2004–05 VB Series

The 2004–05 edition of the VB Series (so-called because of sponsor Victoria Bitter) was a three-team One Day International men's cricket tournament held in Australia in January and February 2005, between the hosting nation's team, Pakistan and West Indies.[3][4] The teams played each other three times ,[5] with five points awarded for a win and a possible bonus point awarded either to the winners or losers depending on run rate. The top two teams on points went through to the best-of-three finals series. Five of the nine preliminary games were day-night matches, and both finals played were night matches.

2004–05 VB Series
Part of the Pakistani cricket team in Australia
Ricky Ponting (Aus) • Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) • Brian Lara (WI)
Date14 January 2005 – 6 February 2005
Location Australia
ResultAustralian victory[1][2]
Player of the seriesBrett Lee[1][2]
Teams
 Australia  Pakistan  West Indies
Captains
Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq Brian Lara
Most runs
Clarke (411)
Martyn (240)
Ponting (184)		 Inzamam (364)
Youhana (318)
Afridi (231)		 Chanderpaul (314)
Lara (307)
Sarwan (235)
Most wickets
Lee (16)
McGrath (15)
Hogg (10)		 Naved (14)
Razzaq (13)
Afridi (10)		 Bradshaw (9)
Collins (8)
Bravo (5)

Squads
Squads
 Australia[6]  Pakistan[7]  West Indies[8]
Ricky Ponting (c) Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) Brian Lara (c)
Adam Gilchrist (wk) Kamran Akmal (wk) Courtney Browne (wk)
Michael Clarke Yousuf Youhana Shivnarine Chanderpaul
Jason Gillespie Salman Butt Chris Gayle
Matthew Hayden Taufeeq Umar Wavell Hinds
Brad Hogg Yasir Hameed Ramnaresh Sarwan
Michael Kasprowicz Mohammad Hafeez Marlon Samuels
Brett Lee Younis Khan Dwayne Bravo
Simon Katich Shoaib Malik Ryan Hinds[note 1]
Darren Lehmann Shahid Afridi Ian Bradshaw
Damien Martyn Abdul Razzaq Pedro Collins
Glenn McGrath Azhar Mahmood Mervyn Dillon
Andrew Symonds Shoaib Akhtar Reon King
Shane Watson Rana Naved-ul-Hasan Xavier Marshall
Brad Haddin (wk) Mohammad Khalil Ricardo Powell[note 2]

Notes

  1. Withdrawn on 7 January 2004 due to injury. Replaced with Ricardo Powell.
  2. Added on 7 January 2004. Replaced Ryan Hinds.

Group stage table
VB Series after 9 matches[9]
Pos Team Pld W NR/T L BP Pts NRR
1  Australia 6411327+1.082
2  Pakistan 6303217−0.295
3  West Indies 6114210−0.718

Schedule
No. Date Team 1 Team 2 Venue
Group Stage Schedule[5]
114 January 2005 Australia West IndiesMelbourne Cricket Ground
216 January 2005 Australia PakistanBellerive Oval
319 January 2005 West Indies PakistanThe Gabba, Brisbane
421 January 2005 Australia West IndiesThe Gabba, Brisbane
523 January 2005 Australia PakistanSydney Cricket Ground
626 January 2005 Australia West IndiesAdelaide Oval
728 January 2005 Pakistan West IndiesAdelaide Oval
830 January 2005 Australia PakistanWACA Ground
91 February 2005 Pakistan West IndiesWACA Ground
Finals Schedule
Final 14 February 2005 Australia PakistanMelbourne Cricket Ground
Final 26 February 2005 Australia PakistanSydney Cricket Ground

Group stage matches

1st match: Australia v West Indies, 14 January
14 January 2005
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
301/4 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
185 (46.2 overs)
Damien Martyn 95 (93)
Ian Bradshaw 2/46 (10 overs)
Brian Lara 58 (68)
Brad Hogg 5/32 (10 overs)
Australia won by 116 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Attendance: 51,433
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Brad Hogg (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat
  • Xavier Marshall (Win) made his ODI debut.

2nd match: Australia v Pakistan, 16 January
16 January 2005
10:00
Scorecard
Pakistan 
272/7 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
253/6 (43 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 68 (64)
Michael Kasprowicz 2/38 (9 overs)
Michael Clarke 97 (99)
Abdul Razzaq 2/41 (8 overs)
Australia won by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) (D/L method)
Bellerive Oval, Hobart
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Daryl Harper (Aus)
Player of the match: Michael Clarke (Aus)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

3rd match: Pakistan v West Indies, 19 January
19 January 2005
13:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
West Indies 
273/5 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
274/4 (47 overs)
Chris Gayle 82 (99)
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 2/55 (10 overs)
Kamran Akmal 124 (125)
Mervyn Dillon 2/46 (10 overs)
Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 18 balls remaining)
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (SA) and Peter Parker (Aus)
Player of the match: Kamran Akmal (Pak)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to bat

4th match: Australia v West Indies, 21 January
21 January 2005
yes (D/N)
Scorecard
West Indies 
263/9 (50 overs)
v
 Australia
43/5 (11 overs)
Wavell Hinds 107 (138)
Jason Gillespie 3/62 (9 overs)
Damien Martyn 14* (16)
Pedro Collins 3/8 (4 overs)
No result
The Gabba, Brisbane
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Simon Taufel (Aus)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to bat

5th match: Australia v Pakistan, 23 January
23 January 2005
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
Pakistan 
163 (39.2 overs)
v
 Australia
167/1 (36.2 overs)
Inzamam-ul-Haq 50 (61)
Darren Lehmann 3/44 (7.2 overs)
Michael Clarke 103* (107)
Abdul Razzaq 1/43 (7 overs)
Australia won by 9 wickets (with 82 balls remaining)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Michael Clarke (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to field

6th match: Australia v West Indies, 26 January
26 January 2005
13:45 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
269/8 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
196 (44.5 overs)
Simon Katich 76 (86)
Pedro Collins 5/43 (10 overs)
Shivnarine Chanderpaul 55 (87)
Brett Lee 4/38 (10 overs)
Australia won by 73 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Steve Davis (Aus)
Player of the match: Brett Lee (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

7th match: Pakistan v West Indies, 28 January
28 January 2005
9:30
Scorecard
West Indies 
339/4 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
281/9 (50 overs)
Brian Lara 156 (138)
Mohammad Hafeez 3/34 (3 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 45 (46)
Dwayne Bravo 2/39 (10 overs)
West Indies won by 58 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Brian Lara (WIN)
  • Pakistan won the toss and elected to field.

8th match: Australia v Pakistan, 30 January
30 January 2005
13:30 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
265 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
268/7 (47.2 overs)
Michael Clarke 75* (75)
Abdul Razzaq 4/53 (10 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 72 (90)
Glenn McGrath 2/27 (9 overs)
Pakistan won by 3 wickets (with 16 balls remaining)
WACA Ground, East Perth
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Peter Parker (Aus)
Player of the match: Abdul Razzaq (Pak)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.
  • Mohammad Khalil (Pak) made his ODI debut.

9th match: Pakistan v West Indies, 1 February
1 February 2005
10:30
Scorecard
Pakistan 
307/8 (50 overs)
v
 West Indies
277 (48.1 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 105 (100)
Ian Bradshaw 3/47 (10 overs)
Ramnaresh Sarwan 87 (91)
Rana Naved-ul-Hasan 4/29 (9.1 overs)
Pakistan won by 30 runs
WACA Ground, East Perth
Umpires: Steve Davis (Aus) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Yousuf Youhana (PAK)
  • West Indies won the toss and elected to field.

Finals

1st final: Australia v Pakistan, 4 February
4 February 2005
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
237 (49 overs)
v
 Pakistan
219/9 (50 overs)
Andrew Symonds 91 (101)
Abdul Razzaq 3/33 (10 overs)
Shoaib Malik 66 (89)
Brett Lee 3/23 (10 overs)
Australia won by 18 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne
Umpires: Billy Bowden (NZL) and Steve Davis (Aus)
Player of the match: Andrew Symonds (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

2nd final: Australia v Pakistan, 6 February
6 February 2005
14:15 (D/N)
Scorecard
Australia 
239/9 (50 overs)
v
 Pakistan
208 (45.4 overs)
Damien Martyn 43 (60)
Shahid Afridi 2/38 (10 overs)
Yousuf Youhana 51 (57)
Glenn McGrath 5/27 (7.4 overs)
Australia won by 31 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney
Umpires: Daryl Harper (Aus) and Rudi Koertzen (SA)
Player of the match: Glenn McGrath (Aus)
  • Australia won the toss and elected to bat.

References
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  2. VB Series, (A/ P/ WI) 2004–05, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 30 March 2012
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  6. "Cricinfo – 2004–05 VB Series – Australia Squad". Retrieved 30 March 2012.
  7. "Cricinfo – 2004–05 VB Series – Pakistan Squad". ESPNcricinfo. Retrieved 30 March 2012.
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  9. VB Series, 2004/05 / Points table, ESPNcricinfo, retrieved 30 March 2012
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