1999–2000 Carlton and United Series

1999-00 Carlton & 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
Teams
 Australia  India  Pakistan
Captains
Steve Waugh Sachin Tendulkar Wasim Akram
Most runs
Ricky Ponting (404)
Michael Bevan (388)
Mark Waugh (305)
Sourav Ganguly (356)
Rahul Dravid (268)
Robin Singh (214)
Ijaz Ahmed (263)
Yousuf Youhana (242)
Saeed Anwar (237)
Most wickets
Glenn McGrath (19)
Shane Lee (16)
Brett Lee (16)
Javagal Srinath (14)
Anil Kumble (10)
Sourav Ganguly (6)
Venkatesh Prasad (6)
Shoaib Akhtar (16)
Abdul Razzaq (14)
Wasim Akram (13)
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The 1999-00 Carlton & 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

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

Match results

3rd match

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: Australia Ricky Ponting
Attendance: 73,219
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat

4th match

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: Australia Andrew Symonds
Attendance: 38,831
  • India won the toss and elected to bat

5th match

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: Australia 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

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: Australia Stuart MacGill
Attendance: 38,006
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat

8th match

19 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: Australia 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.

10th match

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: Australia Mark Waugh
Attendance: 29,506
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat

12th match

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: Australia Michael Bevan
Attendance: 26,116
  • India won the toss and elected to bat

Points Table

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

Team P W L T NR NRR Points[3]
 Australia 8 7 1 0 0 +0.920 14
 Pakistan 8 4 4 0 0 +0.070 8
 India 8 1 7 0 0 −0.972 2

Final series

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

1st final

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: Australia Glenn McGrath
Attendance: 39,041
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

2nd final

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: Australia Ricky Ponting
Attendance: 38,123
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat

References

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