Carlton & United Series 1999/2000

The Carlton & United Series 1999/2000 was a three-nation tournament that was played from January 9 to February 4, 2000 in Australia in one-day cricket . In the tournament belonging to the 1999/2000 international cricket season, teams from India and Pakistan took part alongside the host . In the final Australia was able to prevail with 2–0 games won.

prehistory

Australia and India previously contested a test series in Australia . Pakistan also played a test series in Australia before that . Before the tournament, the Pakistani bowler Shoaib Akthar was suspended for illegal movement. Pakistan put in Potest against it and the ban was lifted shortly before the game.

format

In a preliminary round, each team played four times each. There were two points for a win and one point for a draw or no result. The first two of the group qualified for the final and played for the tournament victory.

Stadion

Adelaide Brisbane Hobart Melbourne Perth Sydney

Venues of the tournament

The following stadiums were selected for the tournament.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Adelaide oval	Adelaide	53,583	9th & 10th game
The gabba	Brisbane	42,000	1st & 2nd game
Bellerive oval	Hobart	20,000	7th game
Melbourne Cricket Ground	Melbourne	100.024	3rd, 5th & 8th game; 1st finale
WACA Ground	Perth	20,000	11th & 12th game
Sydney Cricket Ground	Sydney	48,000	4th & 6th game; 2nd final

Squad lists

Pakistan named its roster on December 10, 1999. India named its roster on December 30, 1999. Australia named its roster on January 10, 2000.

ODI
Australia	India	Pakistan
Michael Bevan Adam Dale Damien Fleming Adam Gilchrist Ian Harvey Brett Lee Shane Lee Stuart MacGill Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting Andrew Symonds Shane Warne Mark Waugh Steve Waugh	Ajit Agarkar Nikhil Chopra Sameer Dighe Rahul Dravid Devang Gandhi Sourav Ganguly Sunil Joshi Hrishikesh Kanitkar Anil Kumble VVS Laxman Jacob Martin Debasis Mohanty Venkatesh Prasad Robin Singh Javagal Srinath Sachin Tendulkar	Abdul Razzaq Azhar Mahmood Ijaz Ahmed Inzamam-ul-Haq Mohammad Wasim Moin Khan Saeed Anwar Saqlain Mushtaq Shahid Afridi Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Malik Wajahatullah Wasti Waqar Younis Wasim Akram Yousuf Youhana

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
Australia	8th	7th	1	0	0	0	0	14th	+0.920
Pakistan	8th	4th	4th	0	0	0	0	8th	+0.070
India	8th	1	7th	0	0	0	0	2	-0.972

Win: 2 points; Draw: 2 points

Games

January 9 scorecard	Brisbane	Pakistan 184-8 (50)	-	India 139 (39)
		Pakistan wins with 45 runs

January 10th scorecard	Brisbane	India 195 (48.5)	-	Pakistan 196-8 (49/49)
		Pakistan wins with 2 wickets

January 12th scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 269-7 (50)	-	India 241-6 (50)
		Australia wins with 28 runs

January 14th scorecard	Sydney	India 100 (36.3)	-	Australia 101-5 (26.5)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

January 16 scorecard	Melbourne	Pakistan 176-9 (41/41)	-	Australia 177-4 (38.5 / 41)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

January 19th scorecard	Sydney	Australia 286 (49.4)	-	Pakistan 205 (45.2)
		Australia wins with 81 runs

January 21 scorecard	Hobart	Pakistan 262-7 (50)	-	India 230 (46.5 / 48)
		Pakistan wins with 32 runs

January 23 scorecard	Melbourne	Australia 260-9 (50)	-	Pakistan 245 (48.5)
		Australia wins with 15 runs

January 25th scorecard	Adelaide	India 267-6 (50)	-	Pakistan 219 (44.4)
		India wins with 48 runs

During the game, the Pakistani team reported several complaints against the referee, who believed that the referee would ignore ball manipulation by the Indian team.

January 26th scorecard	Adelaide	Australia 329-5 (50)	-	India 177 (46.5)
		Australia wins with 152 runs

January 28th scorecard	Perth	Pakistan 261-8 (50)	-	India 157 (46)
		Pakistan wins with 104 runs

January 30th scorecard	Perth	India 226-6 (50)	-	Australia 230-6 (49.3)
		Australia wins with 4 wickets

final

February 2nd scorecard	Melbourne	Pakistan 154 (47.2)	-	Australia 155-4 (42.4)
		Australia wins with 6 wickets

February 4th scorecard	Sydney	Australia 337-7 (50)	-	Pakistan 185 (36.3)
		Australia wins with 152 runs

Australia wins the final series with 2–0.

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ PCB Press release on ICC investigation into Shoaib Akthar's action ( English ) Cricinfo. December 23, 1999. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
2. ↑ PCB to protest ICC: Waqar replaces suspended Shoaib for triangular ( English ) Cricinfo. January 1, 2000. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
3. ↑ ICC may suspend ban on Shoaib Akhtar ( English ) Cricinfo. January 7, 2000. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
4. ^ Ilyas Beg: Tri-nation series in Australia: Shahid Afridi and Shoaib Malik recalled ( English ) Cricinfo. December 10, 1999. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
5. ↑ Partab Ramchand: Few surprise changes in Indian squad for tri series ( English ) Cricinfo. December 30, 1999. Retrieved July 17, 2017.
6. ↑ Blues brothers highlight of Australia's 13-man one-day squad accessdate = 2017-07-17 ( English ) Cricinfo. January 10, 2000.
7. ↑ Partab Ramchand: Pak charges dismissed but Indians are angry ( English ) Cricinfo. January 27, 2000. Retrieved July 17, 2017.