The 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy was a

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cricket tournament held in Kenya (which helped to increase the popularity of cricket in Kenya).

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were crowned champions and cashed the winner's cheque of US$250 000. It was their first win in a major ICC tournament.

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and Marlon Samuels made their ODI debuts during the competition. 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 6 of the lowest ranked teams.

Pre-Quarter-Finals

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 or Pre-Quarter-Finals took place between 6 of the lowest ranked teams. ---- ----

Quarter Final Squads

Knockout stage

The

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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

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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

seedings. Of the eight teams entering the stage, the team which was ranked 1st according to

seedings play the winner of Pre-Quarter-Final 1 while the team which was ranked 2nd according to

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

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

Australia v India

Pakistan v Sri Lanka

New Zealand v Zimbabwe

South Africa v England

Semi-finals

New Zealand v Pakistan

India v South Africa

Final

The final of the 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy took place on 15 October 2000 at the

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. It was played between

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won the final by four wickets to win their first

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, their first win at an ICC event.

Background

The 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy started on 3 October and was hosted by

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, all the matches were played at

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. Eleven teams participated in the tournament, the top 5 teams ranked according to

seedings. The final was played on 15 October 2000 and was a day-nighter contested between

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. It was

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first Finals appearance at major ICC events. They had previously lost the Semi-Finals on four occasions between

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played in their second final at major ICC events, having played and won the 1983 Cricket World Cup Final.

Route to the final

KnockOut Stage

A total ten matches were played in the tournament. The top 5 teams ranked according to

seedings. Australia, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand and Zimbabwe qualified for the KnockOut Stage automatically, while India, Sri Lanka and England qualified from Pre-Quarter-Finals beating Kenya, West Indies and Bangladesh respectively. India faced Australia, Sri Lanka faced Pakistan and England faced South Africa in the Quarter-Finals. India, Pakistan, New Zealand and South Africa defeated Australia, Sri Lanka, Zimbabwe and England respectively in the Quarter-Finals, and qualified for the Semi-Finals.

Semi-Finals

The first Semi-Final was played between New Zealand and Pakistan on 11 October 2000 at

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. Pakistan, who had won the toss, elected to bat first. Pakistan were bowled out for 252. Saeed Anwar scored 104 runs from 115 balls.

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and

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steady the innings and put a brilliant partnership of 135 runs facing 158 balls and thus, they achieved the target with an over and 4 wickets remaining.

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entered in their first ever Finals at major ICC events. India played South Africa in the second Semi-Final of the tournament on 13 October 2000 at

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. India captain,

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won the toss and decided to bat first. Indian openers gave them a steady start, with 66 for no wicket in 14 overs.

scored a brilliant century scoring 141 runs facing 142 balls he was

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throughout the innings and India scored the mammoth total of 295 runs losing 6 wickets. South African openers could not give their team a good start as both Kirsten and Hall were back in the pavilion for just the score of 23 in 4 overs and soon they were reduced to 50/4 then

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and

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steadied the innings for some extent but that could not help too much as they were bowled out for 200 and lost the match by 95 runs.

was named the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock of 141 runs.

Umpires

The match was umpired by West Indies'

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and England's David Shepherd. Sri Lankan

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was the match referee and Australia's

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was the third umpire.

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,

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and Chris Harris put a brilliant partnership of 122 runs which help them to win their first major ICC event and also their first

title.

External links

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