1998–99 Australia Tri-Nation Series

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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.

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)

← 1997–98

1999–00 →

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

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

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.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

England won the toss and elected to bat.

England won the toss and elected to bat.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

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.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

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

England won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

Series home at Cricinfo

^ "1st Match, Carlton & United Series at Brisbane, Jan 10 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "2nd Match, Carlton & United Series at Brisbane, Jan 11 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "3rd Match, Carlton & United Series at Sydney, Jan 13 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "4th Match, Carlton & United Series at Melbourne, Jan 15 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "5th Match, Carlton & United Series at Sydney, Jan 17 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "6th Match, Carlton & United Series at Melbourne, Jan 19 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "7th Match, Carlton & United Series at Hobart, Jan 21 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "8th Match, Carlton & United Series at Adelaide, Jan 23 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "9th Match, Carlton & United Series at Adelaide, Jan 24 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "10th Match, Carlton & United Series at Adelaide, Jan 26 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
^ "11th Match, Carlton & United Series at Perth, Jan 29 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "12th Match, Carlton & United Series at Perth, Jan 31 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "13th Match, Carlton & United Series at Sydney, Feb 3 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "14th Match, Carlton & United Series at Sydney, Feb 5 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "15th Match, Carlton & United Series at Sydney, Feb 7 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "1st Final, Carlton & United Series at Sydney, Feb 10 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.
^ "2nd Final, Carlton & United Series at Melbourne, Feb 13 1999". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 29 November 2020.