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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The1998–99 Australia Tri-Nation Series (more commonly known as the1998–99 Carlton and United Series) was aOne Day International (ODI)crickettri-series whereAustralia played host toEngland andSri Lanka. Australia and England reached the Finals, which Australia won 2–0.

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	NR	T	Points	NRR
1	Australia	10	7	3	0	0	14	+0.538
2	England	10	5	5	0	0	10	+0.157
3	Sri Lanka	10	3	7	0	0	6	−0.667

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) andDaryl 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 andMark Alleyne (Eng) made their ODI debuts.

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) andSteve Davis (Aus) Player of the match: Neil Fairbrother (Eng)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

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) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist (Aus)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

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) andDarrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Mark Waugh (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

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) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Eng)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

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) andTerry Prue (Aus) Player of the match: Darren Gough (Eng)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to bat.

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) andSteve Davis (Aus) Player of the match: Marvan Atapattu (SL)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

23 January 1999 14:00UTC+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.

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) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Glenn McGrath (Aus)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

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) andDaryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Graeme Hick (Eng)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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) andSteve Davis (Aus) Player of the match: Mark Ealham (Eng)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

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) andTerry Prue (Aus) Player of the match: Ricky Ponting (Aus)

• Sri Lanka won the toss and elected to field.

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) andSimon Taufel (Aus) Player of the match: Thilan Samaraweera (SL)

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

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) andDarrell Hair (Aus) Player of the match: Damien Martyn (Aus)

• England won the toss and elected to bat.

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) andTerry Prue (Aus) Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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

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) andSteve Davis (Aus) Player of the match: Michael Bevan (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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) andDaryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match: Darren Lehmann (Aus)

• Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

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