2000 KnockOut Trophy final

August 2025June 2015 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy.jpg The KnockOut Trophy at the New Zealand Cricket Museum in Wellington 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy Final India IND 30px 264/6 50 overs New Zealand NZL 30px New Zealand won by 4 wickets 265/6 49.4 overs 15 October 2000 Gymkhana Club Ground Nairobi Chris Cairns (NZ) Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) 7000 1998 2002 250px 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.16 October 2000 The ICC Knockout: a big hit https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2000/oct/16/cricket.iccchampionstrophy20001 The Guardian New Zealand won the final by four wickets to win their first ICC KnockOut Trophy and thus also winning a major 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 Chris Cairns was named the man of the match for scoring 102 runs.15 October 2000 Cairns century secures first major trophy for Kiwis (2000 ICC Champions Trophy) https://cricketcrowd.com/displayvideo.html?ccvideo=2802&ccdesc=Cairns+century+secures+first+ever+major+trophy+for+Kiwis+%282000+ICC+Champions+Trophy%29 cricketcrowd.com Road to the final Knockout stage A total of 10 matches were played in the tournament. 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. Australia, Pakistan, South Africa, New Zealand and Zimbabwe qualified for the knockout stage automatically, while India, Sri Lanka and England qualified from the 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.11 October 2020 Specials – Revisiting the 2000 ICC Knockout https://thecricketcauldron.com/2020/10/11/specials-revisiting-the-2000-icc-knockout/ The Cricket Cauldron 11 October 2020 ICC KnockOut 2000/01 Cricket Score, Fixture, News, Result https://wisden.com/comp/4060/icc-knockout-2000-01/results Wisden Semi-finals The first Semi-final was played between New Zealand and Pakistan on 11 October 2000 at Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya. Pakistan, who had won the toss, elected to bat first. Pakistan were bowled out for 252. Saeed Anwar scored 104 runs from 115 balls. Shayne O'Connor take a five-wicket haul his match figures were (5/46) bowling 9.2 overs, which help the New Zealand team to bowl out Pakistan for such mediocre score. New Zealand innings did start well losing their 2 wickets for 15, but Roger Twose and Craig McMillan 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. Shayne O'Connor was awarded Man of the Match for his match figures (5/46) and New Zealand entered in their first ever Finals at major ICC events.11 October 2000 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy 1st Semi-final Pak vs NZ http://www.cricbuzz.com/live-cricket-scores/5806/nz-vs-pak-1st-sf-icc-knockout-2000 Cricbuzz India played South Africa in the second Semi-final of the tournament on 13 October 2000 at Gymkhana Club Ground, Nairobi, Kenya. India captain, Sourav Ganguly won the toss and decided to bat first. Indian openers gave them a steady start, with 66 for no wicket in 14 overs. Sourav Ganguly scored a brilliant century scoring 141 runs facing 142 balls he was not out 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 Jonty Rhodes, Mark Boucher and Lance Klusener 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. Sourav Ganguly was named the Man of the Match for his brilliant knock of 141 runs.13 October 2000 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy 2nd Semi-final Ind vs SA http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-match-facts/5807/ind-vs-rsa-2nd-sf-icc-knockout-2000 Cricbuzz Match details Match officials On-field umpires: Steve Bucknor (WI) and David Shepherd (Eng) TV umpire: Darrell Hair (Aus) Match referee: Ranjan Madugalle (SL) Summary thumb|Chris Cairns scored 102 runs not out from 113 balls.|alt=portrait of Chris Cairns 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 Cricinfo15 October 2021 On This Day: New Zealand secure their first-ever ICC trophy by beating India https://sportslumo.com/cricket/new-zealand-secure-first-icc-trophy-by-beating-india-in-icc-knockout-event-cricket-rewind/ SportsLumo8 June 2021 The 18-year drought: Can India break their jinx against New Zealand in the World Test Championship final? https://wisden.com/series-stories/world-test-championship/the-18-year-drought-can-india-break-their-jinx-against-new-zealand-in-the-world-test-championship-final Wisden 8 June 2021 15 October 2000 2000 ICC Champions Trophy: Kiwis shock India as Cairns thrashes ton https://cricketcrowd.com/displayvideo.html?ccvideo=6606&ccdesc=ampersand cricketcrowd.com 15 October 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. This was New Zealand's first major ICC event win. Scorecard Source:15 October 2000 2000 ICC KnockOut Trophy Final https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-knockout-2000-01-61073/india-vs-new-zealand-final-66179/full-scorecard ESPN Cricinfo IND batting Sourav Ganguly * c Harris b Astle 117 130 9 4 90.00 Sachin Tendulkar run out (Styris/Astle) 69 83 10 1 83.13 Rahul Dravid run out (Styris/Allott) 22 35 1 0 62.85 Yuvraj Singh c Twose b Styris 18 19 2 0 94.73 Vinod Kambli c O'Connor b Styris 1 5 0 0 20.00 Robin Singh c Spearman b Allott 13 11 1 0 118.18 Ajit Agarkar not out 15 17 0 0 88.23 Vijay Dahiya † not out 1 2 0 0 50.00 Anil Kumble did not bat Zaheer Khan did not bat Venkatesh Prasad did not bat Extras (lb 2, nb 2, w 4) 8 Total (6 wickets; 50 overs) 264 23 5 Fall of wickets: 1/141 (Tendulkar, 26.3 ov), 2/202 (Dravid, 38.6 ov), 3/220 (Ganguly, 42.3 ov), 4/229 (Kambli, 43.4 ov), 5/237 (Yuvraj, 45.3 ov), 6/256 (Robin, 48.4 ov) NZ bowling Geoff Allott 10 0 54 1 5.40 2 1 Shayne O'Connor 5 0 37 0 7.40 1 0 Chris Cairns 10 2 40 0 4.00 1 0 Scott Styris 10 0 53 2 5.30 0 1 Nathan Astle 10 0 46 1 4.60 0 0 Chris Harris 5 0 32 0 6.40 0 0 NZ batting Craig Spearman c Yuvraj b Prasad 3 8 0 0 37.50 Nathan Astle c Robin b Kumble 37 48 5 0 77.08 Stephen Fleming * lbw b Prasad 5 11 0 0 45.45 Roger Twose st †Dahiya b Kumble 31 35 4 0 88.57 Chris Cairns not out 102 113 8 2 90.26 Craig McMillan c Ganguly b Tendulkar 15 14 2 0 107.14 Chris Harris c Robin b Prasad 46 72 4 0 63.88 Adam Parore † not out 3 4 0 0 75.00 Scott Styris Shayne O'Connor Geoff Allott Extras (lb 15, nb 7, w 1) 23 Total (6 wickets; 49.4 overs) 265 23 2 Fall of wickets: 1/6 (Spearman, 1.5 ov), 2/37 (Fleming, 5.4 ov), 3/82 (Astle, 14.6 ov), 4/109 (Twose, 18.5 ov), 5/132 (McMillan, 23.2 ov), 6/254 (Harris, 48.3 ov) IND bowling Zaheer Khan 7 0 54 0 7.71 0 6 Venkatesh Prasad 7 0 27 3 3.85 1 0 Ajit Agarkar 6.4 0 44 0 6.60 0 0 Anil Kumble 9 0 55 2 6.11 0 0 Sachin Tendulkar 10 1 38 1 3.80 0 0 Yuvraj Singh 10 0 32 0 3.20 0 1 Key * – Captain – Wicket-keeper c Fielder – Indicates that the batsman was dismissed by a catch by the named fielder b Bowler – Indicates which bowler gains credit for the dismissal References External links https://www.espncricinfo.com/series/icc-knockout-2000-01-61073/india-vs-new-zealand-final-66179/full-scorecard Ind vs NZ Cricket Scorecard, Final at Nairobi, October 15, 2000 ESPN Cricinfo http://www.cricbuzz.com/cricket-match-facts/5808/ind-vs-nz-final-icc-knockout-2000 Ind vs NZ, Final, ICC KnockOut Trophy 2000 Cricbuzz 2000 Category:2000 in Kenyan cricket Category:Limited overs cricket matches Final Category:India–New Zealand cricket relations Category:India in international cricket Category:New Zealand in international cricket