1999–2000 Australia Tri-Nation Series

1999–2000 Carlton and United Series
1999–2000 Carlton and United Series
Date	9 January 2000 – 4 February 2000
Location	Australia
Result	Won by Australia; 2–0 in final series
Player of the series	Abdul Razzaq
Australia
Teams
Australia	India
Captains
Steve Waugh	Sachin Tendulkar
Most runs
Ricky Ponting (404); Michael Bevan (388); Mark Waugh (305)	Sourav Ganguly (356); Rahul Dravid (268); Robin Singh (214)
Most wickets
Glenn McGrath (19); Shane Lee (16); Brett Lee (16)	Javagal Srinath (14); Anil Kumble (10); Sourav Ganguly (6); Venkatesh Prasad (6)
	← 1998–99 2000–01 →

The 1999–2000 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the 1999–2000 Carlton and United Series) was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to India and Pakistan. Australia and Pakistan reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0.

Ricky Ponting was the leading scorer of the series^[1] and Glenn McGrath, the leading wicket-taker.^[2]

Squads edit

Squads
Australia	India	Pakistan
Steve Waugh (c)	Sachin Tendulkar (c)	Wasim Akram (c)
Adam Gilchrist (wk)	Sameer Dighe (wk)	Moin Khan (wk)
Mark Waugh	Sourav Ganguly	Ijaz Ahmed
Michael Bevan	Rahul Dravid	Yousuf Youhana
Damien Fleming	Robin Singh	Saeed Anwar
Shane Lee	Jacob Martin	Abdul Razzaq
Adam Dale	Anil Kumble	Azhar Mahmood
Ian Harvey	Hrishikesh Kanitkar	Shahid Afridi
Brett Lee	Venkatesh Prasad	Waqar Younis
Stuart MacGill	VVS Laxman	Saqlain Mushtaq
Glenn McGrath	Devang Gandhi	Inzamam ul Haq
Damien Martyn	Javagal Srinath	Wajahatullah Wasti
Ricky Ponting	Nikhil Chopra	Shoaib Akhtar
Andrew Symonds	Ajit Agarkar	Shoaib Malik
Shane Warne	Sunil Joshi	Mohammad Wasim
–	Debasis Mohanty	–

Group stage edit

Match results edit

1st match edit

9 January 2000
(scorecard)

Pakistan 184/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 139 (39 overs)
Saqlain Mushtaq 37 (46) Andrew Symonds 3–34 (10 overs)		Ricky Ponting 32 (31) Abdul Razzaq 4–23 (8 overs)

Pakistan won by 45 runs
Brisbane Cricket Ground
Umpires: Daryl Harper & Peter Parker
Player of the match:

Abdul Razzaq
Attendance: 35,738

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

2nd match edit

10 January 2000
(scorecard)

India 195 (48.5 overs)	v	Pakistan 196/8 (49 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 61 (101) Shoaib Akhtar 3–19 (8 overs)		Yousuf Youhana 63 (83) Javagal Srinath 4–49 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 2 wickets (with 0 balls remaining)
Brisbane Cricket Ground
Umpires: Steve Davis & Simon Taufel
Player of the match:

Yousuf Youhana
Attendance: 15,583

India won the toss and elected to bat
Pakistan were fined 1 over for slow over rate

3rd match edit

12 January 2000
(scorecard)

Australia 269/7 (50 overs)	v	India 241/6 (50 overs)
Ricky Ponting 115 (121) Javagal Srinath 2–52 (10 overs)		Sourav Ganguly 100 (127) Glenn Mcgrath 1–32 (10 overs)

Australia won by 28 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Umpires: Daryl Harper & Simon Taufel
Player of the match:

Ricky Ponting
Attendance: 73,219

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

4th match edit

14 January 2000
(scorecard)

India 100 (36.3 overs)	v	Australia 101/5 (26.5 overs)
Rahul Dravid 22 (70) Glenn McGrath 4–8 (10 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 37 (51) Javagal Srinath 4–30 (10 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets (with 139 balls remaining)
Sydney Cricket Ground
Umpires: Peter Parker & Simon Taufel
Player of the match:

Andrew Symonds
Attendance: 38,831

India won the toss and elected to bat

5th match edit

16 January 2000
(scorecard)

Pakistan 176/9 (41 overs)	v	Australia 177/4 (38.5 overs)
Abdul Razzaq 51 (54) Shane Lee 3–24 (8 overs)		Steve Waugh 81 (92) Shoaib Akhtar 2–32 (8 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets (with 13 balls remaining)
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Umpires: Peter Parker & Simon Taufel
Player of the match:

Steve Waugh
Attendance: 37,325

Australia won the toss and elected to field
Early rain reduced the match to 41 overs a side.

6th match edit

19 January 2000
(scorecard)

Australia 286 (49.4 overs)	v	Pakistan 205 (45.2 overs)
Michael Bevan 77 (97) Wasim Akram 3–40 (9 overs)		Abdul Razzaq 40 (38) Stuart MacGill 4–19 (10 overs)

Australia won by 81 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground
Umpires: Steve Davis & Daryl Harper
Player of the match:

Stuart MacGill
Attendance: 38,006

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

7th match edit

21 January 2000
(scorecard)

Pakistan 262/7 (50 overs)	v	India 230 (46.5 overs)
Abdul Razzaq 70 (52) Venkatesh Prasad 2–41 (10 overs)		Sachin Tendulkar 93 (103) Abdul Razzaq 5–48 (10 overs)

Pakistan won by 32 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Peter Parker & Daryl Harper
Player of the match:

Abdul Razzaq
Attendance:

India won the toss and elected to field
India were fined 2 overs for a slow over rate

8th match edit

23 January 2000
(scorecard)

Australia 260/9 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 245 (48.5 overs)
Michael Bevan 83 (101) Shahid Afridi 2–45 (9 overs)		Ijaz Ahmed 85 (104) Shane Lee 4–37 (8.5 overs)

Australia won by 15 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Umpires: Darrell Hair & Peter Parker
Player of the match:

Michael Bevan
Attendance: 56,815

Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Rain interrupted play from 9:18pm to 9:41pm. No change was made to the overs.

9th match edit

25 January 2000
(scorecard)

India 267/6 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 219 (44.4 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 141 (144) Saqlain Mushtaq 2–56 (10 overs)		Azhar Mahmood 67 (50) Anil Kumble 4–40 (9.4 overs)

India won by 48 runs
Adelaide Oval
Umpires: Steve Davis & Darrell Hair
Player of the match:

Sourav Ganguly
Attendance: 11,263

India won the toss and elected to bat

10th match edit

26 January 2000
(scorecard)

Australia 329/5 (50 overs)	v	India 177 (46.5 overs)
Mark Waugh 116 (131) Anil Kumble 2–71 (10 overs)		Rahul Dravid 63 (82) Brett Lee 5–27 (8.5 overs)

Australia won by 152 runs
Adelaide Oval
Umpires: Daryl Harper & Simon Taufel
Player of the match:

Mark Waugh
Attendance: 29,506

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

11th match edit

28 January 2000
(scorecard)

Pakistan 261/8 (50 overs)	v	India 157 (46 overs)
Saeed Anwar 44 (48) Sourav Ganguly 3–34 (10 overs)		Robin Singh 51 (102) Wasim Akram 3–10 (7 overs)

Pakistan won by 104 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Simon Taufel & Darrell Hair
Player of the match:

Wasim Akram
Attendance: 10,531

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

12th match edit

30 January 2000
(scorecard)

India 226/6 (50 overs)	v	Australia 230/6 (49.3 overs)
Rahul Dravid 65 (106) Damien Martyn 1–19 (5 overs)		Michael Bevan 71 (92) Sunil Joshi 2–33 (10 overs)

Australia won by 4 wickets (with 3 balls remaining)
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Steve Davis & Darrell Hair
Player of the match:

Michael Bevan
Attendance: 26,116

India won the toss and elected to bat

Points table edit

Australia and Pakistan qualified for the Finals with seven and four wins respectively.

Team	P	W	L	NRR	Points^[3]
Australia	8	7	1	+0.920	14
Pakistan	8	4	4	+0.070	8
India	8	1	7	−0.972	2

Final series edit

Australia won the best of three final series against Pakistan 2–0.

1st final edit

2 February 2000
(scorecard)

Pakistan 154 (47.2 overs)	v	Australia 155/4 (42.4 overs)
Moin Khan 47 (48) Glenn McGrath 3–17 (9 overs)		Michael Bevan 54 (102) Shoaib Akhtar 2–26 (7 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets (with 44 balls remaining)
Melbourne Cricket Ground
Umpires: Daryl Harper & Simon Taufel
Player of the match:

Glenn McGrath
Attendance: 39,041

Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

2nd final edit

4 February 2000
(scorecard)

Australia 337/7 (50 overs)	v	Pakistan 185 (36.3 overs)
Ricky Ponting 78 (80) Saqlain Mushtaq 2–54 (10 overs)		Yousuf Youhana 41 (73) Glenn McGrath 5–49 (9.3 overs)

Australia won by 152 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground
Umpires: Steve Davis & Peter Parker
Player of the match:

Ricky Ponting
Attendance: 38,123

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

References edit

^ "Most runs in Carlton & United Series, 1999/00". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
^ "Most wickets in Carlton & United Series, 1999/00". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2013.
^ Result Summary

[1] "Most runs in Carlton & United Series, 1999/00". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2013.

[2] "Most wickets in Carlton & United Series, 1999/00". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 16 April 2013.

[3] Result Summary

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