NatWest Series 2000

The NatWest Series 2000 was a three-nation tournament that was held from July 6-22, 2000 in England in one-day cricket . In addition to the hosts, teams from Zimbabwe and the West Indies took part in the tournament, which was part of the 2000 international cricket season . In the final, England beat Zimbabwe with 6 wickets .

prehistory

The tournament was part of the tour of the West Indies in England , after England had previously played a tour against Zimbabwe .

format

In a preliminary round, each team played against each other three times. There were two points for a win and 1 point for a draw or no result. The first two of the group qualified for the final and played for the tournament victory.

Stadion

Birmingham Bristol Canterbury Chester-le-Street London (Lord's) London (oval) Manchester Nottingham

Tour venues

The following stages were designated as the venue.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	8 game
Bristol County Ground	Bristol	17,500	1st game
St Lawrence Ground	Canterbury	7,000	4th game
Emirates Durham	Chester-le-Street	17,000	6th & 7th game
The oval	London	23,500	2nd game
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	2nd game; final
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	5th game
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	9th game

Squad lists

England named their roster on June 20, 2000. The West Indies and Zimbabwe named their roster on July 5, 2000.

ODI
England	Zimbabwe	West Indies
Nasser Hussain ( K ) Alec Stewart ( VK & wk ) Andy Caddick Robert Croft Mark Ealhan Andrew Flintoff Paul Franks Darren Gough Graeme Hick Matthew Maynard Alan Mullally Graham Thorpe Marcus Trescothick Craig White	Andrew Flower ( K & wk ) Gary Brent Alistair Campbell Stuart Carlisle Grant Flower Murray Goodwin Neil Johnson Mpumelelo Mbangwa Mluleki Nkala John Rennie Bryan Strand Heath Streak Dirk Viljoen Guy Whittall Craig Wishart	Jimmy Adams ( K ) Sherwin Campbell 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

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	BP	Points	NRR
Zimbabwe	6th	4th	2	0	0	0	0	16	-0.276
England	5	3	2	0	0	0	0	12	+0.985
West Indies	5	1	4th	0	0	0	0	4th	-0.700

Win: 4 points; Draw: 2 points

Games

July 6th scorecard	Bristol	West Indies 232-7 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 233-4 (45)
		Zimbabwe wins with 6 wickets

The first game was the first day / night ODI to be played in the UK.

July 8th scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 207 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 210-5 (48.2)
		Zimbabwe wins with 5 wickets

July 9th scorecard	London (Lord's)	England 158-8 (43.5)	-	West Indies
		No result

July 11th scorecard	Canterbury	Zimbabwe 256-4 (50)	-	West Indies 186-8 (50)
		Zimbabwe wins with 70 runs

July 13th scorecard	Manchester	Zimbabwe 114 (38.4)	-	England 115-2 (20.3)
		England wins with 8 wickets

July 15th scorecard	Chester-le-Street	West Indies 169-5 (50)	-	England 171-0 (35.2)
		England wins with 10 wickets

July 16 scorecard	Chester-le-Street	West Indies 287-5 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 290-4 (49.1)
		Zimbabwe wins with 6 wickets

July 18 scorecard	Birmingham	England 262-8 (50)	-	Zimbabwe 210-9 (50)
		England wins with 52 runs

July 20 scorecard	Nottingham	West Indies 195-9 (50)	-	England 192 (49.5)
		West Indies wins by 3 runs

final

July 22nd scorecard	London (Lord's)	Zimbabwe 169-7 (50)	-	England 170-4 (45.2)
		England wins with 6 wickets

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ NatWest Series 2000 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
2. ↑ Sean Bayond: Franks, Thorpe named in England one-day squad ( English ) Cricinfo. June 21, 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
3. ↑ NatWest Series launches cricket into the new age ( English ) Cricinfo. July 5, 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2016.
4. ↑ NatWest Series Information ( English ) Cricinfo. July 5, 2000. Retrieved December 14, 2016.