# 2000 NatWest Triangular Series

The 2000 NatWest Series was a One Day International cricket tri-series sponsored by the National Westminster Bank that took place in England between 6 and 22 July 2000. The series involved the national teams of England, West Indies and Zimbabwe. Ten matches were played in total, with each team playing one another thrice during the group stage. The teams which finished in the top two positions following the group stages qualified for the final, which England won by defeating Zimbabwe at Lord's on 22 July by 7 wickets. Preceding the series, England played Zimbabwe in a two Test series, while following the series, 2000 Frank Worrell series continued.

## Venues

| Bristol | London | London | Canterbury | Manchester | Chester-le-Street | Birmingham | Nottingham |
| Bristol County Ground Capacity: 17,500 | The Oval Capacity: 23,500 | Lord's Capacity: 20,000 | St Lawrence Ground Capacity: 15,000 | Old Trafford Capacity: 15,000 | Riverside Ground Capacity: 19,000 | Edgbaston Cricket Ground Capacity: 25,000 | Trent Bridge Capacity: 15,000 |

## Squads

| England | West Indies | Zimbabwe |
| Nasser Hussain (c) Andy Caddick Robert Croft Mark Ealham Andrew Flintoff Paul Franks Darren Gough Graeme Hick Nick Knight Matthew Maynard Alan Mullally Vikram Solanki Alec Stewart, (wk) Graham Thorpe Marcus Trescothick Craig White | Jimmy Adams (c) Sherwin Campbell Shivnarine Chanderpaul 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 Courtney Walsh | Andy Flower (c), (wk) Heath Streak Grant Flower Alistair Campbell Gary Brent Stuart Carlisle Murray Goodwin Neil Johnson Mpumelelo Mbangwa Mluleki Nkala Henry Olonga Bryan Strang Paul Strang Dirk Viljoen Guy Whittall Craig Wishart |

## Fixtures

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts |
| Zimbabwe | 6 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 8 |
| England | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 7 |
| West Indies | 6 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 3 |

## Pool matches
### 1st ODI

* 6 July 2000 (D/N) Scorecard
| West Indies 232/7 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 233/4 (45 overs) |
| Brian Lara 60 (63) Grant Flower 2/27 (6 overs) | | Neil Johnson 95* (128) Franklyn Rose 2/50 (10 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Bristol County Ground, Bristol Umpires: Peter Willey (Eng) and Jeremy Lloyds (Eng) Player of the match: Neil Johnson (ZIM)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* *Points: Zimbabwe 2, West Indies 0.

### 2nd ODI

* 8 July 2000 Scorecard
| England 207 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 210/5 (48.2 overs) |
| Marcus Trescothick 79 (102) Grant Flower 3/9 (3 overs) | | Alistair Campbell 80 (136) Andy Caddick 2/27 (10 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 5 wickets The Oval, London Umpires: Ken Palmer (Eng) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Alistair Campbell (ZIM)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Marcus Trescothick (ENG) made his ODI debut.
* Points: Zimbabwe 2, England 0.

### 3rd ODI

* 9 July 2000 Scorecard
| England 158/8 (43.5 overs) | v | West Indies |
| Marcus Trescothick 49 (79) Franklyn Rose 3/42 (9 overs) | | |
* No result Lord's, London Umpires: Ken Palmer (Eng) and Ray Julian (Eng)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* *Points: England 1, West Indies 1.

### 4th ODI

* 11 July 2000 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 256/4 (50 overs) | v | West Indies 186/8 (50 overs) |
| Guy Whittall 83 (111) Franklyn Rose 2/47 (10 overs) | | Nixon McLean 50* (70) Neil Johnson 2/16 (6 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 70 runs St Lawrence Ground, Canterbury Umpires: Ray Julian (Eng) and Barry Dudleston (Eng) Player of the match: Guy Whittall (ZIM)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
* *Points: Zimbabwe 2, West Indies 0.

### 5th ODI

* 13 July 2000 (D/N) Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 114 (38.4 overs) | v | England 115/2 (20.3 overs) |
| Andy Flower 28 (57) Marcus Trescothick 2/7 (1.4 overs) | | Andrew Flintoff 42* (45) Heath Streak 2/32 (6 overs) |
* England won by 8 wickets Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and John Holder (Eng) Player of the match: Andrew Flintoff (ENG)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
* *Points: England 2, Zimbabwe 0.

### 6th ODI

* 15 July 2000 Scorecard
| West Indies 169/8 (50 overs) | v | England 171/0 (35.2 overs) |
| Brian Lara 54 (101) Alan Mullally 3/27 (10 overs) | | Marcus Trescothick 87* (107) |
* England won by 10 wickets Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: George Sharp (Eng) and John Hampshire (Eng) Player of the match: Marcus Trescothick (ENG)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* *Points: England 2, West Indies 0.

### 7th ODI

* 16 July 2000 Scorecard
| West Indies 287/5 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 290/4 (49.1 overs) |
| Sherwin Campbell 105 (137) Dirk Viljoen 3/75 (10 overs) | | Murray Goodwin 112* (137) Mervyn Dillon 2/52 (10 overs) |
* Zimbabwe won by 6 wickets Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: John Holder (Eng) and John Hampshire (Eng) Player of the match: Murray Goodwin (ZIM)
* West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
* Mahendra Nagamootoo (WIN) made his ODI debut.
* Points: Zimbabwe 2, West Indies 0.

### 8th ODI

* 18 July 2000 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 262/8 (50 overs) | v | Zimbabwe 210/9 (50 overs) |
| Alec Stewart 101 (144) Heath Streak 3/59 (10 overs) | | Alistair Campbell 60 (95) Craig White 3/34 (8 overs) |
* England won by 52 runs Edgbaston, Birmingham Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen (Eng) and David Constant (Eng) Player of the match: Alec Stewart (ENG)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* *Points: England 2, Zimbabwe 0.

### 9th ODI

* 20 July 2000 Scorecard
| West Indies 195/9 (50 overs) | v | England 192 (49.5 overs) |
| Chris Gayle 37 (71) Craig White 3/35 (10 overs) | | Alec Stewart 100* (147) Reon King 3/30 (10 overs) |
* West Indies won by 3 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Mervyn Kitchen (Eng) and Barrie Leadbeater (Eng) Player of the match: Chris Gayle (WIN)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Ramnaresh Sarwan (WIN) and Paul Franks (Eng) made their ODI debuts.
* Points: West Indies 2, England 0.

## Final
### 10th ODI

* 22 July 2000 Scorecard
| Zimbabwe 169/7 (50 overs) | v | England 170/4 (45.2 overs) |
| Grant Flower 53* (102) Darren Gough 3/20 (10 overs) | | Alec Stewart 97 (123) Heath Streak 3/30 (10 overs) |
* England won by 6 wickets Lord's Cricket Ground, London Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Alec Stewart (Eng)
* Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to bat.
* England won the 2000 NatWest Series.