2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy final

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2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy Final
2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.jpg
The ICC KnockOut Trophy, won by New Zealand
India New Zealand
Flag of India.svg Flag of New Zealand.svg
264/6265/6
50 overs49.4 overs
Date15 October 2000
Venue Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Player of the match Chris Cairns (NZ)
Umpires Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng)
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The final of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy took place on 15 October 2000 at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi, Kenya. It was played between India and New Zealand. [1] New Zealand won the final by four wickets to win their first ICC KnockOut Trophy and thus also winning a major ICC event. [2] Chris Cairns was named the man of the match for scoring 102 runs. [3]

Contents

Road to the final

Knockout stage

A total of 10 matches were played in the tournament. The top 5 teams ranked according to 1999 Cricket World Cup seedings qualify for the knockout stage automatically. The remaining three teams qualify from the pre-quarter-finals, which was held from 3 to 5 October, between 6 of the lowest ranked teams according to 1999 Cricket World Cup seedings. Australia, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand and Zimbabwe qualified for the knockout stage automatically, while India, Sri Lanka and England qualified from the pre-quarter-finals, beating Kenya, West Indies and Bangladesh respectively. India faced Australia, Sri Lanka faced Pakistan and England faced South Africa in the quarter-finals. India, Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa defeated Australia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and England respectively in the quarter-finals, and qualified for the semi-finals. [4] [5]

Semi-finals

The first Semi-final was played between New Zealand and Pakistan on 11 October 2000 at Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya. Pakistan, who had won the toss, elected to bat first. Pakistan were bowled out for 252. Saeed Anwar scored 104 runs from 115 balls. Shayne O'Connor take a five-wicket haul his match figures were (5/46) bowling 9.2 overs, which help the New Zealand team to bowl out Pakistan for such mediocre score. New Zealand innings did start well losing their 2 wickets for 15, but Roger Twose and Craig McMillan steady the innings and put a brilliant partnership of 135 runs facing 158 balls and thus, they achieved the target with an over and 4 wickets remaining. Shayne O'Connor was awarded Man of the Match for his match figures (5/46) and New Zealand entered in their first ever Finals at major ICC events. [6]

India played South Africa in the second Semi-final of the tournament on 13 October 2000 at Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya. India captain, Sourav Ganguly won the toss and decided to bat first. Indian openers gave them a steady start, with 66 for no wicket in 14 overs. Sourav Ganguly scored a brilliant century scoring 141 runs facing 142 balls he was not out throughout the innings and India scored the mammoth total of 295 runs losing 6 wickets. South African openers could not give their team a good start as both Kirsten and Hall were back in the pavilion for just the score of 23 in 4 overs and soon they were reduced to 50/4 then Jonty Rhodes, Mark Boucher and Lance Klusener steadied the innings for some extent but that could not help too much as they were bowled out for 200 and lost the match by 95 runs. Sourav Ganguly was named the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock of 141 runs. [7]

Match details

Match officials

Summary

Chris Cairns scored 102 runs not out from 113 balls. Chris Cairns from side.jpg
Chris Cairns scored 102 runs not out from 113 balls.

New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. Indian openers gave a superb start to their team, and put a brilliant partnership of 141 and scoring the runs at the run rate of over 5 runs per over, but then, their middle could not take any advantage of the start given by their openers and finished the innings scoring 264 runs and losing 6 wickets in their allotted 50 overs. Sourav Ganguly's golden run in the tournament continued as he yet again scored a brilliant century scoring 117 runs from 130 balls. New Zealand innings yet again did not start well as they lost their 2 wickets inside 6 overs for the score of 37, and later reduced to 132/5 but then, Chris Cairns and Chris Harris put a brilliant partnership of 122 runs which help them to win their first major ICC event and also their first ICC KnockOut Trophy title. [8] [9] [10] [11]

15 October
Scorecard
India  Flag of India.svg
264/6 (50 overs)
v
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand
265/6 (49.4 overs)
Sourav Ganguly 117 (130)
Scott Styris 2/53 (10 overs)
Chris Cairns 102* (113)
Venkatesh Prasad 3/27 (7 overs)
New Zealand won by 4 wickets
Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng)
Player of the match: Chris Cairns (NZ)
  • New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
  • This was New Zealand's first major ICC event win.

Scorecard

Source: [12]

Flag of India.svg  India batting
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Sourav Ganguly *c Harris b Astle1171309490.00
Sachin Tendulkar run out (Styris/Astle)698310183.13
Rahul Dravid run out (Styris/Allott)22351062.85
Yuvraj Singh c Twose b Styris18192094.73
Vinod Kambli c O'Connor b Styris150020.00
Robin Singh c Spearman b Allott131110118.18
Ajit Agarkar not out15170088.23
Vijay Dahiyanot out120050.00
Anil Kumble did not bat
Zaheer Khan did not bat
Venkatesh Prasad did not bat
Extras(lb 2, nb 2, w 4)8
Total(6 wickets; 50 overs)264235

Fall of wickets: 1/141 (Tendulkar, 26.3 ov), 2/202 (Dravid, 38.6 ov), 3/220 (Ganguly, 42.3 ov), 4/229 (Kambli, 43.4 ov), 5/237 (Yuvraj, 45.3 ov), 6/256 (Robin, 48.4 ov)

Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Geoff Allott 1005415.4021
Shayne O'Connor 503707.4010
Chris Cairns 1024004.0010
Scott Styris 1005325.3001
Nathan Astle 1004614.6000
Chris Harris 503206.4000
Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand batting
PlayerStatusRunsBalls4s6sStrike rate
Craig Spearman c Yuvraj b Prasad380037.50
Nathan Astle c Robin b Kumble37485077.08
Stephen Fleming *lbw b Prasad5110045.45
Roger Twose st †Dahiya b Kumble31354088.57
Chris Cairns not out1021138290.26
Craig McMillan c Ganguly b Tendulkar151420107.14
Chris Harris c Robin b Prasad46724063.88
Adam Parorenot out340075.00
Scott Styris
Shayne O'Connor
Geoff Allott
Extras(lb 15, nb 7, w 1)23
Total(6 wickets; 49.4 overs)265232

Fall of wickets: 1/6 (Spearman, 1.5 ov), 2/37 (Fleming, 5.4 ov), 3/82 (Astle, 14.6 ov), 4/109 (Twose, 18.5 ov), 5/132 (McMillan, 23.2 ov), 6/254 (Harris, 48.3 ov)

Flag of India.svg  India bowling
BowlerOversMaidensRunsWicketsEconWidesNBs
Zaheer Khan 705407.7106
Venkatesh Prasad 702733.8510
Ajit Agarkar 6.404406.6000
Anil Kumble 905526.1100
Sachin Tendulkar 1013813.8000
Yuvraj Singh 1003203.2001

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