The Western Australian Team of the Century and Player of the Century was announced at the Gold Cup Dinner at the Hyatt Regency on 2 April 2000. To qualify players had to meet certain criteria based on their performances for Western Australia alone: batsman required an average of more than 35.00 from at least 40 innings, wicket-keepers were chosen on the number of dismissals alone, all-rounders must have taken more than 150 wickets and scored more than 2000 runs and bowlers must have taken more than 275 wickets. Dennis Lillee claimed 85% of the vote to be named Player of the Century.