# 1999–2000 Australia Tri-Nation Series

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 and Glenn McGrath, the leading wicket-taker.

## Squads

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 | – |

## Group stage
### Match results
#### 1st match

* 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

#### 2nd match

* 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

#### 3rd match

* 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

#### 4th match

* 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

#### 5th match

* 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.

#### 6th match

* 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

#### 7th match

* 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

#### 8th match

* 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.

#### 9th match

* 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

#### 10th match

* 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

#### 11th match

* 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

#### 12th match

* 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

### Points table

Australia and Pakistan qualified for the Finals with seven and four wins respectively.
| Team | P | W | L | T | NR | NRR | Points |
| 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 |

## Final series

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

### 1st final

* 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

### 2nd final

* 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