1999–2000 Australia Tri-Nation Series

Cricket 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
| 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)
Mohammad Yousuf (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)

← 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

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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

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### Match results

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#### 1st match

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9 January 2000
(scorecard)

Pakistan
184/8 (50 overs)

Australia
139 (39 overs)

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Saqlain Mushtaq 37 (46)
Andrew Symonds 3–34 (10 overs)

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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

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10 January 2000
(scorecard)

India
195 (48.5 overs)

Pakistan
196/8 (49 overs)

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Sourav Ganguly 61 (101)
Shoaib Akhtar 3–19 (8 overs)

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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

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12 January 2000
(scorecard)

Australia
269/7 (50 overs)

India
241/6 (50 overs)

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Ricky Ponting 115 (121)
Javagal Srinath 2–52 (10 overs)

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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

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14 January 2000
(scorecard)

India
100 (36.3 overs)

Australia
101/5 (26.5 overs)

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Rahul Dravid 22 (70)
Glenn McGrath 4–8 (10 overs)

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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

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16 January 2000
(scorecard)

Pakistan
176/9 (41 overs)

Australia
177/4 (38.5 overs)

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Abdul Razzaq 51 (54)
Shane Lee 3–24 (8 overs)

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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

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19 January 2000
(scorecard)

Australia
286 (49.4 overs)

Pakistan
205 (45.2 overs)

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Michael Bevan 77 (97)
Wasim Akram 3–40 (9 overs)

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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

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21 January 2000
(scorecard)

Pakistan
262/7 (50 overs)

India
230 (46.5 overs)

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Abdul Razzaq 70 (52)
Venkatesh Prasad 2–41 (10 overs)

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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

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23 January 2000
(scorecard)

Australia
260/9 (50 overs)

Pakistan
245 (48.5 overs)

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Michael Bevan 83 (101)
Shahid Afridi 2–45 (9 overs)

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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

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25 January 2000
(scorecard)

India
267/6 (50 overs)

Pakistan
219 (44.4 overs)

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Sourav Ganguly 141 (144)
Saqlain Mushtaq 2–56 (10 overs)

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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

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26 January 2000
(scorecard)

Australia
329/5 (50 overs)

India
177 (46.5 overs)

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Mark Waugh 116 (131)
Anil Kumble 2–71 (10 overs)

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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

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28 January 2000
(scorecard)

Pakistan
261/8 (50 overs)

India
157 (46 overs)

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Saeed Anwar 44 (48)
Sourav Ganguly 3–34 (10 overs)

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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

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30 January 2000
(scorecard)

India
226/6 (50 overs)

Australia
230/6 (49.3 overs)

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Rahul Dravid 65 (106)
Damien Martyn 1–19 (5 overs)

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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

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

Team  | P  | W  | L  | T  | NR  | NRR  | Points[3]

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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

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

### 1st final

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2 February 2000
(scorecard)

Pakistan
154 (47.2 overs)

Australia
155/4 (42.4 overs)

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Moin Khan 47 (48)
Glenn McGrath 3–17 (9 overs)

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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

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4 February 2000
(scorecard)

Australia
337/7 (50 overs)

Pakistan
185 (36.3 overs)

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Ricky Ponting 78 (80)
Saqlain Mushtaq 2–54 (10 overs)

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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

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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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