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The NatWest Series is the name used for One Day International cricket tournaments held in England since 2000. The tournaments are sponsored by the National Westminster Bank.

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2000 to 2005: triangular series

The original format of the NatWest Series was a three-team triangular tournament, involving England and two visiting international sides. Each of the three teams would play the other two three times each, after which the two top teams would face each other in a final at Lord's in London. The ten matches would be played at the seven international grounds (Lord's, Edgbaston, Headingley, Old Trafford, The Oval, Trent Bridge and the Riverside Ground), as well as other county cricket grounds such as the St Lawrence Ground (Canterbury), Sophia Gardens (Cardiff), the Rose Bowl (Southampton) and at Bristol.

The first NatWest Series was held in 2000 a year after England hosted the World Cup. The West Indies and Zimbabwe were the two visiting teams, with England and Zimbabwe contesting the first final. England won by 6 wickets, with Darren Gough taking 3–20 and Alec Stewart scoring 97.

It used to be a common occurrence at the end of cricket Test matches for the crowd to invade the pitch to watch the presentation from the pavilion balcony. In the UK this tradition ended in 2001 Natwest Series after a steward was injured in a pitch invasion at a one-day match between England and Pakistan. [1] Invading the pitch can now warrant a £1,000 fine, and post-match presentations are held on the field. During the presentation ceremony at the 2001 NatWest Series final on the balcony at Lord's, Michael Bevan was hit in the face with a beer can thrown from the crowd. [2]

Other notable matches in the series included the 2002 final, where England faced India. England posted a total of 325–5 with Nasser Hussain scoring 115, his only one day century, and Marcus Trescothick also scoring 109, but were beaten by India who made 326–8 thanks to Mohammad Kaif scoring 87 and Yuvraj Singh 69. [3]

In 2005, Bangladesh secured an unexpected victory over Australia in Cardiff, with Mohammad Ashraful scoring a century. Also, that year's final between Australia and England was a tie, with both sides scoring 196 and sharing the trophy.

By the time of the last triangular tournament in 2005, every test-playing nation had participated in at least one NatWest Series.

Tournaments by year

SeasonWinnerRunner-upThird place
2000 Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Zimbabwe.svg  Zimbabwe WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies
2001 Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan Flag of England.svg England
2002 Flag of India.svg  India Flag of England.svg EnglandFlag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka
2003 Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa Flag of Zimbabwe.svg Zimbabwe
2004 Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West IndiesFlag of England.svg England
2005 Flag of Australia (converted).svgAustralia
Flag of England.svgEngland
(shared)		Flag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh

NatWest Challenge

For three seasons, from 2003 to 2005, three extra One Day Internationals were arranged for the England team in addition to the NatWest Series.

In 2003, Pakistan came to England for the three match series. In 2004, India played the NatWest Challenge as a prelude to the ICC Champions Trophy held in England that year. The following year, Australia played these matches between the NatWest Series and The Ashes. The ICC began their trial of the "Supersub", 12th man who could bat or bowl and "Powerplay", flexible fielding restrictions in the 2005 matches. The Supersub idea was jettisoned after a year whilst the Powerplay experiment was retained.

NatWest Challenge results

SeasonMatchesWinnerRunner-upResult
2003 3Flag of England.svg  England Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan 2–1
2004 3Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of India.svg  India 2–1
2005 3Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of England.svg England2–1

2006 to date

The triangular format was abandoned in 2006, when England reverted to playing separate series against each visiting team (as they had in the Texaco Trophy from 1984 until 1998), but the name NatWest Series was retained. This was attributed to the poor crowds at matches not involving the home team. [4] The NatWest Series includes one or two matches in the Twenty20 cricket format against the touring team. The home team now plays 10 One Day Internationals a season.

In 2006, England played five matches against each of Sri Lanka and Pakistan, losing 5–0 to Sri Lanka and drawing 2–2 with Pakistan.

In 2007, the visiting teams were the West Indies and India: England lost the three-match series against the West Indies 2–1, and defeated India 4–3 in the seven-match series.

2008 Series

In June 2008, England lost the five-match series against New Zealand 3–1 with one match rained off. During a close match 4 at The Oval that NZ won, Grant Elliott was controversially run out after a mid-pitch collision with Ryan Sidebottom.

In August/September 2008, England beat South Africa 4–0 in the five match series with the final match rained off. Led by new captain Kevin Pietersen, a revitalised England beat an "end of tour" South Africa. In match 2 in Nottingham, SA were bowled out for 83 and England won the day/night match before the floodlights were required.

In the Twenty20 matches, England beat New Zealand in the only match in Manchester in June however the match against South Africa at Chester-le-Street was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

2009 Series

In May 2009, England led by Andrew Strauss beat the West Indies 2–0 with one match rained off. England won both matches, by 58 runs at Birmingham and by 6 wickets, Bristol, respectively. There were no Twenty20 internationals scheduled due to the ICC World Twenty20 event in June.

In August/September England were scheduled to play two Twenty20 matches at Manchester versus Australia. The first match was abandoned during the England innings and the second match was abandoned without a ball being bowled.

A seven match series was contested in September 2009 versus Australia after the home team's Ashes series win. The Australians won the first six, at The Oval, two at Lords, Southampton and two at Nottingham, and England won the final match at the Chester-le-Street. The top run scorer in the series was Andrew Strauss, 267 runs for England, who also scored most in the Ashes Test match series. Top wicket taker was Brett Lee, 12 wickets for Australia, who did not appear in the summer's Test series. [5] [6]

2010 Series

During the 2010 summer there were three NatWest Series. In June 2010, England played a five match tour series versus Australia, who were in the country to play a Test series Pakistan. England beat the Australians 3–2 winning the first three matches with Eoin Morgan scoring the most runs, 238 runs and Stuart Broad taking 12 wickets on either side.

In July, England beat Bangladesh 2–1 in a three match series. The series was notable as Bangladesh beat England for the very first time in one-day cricket.

In September, England played Pakistan in two Twenty20 matches (not part of the NatWest Series) and a five match one-day match series. This series was played with the backdrop of spot fixing allegations made against Pakistani players during the Test match series against England. England won the two Twenty20 matches at Cardiff.

England then went on to win the one-day series 3–2. England lost the 3rd match at The Oval by 23 runs. The ICC launched an investigation into the match after receiving information that there were scoring irregularities during the England innings. Ijaz Butt the Pakistan Cricket Board chairman suggested that as "a conspiracy" to defraud Pakistan cricket. Butt went on to accuse England players of bad practice, allegations he later withdrew. [7] Andrew Strauss scored the most runs, 317 runs and Umar Gul took most wickets, 12, during the series.

2011 Series

In June and July 2011, England won the five match series 3–2 versus Sri Lanka. England won the close deciding 5th match at Old Trafford by 16 runs. The 2nd match at The Oval was notable as Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya played his 445th and final one-day international. England's captain Alastair Cook scored the most runs in the series (298). Sri Lankan Spinner Suraj Randiv and England fast bowler James Anderson were joint highest wicket takers, (9). Sri Lanka won the Nat West Twenty20 International by 9 wickets at Bristol.

In September, England won a five match series versus India 3–0 with one tied match and one no result. The 4th match at Lords ended in a tie under the Duckworth-Lewis method. The 5th match at Cardiff, was Rahul Dravid's 344th and final one-day international. He also played his first and last Twenty20 International at Old Trafford. England won that match, at the end of August, by 6 wickets. In the one day series, Indian captain MS Dhoni scored the most runs, (236) and English spinner Graeme Swann took the most wickets (8). India went through the whole tour of England without a win in an international match, after also losing the Test series 4–0.

England played two more Twenty20 Internationals at The Oval versus the West Indies to close the season. The series ended 1–1.

NatWest Series results since 2006

SeasonOne Day InternationalsTwenty20 Internationals
MatchesWinnerRunner-upResultMatchesWinnerRunner-upResult
20065Flag of Sri Lanka.svg  Sri Lanka Flag of England.svg  England 5–0 [8] 1Flag of Sri Lanka.svgSri LankaFlag of England.svg England1–0 [9]
5Flag of England.svgEngland
Flag of Pakistan.svg  Pakistan
(shared)		2–2* [10] 1Flag of Pakistan.svgPakistanFlag of England.svg England1–0 [11]
20073WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg  West Indies Flag of England.svg England2–1 [12] 2Flag of England.svgEngland
WestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svgWest Indies
(shared)		1–1 [13]
7Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of India.svg  India 4–3 [14] (No Twenty20 Series played)
20085Flag of New Zealand.svg  New Zealand Flag of England.svg England3–1* [15] 1Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of New Zealand.svg New Zealand1–0 [16]
5Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of South Africa.svg  South Africa 4–0* [17] 1(Match abandoned) [18]
20093Flag of England.svgEnglandWestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies2–0* [19] (No Twenty20 Series played)
7Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia Flag of England.svg England6–1 [20] 2(Both matches abandoned) [21] [22]
20105Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of Australia (converted).svg Australia3–2* [23] (No Twenty20 Series played)
3Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of Bangladesh.svg  Bangladesh 2–1 [24] (No Twenty20 Series played)
5Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan3–2 [25] 2Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of Pakistan.svg Pakistan2–0 [26] [27]
20115Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of Sri Lanka.svg Sri Lanka3–2 [28] 1Flag of Sri Lanka.svgSri LankaFlag of England.svg England1–0 [29]
5Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of India.svg India3–0 + Tie * [30] 1Flag of England.svgEnglandFlag of India.svg India1–0 [31]
20123Flag of England.svgEnglandWestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies2–0* [32] 1Flag of England.svgEnglandWestIndiesCricketFlagPre1999.svg West Indies1–0 [33]

'* One match no result

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