NatWest Series 2001

The NatWest Series 2001 was a three-nation tournament that was held from June 7th to 23rd, 2001 in England in one-day cricket . In the tournament, which was part of the 2001 international cricket season, teams from Australia and Pakistan took part alongside the host . In the final, Australia prevailed against Pakistan with 9 wickets.

prehistory

The tournament was ranked between the Tour of Pakistan in England and the Ashes . For Australia it was the first tour of the season.

format

In a preliminary round, each team played against each other three times. 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.

Stages

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

Tour venues

The following stages were selected as the venues.

Stadion	city	capacity	Games
Edgbaston Cricket Ground	Birmingham	24,803	1st game
Bristol County Ground	Bristol	17,500	3rd game
Sophia Gardens	Cardiff	15,643	2nd game
Emirates Durham	Chester-le-Street	17,000	6th game
Headingley Stadium	Leeds	17,000	7th game
The oval	London	23,500	9th game
Lord's Cricket Ground	London	30,000	4th game; final
Old Trafford Cricket Ground	Manchester	19,000	5th game
Trent Bridge	Nottingham	15,350	8th game

Squad lists

Australia named their squad on April 13, 2001. England named their squad on May 25, 2001.

ODI
England	Australia	Pakistan
Alec Stewart ( K & wk ) Ally Brown Andy Caddick Dominic Cork Robert Croft Mark Ealhan Darren Gough Ben Hollioake Nick Knight Alan Mullally Owais Shah Marcus Trescothick Michael Vaughan	Steve Waugh ( K ) Michael Bevan Damien Fleming Adam Gilchrist ( wk ) Jason Gillespie Ian Harvey Matthew Hayden Shane Lee Glenn McGrath Damien Martyn Ricky Ponting Andrew Symonds Shane Warne Mark Waugh	Waqar Younis ( K ) Abdul Razzaq Azhar Mahmood Faisal Iqbal Fazl-e-Akbar Inzamam-ul-Haq Mohammad Yousuf Rashid Latif ( wk ) Saeed Anwar Saleem Elahi Saqlain Mushtaq Shahid Afridi Shoaib Akhtar Shoaib Malik Wasim Akram Younis Khan

Games

Preliminary round

table

Teams	Sp.	S.	N	U	R.	NO	A.	BP	Points	NRR
Australia	6th	4th	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	+0.930
Pakistan	6th	4th	1	0	0	0	1	0	16	+0.698
England	6th	0	6th	0	0	0	0	0	0	-1,329

Win: 4 points; Draw: 2 points

Games

June 7th scorecard	Birmingham	Pakistan 273-6 (50)	-	England 165 (47.2)
		Pakistan wins with 108 runs

Shortly before the end of the game, the field was stormed by numerous fans. The game could only be continued after a long break, among other things because the English player Nick Knight had been beaten.

June 9th scorecard	Cardiff	Pakistan 257 (49.5)	-	Australia 258-3 (45.4)
		Australia wins with 7 wickets

June 10th scorecard	Bristol	England 268-4 (50)	-	Australia 272-5 (49.3)
		Australia wins with 5 wickets

June 12th scorecard	London (Lord's)	Pakistan 242-8 (50)	-	England 240 (50)
		Pakistan wins with 2 runs

June 14th scorecard	Manchester	Australia 208-7 (48/48)	-	England 86 (32.4 / 44)
		Australia wins with 125 runs ( D / L method )

For England that was the lowest runner in a one-day innings ever.

June 16 scorecard	Chester-le-Street	Australia	-	Pakistan
		Called off

June 17th scorecard	Leeds	England 156 (45.2)	-	Pakistan 153-4 (39.5)
		Pakistan was declared victor after England surrendered

After the field was stormed by fans again shortly before the end of the game and a steward was injured, English captain Alec Stewart admitted defeat. As a result, shouts were loud to make entering the field by fans a punishable offense.

June 19 scorecard	Nottingham	Pakistan 290-9 (50)	-	Australia 254 (46.3)
		Pakistan wins with 36 runs

June 21 scorecard	London (The Oval)	England 176 (43.2)	-	Australia 177-2 (30.1)
		Australia wins with 8 wickets

final

June 23 scorecard	London (Lord's)	Pakistan 152 (42.3)	-	Australia 156-1 (26.3)
		Australia wins with 9 wickets

Pakistani Inzamam-ul-Haq was given a game penalty for showing dissatisfaction with a referee's decision.

Web links

• Contest on Cricinfo

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Bangladesh Tri-Series 2008/09 Table ( English ) Cricket Archive. Retrieved July 20, 2016.
2. ↑ ACB announces squad for tour of the United Kingdom ( English ) Cricinfo. April 13, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
3. ↑ England call up Collingwood for NatWest Series ( English ) Cricinfo. May 25, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
4. ↑ George Dobell: Pitch invasion should not detract from majestic Pakistan performance ( English ) Cricinfo. June 7, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
5. ↑ ECB to review security after Edgbaston pitch invasion ( English ) Cricinfo. June 8, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
6. ↑ Dave Edmundson: Rampant Australia dismiss England for their lowest one-day total ( English ) Cricinfo. January 29, 2013. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
7. ↑ Stephen Lamb: Stewart concedes defeat after another pitch invasion ( English ) Cricinfo. June 17, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
8. ↑ Michael Henderson: Pitch invasions: time to act ( English ) Telegraph. June 17, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2017.
9. ↑ Inzamam hit with two-match ban ( English ) Cricinfo. June 23, 2001. Retrieved January 6, 2017.