2000 NatWest Triangular Series

2000 NatWest Series
Part of Zimbabwean cricket team in England in 2000 West Indian cricket team in England in 2000
Date	6–22 July 2000
Location	England
Result	England beat Zimbabwe in the final
Player of the series	Alec Stewart (Eng)
Teams   England   West Indies   Zimbabwe Captains Nasser Hussain Jimmy Adams Andy Flower Most runs Alec Stewart (408) Brian Lara (204) Alistair Campbell (257) Most wickets Craig White (11) Franklyn Rose (8) Heath Streak (10)
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The 2000 NatWest Series was a One Day International cricket tournament that took place in England between 6 and 22 July 2000. It was a tri-nation series involving England, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Ten matches were played in total, with each team playing one another thrice during the group stage, and the top two teams advancing to the finals. In the final, England defeated Zimbabwe at Lord's on 22 July 2000 by seven wickets to win the title.

Background

The Zimbabwe team played in a two Test match series against England in May-June 2000, which was won by England. ^[1] The West Indies was scheduled to play five tests against England in the Frank Worrell series between June and August 2000. ^[2] In the midst of the test series between England West Indies, a tri-nation One Day International series involving the England, West Indies and Zimbabwe was scheduled, sponsored by the National Westminster Bank. ^[3]

Venues

Eight venues across England were used for the series with the final played at Lord's. ^{[4] [5]}

City	Bristol	London	London	Canterbury	Manchester	Chester-le-Street	Birmingham	Nottingham
Venue	Bristol County Ground	The Oval	Lord's	St Lawrence Ground	Old Trafford	Riverside Ground	Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Trent Bridge
Capacity	17,500	23,500	20,000	15,000	15,000	19,000	25,000	15,000

Squads

Squads ^[6]

England	West Indies	Zimbabwe
Nasser Hussain (c) Andy Caddick Robert Croft Mark Ealham Andrew Flintoff Paul Franks Darren Gough Graeme Hick Nick Knight Matthew Maynard Alan Mullally Vikram Solanki Alec Stewart, (wk) Graham Thorpe Marcus Trescothick Craig White	Jimmy Adams (c) Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul Corey Collymore Mervyn Dillon Chris Gayle Adrian Griffith Wavell Hinds Ridley Jacobs (wk) Reon King Brian Lara Nixon McLean Mahendra Nagamootoo Ricardo Powell Franklyn Rose Ramnaresh Sarwan Courtney Walsh	Andy Flower (c), (wk) Heath Streak Grant Flower Alistair Campbell Gary Brent Stuart Carlisle Murray Goodwin Neil Johnson Mpumelelo Mbangwa Mluleki Nkala Henry Olonga Bryan Strang Paul Strang Dirk Viljoen Guy Whittall Craig Wishart

Fixtures

Ten matches were played in total, with each team playing one another thrice during the group stage, and the top two teams advancing to the finals. ^[5]

Group stage

Zimbabwe topped the group stage with four wins from six matches. England finished in second place with seven points, and qualified for the finals to face Zimbabwe. ^[7]

Team	Played	Won	Lost	No Result	Points	NRR
Zimbabwe	6	4	2	0	8	-0.276
England	6	3	2	1	7	0.985
West Indies	6	1	4	1	3	-0.700

Matches

In the group stage, Zimbabwe won its first three matches to top the table during the early fixtures. After its initial loss to Zimbabwe and a no result against West Indies, England came back to win its next three matches to be placed second. West Indies never really took off in the series, lost all its matches with Zimbabwe, and scored a lone victory in the last dead rubber against England. ^[8]

6 July 2000 (D/N) Scorecard

West Indies   232/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 233/4 (45 overs)
Brian Lara 60 (63) Grant Flower 2/27 (6 overs)		Neil Johnson 95* (128) Franklyn Rose 2/50 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Bristol County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Peter Willey (Eng) and Jeremy Lloyds (Eng) Player of the match: Neil Johnson (ZIM)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• *Points: Zimbabwe 2, West Indies 0.

8 July 2000 Scorecard

England   207 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 210/5 (48.2 overs)
Marcus Trescothick 79 (102) Grant Flower 3/9 (3 overs)		Alistair Campbell 80 (136) Andy Caddick 2/27 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Ken Palmer (Eng) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Alistair Campbell (ZIM)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• Marcus Trescothick (ENG) made his ODI debut.
• Points: Zimbabwe 2, England 0.

9 July 2000 Scorecard

England   158/8 (43.5 overs)	v	West Indies
Marcus Trescothick 49 (79) Franklyn Rose 3/42 (9 overs)

No result Lord's, London Umpires: Ken Palmer (Eng) and Ray Julian (Eng)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• *Points: England 1, West Indies 1.

11 July 2000 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   256/4 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 186/8 (50 overs)
Guy Whittall 83 (111) Franklyn Rose 2/47 (10 overs)		Nixon McLean 50* (70) Neil Johnson 2/16 (6 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 70 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Ray Julian (Eng) and Barry Dudleston (Eng) Player of the match: Guy Whittall (ZIM)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
• *Points: Zimbabwe 2, West Indies 0.

13 July 2000 (D/N) Scorecard

Zimbabwe   114 (38.4 overs)	v	England 115/2 (20.3 overs)
Andy Flower 28 (57) Marcus Trescothick 2/7 (1.4 overs)		Andrew Flintoff 42* (45) Heath Streak 2/32 (6 overs)

England won by 8 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and John Holder (Eng) Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (ENG)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• *Points: England 2, Zimbabwe 0.

15 July 2000 Scorecard

West Indies   169/8 (50 overs)	v	England 171/0 (35.2 overs)
Brian Lara 54 (101) Alan Mullally 3/27 (10 overs)		Marcus Trescothick 87* (107)

England won by 10 wickets Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and John Hampshire (Eng) Player of the match: Marcus Trescothick (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• *Points: England 2, West Indies 0.

16 July 2000 Scorecard

West Indies   287/5 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 290/4 (49.1 overs)
Sherwin Campbell 105 (137) Dirk Viljoen 3/75 (10 overs)		Murray Goodwin 112* (137) Mervyn Dillon 2/52 (10 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: John Holder (Eng) and John Hampshire (Eng) Player of the match: Murray Goodwin (ZIM)

• West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
• Mahendra Nagamootoo (WIN) made his ODI debut.
• Points: Zimbabwe 2, West Indies 0.

18 July 2000 (D/N) Scorecard

England   262/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 210/9 (50 overs)
Alec Stewart 101 (144) Heath Streak 3/59 (10 overs)		Alistair Campbell 60 (95) Craig White 3/34 (8 overs)

England won by 52 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen (Eng) and David Constant (Eng) Player of the match: Alec Stewart (ENG)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.
• *Points: England 2, Zimbabwe 0.

20 July 2000 Scorecard

West Indies   195/9 (50 overs)	v	England 192 (49.5 overs)
Chris Gayle 37 (71) Craig White 3/35 (10 overs)		Alec Stewart 100* (147) Reon King 3/30 (10 overs)

West Indies won by 3 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen (Eng) and Barrie Leadbeater (Eng) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (WIN)

• England won the toss and elected to field.
• Ramnaresh Sarwan (WIN) and Paul Franks (Eng) made their ODI debuts.
• Points: West Indies 2, England 0.

Final

In the final held at Lord's on 22 July 2000, Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat first. Zimbabwe lost three quick wickets within the first few overs with Darren Gough taking two. After Andy Caddick bowled Neil Johnson, Andy and Grant Flower steadied the innings with Grant top scoring with 53 runs. Zimbabwe finished with a paltry total of 169 runs in the allocated 50 overs. While England lost two quick wickets in the chase, Alec Stewart and Graham Hick combined for a partnership of 134 runs to take England closer to victory. England won the match in the 46th over with six wickets to spare. ^[9]

22 July 2000 Scorecard

Zimbabwe   169/7 (50 overs)	v	England 170/4 (45.2 overs)
Grant Flower 53* (102) Darren Gough 3/20 (10 overs)		Alec Stewart 97 (123) Heath Streak 3/30 (10 overs)

England won by 6 wickets Lord's Cricket Ground, London Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Alec Stewart (Eng)

• Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
• England won the 2000 NatWest Series.

Stewart was awarded the Man of the Match in the final and Man of the Series awards. ^[9]

References

1. "Zimbabwe tour of England and Ireland 2000". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
2. "West Indies tour of England and Scotland 2000". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
3. "2000 NatWest Bank Series". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 25 June 2017.
4. "Grounds, natwest series 2000". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 25 June 2017.
5. "Fixtures, Natwest series 2000". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 25 June 2024.
6. "Squads, natwest series 2000". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
7. "Points table, natwest series 2000". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
8. "Fixtures and results, natwest series 2000". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 June 2024.
9. "Stewart dominates Zimbabwe bowling". ESPNcricinfo . Retrieved 1 June 2024.

External links

• 2000 NatWest Series at ESPNcricinfo