 overs)
Shoaib Malik 74 (72) Daniel Vettori 3/34 (10 overs)		Scott Styris 46 (99) Danish Kaneria 3/31 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 22 runs Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Peter Manuel (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (PAK)

• New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
• Yasir Hameed (PAK) made his ODI debut.
• Points: Pakistan 5, New Zealand 1

Final

23 May (D/N) Scorecard

Pakistan  198 (50 overs)	v	New Zealand 200/6 (45.2 overs)
Younis Khan 70* (85) Daryl Tuffey 3/32 (9 overs)		Stephen Fleming 65 (111) Mohammad Sami 3/42 (10 overs)

New Zealand won by 4 wickets Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla Umpires: Asoka de Silva (SL) and Daryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Stephen Fleming (NZ)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
• New Zealand won the Bank Alfalah Cup 2003
• Faisal Athar (Pak) made his ODI debut.

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