2001 NatWest Series explained

Series:	2001 NatWest Series
Partof:	Pakistani cricket team in England in 2001 Australian cricket team in England in 2001
Date:	7–23 June 2001
Place:	England
Result:	Australia beat Pakistan in the final
Player Of Series:	Waqar Younis (Pak)
Captain1:	Alec Stewart
Captain2:	Steve Waugh
Captain3:	Waqar Younis
Runs1:	Marcus Trescothick (249)
Runs2:	Ricky Ponting (298)
Runs3:	Yousuf Youhana (263)
Wickets1:	Darren Gough (10)
Wickets2:	Shane Warne (10)
Wickets3:	Waqar Younis (17)
Previous:	2000
Next:	2002

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.

Squads

width=300	^[3]	width=330		width=330
valign=top	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	valign=top	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	valign=top	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

width=175	Team	width=20 abbr="Played"	Pld	width=20 abbr="Won"	W	width=20 abbr="Lost"	L	width=20 abbr="No result"	NR	width=20 abbr="Points"	Pts
	6	4	1	1	9
	6	4	1	1	9
	6	0	6	0	0

Pool matches

9th ODI

Final

10th ODI

Statistics

Most runs^[5]		Most wickets^[6]
width=160		width=40 align=center	298	width=160		width=40 align=center	17
	align=center	263		align=center	10
	align=center	249		align=center	10
	align=center	248	Darren Gough	align=center	9
	align=center	213		align=center	8

External links

• 2001 NatWest Series at ESPNcricinfo

Notes and References

1. Web site: 2001 NatWest Bank Series . subscription . CricketArchive . 25 June 2017 . 25 February 2011 . https://web.archive.org/web/20110225010710/http://www.cricketarchive.com/Archive/Seasons/ENG/2001_ENG_National_Westminster_Bank_Series_2001.html . dead .
2. Web site: NatWest Series, Final: Australia v Pakistan at Lord's, Jun 23, 2001 . ESPNcricinfo. 25 June 2017.
3. Web site: England call up Collingwood for NatWest Series . 19 May 2016. ESPNcricinfo.
4. Web site: Hoggard called up for injured Caddick . Cricinfo . 11 March 2017.
5. Web site: Records / NatWest Series, 2001 / Most runs. ESPNcricinfo. 25 June 2017.
6. Web site: Records / NatWest Series, 2001 / Most wickets. ESPNcricinfo. 25 June 2017.