1999–2000 Australia Tri-Nation 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)
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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
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	–

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

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

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

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

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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