International cricket in 2004–05

The 2004–05 international cricket season was from September 2004 to April 2005. There were no major tournaments played during this time. The season included the first-ever Twenty20 International match.[1]

Season overview

International tours
Start date Home team Away team Results [Matches]
Test ODI T20I
6 October 2004  India  Australia 1–2 [4] — —
19 October 2004  Bangladesh  New Zealand 0–2 [2] 0–3 [3] —
20 October 2004  Pakistan  Sri Lanka 1–1 [2] — —
18 November 2004  Australia  New Zealand 2–0 [2] 1–1 [3] —
20 November 2004  India  South Africa 1–0 [2] — —
28 November 2004  Zimbabwe  England — 0–4 [4] —
10 December 2004  Bangladesh  India 0–2 [2] 1–2 [3] —
16 December 2004  Australia  Pakistan 3–0 [3] — —
17 December 2004  South Africa  England 1–2 [5] 4–1 [7] —
26 December 2004  New Zealand  Sri Lanka 1–0 [2] 1–0 [1] —
6 January 2005  Bangladesh  Zimbabwe 1–0 [2] 3–2 [5] —
17 February 2005  New Zealand  Australia 0–2 [3] 0–5 [5] 0–1 [1]
25 February 2005  South Africa  Zimbabwe 2–0 [2] 3–0 [3] —
8 March 2005  India  Pakistan 1–1 [3] 2–4 [6] —
31 March 2005  West Indies  South Africa 0–2 [4] 0–5 [5] —
Other international series
Dates Tournament Winners
30 September 2004 Pakistan Paktel Cup  Sri Lanka
13 November 2004 India BCCI Platinum Jubilee Match  Pakistan
10 January 2005 Australia World Cricket Tsunami Appeal ICC World XI
14 January 2005 Australia VB Series  Australia

Pre-season rankings

ICC Test Championship 31 August 2004 [2]
Pos Nation Points
1  Australia 129
2  England 109
3  Pakistan 105
4  India 104
5  Sri Lanka 103
6  South Africa 102
7  New Zealand 94
8  West Indies 73
9  Zimbabwe 51
10  Bangladesh 1
ICC ODI Championship 31 August 2004 [3]
Pos Nation Points
1  Australia 136
2  Sri Lanka 123
3  New Zealand 117
4  Pakistan 105
5  India 105
6  South Africa 102
7  West Indies 101
8  England 99
9  Zimbabwe 61
10  Kenya 28
11  Bangladesh 0

September

Paktel Cup

Pos Team Pld W L T NR NRR Pts
1  Pakistan 4 4 0 0 0 +0.612 21
2  Sri Lanka 4 1 2 0 1 +0.499 11
3  Zimbabwe 4 0 3 0 1 –1.508 4
Group stage
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
ODI 2183 30 September  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq  Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu Multan Cricket Stadium, Multan  Pakistan by 144 runs
ODI 2184 3 October  Pakistan Yousuf Youhana  Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu Arbab Niaz Stadium, Peshawar  Pakistan by 3 wickets
ODI 2185 6 October  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu National Stadium, Karachi  Pakistan by 8 wickets
ODI 2186 9 October  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu  Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi  Sri Lanka by 7 wickets
ODI 2186a 11 October  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu  Zimbabwe Tatenda Taibu Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium, Rawalpindi Match abandoned
ODI 2187 14 October  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  Pakistan by 6 wickets
Final
ODI 2188 16 October  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq  Sri Lanka Marvan Atapattu Gaddafi Stadium, Lahore  Sri Lanka by 119 runs

October

Australia in India

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1713 6–10 October Sourav Ganguly Adam Gilchrist M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore  Australia by 217 runs
Test 1714 14–18 October Sourav Ganguly Adam Gilchrist M. A. Chidambaram Stadium, Chennai Match drawn
Test 1718 26–29 October Rahul Dravid Adam Gilchrist Vidarbha Cricket Association Ground, Nagpur  Australia by 342 runs
Test 1720 3–5 November Rahul Dravid Ricky Ponting Wankhede Stadium, Mumbai  India by 13 runs

New Zealand in Bangladesh

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1715 19–22 October Khaled Mashud Stephen Fleming Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  New Zealand by innings and 99 runs
Test 1717 26–29 October Khaled Mashud Stephen Fleming M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong  New Zealand by innings and 101 runs
ODI series
ODI 2189 2 November Habibul Bashar Daniel Vettori M. A. Aziz Stadium, Chittagong  New Zealand by 138 runs
ODI 2190 5 November Habibul Bashar Daniel Vettori Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  New Zealand by 3 wickets
ODI 2191 7 November Khaled Mashud Daniel Vettori Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  New Zealand by 83 runs

Sri Lanka in Pakistan

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1716 20–24 October Inzamam-ul-Haq Marvan Atapattu Iqbal Stadium, Faisalabad  Sri Lanka by 201 runs
Test 1719 28 October–1 November Inzamam-ul-Haq Marvan Atapattu National Stadium, Karachi  Pakistan by 6 wickets

November

BCCI Platinum Jubilee Match

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Only ODI
ODI 2192 13 November Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq Eden Gardens, Kolkata  Pakistan by 6 wickets

New Zealand in Australia

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1721 18–21 November Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming The Gabba, Brisbane  Australia by innings and 156 runs
Test 1723 26–30 November Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming Adelaide Oval, Adelaide  Australia by 213 runs
ODI series
ODI 2196 5 December Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming Docklands Stadium, Melbourne  New Zealand by 4 wickets
ODI 2198 8 December Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  Australia by 17 runs
ODI 2198a 10 December Ricky Ponting Stephen Fleming The Gabba, Brisbane Match abandoned

South Africa In India

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1722 20–24 November Sourav Ganguly Graeme Smith Green Park Stadium, Kanpur Match drawn
Test 1724 28 November–2 December Sourav Ganguly Graeme Smith Eden Gardens, Kolkata  India by 8 wickets

England in Zimbabwe

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2193 28 November Tatenda Taibu Michael Vaughan Harare Sports Club, Harare  England by 5 wickets
ODI 2194 1 December Tatenda Taibu Michael Vaughan Harare Sports Club, Harare  England by 161 runs
ODI 2195 4 December Tatenda Taibu Michael Vaughan Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo  England by 8 wickets
ODI 2197 5 December Tatenda Taibu Michael Vaughan Queens Sports Club, Bulawayo  England by 74 runs

December

India in Bangladesh

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1725 10–13 December Habibul Bashar Sourav Ganguly Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  India by innings and 140 runs
Test 1727 17–20 December Habibul Bashar Sourav Ganguly MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong  India by innings and 83 runs
ODI series
ODI 2199 23 December Habibul Bashar Sourav Ganguly MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong  India by 11 runs
ODI 2201 26 December Habibul Bashar Sourav Ganguly Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  Bangladesh by 15 runs
ODI 2202 27 December Habibul Bashar Sourav Ganguly Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  India by 91 runs

Pakistan in Australia

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1726 16–19 December Ricky Ponting Inzamam-ul-Haq WACA Ground, Perth  Australia by 491 runs
Test 1729 26–29 December Ricky Ponting Yousuf Youhana Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  Australia by 9 wickets
Test 1731 2–5 January Ricky Ponting Yousuf Youhana Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  Australia by 9 wickets

England in South Africa

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1728 17–21 December Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth  England by 7 wickets
Test 1730 26–30 December Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Kingsmead, Durban Match drawn
Test 1732 2–6 January Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Newlands, Cape Town  South Africa by 196 runs
Test 1734 13–17 January Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  England by 77 runs
Test 1736 21–25 January Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan SuperSport Park, Centurion Match drawn
ODI series
ODI 2216 30 January Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  England by 26 runs (D/L)
ODI 2219 2 February Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Goodyear Park, Bloemfontein Match tied
ODI 2221 4 February Graeme Smith Marcus Trescothick St. George's Park, Port Elizabeth  South Africa by 3 wickets
ODI 2223 6 February Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Newlands, Cape Town  South Africa by 108 runs
ODI 2224 9 February Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Buffalo Park, East London  South Africa by 7 runs
ODI 2225 11 February Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan Kingsmead, Durban No result
ODI 2226 13 February Graeme Smith Michael Vaughan SuperSport Park, Centurion  South Africa by 3 wickets

Sri Lanka in New Zealand

The second to fifth ODIs were cancelled to allow the Sri Lankan team to return home following the 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami on 26 December.[4]

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2200 26 December Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu Eden Park, Auckland  New Zealand by 7 wickets
ODI 2202a 29 December Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu McLean Park, Napier Match cancelled
ODI 2202b 2 January Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu Queenstown Events Centre, Queenstown Match cancelled
ODI 2202c 4 January Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu Jade Stadium, Christchurch Match cancelled
ODI 2202d 8 January Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu Westpac Stadium, Wellington Match cancelled
Test series
Test 1746 4–8 April Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu McLean Park, Napier Match drawn
Test 1748 11–14 April Stephen Fleming Marvan Atapattu Basin Reserve, Wellington  New Zealand by an innings and 38 runs

January

Zimbabwe in Bangladesh

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1733 6–10 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong  Bangladesh by 226 runs
Test 1735 14–18 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka Match drawn
ODI series
ODI 2207 20 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  Zimbabwe by 22 runs
ODI 2210 24 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong  Zimbabwe by 31 runs
ODI 2211 26 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu MA Aziz Stadium, Chittagong  Bangladesh by 40 runs
ODI 2214 29 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  Bangladesh by 58 runs
ODI 2217 31 January Habibul Bashar Tatenda Taibu Bangabandhu National Stadium, Dhaka  Bangladesh by 8 wickets

World Cricket Tsunami Appeal

No. Date ICC World XI captain Asia XI captain Venue Result
Only ODI
ODI 2203 10 January Ricky Ponting Sourav Ganguly Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne ICC World XI by 112 runs

VB Series

Main article: 2004–05 VB Series
Pos Team Pld W NR 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
No. Date Team 1 Captain 1 Team 2 Captain 2 Venue Result
Group stage
ODI 2204 14 January  Australia Ricky Ponting  West Indies Brian Lara Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  Australia by 116 runs
ODI 2205 16 January  Australia Ricky Ponting  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq Bellerive Oval, Hobart  Australia by 4 wickets (D/L)
ODI 2206 19 January  West Indies Brian Lara  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq The Gabba, Brisbane  Pakistan by 6 wickets
ODI 2208 21 January  Australia Ricky Ponting  West Indies Brian Lara The Gabba, Brisbane No result
ODI 2209 23 January  Australia Ricky Ponting  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  Australia by 9 wickets
ODI 2212 26 January  Australia Ricky Ponting  West Indies Brian Lara Adelaide Oval, Adelaide  Australia by 73 runs
ODI 2213 28 January  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq  West Indies Brian Lara Adelaide Oval, Adelaide  West Indies by 58 runs
ODI 2215 30 January  Australia Ricky Ponting  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq WACA Ground, Perth  Pakistan by 3 wickets
ODI 2218 1 February  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq  West Indies Brian Lara WACA Ground, Perth  Pakistan by 30 runs
Finals
ODI 2220 4 February  Australia Ricky Ponting  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne  Australia by 18 runs
ODI 2222 6 February  Australia Ricky Ponting  Pakistan Inzamam-ul-Haq Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney  Australia by 31 runs

February

Australia in New Zealand

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Only T20I
T20I 1 17 February Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Eden Park, Auckland  Australia by 44 runs
ODI series
ODI 2227 19 February Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Westpac Stadium, Wellington  Australia by 10 runs
ODI 2228 22 February Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Jade Stadium, Christchurch  Australia by 106 runs
ODI 2230 26 February Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Eden Park, Auckland  Australia by 86 runs
ODI 2232 1 March Stephen Fleming Adam Gilchrist Basin Reserve, Wellington  Australia by 7 wickets
ODI 2234 5 March Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting McLean Park, Napier  Australia by 122 runs
Test series
Test 1739 10–13 March Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Jade Stadium, Christchurch  Australia by 9 wickets
Test 1742 18–22 March Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Basin Reserve, Wellington Match drawn
Test 1744 26–29 March Stephen Fleming Ricky Ponting Eden Park, Auckland  Australia by 9 wickets

Zimbabwe in South Africa

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
ODI series
ODI 2229 25 February Graeme Smith Tatenda Taibu New Wanderers Stadium, Johannesburg  South Africa by 165 runs
ODI 2231 27 February Graeme Smith Tatenda Taibu Kingsmead, Durban  South Africa by 131 runs
ODI 2233 2 March Nicky Boje Tatenda Taibu St George's Park, Port Elizabeth  South Africa by 5 wickets
Test series
Test 1737 4–5 March Graeme Smith Tatenda Taibu Newlands, Cape Town  South Africa by an innings and 21 runs
Test 1740 11–13 March Graeme Smith Tatenda Taibu SuperSport Park, Centurion  South Africa by an innings and 62 runs

March

Pakistan in India

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1738 8–12 March Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq Punjab Cricket Association Stadium, Mohali Match drawn
Test 1741 16–20 March Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq Eden Gardens, Kolkata  India by 195 runs
Test 1743 24–28 March Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq M. Chinnaswamy Stadium, Bangalore  Pakistan by 168 runs
ODI series
ODI 2235 2 April Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq Nehru Stadium, Kochi  India by 87 runs
ODI 2236 5 April Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq Andhra Cricket Association-Visakhapatnam District Cricket Association Stadium, Visakhapatnam  India by 58 runs
ODI 2237 9 April Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq Keenan Stadium, Jamshedpur  Pakistan by 106 runs
ODI 2238 12 April Sourav Ganguly Inzamam-ul-Haq Sardar Patel Stadium, Ahmedabad  Pakistan by 3 wickets
ODI 2239 15 April Rahul Dravid Inzamam-ul-Haq Green Park Stadium, Kanpur  Pakistan by 5 wickets
ODI 2240 17 April Rahul Dravid Inzamam-ul-Haq Feroz Shah Kotla Ground, Delhi  Pakistan by 159 runs

South Africa in the West Indies

No. Date Home captain Away captain Venue Result
Test series
Test 1745 31 March–4 April Shivnarine Chanderpaul Graeme Smith Bourda, Georgetown, Guyana Match drawn
Test 1747 8–12 April Shivnarine Chanderpaul Graeme Smith Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad  South Africa by 8 wickets
Test 1749 21–24 April Shivnarine Chanderpaul Graeme Smith Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados  South Africa by an innings and 86 runs
Test 1750 29 April–3 May Shivnarine Chanderpaul Graeme Smith Antigua Recreation Ground, St John's, Antigua Match drawn
ODI series
ODI 2241 7 May Shivnarine Chanderpaul Graeme Smith Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica  South Africa by 8 wickets
ODI 2242 8 May Shivnarine Chanderpaul Graeme Smith Sabina Park, Kingston, Jamaica  South Africa by 8 wickets (D/L)
ODI 2243 11 May Shivnarine Chanderpaul Graeme Smith Kensington Oval, Bridgetown, Barbados  South Africa by 1 run
ODI 2244 14 May Shivnarine Chanderpaul Shaun Pollock Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad  South Africa by 6 wickets
ODI 2245 15 May Shivnarine Chanderpaul Shaun Pollock Queen's Park Oval, Port of Spain, Trinidad  South Africa by 7 wickets

References

  1. ↑ Soni, Paresh (2005-02-16). "Twenty20: Short-term fix or long-term gain?". BBC Sport (BBC). Retrieved 2013-03-11.
  2. ↑ ICC Cricket Website, accessed 21 December 2006
  3. ↑ ICC Cricket Website, accessed 21 December 2006
  4. ↑ Lynch, Steven (2004-12-29). "Sri Lanka head home from New Zealand". Cricinfo (ESPN). Retrieved 2013-03-01.

External links