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. The teams played each other three times, 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 Ricky Ponting (c) Inzamam-ul-Haq (c) Brian Lara (c) Adam Gilchrist (wk) Kamran Akmal (wk) Courtney Browne (wk) Michael Clarke Mohammad Yousuf 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 HindsWithdrawn on 7 January 2004 due to injury. Replaced with Ricardo Powell. 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 PowellAdded on 7 January 2004. Replaced Ryan Hinds.
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Group stage table
VB Series after 9 matches Pos Team Pld W NR/T L BP Pts NRR 1 6 4 1 1 3 27 +1.082 2 6 3 0 3 2 17 −0.295 3 6 1 1 4 2 10 −0.718
Schedule
No. Date Team 1 Team 2 Venue Group stage schedule 1 14 January 2005 Melbourne Cricket Ground 2 16 January 2005 Bellerive Oval 3 19 January 2005 The Gabba, Brisbane 4 21 January 2005 The Gabba, Brisbane 5 23 January 2005 Sydney Cricket Ground 6 26 January 2005 Adelaide Oval 7 28 January 2005 Adelaide Oval 8 30 January 2005 WACA Ground 9 1 February 2005 WACA Ground Finals schedule Final 1 4 February 2005 Melbourne Cricket Ground Final 2 6 February 2005 Sydney Cricket Ground
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
References
External links 2004–05 VB Series