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.^[1] 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.^[2] Preceding the series, England played Pakistan in a two Test series, while following the series, 61st The Ashes series.

2001 NatWest Series
Part of Pakistani cricket team in England in 2001 Australian cricket team in England in 2001
Date	7–23 June 2001
Location	England
Result	Australia beat Pakistan in the final
Player of the series	Waqar Younis (Pak)
Teams  England  Australia  Pakistan Captains Alec Stewart Steve Waugh Waqar Younis Most runs Marcus Trescothick (249) Ricky Ponting (298) Yousuf Youhana (263) Most wickets Darren Gough (10) Shane Warne (10) Waqar Younis (17)
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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[3]	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.^[4]

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

Pakistan  273/6 (50 overs)	v	England 165 (47.2 overs)
Saeed Anwar 77 (106) Dominic Cork 2/44 (10 overs)		Nick Knight 59* (115) Shahid Afridi 3/15 (7.2 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

Australia  208/7 (48 overs)	v	England 86 (32.4 overs)
Steve Waugh 64 (83) Alan Mullally 3/50 (20 overs)		Dominic Cork 17 (18) Jason Gillespie 3/20 (9 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.^[5]
• 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[6]		Most wickets[7]
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