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#5 Coca-Cola Champions Trophy, 1999 - Pakistan v Sri Lanka at Sharjah - Match Tied

With 2 tri-series victories in Sharjah, one in India and finishing runners-up at the World Cup, Pakistan was the best ODI team in 1999.

In one of the most remarkable one-day matches ever, this one looked like one-way traffic for the most part of the game.

Bad running from Pakistan combined with two wickets apiece for Chaminda Vaas, Muttiah Muralitharan and Russell Arnold restricted Pakistan to 196 all out. Only Saeed Anwar, Mohammad Yousuf and Inzamam-ul-Haq scored 30-plus, with none of them getting a half-century.

Sri Lanka got off to a good start before Attapattu edged one off Wasim Akram to Moin Khan - losing their first wicket for 42. However, a 115-run partnership between Romesh Kaluwitharana and Russell Arnold eased their nerves, with the team needing only 40 runs from 88 balls with nine wickets remaining.

Many Sri Lankan fans must have switched off their television sets at this point during the midnight (it was already midnight in Sri Lankan time with 15 overs remaining), rest assured of a win.

Kaluwithrana tried cutting a sharply reverse-swinging delivery from Abdul Razzaq, but inside edged it, providing wicketkeeper Moin Khan with a difficult chance, which he grabbed. Arnold didn't complicate things, and soon Sri Lanka were in their 170's.

A gem of a delivery, an arm ball from Shoaib Malik, bowling round the wicket to left-hander Russell Arnold, bowled the latter and opened the floodgates. Wasim and Razzaq started attacking from both ends, and soon Sri Lanka were 177 for 5.

While Wasim was bowling line and length and occasionally getting some swing, Razzaq - with his high round-arm action - was in-swinging the old ball just like Waqar did during his peak. It looked as there was a ball-attracting magnet fitted in the stumps, as it swung from way outside the off - in the air and off the deck.

With 11 runs needed off 26 balls and five wickets remaining, Razzaq got Mahela Jayawardene to edge another one to Moin Khan behind the stumps. The very next delivery, he produced his stock ball for the evening - a late in-dipper to beat Suresh Perera all ends up. Chaminda Vaas played across the line - also losing his off-stump to Razzaq.

Sri Lanka, just like their 1996 tie, managed to level the scores. Number seven batsman Chamara Silva was facing the last ball of the penultimate over, and rather than depending on Murali and last man Zoysa to finish the job, decided to run.

He played Azhar Mahmood's last ball straight to Shoaib Malik at square leg, ran towards the bowling end and Malik made an uncomplicated underarm direct hit to dismiss Murali at the batting end.

Chamara was now on strike, facing Razzaq to score just one run off one full over with just one wicket remaining. Razzaq again bowled his stock delivery of the evening - a late in-swinging length ball that swung into the middle stump.

Silva tried playing a straight drive, but suffered a similar fate as Mahela, Razzaq rattling the stumps. The match was tied, Razzaq took five wickets and delivered his first of many stunning man-of-the-match performances in the UAE during three different decades.