result
2nd Final (D/N), Melbourne, Feb 9 2001, Carlton Series
338/6
(49.3/50 ov, target 339)299
Australia won by 39 runs
player of the match
Australia
Australia INNINGS (50 overs maximum)
West Indies INNINGS (target: 339 runs from 50 overs)
MATCH DETAILS
| Melbourne Cricket Ground | |
| Toss | West Indies, elected to field first |
| Series | Carlton SeriesWest Indies tour of Australia |
| Season | 2000/01 |
| Player Of The Match | Mark Waugh |
| Player Of The Series | Brian Lara |
| Series result | Australia won the best-of-3-finals 2-0 |
| Match number | ODI no. 1687 |
| Match days | daynight(50-over match) |
| Umpires | Darrell HairSteve Davis |
| TV Umpire | Daryl Harper |
| Match Referee | Denis Lindsay |
MATCH NOTES
- Scorers: JKE Higgs and JA Howard
- 12th Men: DS Lehmann (Australia) and SC Joseph (West Indies)
- Rain delayed the start of play, putting back the start 30 minutes to 3.00pm
- Australia 50 in 45 mins, off 11 overs
- ME Waugh/Ponting 2nd wicket partnership 50 in 31 mins, off 46 balls
- Australia 100 in 77 mins, off 18.1 overs
- ME Waugh 50 in 77 mins, off 50 balls, 8x4
- ME Waugh/Ponting 2nd wicket partnership 100 in 67 mins, off 102 balls
- Ponting 50 in 68 mins, off 54 balls, 6x4
- On 66, ME Waugh passed 8000 ODI runs
- Australia 150 in 101 mins, off 26 overs
- ME Waugh/Bevan 4th wicket partnership 50 in 38 mins, off 52 balls
- ME Waugh 100 in 146 mins, off 104 balls, 11x4
- Australia 250 in 168 mins, off 41.5 overs
- ME Waugh/Bevan 4th wicket partnership 100 in 63 mins, off 89 balls
- Bevan 50 in 70 mins, off 49 balls, 3x4
- ME Waugh 150 in 182 mins, off 132 balls, 15x4, 2x6
- A wide from Williams went for four (worth 5 wides)
- Australia 300 in 185 mins, off 45.2 overs
- ME Waugh 173, the highest ODI score by an Australian player (prev. AC Gilchrist 154 v Sri Lanka at Melbourne, Carlton & United Series, 1998/99)
- Australia 338/6, the highest ODI total in Australia (prev. Australia 337/7 v Pakistan at Sydney, Carlton & United Series 2nd Final, 1999/00)
- West Indies 50 in 36 mins, off 8.5 overs
- Hinds/Powell 1st wicket partnership 50 in 36 mins, off 54 balls
- West Indies 100 in 67 mins, off 15.3 overs
- Hinds/Samuels 3rd wicket partnership 50 in 25 mins, off 37 balls
- Hinds 50 in 70 mins, off 50 balls, 7x4
- Samuels 50 in 48 mins, off 41 balls, 8x4
- West Indies 150 in 99 mins, off 23.4 overs
- West Indies 200 in 133 mins, off 32.4 overs
- West Indies 250 in 163 mins, off 39.1 overs
- Jacobs 50 in 59 mins, off 47 balls, 3x4
- Attendance: 31 915