1994–95 Australian Tri-Series

The 1994–95 World Series was a One Day International (ODI) cricket quadrangular where Australia played host to England and Zimbabwe. A development team Australia A also took part in the tournament. Australia and Australia A reached the finals, which Australia won 2–0.

1994–95 World Series
Dates2 December 1994 – 12 January 1995
Cricket formatOne Day International[lower-alpha 1]
Tournament format(s)Round-robin
Host(s) Australia
Champions Australia
Runners-up Australia A
Participants4
Matches played14
Most runs David Boon (384)[1]
Most wickets Glenn McGrath (18)[2]

Background

Initially the tournament was only consisted of a tri-nation series with the schedule being revealed on 21 October 1993 with the three teams playing each other four times which started on 2 December with England taking on Zimbabwe and ending on 12 January before a three match final series which would go from the 15 to 19 January.[3]

Squads
 Australia Australia A  England  Zimbabwe

Points table
Pos Team Pld W L T NR Pts NRR
1  Australia 6 5 1 0 0 10 0.425
2 Australia A 6 3 3 0 0 6 0.093
3  England 6 3 3 0 0 6 0.080
4  Zimbabwe 6 1 5 0 0 2 −0.595
Source:

Result summary
  • 1st Match on 2 December 1994 at WACA Ground, Perth – Australia 167/8 (47.2 overs) defeated Zimbabwe, 166/9 (50 overs) by 2 wickets.[4]
  • 2nd Match on 4 December 1994 at WACA Ground, Perth – Australia 'A' 167/5 (35.1 overs) defeated Zimbabwe, 166/9 (50 overs) by 5 wickets.[5]
  • 3rd Match on 6 December 1994 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney – Australia 224/4 (50 overs) defeated England, 196 (48.3 overs) by 28 runs.[6]
  • 4th Match on 8 December 1994 at Bellerive Oval, Hobart – Australia 254/3 (50 overs) defeated Zimbabwe, 170/8 (50 overs) by 84 runs.[7]
  • 5th Match on 10 December 1994 at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide – Australia 'A' 202/3 (48.5 overs) defeated Zimbabwe, 201/8 (50 overs) by 7 wickets.[8]
  • 6th Match on 11 December 1994 at Adelaide Oval, Adelaide – Australia 202 (48.3 overs) defeated Australia 'A', 196 (47.4 overs) by 6 runs.[9]
  • 7th Match on 13 December 1994 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne – England 188/9 (50 overs) defeated Australia 'A', 157 (45.5 overs) by 31 runs.[10]
  • 8th Match on 15 December 1994 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney – Zimbabwe 205 (49.3 overs) defeated England, 192 (49.1 overs) by 13 runs.[11]
  • 9th Match on 7 January 1995 at Gabba, Brisbane – England 200/8 (50 overs) defeated Zimbabwe, 174 (48.1 overs) by 26 runs.[12]
  • 10th Match on 8 January 1995 at Gabba, Brisbane – Australia 252/5 (50 overs) defeated Australia 'A', 218 (47.5 overs) by 34 runs.[13]
  • 11th Match on 10 January 1995 at Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne – England 225/8 (50 overs) defeated Australia, 188 (48 overs) by 37 runs.[14]
  • 12th Match on 12 January 1995 at Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney – Australia 'A' 264/5 (50 overs) defeated England, 235/9 (50 overs) by 29 runs.[15]

Final series

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

Notes
  1. Excluding matches involving Australia A

References
  1. "1994–95 World series – Most runs". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  2. "1994–95 World series – Most wickets". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 6 October 2017.
  3. Wilkins, Phil (21 October 1993). "English will get five-star program". The Sydney Morning Herald. p. 40.
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  8. "5th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Adelaide, Dec 10 1994". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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  12. "9th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Brisbane, Jan 7 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  13. "10th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Brisbane, Jan 8 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  14. "11th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Melbourne, Jan 10 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  15. "12th Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Sydney, Jan 12 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  16. "1st Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Sydney, Jan 15 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
  17. "2nd Match, Benson & Hedges World Series at Melbourne, Jan 17 1995". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 27 September 2017.
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