VB Series 2004/05
1st Final: Australia vs Pakistan | Australia won by 18 runs
| Toss | Australia, who chose to bat | Series | VB Series 2004/05 |
| Umpires
|
BF Bowden and SJ Davis | Match Date | 04 Feb 2005 |
| Match Referee | BC Broad | Ground | Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne |
| TV Umpire | RL Parry | ||
| Player of Match | Andrew Symonds (Australia) |
Australia Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Adam Gilchrist † | c Abdul Razzaq b Mohammad Khalil | 24 | 54 | 42 | 2 | 0 | 57.14 |
| 2 | Michael Clarke | lbw Naved-ul-Hasan | 9 | 35 | 22 | 1 | 0 | 40.91 |
| 3 | Ricky Ponting * | b Iftikhar Anjum | 11 | 23 | 15 | 1 | 0 | 73.33 |
| 4 | Damien Martyn | st Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi | 53 | 100 | 78 | 0 | 0 | 67.95 |
| 5 | Andrew Symonds | c Inzamam-ul-Haq b Abdul Razzaq | 91 | 119 | 101 | 7 | 0 | 90.10 |
| 6 | Darren Lehmann | c Kamran Akmal b Shahid Afridi | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 7 | Simon Katich | c b Abdul Razzaq | 9 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 52.94 |
| 8 | Shane Watson | c Mohammad Hafeez b Abdul Razzaq | 4 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 80.00 |
| 9 | Brett Lee | b Naved-ul-Hasan | 13 | 15 | 12 | 2 | 0 | 108.33 |
| 10 | Jason Gillespie | not out | 3 | 11 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 11 | Glenn McGrath | run out Kamran Akmal | 1 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| Extra | b 1, lb 8, w 7, nb 3 | 19 | ||||||
| Total | 10 wickets; 49.0 overs; | 237 | 4.84 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-29 ( Michael Clarke, 8.3 ) ; 2-51 ( Adam Gilchrist, 12.3 ) ; 3-53 ( Ricky Ponting, 13.2 ) ; 4-190 ( Damien Martyn, 40.2 ) ; 5-190 ( Darren Lehmann, 40.3 ) ; 6-213 ( Simon Katich, 45.2 ) ; 7-213 ( Andrew Symonds, 45.3 ) ; 8-220 ( Shane Watson, 47.1 ) ; 9-235 ( Brett Lee, 48.5 ) ; 10-237 ( Glenn McGrath, 49.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Naved-ul-Hasan | 9.0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 2 | 2 |
| Iftikhar Anjum | 8.0 | 1 | 27 | 1 | 2 | 0 |
| Mohammad Khalil | 4.0 | 0 | 30 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| Shahid Afridi | 10.0 | 0 | 50 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Abdul Razzaq | 10.0 | 0 | 33 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Mohammad Hafeez | 8.0 | 0 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Pakistan Innings |
R | M | B | 4s | 6s | SR | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Salman Butt | lbw Brett Lee | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0.00 |
| 2 | Kamran Akmal † | c Jason Gillespie b Glenn McGrath | 4 | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 3 | Mohammad Hafeez | c Shane Watson b Glenn McGrath | 13 | 47 | 39 | 2 | 0 | 33.33 |
| 4 | Mohammad Yousuf | b Brett Lee | 2 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 50.00 |
| 5 | Inzamam-ul-Haq * | c Glenn McGrath b Brett Lee | 51 | 115 | 83 | 1 | 1 | 61.45 |
| 6 | Shoaib Malik | c Darren Lehmann b Jason Gillespie | 66 | 106 | 89 | 3 | 2 | 74.16 |
| 7 | Abdul Razzaq | run out Andrew Symonds | 3 | 8 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 75.00 |
| 8 | Shahid Afridi | c Simon Katich b Jason Gillespie | 26 | 31 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 173.33 |
| 9 | Naved-ul-Hasan | c Damien Martyn b Glenn McGrath | 29 | 54 | 29 | 4 | 0 | 100.00 |
| 10 | Iftikhar Anjum | not out | 19 | 41 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 59.38 |
| 11 | Mohammad Khalil | not out | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Extra | lb 3, w 2, nb 1 | 6 | ||||||
| Total | 9 wickets; 50.0 overs; | 219 | 4.38 runs per over | |||||
Fall of wickets 1-1 ( Salman Butt, 0.2 ) ; 2-7 ( Kamran Akmal, 1.4 ) ; 3-9 ( Mohammad Yousuf, 2.4 ) ; 4-27 ( Mohammad Hafeez, 12.0 ) ; 5-118 ( Mohammad Hafeez, 0.0 ) ; 6-0 ( Mohammad Hafeez, 0.0 ) ; 7-0 ( Mohammad Hafeez, 0.0 ) ; 8-123 ( Abdul Razzaq, 34.4 ) ; 9-153 ( Shoaib Malik, 38.2 ) ; 10-171 ( Shahid Afridi, 40.3 ) ; 11-216 ( Shahid Afridi, 0.0 ) ; 12-0 ( Shahid Afridi, 0.0 ) ; 13-0 ( Shahid Afridi, 0.0 )
Bowling |
Overs | Maidens | Runs | Wickets | Wides | No balls |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brett Lee | 10.0 | 0 | 23 | 3 | 1 | 0 |
| Glenn McGrath | 10.0 | 3 | 34 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Jason Gillespie | 10.0 | 0 | 47 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Shane Watson | 9.0 | 1 | 38 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Darren Lehmann | 4.0 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Andrew Symonds | 7.0 | 0 | 45 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
