2002 ICC Champions Trophy was washed out twice
The final of the 2002 ICC Champions Trophy was washed out twice, on 29 and 30 September 2002 at the R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo.The matches were scheduled to play between the Sri Lanka cricket team and the India cricket team, captained by Sanath Jayasuriya and Sourav Ganguly respectively.Both the teams shared the Trophy.
On 29 September, Sri Lanka batted first after Jayasuriya winning the toss and scored 244 runs. Jayasuriya and Kumar Sangakkara scored fifties—74 and 54 runs respectively, and Indian off-spinner Harbhajan Singh took three wickets for 27 in 10 overs. In reply, India started their batting and scored 14 runs without any loss in two overs before the match was abandoned due to heavy rain; the match was finished in no result. It was decided that the new match would be played on the reserve day.
30 September
On the reserve day—30 September—the Sri Lankans again batted first, scoring 222 runs for seven in 50 overs Mahela Jayawardene and Russel Arnold scored fifties—77 and 56 runs respectively, and Indian left-arm pacer Zaheer Khan took three wickets for 44 runs in nine overs. India scored 38 runs in 8.4 overs and the match was abandoned due to rain without result.
Match rained out again. India and Sri Lanka declared co-champions.
In both matches, Man of the match and Man of the Series were not awarded.Both the teams, India and Sri Lanka, were declared joint winners sharing the trophy and a prize money of $300,000.West Indian Steve Bucknor and David Shepherd of England stood umpires of the matches. Daryl Harper of Australia was the TV umpire and the Zimbabwean Russell Tiffin was the reserve umpire for the matches. Match referee for the finals was former West Indian captain
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