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2000 NatWest Trophy

The 2000 NatWest Trophy was the 20th and last NatWest Trophy before being renamed as the Cheltenham & Gloucester Trophy for the 2001 season. It was an English limited overs county cricket tournament which was held between 2 May and 26 August 2000.[1] The tournament was won by Gloucestershire who defeated Warwickshire by 22 runs in the final at Lord's.

Format

The 18 first-class counties, were joined by all twenty Minor Counties, plus Huntingdonshire. They were also joined by the cricket boards of Derbyshire, Durham, Essex, Gloucestershire, Hampshire, Kent, Lancashire, Leicestershire, Middlesex, Northamptonshire, Nottinghamshire, Somerset, Surrey, Sussex, Warwickshire, Worcestershire and Yorkshire. The national teams of Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands and Scotland once again took part in the tournament.

The tournament was a knockout with four rounds before the quarter-final and semi-final stages. The winners of the semi-finals went on to the final at Lord's which was held on 26 August 2000.

First round

Second round

Third round

  • The match was replayed on 4 July, after it was discovered Worcestershire had fielded an ineligible player, Kabir Ali, who had appeared for another team earlier in the tournament.[2]
  • Match was a replay of the original match played on 21 June 2000.

Fourth round

  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.
  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

Quarter-finals

Semi-finals

  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two.

Final

  • Match was scheduled for one day but extended to two. When play was halted Gloucestershire needed to have scored 101 runs to win.

References

  1. ^ "NatWest Trophy, 2000 – Fixtures". CricketArchive. Archived from the original on 3 November 2012. Retrieved 13 June 2010.
  2. ^ "Holders demand replay". BBC News. 26 June 2000. Retrieved 2 October 2021.

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