2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy

2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy
Administrator(s)	International Cricket Council
Cricket format	One Day International
Tournament format(s)	Knockout
Host	Kenya
Champions	New Zealand (4th title)
Participants	8 (from 11 entrants)
Matches played	7
Most runs	Sourav Ganguly (348)
Most wickets	Venkatesh Prasad (8)

The 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy was a One Day International cricket tournament held 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 durign the competition.

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 6 of the teams.

Pre-Quarter-Finals

October 3 – Kenya (208-9, 50 ov) lost to India (209-2, 42.3 ov) by 8 wickets.

October 4 – Sri Lanka (287-6, 50 ov) beat West Indies (179, 46.4 ov) by 108 runs.

October 5 – Bangladesh (232-8, 50 ov) lost to England (236-2, 43.5 ov) by 8 wickets. .

[edit] Quarter Final Squads

Captained by Steve Waugh Adam Gilchrist (wk) Michael Bevan Jason Gillespie Ian Harvey Mark Higgs Brett Lee Shane Lee Damien Martyn Glenn McGrath Ricky Ponting Andrew Symonds Mark Waugh Bradley Young Coached by John Buchanan	Captained by Nasser Hussain Mark Alleyne Andy Caddick Mark Ealham Andrew Flintoff Ashley Giles Paul Grayson Darren Gough Matthew Hoggard Graeme Hick Vikram Solanki Alec Stewart (wk) Marcus Trescothick Graham Thorpe Coached by Duncan Fletcher	Captained by Sourav Ganguly Sachin Tendulkar Ajit Agarkar Hemang Badani Rahul Dravid Vinod Kambli Anil Kumble Sunil Joshi Robin Singh Yuvraj Singh Sridharan Sriram Venkatesh Prasad Vijay Dahiya (wk) Zaheer Khan Coached by Anshuman Gaekwad	Captained by Stephen Fleming Geoff Allott Nathan Astle Chris Cairns Chris Harris Craig McMillan Dion Nash Chris Nevin Adam Parore (wk) Craig Spearman Scott Styris Glen Sulzberger Roger Twose Paul Wiseman Coached by David Trist

Captained by Moin Khan (wk) Inzamam-ul-Haq Abdul Razzaq Arshad Khan Azhar Mahmood Faisal Iqbal Ijaz Ahmed Imran Nazir Saeed Anwar Saleem Elahi Saqlain Mushtaq Waqar Younis Wasim Akram Yousuf Youhana Coached by Javed Miandad	Captained by Shaun Pollock Mark Boucher (wk) Shafiek Abrahams Nicky Boje Allan Donald Boeta Dippenaar Andrew Hall Jacques Kallis Gary Kirsten Lance Klusener Neil McKenzie Makhaya Ntini Jonty Rhodes Roger Telemachus Coached by Graham Ford	Captained by Sanath Jayasuriya Marvan Atapattu Russel Arnold Upul Chandana Kumar Dharmasena Avishka Gunawardene Mahela Jayawardene R.Kaluwitharana (wk) Muttiah Muralitharan Kumar Sangakkara Eric Upashantha Chaminda Vaas P.Wickramasinghe Nuwan Zoysa Coached by Dav Whatmore	Captained by Heath Streak Guy Whittall Alistair Campbell Stuart Carlisle Andrew Flower (wk) Grant Flower Pommie Mbangwa Mluleki Nkala Henry Olonga Gavin Rennie Paul Strang Mark Vermeulen Dirk Viljoen Craig Wishart Coached by Carl Rackemann

Quarter Finals

October 7 – India (265-9, 50 ov) beat Australia (245, 46.4 ov) by 20 runs.

October 8 – Sri Lanka (194, 45.4 ov) lost to Pakistan (195-1, 43.2 ov) by 9 wickets.

October 9 – New Zealand (265-7, 50 ov) beat Zimbabwe 201 (42.2 ov) by 64 runs.

October 10 – England (182, 44.1 ov) lost to South Africa (184-2, 39.1 ov) by 8 wickets.

Semi Finals

October 11 – Pakistan (252, 49.2 ov) lost to New Zealand (255-6 , 49 ov) by 4 wickets.

October 13 – India (295-6, 50 ov) beat South Africa (200, 41 ov) by 95 runs.

[edit] Final

October 15 – India (264-6, 50 ov) lost to New Zealand (265-6, 49.4 ov) by 4 wickets.

Indian captain Sourav Ganguly top scored for India with 117, helped along by his opening partner Sachin Tendulkar who made 69. Scott Styris took two wickets for New Zealand as well as affecting a couple of run outs. New Zealand were struggling in their chase at 5 for 132 when Chris Harris joined Chris Cairns at the crease. The pair put on 122 together until Harris fell for 46 with 9 balls remaining. Cairns however saw his side home, his unbeaten 102 giving his side victory with 2 balls to spare.

[edit] External links

• Cricinfo tournament home

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