2000–01 Australia Tri-Nation Series

Cricket series

Date

11 January 2001 – 9 February 2001

Location

Australia

Result

Won by

Australia
2–0 in final series

Player of the series

Brian Lara

Teams
Australia	West Indies	Zimbabwe
Captains
Steve Waugh	Jimmy Adams	Heath Streak
Most runs
Mark Waugh (542)	Brian Lara (372)	Alistair Campbell (290)
Most wickets
Shane Warne (18)	Marlon Samuels (14)	Heath Streak (11)

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The 2000–01 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the 2000–01 Carlton Series) was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to West Indies and Zimbabwe. Australia and West Indies reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0.

Squads

Australia	West Indies	Zimbabwe
Steve Waugh (c) Michael Bevan Nathan Bracken Damien Fleming Ian Harvey Brett Lee Adam Gilchrist Darren Lehmann Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting Andrew Symonds Shane Warne Mark Waugh	Jimmy Adams (c) Marlon Black Sherwin Campbell Cameron Cuffy Darren Ganga Wavell Hinds Ridley Jacobs Sylvester Joseph Brian Lara Nixon McLean Mahendra Nagamootoo Ricardo Powell Marlon Samuels Colin Stuart Laurie Williams	Heath Streak (c) Guy Whittall Alistair Campbell Stuart Carlisle Andy Flower Grant Flower Travis Friend Gus Mackay Trevor Madondo Douglas Marillier Brian Murphy Mluleki Nkala Gavin Rennie Bryan Strang Dirk Viljoen

Points table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	NRR	Points
1	Australia	8	8	0	16	1.36
2	West Indies	8	3	5	6	−0.725
3	Zimbabwe	8	1	7	2	−0.546

Result summary

1st match

11 January 2001
(scorecard) ^[1]

Australia 267/6 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 193/7 (50 overs)
Ricky Ponting 73 (100) Laurie Williams 2/39 (8 overs)		Marlon Samuels 57 (96) Andrew Symonds 4/35 (10 overs)

Australia won by 74 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting
Attendance: 56,732

Australia won the toss and elected to bat
Nathan Bracken (Aus) made his ODI debut

2nd match

13 January 2001
(scorecard) ^[2]

Zimbabwe 240/9 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 241/9 (48.4 overs)
Alistair Campbell 81 (105) Nixon McLean 3/48 (10 overs)		Ricardo Powell 83 (90) Guy Whittall 2/16 (3.4 overs)

West Indies won by 1 wicket
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Umpires: Peter Parker and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Ricardo Powell
Attendance: 12,034

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat
West Indies and Zimbabwe play in Brisbane for the first time since 1992

3rd match

14 January 2001
(scorecard) ^[3]

West Indies 234/8 (50 overs)	v	Australia 236/1 (43.4 overs)
Wavell Hinds 54 (72) Shane Warne 3/41 (10 overs)		Mark Waugh 112 (128) Ricardo Powell 1/15 (3 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane
Umpires: Darrell Hair and Steve Davis
Player of the match: Mark Waugh
Attendance: 35,168

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat
First ODI win for Australia against West Indies in Brisbane. West Indies' first loss in Brisbane since 1987

4th match

17 January 2001
(scorecard) ^[4]

Australia 277/8 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 211/8 (42.4 overs)
Ricky Ponting 93 (74) Nixon McLean 2/45 (10 overs)		Brian Lara 116 (106) Shane Warne 3/62 (10 overs)

Australia won by 28 runs (D/L method)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Darrell Hair and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Brian Lara
Attendance: 39,540

West Indies won the toss and elected to field
Colin Stuart (WI) made his ODI debut

5th match

21 January 2001
(scorecard) ^[5]

Zimbabwe 223/9 (50 overs)	v	Australia 226/2 (36.5 overs)
Grant Flower 51 (78) Ian Harvey 4/28 (9 overs)		Darren Lehmann 92 (104) Travis Friend 1/52 (6.5 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Peter Parker and Steve Davis
Player of the match: Darren Lehmann

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat
Simon Katich (Aus) made his ODI debut

6th match

23 January 2001
(scorecard) ^[6]

Zimbabwe 138 (47.2 overs)	v	West Indies 91 (31.5 overs)
Heath Streak 45 (70) Cameron Cuffy 4/24 (10 overs)		Nixon McLean 40 (32) Heath Streak 4/8 (8 overs)

Zimbabwe won by 47 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Peter Parker and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Heath Streak
Attendance: 8,474

Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat

7th match

25 January 2001
(scorecard) ^[7]

West Indies 235/6 (47 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 175 (40.2 overs)
Brian Lara 70 (96) Heath Streak 3/27 (8 overs)		Andy Flower 50 (73) Mahendra Nagamootoo 4/32 (7.2 overs)

West Indies won by 77 runs (D/L)
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Peter Parker and Darrell Hair
Player of the match: Marlon Samuels

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat
West Indies innings was reduced to 47 overs due to rain

8th match

26 January 2001
(scorecard) ^[8]

West Indies 123 (35.1 overs)	v	Australia 124/0 (22.5 overs)
Nixon McLean 24 (39) Brett Lee 4/33 (10 overs)		Damien Martyn 69 (80) Marlon Samuels 0/9 (2 overs)

Australia won by 10 wickets
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Steve Davis and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Brett Lee

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

9th match

28 January 2001
(scorecard) ^[9]

Australia 291/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 205 (47.5 overs)
Michael Bevan 74 (70) Dirk Viljoen 3/62 (10 overs)		Stuart Carlisle 44 (69) Damien Fleming 2/21 (6 overs)

Australia won by 86 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Peter Parker and Darrell Hair
Player of the match: Michael Bevan
Attendance: 33,748

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

10th match

30 January 2001
(scorecard) ^[10]

Zimbabwe 279/6 (50 overs)	v	Australia 282/4 (44 overs)
Alistair Campbell 124 (142) Glenn McGrath 2/43 (10 overs)		Mark Waugh 102 (113) Brian Murphy 3/52 (10 overs)

Australia won by 6 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Steve Davis and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Alistair Campbell
Attendance: 11,115

Australia won the toss and elected to field
Brad Haddin (Aus) made his ODI debut. Australia and Zimbabwe play in Hobart for the first time since 1994

11th match

2 February 2001
(scorecard) ^[11]

West Indies 178 (47.2 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 134 (42.3 overs)
Brian Lara 83 (98) Dirk Viljoen 2/31 (6.2 overs)		Heath Streak 33 (46) Nixon McLean 3/21 (9 overs)

West Indies won by 44 runs
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Darrell Hair and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Brian Lara
Attendance: 8,000

West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

12th match

4 February 2001
(scorecard) ^[12]

Australia 302/5 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 301/6 (50 overs)
Damien Martyn 144 (149) Heath Streak 2/63 (10 overs)		Stuart Carlisle 119 (145) Glenn McGrath 2/46 (10 overs)

Australia won by 1 run
WACA Ground, Perth
Umpires: Steve Davis and Daryl Harper
Player of the match: Damien Martyn
Attendance: 19,952

Australia won the toss and elected to bat

Final series

Australia won the best of three final series against West Indies 2–0. This was the first time Australia had won the best of 3 finals against West Indies.
And this was the second time, the first since the 1996/97 season, that West Indies had lost the best of 3 finals 2-0.

1st Final

7 February 2001
(scorecard) ^[13]

Australia 253/9 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 119 (37.2 overs)
Ian Harvey 47 (43) Cameron Cuffy 2/45 (10 overs)		Brian Lara 35 (38) Ian Harvey 2/5 (6 overs)

Australia won by 134 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Daryl Harper and Simon Taufel
Player of the match: Ian Harvey
Attendance: 35,797

West Indies won the toss and elected to field

2nd Final

9 February 2001
(scorecard) ^[14]

Australia 338/6 (50 overs)	v	West Indies 299 (49.3 overs)
Mark Waugh 173 (148) Marlon Samuels 3/71 (10 overs)		Marlon Samuels 63 (54) Shane Warne 4/48 (8.3 overs)

Australia won by 39 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Daryl Hair and Steve Davis
Player of the match: Mark Waugh
Attendance: 31.915

West Indies won the toss and elected to field
Brian Lara was awarded the Player of the Series

External links

Series home at Cricinfo

References

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International cricket in 2000–01

Preceding season: International cricket in 2000

September 2000

New Zealand in Zimbabwe

October 2000

November 2000

December 2000

January 2001

Australia Tri-Nation Series
Sri Lanka in New Zealand

February 2001

March 2001

South Africa in West Indies

April 2001

Following season: International cricket in 2001

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