# 2001 NatWest Series

The 2001 NatWest Series was a One Day International cricket tri-series sponsored by the National Westminster Bank that took place in England between 7 and 23 June 2001. The series involved the national teams of England, Australia and Pakistan. 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 Australia won by defeating Pakistan at Lord's on 23 June by 9 wickets. Preceding the series, England played Pakistan in a two Test series, while following the series, 61st The Ashes series.

## Venues

| Nottingham | London | Birmingham | Leeds | Manchester | Cardiff | Bristol | Chester-le-Street |
| Trent Bridge Capacity: 15,000 | The Oval Capacity: 23,500 | Edgbaston Cricket Ground Capacity: 25,000 | Headingley Capacity: 17,500 | Old Trafford Capacity: 15,000 | Sophia Gardens Capacity: 15,643 | Bristol County Ground Capacity: 17,500 | Riverside Ground Capacity: 19,000 |

## Squads

| England | Australia | Pakistan |
| Alec Stewart (c), (wk) Marcus Trescothick Ali Brown Nick Knight Michael Vaughan Paul Collingwood Ben Hollioake Darren Gough Dominic Cork Andy Caddick Matthew Hoggard Owais Shah Robert Croft Mark Ealham Alan Mullally | Steve Waugh (c) Matthew Hayden Mark Waugh Ricky Ponting Adam Gilchrist (wk) Michael Bevan Damien Martyn Ian Harvey Andrew Symonds Jason Gillespie Damien Fleming Brett Lee Shane Warne Glenn McGrath | Waqar Younis (c) Saeed Anwar Faisal Iqbal Shahid Afridi Saleem Elahi Abdul Razzaq Shoaib Malik Inzamam-ul-Haq Yousuf Youhana Imran Nazir Azhar Mahmood Younis Khan Wasim Akram Rashid Latif (wk) Saqlain Mushtaq Shoaib Akhtar |
Matthew Hoggard called up to the England Squad to cover for injured Andy Caddick.

## Fixtures

| Team | Pld | W | L | NR | Pts |
| Australia | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Pakistan | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| England | 6 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 |

## Pool matches
### 1st ODI

* 7 June 2001 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 165 (47.2 overs) | v | Pakistan 273/6 (50 overs) |
| Nick Knight 59* (115) Shahid Afridi 3/15 (7.2 overs) | | Saeed Anwar 77 (106) Dominic Cork 2/44 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 108 runs Edgbaston Cricket Ground, Birmingham Umpires: Barry Dudleston (Eng) and John Hampshire (Eng) Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Paul Collingwood (Eng) made his ODI debut.
* Points: Pakistan 2, England 0.

### 2nd ODI

* 9 June 2001 Scorecard
| Pakistan 257 (49.5 overs) | v | Australia 258/3 (45.4 overs) |
| Yousuf Youhana 91* (103) Shane Warne 3/52 (10 overs) | | Ricky Ponting 70 (68) Shoaib Akhtar 1/41 (5 overs) |
* Australia won by 7 wickets Sophia Gardens, Cardiff Umpires: Alan Whitehead (Eng) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Australia 2, Pakistan 0.

### 3rd ODI

* 10 June 2001 Scorecard
| England 268/4 (50 overs) | v | Australia 272/5 (49.3 overs) |
| Nick Knight 84 (116) Brett Lee 1/45 (10 overs) | | Ricky Ponting 102 (116) Darren Gough 2/44 (10 overs) |
* Australia won by 5 wickets The Royal & Sun Alliance County Ground, Bristol Umpires: John Hampshire (Eng) and Ray Julian (Eng) Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Owais Shah (Eng) made his ODI debut.
* Points: Australia 2, England 0.

### 4th ODI

* 12 June 2001 Scorecard
| England 240 (50 overs) | v | Pakistan 242/8 (50 overs) |
| Marcus Trescothick 137 (142) Waqar Younis 2/20 (10 overs) | | Yousuf Youhana 81 (119) Andy Caddick 2/37 (10 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 2 runs Lord's Cricket Ground, London Umpires: Neil Mallender (Eng) and Ken Palmer (Eng) Player of the match: Marcus Trescothick (Eng)
* England won the toss and elected to field.
* Points: Pakistan 2, England 0.

### 5th ODI

* 14 June 2001 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 86 (32.4 overs) | v | Australia 208/7 (48 overs) |
| Dominic Cork 17 (18) Jason Gillespie 3/20 (9 overs) | | Steve Waugh 64 (83) Alan Mullally 3/50 (20 overs) |
* Australia won by 125 runs (D/L) Old Trafford, Manchester Umpires: John Holder (Eng) and Jeremy Lloyds (Eng) Player of the match: Jason Gillespie (Aus)
* Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Australia 2, England 0.

### 6th ODI

* 16 June 2001 Scorecard
| Pakistan | v | Australia |
* Match abandoned Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street Umpires: Allan Jones (Eng) and David Shepherd (Eng)
* No toss.
* Points: Australia 1, Pakistan 1.

### 7th ODI

* 17 June 2001 Scorecard
| England 156 (45.2 overs) | v | Pakistan 153/4 (39.5 overs) |
| Ben Hollioake 53 (66) Waqar Younis 7/36 (10 overs) | | Abdul Razzaq 75 (103) Dominic Cork 2/32 (5.5 overs) |
* Pakistan awarded the match Headingley Cricket Ground, Leeds Umpires: John Holder (Eng) and Mervyn Kitchen (Eng) Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.
* Waqar Younis became the third bowler in ODIs to claim seven wickets.
* Points: Pakistan 2, England 0.

### 8th ODI

* 19 June 2001 (D/N) Scorecard
| Pakistan 290/9 (50 overs) | v | Australia 254 (46.3 overs) |
| Saleem Elahi 79 (91) Brett Lee 2/41 (10 overs) | | Adam Gilchrist 70 (44) Waqar Younis 6/59 (8 overs) |
* Pakistan won by 36 runs Trent Bridge, Nottingham Umpires: Neil Mallender (Eng) George Sharp (Eng) Player of the match: Waqar Younis (Pak)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Pakistan 2, Australia 0.

### 9th ODI

* 21 June 2001 (D/N) Scorecard
| England 176 (43.2 overs) | v | Australia 177/2 (30.1 overs) |
| Nick Knight 48 (81) Brett Lee 3/63 (10 overs) | | Adam Gilchrist 80 (90) Robert Croft 1/21 (7 overs) |
* Australia won by 8 wickets Kennington Oval, London Umpires: David Constant (Eng) George Sharp (Eng) Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)
* England won the toss and elected to bat.
* Points: Australia 2, England 0.

## Final
### 10th ODI

* 23 June 2001 Scorecard
| Pakistan 152 (42.3 overs) | v | Australia 156/1 (26.3 overs) |
| Saeed Anwar 27 (40) Shane Warne 3/56 (10 overs) | | Adam Gilchrist 76* (93) |
* Australia won by 9 wickets Lord's Cricket Ground, London Umpires: David Shepherd (Eng) and Peter Willey (Eng)
* Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
* Australia won the 2001 NatWest Series.

## Statistics

| Most runs | Most runs | Most wickets | Most wickets |
| Ricky Ponting | 298 | Waqar Younis | 17 |
| Yousuf Youhana | 263 | Shane Warne | 10 |
| Marcus Trescothick | 249 | Brett Lee | 10 |
| Adam Gilchrist | 248 | Darren Gough | 9 |
| Nick Knight | 213 | Glenn McGrath | 8 |