2000 KnockOut Trophy

Cricket tournament held in Kenya May 2026 ICC KnockOut Trophy 2000 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy logo.jpg 3 October 15 October International Cricket Council One Day International Knockout Kenya NZL IND 1 11 10 IND Sourav Ganguly (348) IND Venkatesh Prasad (8) 1998 1998 ICC KnockOut Trophy 2002 2002 ICC Champions Trophy The 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy was the second edition of the One Day International cricket tournament. Later renamed as ICC Champions Trophy, it was 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 with defeating India in the finals. It was their first win in a major ICC tournament. Zaheer Khan, Yuvraj Singh 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 six of the lowest ranked teams. Squads 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy squads AUS ENG IND NZLSteve Waugh (c) Adam Gilchrist (wk)Michael BevanJason GillespieIan HarveyMark HiggsBrett LeeShane LeeDamien MartynGlenn McGrathRicky PontingAndrew SymondsMark WaughBradley Young Coach: John BuchananNasser Hussain (c)Mark AlleyneAndy CaddickMark EalhamAndrew FlintoffAshley GilesPaul GraysonDarren GoughMatthew HoggardGraeme HickVikram SolankiAlec Stewart (wk)Marcus TrescothickGraham Thorpe Coach: Duncan FletcherSourav Ganguly (c)Sachin TendulkarAjit AgarkarHemang BadaniRahul DravidVinod KambliAnil KumbleSunil JoshiRobin SinghYuvraj SinghSridharan SriramVenkatesh PrasadVijay Dahiya (wk)Zaheer Khan Coach: Anshuman GaekwadStephen Fleming (c)Geoff AllottNathan AstleChris CairnsChris HarrisCraig McMillanDion NashChris NevinAdam Parore (wk)Craig SpearmanScott StyrisGlen SulzbergerRoger TwosePaul Wiseman Coach: David Trist PAK RSA SRI ZIMMoin Khan (c / wk)Inzamam-ul-Haq Abdul RazzaqArshad KhanAzhar MahmoodFaisal IqbalIjaz AhmedImran NazirSaeed AnwarSaleem ElahiSaqlain MushtaqWaqar YounisWasim AkramYousuf Youhana Coach: Javed MiandadShaun Pollock (c)Mark Boucher (wk)Shafiek AbrahamsNicky BojeAllan DonaldBoeta DippenaarAndrew HallJacques KallisGary KirstenLance KlusenerNeil McKenzieMakhaya NtiniJonty RhodesRoger Telemachus Coach: Graham FordSanath Jayasuriya (c)Marvan AtapattuRussel ArnoldUpul ChandanaKumar DharmasenaAvishka GunawardeneMahela JayawardeneR.Kaluwitharana (wk))Muttiah Muralitharan Kumar SangakkaraEric UpashanthaChaminda VaasP.WickramasingheNuwan ZoysaCoach: Dav WhatmoreHeath Streak (c)Guy WhittallAlistair CampbellStuart CarlisleAndrew Flower (wk))Grant FlowerPommie MbangwaMluleki NkalaHenry Olonga Gavin RenniePaul StrangMark VermeulenDirk ViljoenCraig Wishart Coach: Carl Rackemann Pre-quarter-finals 3 October 2000 KEN IND 208/9 (50 overs) 209/2 (42.3 overs) Ravi Shah 60 (93) Zaheer Khan 3/48 (10 overs) Rahul Dravid 68 (87) Maurice Odumbe 1/18 (4 overs) India won by 8 wickets Scorecard Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Steve Bucknor (WI) and Dave Orchard (SA) Anil Kumble (Ind) India won the toss and elected to field. India advanced to the quarter-finals. Vijay Dahiya, Zaheer Khan and Yuvraj Singh (Ind) all made their ODI debuts. 4 October 2000 SRI WIN 287/6 (50 overs) 179 (46.4 overs) Avishka Gunawardene 132 (146) Mervyn Dillon 2/46 (10 overs) Laurie Williams 41 (59) Nuwan Zoysa 3/34 (7 overs) Sri Lanka won by 108 runs Scorecard Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind) and Peter Willey (Eng) Avishka Gunawardene (SL) West Indies won the toss and elected to field. Sri Lanka advanced to the quarter-finals. Kerry Jeremy and Marlon Samuels (WI) both made their ODI debuts. 5 October 2000 BAN ENG 232/8 (50 overs) 236/2 (43.5 overs) Javed Omar 63 (84) Mark Ealham 3/48 (10 overs) Nasser Hussain 95 (120) Mohammad Rafique 1/43 (10 overs) England won by 8 wickets Scorecard Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Darrell Hair (Aus) and Dave Orchard (SA) Alec Stewart (Eng) Bangladesh won the toss and elected to bat. England advanced to the quarter-finals. Knockout stage 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. white-space:nowrap 8 October – Nairobi, Kenya SRI 194 PAK 195/1 9 October – Nairobi, Kenya NZL 265/7 ZIM 201 7 October – Nairobi, Kenya IND 265/9 AUS 245 10 October – Nairobi, Kenya ENG 182 RSA 184/2 11 October – Nairobi, Kenya PAK 252 NZL 255/6 13 October – Nairobi, Kenya IND 295/6 RSA 200 15 October – Nairobi, Kenya NZL 265/6 IND 264/6 Quarter-finals Australia v India match4 7 October 2000 IND AUS 265/9 (50 overs) 245 (46.4 overs) Yuvraj Singh 84 (80) Shane Lee 2/31 (10 overs) Ricky Ponting 46 (59) Zaheer Khan 2/40 (10 overs) India won by 20 runs Scorecard Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Yuvraj Singh (Ind) Australia won the toss and elected to field. India advanced to the semi-finals. Pakistan v Sri Lanka match5 8 October 2000 SRI PAK 194 (45.4 overs) 195/1 (43.2 overs) Sanath Jayasuriya 39 (41) Wasim Akram 3/40 (7.4 overs) Saeed Anwar 105 (134) Pakistan won by 9 wickets Scorecard Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Dave Orchard (SA) and Peter Willey (Eng) Saeed Anwar (Pak) Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat. Pakistan advanced to the semi-finals. New Zealand v Zimbabwe match6 9 October 2000 NZL ZIM 265/7 (50 overs) 201 (42.2 overs) Roger Twose 85 (111) Henry Olonga 3/58 (9 overs) Stuart Carlisle 67 (92) Paul Wiseman 4/45 (9.2 overs) New Zealand won by 64 runs Scorecard Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Roger Twose (NZ) Zimbabwe won the toss and elected to field. New Zealand advanced to the semi-finals. South Africa v England match7 10 October 2000 ENG RSA 182 (44.1 overs) 184/2 (39.1 overs) Graeme Hick 65 (68) Shaun Pollock 3/27 (9.1 overs) Jacques Kallis 78 (110) Craig White 1/40 (8.1 overs) South Africa won by 8 wickets Scorecard Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Darrell Hair (Aus) and Srinivasaraghavan Venkataraghavan (Ind) 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 match8 11 October 2000 PAK NZL 252 (49.2 overs) 255/6 (49 overs) Saeed Anwar 104 (115) Shayne O'Connor 5/46 (9.2 overs) Roger Twose 87 (101) Azhar Mahmood 4/65 (10 overs) New Zealand won by 4 wickets Scorecard Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Dave Orchard (SA) and David Shepherd (Eng) Shayne O'Connor (NZ) Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat. New Zealand advanced to the final. India v South Africa match9 13 October 2000 IND RSA 295/6 (50 overs) 200 (41 overs) Sourav Ganguly 141* (142) Allan Donald 2/34 (10 overs) Mark Boucher 60 (77) Zaheer Khan 2/27 (5 overs) India won by 95 runs Scorecard Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya Steve Bucknor (WI) and Peter Willey (Eng) Sourav Ganguly (Ind) India won the toss and elected to bat. India advanced to the final. Final 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy 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.Peter Robinson 15 October 2000 Cairns steers New Zealand to heroic victory over India in ICC KnockOut final https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-knockout-2000-01-61073/india-vs-new-zealand-final-66179/match-report ESPN Cricinfo 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.18 October 2000 Lynn McConnell New Zealand sets itself a one-day trifecta https://i.imgci.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/CRICKET_NEWS/2000/OCT/056370_NZ_18OCT2000.html ESPN Cricinfo 15 October 2000 IND NZL 264/6 (50 overs) 265/6 (49.4 overs) Sourav Ganguly 117 (130) Scott Styris 2/53 (10 overs) Chris Cairns 102* (113) Venkatesh Prasad 3/27 (7 overs) New Zealand won by 4 wickets Scorecard Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) Chris Cairns (NZ) New Zealand won the toss and elected to field. New Zealand won the 2000 ICC Knockout Trophy. References External links Cricinfo tournament home https://web.archive.org/web/20160919113812/http://aus.cricinfo.com/link_to_database/ARCHIVE/2000-01/OD_TOURNEYS/ICCKO/ 19 September 2016 https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-knockout-2000-01-61073 ICC Knockout, 2000 ESPNcricinfo Category:2000 in cricket Category:International cricket competitions from 1997–98 to 2000 Category:Kenyan cricket seasons to 1999–2000 Category:Sport in Nairobi Category:International cricket competitions in Kenya Category:2000 in Kenyan cricket