The West Indies cricket team toured Australia in the 2000–01 cricket season. They played five Test matches against

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, and also competed in a

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series that also involved

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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.

1st Test

2nd Test

3rd Test

4th Test

5th Test

One Day series

The one day series, sponsored by

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, 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

* ''Playfair Cricket Annual'' * ''Wisden Cricketers Almanack'' (annual)

External links

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