The original format of the NatWest Series was a three-team triangular tournament, involving England and two visiting international sides.
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.
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.
[3] In 2005, Bangladesh secured an unexpected victory over Australia in Cardiff, with Mohammad Ashraful scoring a century.
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 2004, India played the NatWest Challenge as a prelude to the ICC Champions Trophy held in England that year.
The ICC began their trial of the "Supersub", 12th man who could bat or bowl and "Powerplay", flexible fielding restrictions in the 2005 matches.
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.
Led by new captain Kevin Pietersen, a revitalised England beat an "end of tour" South Africa.
The ICC launched an investigation into the match after receiving information that there were scoring irregularities during the England innings.
The 2nd match at The Oval was notable as Sri Lankan batsman Sanath Jayasuriya played his 445th and final one-day international.
Sri Lankan Spinner Suraj Randiv and England fast bowler James Anderson were joint highest wicket takers, (9).
In the one day series, Indian captain MS Dhoni scored the most runs, (236) and English spinner Graeme Swann took the most wickets (8).