The international cricket season in 2005–06 lasted from October 2005 to April 2006. The season included the ICC Super Series which was held in Australia.
Season overview International tours Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches] Test ODI T20I ICC World XI 1–0 3–0 — 2–0 4–0 0–1 2–0 6–1 — 3–0 — — 2–0 3–2 — — 2–2 — — 1–2 — 2–0 — 1–0 — 3–1 — 1–0 1–4 — 2–0 4–1 1–0 0–2 1–2 — 0–3 3–2 1–0 — 2–2 — 1–1 5–1 — — 4–0 — 0–1 0–2 — 0–2 0–3 — International tournaments Dates Tournament Winners VB Series
Rankings The following are the rankings at the start of the season.
ICC Test Championship Table at 31 August ICC ODI Championship Table at 31 August Pos Nation Points Pos Nation Points 1 133 1 136 2 114 2 122 3 111 3 118 4 100 4 116 5 100 5 111 6 98 6 109 7 95 7 95 8 74 8 90 9 28 9 44 10 6 10 15
October 2005
ICC Super Series
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI Series ODI 2282 5 October Ricky Ponting Shaun Pollock Docklands Stadium, Melbourne by 93 runs ODI 2283 7 October Ricky Ponting Shaun Pollock Docklands Stadium, Melbourne by 55 runs ODI 2284 9 October Ricky Ponting Shaun Pollock Docklands Stadium, Melbourne by 156 runs Supertest Series Test 1768 14–17 October Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 210 runs
New Zealand in South Africa
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result T20 Series T20I 3 21 October Graeme Smith Stephen Fleming New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 5 wickets ODI Series ODI 2285 23 October Graeme Smith Stephen Fleming Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein by 2 wickets ODI 2288 28 October Graeme Smith Stephen Fleming Newlands, Cape Town by 19 runs ODI 2289 30 October Graeme Smith Stephen Fleming St George's Park, Port Elizabeth by 4 wickets ODI 2292 4 November Graeme Smith Stephen Fleming Kingsmead, Durban No result ODI 2293 6 November Graeme Smith Stephen Fleming SuperSport Park, Centurion by 5 wickets Test Series Test 1798 15–19 April Graeme Smith Stephen Fleming SuperSport Park, Centurion by 128 runs Test 1800 27 April–1 May Graeme Smith Stephen Fleming Newlands, Cape Town Match drawn Test 1801 5–7 May Graeme Smith Stephen Fleming New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 4 wickets
Sri Lanka in India
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI Series ODI 2286 25 October Rahul Dravid Marvan Atapattu Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur by 152 runs ODI 2287 28 October Rahul Dravid Marvan Atapattu Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali by 8 wickets ODI 2290 31 October Rahul Dravid Marvan Atapattu Sawai Mansingh Stadium, Jaipur by 6 wickets ODI 2291 3 November Rahul Dravid Marvan Atapattu Nehru Stadium, Pune by 4 wickets ODI 2294 6 November Rahul Dravid Marvan Atapattu Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad by 5 wickets ODI 2295 9 November Virender Sehwag Marvan Atapattu Madhavrao Scindia Cricket Ground, Rajkot by 7 wickets ODI 2296 12 November Rahul Dravid Marvan Atapattu IPCL Ground, Vadodara by 5 wickets Test Series Test 1775 2–6 December Rahul Dravid Marvan Atapattu M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Match drawn Test 1776 10–14 December Rahul Dravid Marvan Atapattu Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi by 188 runs Test 1778 18–22 December Virender Sehwag Marvan Atapattu Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad by 259 runs
November 2005
West Indies in Australia
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test Series Test 1769 3–6 November Ricky Ponting Shivnarine Chanderpaul The Gabba, Brisbane by 379 runs Test 1771 17–21 November Ricky Ponting Shivnarine Chanderpaul Bellerive Oval, Hobart by 9 wickets Test 1773 25–29 November Ricky Ponting Shivnarine Chanderpaul Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 7 wickets
England in Pakistan
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test Series Test 1770 12–16 November Inzamam-ul-Haq Marcus Trescothick Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan by 22 runs Test 1772 20–24 November Inzamam-ul-Haq Michael Vaughan Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Match drawn Test 1774 29 November–3 December Inzamam-ul-Haq Michael Vaughan Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by an innings and 100 runs ODI Series ODI 2304 10 December Inzamam-ul-Haq Marcus Trescothick Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 42 runs ODI 2305 12 December Inzamam-ul-Haq Marcus Trescothick Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 7 wickets ODI 2306 15 December Inzamam-ul-Haq Marcus Trescothick National Stadium, Karachi by 165 runs ODI 2307 19 December Inzamam-ul-Haq Marcus Trescothick Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi by 13 runs ODI 2308 21 December Younis Khan Marcus Trescothick Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi by 6 runs
South Africa in India
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI Series ODI 2297 16 November Rahul Dravid Graeme Smith Rajiv Gandhi International Stadium, Hyderabad by 5 wickets ODI 2298 19 November Rahul Dravid Graeme Smith M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore by 6 wickets ODI 2298a 22 November Rahul Dravid Graeme Smith M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai No Result ODI 2299 25 November Rahul Dravid Graeme Smith Eden Gardens, Kolkata by 10 wickets ODI 2300 28 November Rahul Dravid Graeme Smith Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai by 5 wickets
December 2005
Australia in New Zealand
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI Series ODI 2301 3 December Daniel Vettori Ricky Ponting Eden Park, Auckland by 147 runs ODI 2302 7 December Daniel Vettori Ricky Ponting Westpac Stadium, Wellington by 2 runs ODI 2303 10 December Daniel Vettori Ricky Ponting Jade Stadium, Christchurch by 2 wickets
South Africa in Australia
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test Series Test 1777 16–20 December Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith WACA Ground, Perth Match drawn Test 1779 26–30 December Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne by 184 runs Test 1780 2–6 January Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 8 wickets T20 Series T20I 4 9 January Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith The Gabba, Brisbane by 95 runs
Sri Lanka in New Zealand
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result ODI Series ODI 2309 31 December Daniel Vettori Marvan Atapattu Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown by 7 wickets ODI 2310 3 January Daniel Vettori Marvan Atapattu Jade Stadium, Christchurch by 5 wickets ODI 2311 6 January Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu Westpac Stadium, Wellington by 21 runs ODI 2312 8 January Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu McLean Park, Napier by 20 runs
January 2006
VB Series
Team M W L NRBP Pts NRR 8 6 2 0 3 27 +0.79 8 3 5 0 2 14 +0.03 8 3 5 0 0 12 −0.08
No. Date Team 1 Captain Team 2 Captain Venue Result Group Stage ODI 2313 13 January Ricky Ponting Marvan Atapattu Docklands Stadium, Melbourne by 116 runs ODI 2314 15 January Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith The Gabba, Brisbane by 5 wickets ODI 2315 17 January Marvan Atapattu Graeme Smith The Gabba, Brisbane by 94 runs ODI 2316 20 January Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith Docklands Stadium, Melbourne by 59 runs ODI 2317 22 January Ricky Ponting Marvan Atapattu Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 51 runs ODI 2318 24 January Marvan Atapattu Graeme Smith Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 9 runs ODI 2319 26 January Adam Gilchrist Marvan Atapattu Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 5 wickets ODI 2320 29 January Adam Gilchrist Chaminda Vaas WACA Ground, Perth by 6 wickets ODI 2321 31 January Marvan Atapattu Graeme Smith WACA Ground, Perth by 5 wickets ODI 2322 3 February Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith Docklands Stadium, Melbourne by 80 runs ODI 2323 5 February Ricky Ponting Graeme Smith Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 57 runs ODI 2325 7 February Marvan Atapattu Graeme Smith Bellerive Oval, Hobart by 76 runs Finals ODI 2326 10 February Ricky Ponting Marvan Atapattu Adelaide Oval, Adelaide by 22 runs ODI 2328 12 February Ricky Ponting Marvan Atapattu Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney by 167 runs ODI 2330 14 February Ricky Ponting Marvan Atapattu The Gabba, Brisbane by 9 wickets
India in Pakistan
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Test Match Series Test 1781 14–18 January Inzamam-ul-Haq Rahul Dravid Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore Match DrawnTest 1782 22–26 January Inzamam-ul-Haq Rahul Dravid Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad Match Drawn Test 1783 30 January-3 February Younis Khan Rahul Dravid National Stadium, Karachi by 341 runs One-Day International Series ODI 2324 6 February Inzamam-ul-Haq Rahul Dravid Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar by 7 runs (D/L) ODI 2327 9 February Inzamam-ul-Haq Rahul Dravid Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi by 7 wkts ODI 2329 13 February Inzamam-ul-Haq Rahul Dravid Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore by 5 wkts ODI 2331 16 February Inzamam-ul-Haq Rahul Dravid Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan by 5 wkts ODI 2333 19 February Inzamam-ul-Haq Rahul Dravid National Stadium, Karachi by 8 wkts
February 2006
Asia Cup The Asia Cup was postponed due to India's busy cricket schedule at the time.
West Indies in New Zealand
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Twenty20 International T20I 5 16 February Stephen Fleming Shivnarine Chanderpaul Eden Park, Auckland Match Tied, win bowl-off 3–0 One-Day International Series ODI 2332 18 February Stephen Fleming Shivnarine Chanderpaul Westpac Stadium, Wellington by 81 runs ODI 2335 22 February Stephen Fleming Shivnarine Chanderpaul Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown by 3 wickets ODI 2337 25 February Stephen Fleming Shivnarine Chanderpaul Jade Stadium, Christchurch by 21 runs ODI 2342 1 March Stephen Fleming Shivnarine Chanderpaul McLean Park, Napier by 91 runs ODI 2346 4 March Stephen Fleming Shivnarine Chanderpaul Eden Park, Auckland by 3 wickets Test Match Series Test 1787 9–13 March Stephen Fleming Shivnarine Chanderpaul Eden Park, Auckland by 27 runs Test 1790 17–21 March Stephen Fleming Shivnarine Chanderpaul Basin Reserve, Wellington by 10 wkts Test 1793 25–29 March Stephen Fleming Shivnarine Chanderpaul McLean Park, Napier Match Drawn
Sri Lanka in Bangladesh
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result One-Day International Series ODI 2334 20 February Habibul Bashar Mahela Jayawardene Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra by 5 wkts ODI 2336 22 February Habibul Bashar Mahela Jayawardene Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra by 4 wkts ODI 2338 25 February Habibul Bashar Mahela Jayawardene Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong by 78 runs Test Series Test 1784 28 February–5 March Habibul Bashar Mahela Jayawardene Chittagong Divisional Stadium, Chittagong by 8 wkts Test 1786 8–12 March Habibul Bashar Mahela Jayawardene Shaheed Chandu Stadium, Bogra by 10 wkts
Australia in South Africa
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result Twenty20 International Schedule T20I 6 24 February Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 2 runs One-Day International Series Schedule ODI 2341 26 February Graeme Smith Adam Gilchrist SuperSport Park, Centurion by 6 wkts ODI 2345 3 March Graeme Smith Adam Gilchrist Newlands, Cape Town by 196 runs ODI 2347 5 March Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting St George's Park, Port Elizabeth by 24 runs ODI 2348 10 March Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban by 1 wkt ODI 2349 12 March Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 1 wkt Test Match Series Schedule Test 1789 16–20 March Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Newlands, Cape Town by 7 wkts Test 1793 24–28 March Graeme Smith Ricky Ponting Sahara Stadium Kingsmead, Durban by 112 runs Test 1795 31 March-4 April Jacques Kallis Ricky Ponting Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg by 2 wkts
Kenya in Zimbabwe
No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result One-Day International Series ODI 2339 25 February Terry Duffin Steve Tikolo Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo by 8 wkts ODI 2340 26 February Terry Duffin Steve Tikolo Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo by 79 runs ODI 2343 1 March Terry Duffin Steve Tikolo Harare Sports Club, Harare by 65 runs ODI 2344 3 March Terry Duffin Steve Tikolo Harare Sports Club, Harare by 109 runs ODI 2346a 4 March Terry Duffin Steve Tikolo Harare Sports Club, Harare Match Abandoned
March 2006
ICC Intercontinental Cup
England in India