2004–05 VB Series

Date	14 January 2005 – 6 February 2005
Location	Australia
Result	Australian victory
Player of the series	Brett Lee

2004–05 VB Series
	Part of the Pakistani cricket team in Australia
	Ricky Ponting (Aus) • Inzamam-ul-Haq (Pak) • Brian Lara (WI) ;
Date	14 January 2005 – 6 February 2005
Location	Australia
Result	Australian victory
Player of the series	Brett Lee
Teams
Captains
Most runs
Most wickets
← 2003–04 (previous)	(next) 2005–06 →

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.

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

↑ Withdrawn on 7 January 2004 due to injury. Replaced with Ricardo Powell.
↑ 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	6	4	1	1	3	27	+1.082
2	Pakistan	6	3	0	3	2	17	−0.295
3	West Indies	6	1	1	4	2	10	−0.718

Schedule

No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue
Group Stage Schedule^[5]
1	14 January 2005	Australia	West Indies	Melbourne Cricket Ground
2	16 January 2005	Australia	Pakistan	Bellerive Oval
3	19 January 2005	West Indies	Pakistan	The Gabba, Brisbane
4	21 January 2005	Australia	West Indies	The Gabba, Brisbane
5	23 January 2005	Australia	Pakistan	Sydney Cricket Ground
6	26 January 2005	Australia	West Indies	Adelaide Oval
7	28 January 2005	Pakistan	West Indies	Adelaide Oval
8	30 January 2005	Australia	Pakistan	WACA Ground
9	1 February 2005	Pakistan	West Indies	WACA Ground
Finals Schedule
Final 1	4 February 2005	Australia	Pakistan	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Final 2	6 February 2005	Australia	Pakistan	Sydney Cricket Ground

Group stage matches

1st match: Australia v West Indies, 14 January

14 January 2005
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
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
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
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
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
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 bat

6th match: Australia v West Indies, 26 January

26 January 2005
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
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
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.
ODI debut: Mohammad Khalil (Pakistan)

9th match: Pakistan v West Indies, 1 February

1 February 2005
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
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
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 field.

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v t e International cricket in 2004–05
Preceding season: International cricket in 2004
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Following season: International cricket in 2005

2004–05 VB Series

Contents

Squads

Group Stage Table

Schedule

Group stage matches

1st match: Australia v West Indies, 14 January

2nd match: Australia v Pakistan, 16 January

3rd match: Pakistan v West Indies, 19 January

4th match: Australia v West Indies, 21 January

5th match: Australia v Pakistan, 23 January

6th match: Australia v West Indies, 26 January

7th match: Pakistan v West Indies, 28 January

8th match: Australia v Pakistan, 30 January

9th match: Pakistan v West Indies, 1 February

Finals

1st final: Australia v Pakistan, 4 February

2nd final: Australia v Pakistan, 6 February

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