1998–99 Australia Tri-Nation Series

The 1998–99 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the 1998–99 Carlton and United Series) was a One Day International (ODI) cricket tri-series where Australia played host to England and Sri Lanka. Australia and England reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0.

Date10 January 1999 – 13 February 1999

LocationAustralia

ResultWon by

Australia
2–0 in final series

Player of the seriesGlenn McGrath

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1998–99 Carlton and United Series

Date

10 January 1999 – 13 February 1999

Location

Australia

Result

Won by

Australia
2–0 in final series

Player of the series

Glenn McGrath

Teams
Australia	England	Sri Lanka
Captains
Steve Waugh	Alec Stewart	Arjuna Ranatunga
Most runs
Mark Waugh (542) Adam Gilchrist (525) Darren Lehmann (396)	Graeme Hick (513) Neil Fairbrother (323) Nick Knight (315)	Romesh Kaluwitharana (308) Hashan Tillakaratne (249) Sanath Jayasuriya (223)
Most wickets
Glenn McGrath (27) Shane Warne (19) Adam Dale (13)	Darren Gough (19) Alan Mullally (14) Mark Ealham (12)	Chaminda Vaas (14) Muttiah Muralitharan (12) Sanath Jayasuriya (6)

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Squads

More information Australia, England ...

Australia	England	Sri Lanka
Steve Waugh (c) Michael Bevan Greg Blewett Adam Dale Damien Fleming Adam Gilchrist Brendon Julian Darren Lehmann Glenn McGrath Damien Martyn Ricky Ponting Shane Warne Bradley Young	Alec Stewart (c) Mark Alleyne John Crawley Robert Croft Mark Ealham Neil Fairbrother Ashley Giles Darren Gough Dean Headley Graeme Hick Adam Hollioake Ben Hollioake Nasser Hussain Nick Knight Alan Mullally Vince Wells	Arjuna Ranatunga (c) Marvan Atapattu Upul Chandana Aravinda de Silva Avishka Gunawardene Sanath Jayasuriya Mahela Jayawardene Romesh Kaluwitharana Roshan Mahanama Muttiah Muralitharan Ruchira Perera Suresh Perera Thilan Samaraweera hashan Tillakaratne Chaminda Vaas Pramodya Wickramasinghe Nuwan Zoysa

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Points table

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Pos	Team	P	W	L	Points	NRR
1	Australia	10	7	3	14	+0.538
2	England	10	5	5	10	+0.157
3	Sri Lanka	10	3	7	6	−0.667

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Group stage

1st Match

10 January 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard

England
178/8 (50 overs)

v

Australia
145/9 (36 overs)

Neil Fairbrother 47 (82)
Glenn McGrath 2/24 (10 overs)

Michael Bevan 56 (76)
Alan Mullally 4/18 (8 overs)

England won by 7 runs (revised target)
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane^[1]
Umpires: Tony McQuillan (Aus) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Alan Mullally (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to bat.
Australia's target reduced to 153 runs from 36 overs
Vince Wells and Mark Alleyne (Eng) made their ODI debuts.

2nd Match

11 January 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka
207/7 (50 overs)

v

England
208/6 (49.3 overs)

Romesh Kaluwitharana 58 (61)
Adam Hollioake 3/32 (10 overs)

Neil Fairbrother 67 (105)
Muttiah Muralitharan 3/34 (10 overs)

England won by 4 wickets
Brisbane Cricket Ground, Brisbane^[2]
Umpires: Peter Parker (Aus) and Steve Davis (Aus)
Player of the match: Neil Fairbrother (Eng)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

3rd Match

13 January 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka
259/9 (50 overs)

v

Australia
260/2 (46.1 overs)

Hashan Tillakaratne 73 (95)
Shane Warne 2/44 (10 overs)

Adam Gilchrist 131 (118)
Chaminda Vaas 1/43 (6 overs)

Australia won by 8 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney^[3]
Umpires: Terry Prue (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist (Aus)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

4th Match

15 January 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard

England
178 (43.2 overs)

v

Australia
182/1 (39.2 overs)

Nasser Hussain 47 (62)
Glenn McGrath 4/54 (10 overs)

Mark Waugh 83 (109)
Alan Mullally 1/42 (10 overs)

Australia won by 9 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne^[4]
Umpires: Ross Emerson (Aus) and Darrell Hair (Aus)
Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

5th Match

17 January 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard

England
282/4 (50 overs)

v

Australia
275/6 (50 overs)

Graeme Hick 108 (129)
Damien Fleming 3/64 (10 overs)

Mark Waugh 85 (95)
Darren Gough 2/40 (10 overs)

England won by 7 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney^[5]
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Eng)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

6th Match

19 January 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka
186 (50 overs)

v

England
189/3 (45.2 overs)

Arjuna Ranatunga 76 (105)
Darren Gough 4/28 (10 overs)

Graeme Hick 66 (101)
Nuwan Zoysa 2/22 (6 overs)

England won by 7 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne^[6]
Umpires: Darrell Harper (Aus) and Terry Prue (Aus)
Player of the match: Darren Gough (Eng)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

7th Match

21 January 1999
Scorecard

Australia
210/9 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka
211/7 (49.3 overs)

Mark Waugh 65 (105)
Chaminda Vaas 3/27 (10 overs)

Marvan Atapattu 82 (121)
Shane Warne 3/45 (10 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 3 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart^[7]
Umpires: Peter Parker (Aus) and Steve Davis (Aus)
Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

8th Match

23 January 1999
14:00 UTC+10:30 (D/N)
Scorecard

England
3/302 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka
9/303 (49.4 overs)

Graeme Hick 126 (118)
Sanath Jayasuriya 1/42 (10 overs)

Mahela Jayawardene 120 (111)
Vince Wells 2/30 (4.4 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 1 wicket
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide^[8]
Umpires: Ross Emerson (Aus) and Tony McQuillan (Aus)
Player of the match: Mahela Jayawardene (SL)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.
Mahela Jayawardene (SL) scored his first century in ODIs.
This was the highest successful run chase in an ODI match at the Adelaide Oval.
This match was also notable for a controversy over Muttiah Muralitharan's bowling.

9th Match

24 January 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia
270 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka
190 (41.4 overs)

Mark Waugh 57 (68)
Chaminda Vaas 3/63 (10 overs)

Roshan Mahanama 55 (82)
Glenn McGrath 5/40 (10 overs)

Australia won by 80 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide^[9]
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Glenn McGrath (Aus)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

10th Match

26 January 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard

Australia
239/8 (50 overs)

v

England
223 (48.3 overs)

Mark Waugh 65 (80)
Robert Croft 2/40 (10 overs)

Graeme Hick 109 (119)
Glenn McGrath 3/40 (9.3 overs)

Australia won by 16 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide^[10]
Umpires: Peter Parker (Aus) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Eng)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

11th Match

29 January 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard

England
227/7 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka
99 (33.3 overs)

Neil Fairbrother 81 (119)
Ruchira Perera 3/55 (10 overs)

Sanath Jayasuriya 40 (58)
Mark Ealham 5/32 (10 overs)

England won by 128 runs
WACA Ground, Perth^[11]
Umpires: Peter Parker (Aus) and Steve Davis (Aus)
Player of the match: Mark Ealham (Eng)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

12th Match

31 January 1999
Scorecard

Australia
274/7 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka
229 (46.3 overs)

Michael Bevan 72 (65)
Pramodya Wickramasinghe 3/48 (10 overs)

Sanath Jayasuriya 50 (49)
Shane Warne 3/53 (10 overs)

Australia won by 45 runs
WACA Ground, Perth^[12]
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Terry Prue (Aus)
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

13th Match

3 February 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard

Sri Lanka
181/7 (44 overs)

v

England
170/9 (44 overs)

Romesh Kaluwitharana 54 (87)
Mark Alleyne 3/27 (9 overs)

Nick Knight 58 (109)
Thilan Samaraweera 3/34 (9 overs)

Sri Lanka won by 11 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney^[13]
Umpires: Tony McQuillan (Aus) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
Player of the match: Thilan Samaraweera (SL)

England won the toss and elected to field.
Match reduced to 44 overs each

14th Match

5 February 1999 (D/N)
Scorecard

England
210/8 (50 overs)

v

Australia
211/6 (47 overs)

Vince Wells 39 (63)
Adam Dale 2/28 (10 overs)

Ricky Ponting 43 (71)
Alan Mullally 2/31 (10 overs)

Australia won by 4 wickets
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney^[14]
Umpires: Peter Parker (Aus) and Darrell Hair (Aus)
Player of the match: Damien Martyn (Aus)

England won the toss and elected to bat.

15th Match

7 February 1999
Scorecard

Australia
310/8 (50 overs)

v

Sri Lanka
267 (47.1 overs)

Adam Gilchrist 154 (129)
Muttiah Muralitharan 2/15 (3.4 overs)

Avishka Gunawardene 75 (66)
Shane Lee 5/33 (8.1 overs)

Australia won by 43 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne^[15]
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Terry Prue (Aus)
Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Final series

Australia won the best of three final series against England 2–0.

1st Final

10 February 1999
Scorecard

Australia
232/8 (50 overs)

v

England
222 (49.2 overs)

Michael Bevan 69 (74)
Vince Wells 3/30 (10 overs)

Nasser Hussain 58 (98)
Glenn McGrath 4/45 (9.2 overs)

Australia won by 10 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney^[16]
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Steve Davis (Aus)
Player of the match: Michael Bevan (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd Final

13 February 1999
Scorecard

Australia
272/5 (50 overs)

v

England
110 (31.5 overs)

Darren Lehmann 71 (75)
Vince Wells 1/34 (5 overs)

Alec Stewart 32 (36)
Shane Warne 3/16 (5.5 overs)

Australia won by 162 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne^[17]
Umpires: Darrell Hair (Aus) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Darren Lehmann (Aus)

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

External links

Series home at Cricinfo

1998–99 Australia Tri-Nation Series

Squads

Points table

Group stage

1st Match

2nd Match

3rd Match

4th Match

5th Match

6th Match

7th Match

8th Match

9th Match

10th Match

11th Match

12th Match

13th Match

14th Match

15th Match

Final series

1st Final

2nd Final

External links

References

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