Paktel Cup
Part of the Sri Lanka in Pakistan
Date	30 September 2004– 16 October 2004
Location	Pakistan
Result	Sri Lanka victory
Player of the series	Shoaib Malik
Teams  Pakistan  Sri Lanka  Zimbabwe Captains Inzamam-ul-Haq Marvan Atapattu Tatenda Taibu Most runs Malik (260) Youhana (159) Inzamam (153) Atapattu (223) Sangakkara (175) Jayasuriya (124) Ebrahim (124) Taylor (81) Matsikenyeri (78) Most wickets Shahid Afridi (8) Shoaib Malik (7) Rana Naved (7) Chandana (7) Vaas (6) Jayasuriya (5) Panyangara (6) Hondo (5) Chigumbura (2)
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The 2004–05 Paktel Cup was a three-team One Day International men's cricket tournament held in Pakistan in September and October 2004, between the hosting nation's team, Sri Lanka and Zimbabwe.^[1] The teams played each other two matches.^[2] The top two teams on points went on to play the final.

Group Stage Table

Group Stage
Pos	Team	P	W	L	T	NR	NRR	For	Against	Points
1	Pakistan	4	4	0	0	0	+0.612	1080/195.4	925/200.0	21
2	Sri Lanka	4	1	2	0	1	+0.499	633/118.1	634/147.3	11
3	Zimbabwe	4	0	3	0	1	−1.508	504/150.0	658/116.2	4

Schedule

Group Stage
No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue
1st	30 September	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan
2nd	2 October	Pakistan	Zimbabwe	Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar
3rd	6 October	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	National Stadium, Karachi
4th	9 October	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
5th	11 October	Sri Lanka	Zimbabwe	Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi
6th	14 October	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Gaddafi Stadium Lahore
Final
Final	16 October	Pakistan	Sri Lanka	Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore

Group stage matches

1st Match: Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 30 September

Sep 30, 2004 Scorecard

Pakistan  292/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 148 (38.3 overs)
Abdul Razzaq 107* (114) Douglas Hondo 3/54 (10 overs)		Vusi Sibanda 57 (69) Shahid Afridi 3/18 (6.3 overs)

Pakistan won by 144 runs Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan Umpires: Mark Benson (Eng) and Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) Player of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

2nd Match: Pakistan v Zimbabwe, 3 October

Oct 3, 2004 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  252/4 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 258/7 (48.1 overs)
Brendan Taylor 73 (122) Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 2/82 (10 overs)		Shoaib Malik 80 (104) Tinashe Panyangara 3/28 (9 overs)

Pakistan won by 3 wickets (with 11 balls remaining) Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Mark Benson (Eng) Player of the match: Younis Khan (Pak)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

3rd Match: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 6 October

Oct 6, 2004 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  232/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 233/2 (48.4 overs)
Sanath Jayasuriya 53 (85) Shoaib Malik 3/32 (10 overs)		Yousuf Youhana 107* (121) Chaminda Vaas 1/24 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 8 wickets (with 8 balls remaining) National Stadium, Karachi Umpires: Asad Rauf (Pak) and Mark Benson (Eng) Player of the match: Shoaib Malik (Pak)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat

4th Match: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, 9 October

Oct 9, 2004 Scorecard

Zimbabwe  104 (33 overs)	v	Sri Lanka 108/3 (18.1 overs)
Stuart Matsikenyeri 37 (46) Upul Chandana 3/15 (6 overs)		Sanath Jayasuriya 40 (30) Elton Chigumbura 2/18 (3 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 7 wickets (with 191 balls remaining) Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Farveez Maharoof (Sri)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

5th Match: Sri Lanka v Zimbabwe, 11 October

Oct 11, 2004 Scorecard

Sri Lanka	v	Zimbabwe

Match abandoned without a ball bowled Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus)

• No toss.
• No play was possible due to rain.

6th Match: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 14 October

Oct 14, 2004 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  293/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 297/4 (48.5 overs)
Marvan Atapattu 111 (114) Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 2/65 (10 overs)		Inzamam-ul-Haq 76* (59) Chaminda Vaas 2/62 (9.5 overs)

Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 7 balls remaining) Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Nadeem Ghauri (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (Sri)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

Final

Final match: Pakistan v Sri Lanka, 16 October

Oct 16, 2004 Scorecard

Sri Lanka  287/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 168 (38 overs)
Kumar Sangakkara 68 (69) Shahid Afridi 2/60 (10 overs)		Salman Butt 40 (61) Sanath Jayasuriya 5/17 (8 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 119 runs Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Umpires: Aleem Dar (Pak) and Simon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Kumar Sangakkara (Sri)

• Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.