West Indian cricket team in Australia in 2000–01
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The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in the 2000–01 cricket season. They played five Test matches against Australia, and also competed in a triangular One Day International series that also involved Zimbabwe.
Test series[]
Australia won the Test series 5-0, the first time the West Indies had been whitewashed by Australia since the 1930–31 series.[1]
1st Test[]
23–25 November 2000
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124 (58 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 62* (157) Glenn McGrath 4/10 (13 overs) |
- Australia won the toss and elected to field.
- Marlon Black (WI) made his Test debut.
2nd Test[]
1–3 December 2000
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396/8d (108 overs)
Mark Waugh 119 (175) Courtney Walsh 2/74 (31 overs) | ||
3rd Test[]
15–19 December 2000
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- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
- Marlon Samuels (WI) made his Test debut.
4th Test[]
26–29 December 2000
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165 (57.3 overs)
Marlon Samuels 60* (123) Andy Bichel 5/60 (13.3 overs) | ||
109 (49.3 overs)
Marlon Samuels 46 (108) Jason Gillespie 6/40 (17 overs) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to field.
- Colin Stuart (WI) made his Test debut.
5th Test[]
2–6 January 2001
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272 (102.1 overs)
Sherwin Campbell 79 (162) Stuart MacGill 7/104 (37 overs) |
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174/4 (44.5 overs)
Michael Slater 86* (129) Marlon Samuels 1/26 (5.5 overs) |
- West Indies won the toss and elected to bat.
One Day series[]
The one day series, sponsored by Carlton & United Beverages, was played between Australia, Zimbabwe and the West Indies. The West Indies and Australia qualified for the finals, in which Australia won the first two matches in Melbourne and Sydney. Hence a deciding final match was not required.
References[]
- ^ Croft, Colin (6 January 2001). "Australia deserve 5-0 success". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 19 June 2007.
- ^ "McGrath reaches 300 wickets during hat-trick". ESPNcricinfo. 1 December 2000. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
- Playfair Cricket Annual
- Wisden Cricketers Almanack (annual)
External links[]
Categories:
- 2000 in Australian cricket
- 2001 in Australian cricket
- 2000 in West Indian cricket
- 2001 in West Indian cricket
- 2000–01 Australian cricket season
- West Indian cricket tours of Australia
- International cricket competitions in 2000–01