2000_ICC_KnockOut_Trophy
2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy
Cricket tournament held in Kenya
The 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy was a One Day International cricket tournament held in Kenya (which helped to increase the popularity of cricket in Kenya). New Zealand were crowned champions and cashed the winner's cheque of US$250,000. It was their first win in a major ICC tournament. Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh and Marlon Samuels made their ODI debuts during the competition.
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 The 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy on display at the New Zealand Cricket Museum, Wellington. | |
| Dates | 3 October – 15 October |
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| Administrator(s) | International Cricket Council |
| Cricket format | One Day International |
| Tournament format(s) | Knockout |
| Host(s) |  Kenya |
| Champions |  New Zealand (1st title) |
| Runners-up |  India |
| Participants | 11 |
| Matches | 10 |
| Most runs | Sourav Ganguly (348) |
| Most wickets | Venkatesh Prasad (8) |
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All the test playing nations participated in the tournament along with the leading Associates Bangladesh and hosts Kenya. As there were 11 teams taking part, three would miss out on a spot in the quarter-finals. Therefore, a playoff stage took place between six of the lowest ranked teams.
3 October 2000 Scorecard |
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India won by 8 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Dave Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Anil Kumble (Ind) |
- India won the toss and elected to field.
- India advanced to the quarter-finals.
- Vijay Dahiya, Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh (all Ind) made their ODI debuts.
4 October 2000 Scorecard |
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Sri Lanka won by 108 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Avishka Gunawardene (SL) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- Sri Lanka advanced to the quarter-finals.
- Kerry Jeremy and Marlon Samuels (both WI) made their ODI debuts.
5 October 2000 Scorecard |
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England won by 8 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Dave Orchard (SA) Player of the match: Alec Stewart (Eng) |
- Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat.
- England advanced to the quarter-finals.
The knockout stage of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy, following the pre-quarter-finals, was held from 7 to 15 October 2000. The top 5 teams ranked according to 1999 Cricket World Cup seedings qualify for the knockout stage automatically. The remaining three teams qualify from the pre-quarter-finals, which was held from 3 to 5 October, between 6 of the lowest ranked teams according to 1999 Cricket World Cup seedings.
Of the eight teams entering the stage, the team which was ranked 1st according to 1999 Cricket World Cup seedings play the winner of pre-quarter-final 1 while the team which was ranked 2nd according to 1999 Cricket World Cup seedings play the winner of pre-quarter-final 2 and so on, in the format R1 v PQF 1, R2 v PQF 2, R3 v PQF 3 and R4 v R5.
Australia, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand and Zimbabwe qualify for the knockout stage automatically, while India, Sri Lanka and England qualify from the pre-quarter-finals by beating Kenya, West Indies and Bangladesh respectively.
India, Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa qualified for the semi-finals by beating Australia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and England respectively. In the semi-finals, New Zealand beat Pakistan and India beat South Africa to qualify for the Finals.
| Quarter-finals | Semi-finals | Final | ||||||||
| 8 October – Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||
 Sri Lanka | 194 | |||||||||
| 11 October – Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||
 Pakistan | 195/1 | |||||||||
| Pakistan | 252 | |||||||||
| 9 October – Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||
| New Zealand | 255/6 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 265/7 | |||||||||
| 15 October – Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||
 Zimbabwe | 201 | |||||||||
| New Zealand | 265/6 | |||||||||
| 7 October – Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||
| India | 264/6 | |||||||||
| India | 265/9 | |||||||||
| 13 October – Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||
 Australia | 245 | |||||||||
| India | 295/6 | |||||||||
| 10 October – Nairobi, Kenya | ||||||||||
 South Africa | 200 | |||||||||
 England | 182 | |||||||||
| South Africa | 184/2 | |||||||||
Quarter-finals
Australia v India
7 October 2000 Scorecard |
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India won by 20 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh (Ind) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- India advanced to the semi-finals.
Pakistan v Sri Lanka
8 October 2000 Scorecard |
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Pakistan won by 9 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Saeed Anwar (Pak) |
- Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.
- Pakistan advanced to the semi-finals.
New Zealand v Zimbabwe
9 October 2000 Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 64 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Roger Twose (NZ) |
- Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field.
- New Zealand advanced to the semi-finals.
South Africa v England
10 October 2000 Scorecard |
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South Africa won by 8 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind) Player of the match: Jacques Kallis (SA) |
- England won the toss and elected to bat.
- South Africa advanced to the semi-finals.
- Paul Grayson (Eng) made his ODI debut.
Semi-finals
New Zealand v Pakistan
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New Zealand won by 4 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: Dave Orchard (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Shayne O'Connor (NZ) |
- Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat.
- New Zealand advanced to the final.
India v South Africa
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India won by 95 runs Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and Peter Willey (Eng) Player of the match: Sourav Ganguly (Ind) |
- India won the toss and elected to bat.
- India advanced to the final.
The final of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy took place on 15 October 2000 at the Gymkhana Club Ground in Nairobi, Kenya. It was played between India and New Zealand. New Zealand won the final by four wickets to win their first ICC KnockOut Trophy, their first win at an ICC event.
Details
New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. Indian openers gave a superb start to their team, and put a brilliant partnership of 141 and scoring the runs at the run rate of over 5 runs per over, but then, their middle could not take any advantage of the start given by their openers and finished the innings scoring 264 runs and losing 6 wickets in their allotted 50 overs. Sourav Ganguly's golden run in the tournament continued as he yet again scored a brilliant century scoring 117 runs from 130 balls. New Zealand innings yet again did not start well as they lost their 2 wickets inside 6 overs for the score of 37, and later reduced to 132/5 but then, Chris Cairns and Chris Harris put a brilliant partnership of 122 runs which help them to win their first major ICC event and also their first ICC KnockOut Trophy title.[citation needed]
15 October 2000 Scorecard |
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New Zealand won by 4 wickets Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Player of the match: Chris Cairns (NZ) |
- New Zealand won the toss and elected to field.
- New Zealand won the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy.