The 2004 international cricket season was from April to September 2004.

Season overview International tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI 0–2 0–5 1–0 3–0 3–0 — — 0–3 1–0 — 4–0 — 1–0 5–0 — 2–1 International tournaments Dates Tournament Winners NatWest Series Asia Cup Videocon Cup Australia vs Pakistan ODI match ICC Champions Trophy

Pre-season rankings

ICC Test Championship April 2004 Rank Team Rating 1 127 2 112 3 103 4 102 5 101 6 99 7 94 8 80 9 55 10 1

ICC ODI Championship April 2004 Rank Team Rating 1 135 2 113 3 110 4 109 5 108 6 107 7 106 8 99 9 63 10 28 11 3

April Sri Lanka in Zimbabwe

ODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 2119 20 April Tatenda Taibu Marvan Atapattu Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo by 12 runs (D/L) ODI 2120 22 April Tatenda Taibu Marvan Atapattu Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo by 9 wickets ODI 2122 25 April Tatenda Taibu Marvan Atapattu Harare Sports Club, Harare by 9 wickets ODI 2123 27 April Tatenda Taibu Mahela Jayawardene Harare Sports Club, Harare by 72 runs ODI 2124 29 April Tatenda Taibu Marvan Atapattu Harare Sports Club, Harare by 25 runsTest series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1698 6–8 May Tatenda Taibu Marvan Atapattu Harare Sports Club, Harare by an innings and 240 runs Test 1699 14–17 May Tatenda Taibu Marvan Atapattu Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo by an innings and 254 runs

May Bangladesh in the West Indies

ODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 2128 15 May Ramnaresh Sarwan Habibul Bashar Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent by 1 wicket ODI 2129 16 May Ramnaresh Sarwan Habibul Bashar Arnos Vale Ground, Kingstown, St Vincent by 23 runs ODI 2130 19 May Ramnaresh Sarwan Habibul Bashar National Cricket Stadium, St George's, Grenada by 7 wicketsTest series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1701 28 May–1 June Brian Lara Habibul Bashar Beausejour Stadium, Gros Islet, St Lucia Match drawn Test 1703 4–7 June Brian Lara Habibul Bashar Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica by an innings and 99 runs

New Zealand in England

Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1700 20–24 May Marcus Trescothick Stephen Fleming Lord's, London by 7 wickets Test 1702 3–7 June Michael Vaughan Stephen Fleming Headingley, Leeds by 9 wickets Test 1704 10–13 June Michael Vaughan Stephen Fleming Trent Bridge, Nottingham by 4 wickets

Australia in Zimbabwe

ODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 2131 25 May Tatenda Taibu Ricky Ponting Harare Sports Club, Harare by 7 wickets ODI 2132 27 May Tatenda Taibu Ricky Ponting Harare Sports Club, Harare by 139 runs ODI 2133 29 May Tatenda Taibu Ricky Ponting Harare Sports Club, Harare by 8 wickets

June NatWest Series

Team 6 3 0 3 1 25 +1.403 6 2 2 2 2 18 −0.376 6 1 4 1 3 11 −0.587

No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Group stage ODI 2133a 24 June Michael Vaughan Stephen Fleming Old Trafford, Manchester Match abandoned ODI 2134 26 June Stephen Fleming Brian Lara Edgbaston, Birmingham No result ODI 2135 27 June Michael Vaughan Brian Lara Trent Bridge, Nottingham by 7 wickets ODI 2136 29 June Michael Vaughan Stephen Fleming Riverside Ground, Chester-le-Street by 7 wickets ODI 2137 1 July Michael Vaughan Brian Lara Headingley, Leeds by 7 wickets ODI 2138 3 July Stephen Fleming Brian Lara Sophia Gardens, Cardiff by 5 wickets ODI 2139 4 July Michael Vaughan Stephen Fleming The Royal & Sun Alliance County Ground, Bristol by 6 wickets ODI 2140 6 July Michael Vaughan Brian Lara Lord's, London by 7 wickets ODI 2141 8 July Stephen Fleming Brian Lara The Rose Bowl, Southampton No result Final ODI 2142 10 July Stephen Fleming Brian Lara Lord's, London by 107 runs

July Sri Lanka in Australia

Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1705 1–3 July Adam Gilchrist Marvan Atapattu Marrara Oval, Darwin by 149 runs Test 1706 9–13 July Ricky Ponting Marvan Atapattu Bundaberg Rum Stadium, Cairns Match drawn

Asia Cup

Group stage

+ Group A Team 2 2 0 0 0 2 12 +2.567 2 1 1 0 0 1 6 +0.400 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 −2.979

+ Group B Team 2 2 0 0 0 1 11 +1.280 2 1 1 0 0 2 7 +1.040 2 0 2 0 0 0 0 −2.320

No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Group stage ODI 2143 16 July Habibul Bashar Rahul Sharma Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo by 116 runs ODI 2144 16 July Sourav Ganguly Khurram Khan Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla by 116 runs ODI 2145 17 July Habibul Bashar Inzamam-ul-Haq Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo by 76 runs ODI 2146 17 July Mahela Jayawardene Khurram Khan Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla by 116 runs ODI 2147 18 July Rahul Sharma Inzamam-ul-Haq Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo by 173 runs (D/L) ODI 2148 18 July Marvan Atapattu Sourav Ganguly Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla by 12 runs

Super Fours Team 3 2 1 0 0 3 13 +1.144 3 2 1 0 0 2 12 +0.022 3 2 1 0 0 0 10 +0.162 3 0 3 0 0 1 1 −1.190

No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Super Fours ODI 2149 21 July Habibul Bashar Sourav Ganguly Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo by 8 wickets ODI 2150 21 July Marvan Atapattu Inzamam-ul-Haq R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo by 7 wickets ODI 2151 23 July Marvan Atapattu Habibul Bashar R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo by 10 wickets ODI 2152 25 July Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo by 59 runs ODI 2153 27 July Marvan Atapattu Sourav Ganguly R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo by 4 runs ODI 2154 29 July Habibul Bashar Inzamam-ul-Haq R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo by 6 wickets

No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Final ODI 2155 1 August Marvan Atapattu Sourav Ganguly R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo by 25 runs

West Indies in England

Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1707 22–26 July Michael Vaughan Brian Lara Lord's, London by 210 runs Test 1708 29 July–1 August Michael Vaughan Brian Lara Edgbaston, Birmingham by 256 runs Test 1711 12–16 August Michael Vaughan Brian Lara Old Trafford, Manchester by 7 wickets Test 1712 19–21 August Michael Vaughan Brian Lara The Oval, London by 10 wickets

August South Africa in Sri Lanka

Test series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test 1709 4–8 August Marvan Atapattu Graeme Smith Galle International Stadium, Galle Match drawn Test 1710 11–15 August Marvan Atapattu Graeme Smith Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo by 313 runsODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 2156 20 August Marvan Atapattu Graeme Smith R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo by 3 wickets ODI 2158 22 August Marvan Atapattu Graeme Smith R. Premadasa Stadium, Colombo by 37 runs ODI 2160 25 August Marvan Atapattu Graeme Smith Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla by 4 wickets ODI 2161 28 August Mahela Jayawardene Graeme Smith Rangiri Dambulla International Stadium, Dambulla by 7 wickets ODI 2163 31 August Mahela Jayawardene Graeme Smith Sinhalese Sports Club Ground, Colombo by 49 runs

Videocon Cup

Team 2 1 0 0 1 +2.000 9 2 0 0 0 2 +0.000 6 2 0 1 0 1 −2.000 3

No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Group stage ODI 2157 21 August Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq VRA Ground, Amstelveen by 66 runs (D/L) ODI 2159 23 August Ricky Ponting Sourav Ganguly VRA Ground, Amstelveen No result ODI 2160a 25 August Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq VRA Ground, Amstelveen Match abandoned Final ODI 2162 28 August Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq VRA Ground, Amstelveen by 17 runs

September India in England

ODI series No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI 2164 1 September Michael Vaughan Sourav Ganguly Trent Bridge, Nottingham by 7 wickets ODI 2165 3 September Michael Vaughan Sourav Ganguly The Oval, London by 70 runs ODI 2167 5 September Michael Vaughan Sourav Ganguly Lord's, London by 23 runs

Australia vs Pakistan in England

Only ODI No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result ODI 2166 4 September Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq Lord's, London by 10 runs

ICC Champions Trophy

No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Group stage ODI 2168 10 September Michael Vaughan Tatenda Taibu Edgbaston, Birmingham by 152 runs ODI 2169 10 September Stephen Fleming Richard Staple The Oval, London by 210 runs ODI 2170 11 September Sourav Ganguly Steve Tikolo The Rose Bowl, Southampton by 98 runs ODI 2171 12 September Rajin Saleh Graeme Smith Edgbaston, Birmingham by 9 wickets ODI 2172 13 September Ricky Ponting Richard Staple The Rose Bowl, Southampton by 9 wickets ODI 2173 14 September Marvan Atapattu Tatenda Taibu The Oval, London by 4 wickets ODI 2174 14 September Steve Tikolo Inzamam-ul-Haq Edgbaston, Birmingham by 7 wickets ODI 2175 15 September Rajin Saleh Brian Lara The Rose Bowl, Southampton by 138 runs ODI 2176 16 September Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming The Oval, London by 7 wickets ODI 2177 17 September Michael Vaughan Marvan Atapattu The Rose Bowl, Southampton by 49 runs (D/L) ODI 2178 18 September Graeme Smith Brian Lara The Oval, London by 5 wickets ODI 2179 19 September Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq Edgbaston, Birmingham by 3 wickets Semi-finals ODI 2180 21 September Michael Vaughan Ricky Ponting Edgbaston, Birmingham by 6 wickets ODI 2181 22 September Inzamam-ul-Haq Brian Lara The Rose Bowl, Southampton by 7 wickets Final ODI 2182 25 September Michael Vaughan Brian Lara The Oval, London by 2 wickets

References

External links 2004 season on ESPN Cricinfo