VB Series 2004-05

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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 ^[1], 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.

[edit] Group Stage Table

VB Series after 9 matches
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

[edit] Schedule

No.	Date	Team 1	Team 2	Venue
Group Stage Schedule[1]
1	14 January 2005	AUS	WI	Melbourne Cricket Ground
2	16 January 2005	AUS	PAK	Bellerive Oval
3	19 January 2005	WI	PAK	Brisbane Cricket Ground
4	21 January 2005	AUS	WI	Brisbane Cricket Ground
5	23 January 2005	AUS	PAK	Sydney Cricket Ground
6	26 January 2005	AUS	WI	Adelaide Oval
7	28 January 2005	PAK	WI	Adelaide Oval
8	30 January 2005	AUS	PAK	WACA Ground
9	1 February 2005	PAK	WI	WACA Ground
Finals Schedule
Final 1	4 February 2005	AUS	PAK	Melbourne Cricket Ground
Final 2	6 February 2005	AUS	PAK	Sydney Cricket Ground