The 1996 Singer Cup was a triangular cricket tournament held between 1 and 7 April 1996 in Singapore . The competition featured the national cricket teams of India , Sri Lanka and Pakistan . The tournament was won by Pakistan, which defeated Sri Lanka in the final on 7 April.
15-558: The 1996 Singer Cup was the first major international cricket competition hosted in Singapore. All matches were played at The Padang sports ground, which has been the home of the Singapore Cricket Club . Sri Lanka and India retained the captains – Arjuna Ranatunga (Sri Lanka) and Mohammad Azharuddin (India) – who had led their sides in the 1996 World Cup. However, Aamir Sohail replaced Wasim Akram as captain of
30-434: A 14-player side that incorporated some major changes. Leading batsman Vinod Kambli and medium-fast bowler Salil Ankola were dropped from the team. They were replaced by medium-fast bowler Prashant Vaidya and batsmen Rahul Dravid and Vikram Rathour . However, Rathour was not picked to play in any match. The opening match on 1 April between Pakistan and Sri Lanka, was abandoned due to rain and re-played on 2 April. At
45-498: A bowler, Jayasuriya had also taken 3 wickets at an average of 38.33 and a best of 1/31. Several world records were broken during the course of the tournament. In Sri Lanka's opening match against Pakistan, Jayasuriya made what was then the fastest century in ODIs, taking just 48 balls and going on to score 134 runs from 65 balls. Jayasuriya's 48-ball century surpassed the previously held record of India's Mohammad Azharuddin, who had scored
60-524: A century from 62 balls. In the same match, Aamir Sohail conceded 30 runs in an over he bowled – the world record for most runs made in a single over. Jayasuriya's century became the second-fastest when Pakistani batsman Shahid Afridi scored a century from 37 balls in the first ODI innings of his career, against Sri Lanka in Nairobi , Kenya later in the year. Sanath Jayasuriya also scored the fastest fifty in ODIs at that time– in 17 balls against Pakistan in
75-630: A regular cycle (every three years from 1984 to 1994, every five years since) and during years that mark national milestones (such as the bicentennial of modern Singapore in 2019). From 2023 through 2025, it will host the parade due to the reconstruction of its designated main venue The Float @ Marina Bay as NS Square . On 4 November 2018, the Padang hosted the live finals of the Mandopop reality music competition SPOP Sing! . On 3 August 2019, Deputy Prime Minister Heng Swee Keat announced that
90-616: Is the former courthouse of the Supreme Court of Singapore . The court moved to a new building , where it began operations on 20 June 2005. The former courthouse was the last structure in the style of classical architecture to be built in the former British colony . Together with the Former City Hall , the former courthouse has been converted for use as National Gallery Singapore ; the complex opened in 2015. On 1 April 1937, Sir Shenton Whitelegge Thomas , Governor of
105-692: The Padang Cricket Ground . The Padang is surrounded by several important landmarks, which include Saint Andrew's Cathedral , City Hall , the Old Supreme Court Building and the City Hall MRT station . Due to its prime location and historical significance, it has been used as a venue for a variety of events. It was the first host of the Singapore National Day parade (NDP), and has hosted it on
120-765: The Padang will be gazetted as a National Monument along with the Anderson Bridge , Cavenagh Bridge and the Elgin Bridge (collectively known as the Singapore River Bridges), due to the historical significance - these include the World War II surrender in 1945, National Day Parade and the signing of the country's formation in the British colony and self-independence. The Preservation of Monuments (Amendment) Act will allow open spaces or
135-618: The Pakistan team. Sri Lanka named a 14-player side for the tournament, unchanged from the team that won the 1996 World Cup. Pakistan named a 14-player side with some major changes from the side that had played in the World Cup. Former captain and fast-bowler Wasim Akram had pulled out of the tournament due to an injury, and veteran batsman Javed Miandad retired after the 1996 World Cup. They were replaced by middle-order batsman Basit Ali and fast-bowler Mohammad Akram . India named
150-632: The Straits Settlements laid the original foundation stone of the Supreme Court Building. (At the time it was the largest foundation stone in the whole of Malaya .) Buried beneath the stone is a time capsule containing six Singaporean newspapers dated 31 March 1937, and a handful of coins of the Straits Settlements . The capsule is not due to be retrieved until the year 3000. The Supreme Court building
165-442: The end of the round-robin matches, each team had one victory and one loss, making their tally of points equal. As a result, the finalists were decided based on superior net run-rate. Sanath Jayasuriya, who had been the player of the tournament for the 1996 World Cup, won the same award for the 1996 Singer Cup. He finished the tournament scoring 217 runs in 3 innings with a batting average of 72.33, with one fifty and one century. As
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#1732783255021180-578: The final – surpassing Australia 's Simon O'Donnell 's 18-ball record, made against Sri Lanka in Sharjah in 1989–90. Pakistani captain Aamir Sohail made the second-highest number of runs, scoring 140 in 3 innings at an average of 70.00. India's Sachin Tendulkar was the only other batsman after Jayasuriya to score a century – making 100 runs against Pakistan. The tournament's leading wicket-taker
195-480: The whole of the area to be gazetted as national monuments, such as Fort Siloso and Padang. On 8 August 2022, it was announced that the Padang would be gazetted as the nation's 75th national monument on 9 August, the 57th anniversary of the Republic's independence. Former Supreme Court, Singapore The Former Supreme Court Building ( Malay : Bangunan Mahkamah Agung Lama , Chinese : 最高法院大厦 )
210-619: Was Pakistani spin bowler Saqlain Mushtaq , who took a total of 8 wickets at an average of 16.2 and a best of 3/38. Sri Lanka's Muttiah Muralitharan shared the record of taking most catches along with Pakistani wicket-keeper Rashid Latif , both taking 4 catches. Padang, Singapore The Padang ( Malay for 'field') is an open playing field located within the Downtown Core of the Central Area in Singapore. It includes
225-647: Was declared open on 3 August 1939 by Sir Shenton Thomas and handed over to the Chief Justice , Sir Percy McElwaine , on the same day. In 1946, after World War II, the building was the site of war crime trials of members of the Imperial Japanese Army for actions in Singapore during the war. After the court moved to a new building, the Former Supreme Court Building, together with the adjacent Former City Hall ,
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