2003–04 VB Series

VB Series

Part of the Zimbabwean cricket team in Australia in 2003-04
and the Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003-04


Date	9 January 2004 – 8 February 2004
Location	Australia
Result	Won by Australia
Player of the series		Adam Gilchrist

Teams

India

Captains

Most runs

Gilchrist (498)
Hayden (425)

VVS Laxman (443)
Yuvraj Singh (314)

Ervine (265)
Carlisle (223)

Most wickets

Williams (15)
Lee (12)

Pathan (16)
Balaji (13)

Streak (15)
Ervine (12)

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The 2003–04 VB-Series was a cricket tri-series involving touring nations India and Zimbabwe and hosts Australia. Australia won the tournament, who lost one match in the group stage, by defeating India in the 2-match final. Adam Gilchrist was named Man of the Series for his 498 runs at an average of 62.25.

Group stage

Table

Pos	Team	P	W	L	NR/T	BP	CP	Points	NRR
1	Australia	8	6	1	1	3	1	37	+1.100
2	India	8	5	3	0	2	2	29	+0.282
3	Zimbabwe	8	0	7	1	0	3	6	−1.326

Key

BP = Bonus points.

1 bonus point was awarded to the winning team if their run rate was 1.25x than that of the losing team.

CP = Consolation points

1 consolation point was awarded to the losing team if they denied the winning team from receiving the bonus point.

Points system

Won = 5 points
Lost = 0 points
Tie or No result = 3 points
Standard net run rate rules applied.

Position deciders

The deciding factors, in order, on table position were:

Total points
Games won
Head-to-head result
Bonus points
Net run rate

Match 1 at the MCG

Matches

Match 1: Australia v India

9 January
(scorecard)

Australia 288 (48.3 overs)	v	India 270 (49 overs)
Andrew Symonds 88 (102) Michael Clarke 63 (66) Ajit Agarkar 6/42 (9.3 overs)		Sourav Ganguly 82 (83) Sachin Tendulkar 63 (69) Ian Harvey 3/52 (10 overs)

Australia won by 18 runs
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 63,271
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Andrew Symonds

Ajit Agarkar recorded his first 5 wicket haul, and his best career ODI figures to date.^[1]

Match 2: Australia v Zimbabwe

11 January
(scorecard)

Australia 225/8 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 126 (37.3 overs)
Andrew Symonds 42 (82) Sean Ervine 3/53 (10 overs)		Heath Streak 46 (92) Brad Williams 5/22 (8.3 overs)

Australia won by 99 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 20,538
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) and Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Brad Williams

Brad Williams took his second 5 wicket haul, and recorded his best bowling figures with his 5/22.^[2]

Match 3: India v Zimbabwe

14 January
(scorecard)

Zimbabwe 208/6 (50 overs)	v	India 211/3 (37.4 overs)
Heath Streak 59* (68) Virender Sehwag 2/40 (10 overs)		Virender Sehwag 90 (102) Douglas Hondo 1/39 (8 overs)

India won by 7 wickets
Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 3109
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Peter Parker (AUS)
Player of the match: Virender Sehwag

Match 4: Australia v Zimbabwe

16 January
(scorecard)

Australia 344/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 196/6 (50 overs)
Adam Gilchrist 172 (126) Matthew Hayden 63 (75) Heath Streak 3/50 (10 overs)		Heath Streak 64* (82) Brett Lee 1/29 (10 overs)

Australia won by 148 runs
Bellerive Oval, Hobart Attendance: 12,715
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist

Gilchrist's 172 is his personal highest score in both One Day Internationals and List A cricket.^[3] It was also the highest score by a wicket-keeper in ODI cricket until Mahendra Singh Dhoni's 183* in 2005.^[4]

Match 5: Australia v India

18 January
(scorecard)

India 303/4 (50 overs)	v	Australia 284 (49.4 overs)
VVS Laxman 103* (113) Sachin Tendulkar 86 (95) Rahul Dravid 74 (64) Brad Williams 1/40 (8 overs)		Matthew Hayden 109 (107) Lakshmipathy Balaji 4/48 (10 overs) Irfan Pathan 3/64 (9.4 overs)

India won by 19 runs
The Gabba, Woolloongabba Attendance: 35,052
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Peter Parker (AUS)
Player of the match: VVS Laxman

Match 6: India v Zimbabwe

20 January
(scorecard)

India 255/6 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 231 (47.1 overs)
Rahul Dravid 84 (106) Yuvraj Singh 69 (76) Sean Ervine 3/47 (10 overs)		Sean Ervine 39 (27) Sourav Ganguly 3/55 (10 overs)

India won by 24 runs
The Gabba, Woolloongabba Attendance: 9638
Umpires: Steve Davis (AUS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh

Match 7: Australia v India

22 January
(scorecard)

India 296/4 (50 overs)	v	Australia 225/8 (33.5 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 139 (122) VVS Laxman 106* (130) Brett Lee 2/46 (9 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 95 (72) Sourav Ganguly 3/41 (7 overs) Irfan Pathan 3/51 (7 overs)

Australia won by 2 wickets (DL)
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 39,088
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Daryl Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: Yuvraj Singh

Match shortened due to rain; Duckworth-Lewis revised target to win: 225 runs in 34 overs for Australia.

Match 8: India v Zimbabwe

24 January
(scorecard)

India 280/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 277/6 (50 overs)
VVS Laxman 131 (138) Rahul Dravid 56 (72) Rohan Gavaskar 54 (62) Heath Streak 3/53 (10 overs)		Stuart Carlisle 109 (128) Sean Ervine 100 (100) Ajit Agarkar 3/39 (10 overs)

India won by 3 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 8680
Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
Player of the match: VVS Laxman

Match 9: Australia v Zimbabwe

26 January
(scorecard)

Australia 279/7 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe 266/8 (50 overs)
Michael Bevan 75 (91) Ricky Ponting 63 (71) Heath Streak 3/45 (10 overs)		Grant Flower 94 (106) Brad Williams 2/38 (8 overs)

Australia won by 13 runs
Adelaide Oval, Adelaide Attendance: 27,612
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Steve Davis (AUS)
Player of the match: Grant Flower

Match 10: Australia v Zimbabwe

29 January
(scorecard)

Australia 263/9 (50 overs)	v	Zimbabwe
Michael Bevan 56 (56) Heath Streak 2/47 (10 overs)

No result
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 20,000 (est.)
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) and Peter Parker (AUS)

Match abandoned due to rain.

Match 11: Australia v India

1 February
(scorecard)

India 203 (49 overs)	v	Australia 204/5 (32 overs)
Yuvraj Singh 47 (62) Brett Lee 3/22 (10 overs)		Adam Gilchrist 75 (65) Andrew Symonds 73 (57) Ajit Agarkar 2/56 (9 overs)

Australia won by 5 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth Attendance: 18,858
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Daryl Harper (AUS)
Player of the match: Adam Gilchrist

Match 12: India v Zimbabwe

3 February
(scorecard)

Zimbabwe 135 (34.4 overs)	v	India 136/6 (30.3 overs)
Stuart Matsikenyeri 36 (46) Irfan Pathan 4/24 (10 overs) Amit Bhandari 3/31 (7.4 overs)		Hemang Badani 34 (59) Sean Ervine 2/29 (8.3 overs)

India won by 4 wickets
WACA Ground, Perth Attendance: 4053
Umpires: Rudi Koertzen (RSA) and Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Irfan Pathan

Final series

First final

6 February
(scorecard)

India 222 (49 overs)	v	Australia 224/3 (40.1 overs)
Hemang Badani 60* (81) Ajit Agarkar 53 (62) Brett Lee 2/34 (9 overs)		Ricky Ponting 88 (80) Matthew Hayden 50 (91) Lakshmipathy Balaji 3/52 (10 overs)

Australia won by 7 wickets
Melbourne Cricket Ground, Melbourne Attendance: 44,737
Umpires: Steve Bucknor (WIN) and Simon Taufel (AUS)
Player of the match: Ricky Ponting

Second final

8 February
(scorecard)

Australia 359/5 (50 overs)	v	India 151 (33.2 overs)
Matthew Hayden 126 (122) Damien Martyn 67 (76) Andrew Symonds 66 (39) Ashish Nehra 2/63 (10 overs)		Irfan Pathan 30 (41) Brad Williams 2/12 (6.2 overs)

Australia won by 208 runs
Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Attendance: 40,000 (est.)
Umpires: Daryl Harper (AUS) and Rudi Koertzen (RSA)
Player of the match: Matthew Hayden

Notes

↑ "Statsguru – AB Agarkar – ODI Bowling – Innings by innings list". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2007.
↑ "Statsguru – BA Williams – ODI Bowling – Innings by Innings list". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2007.
↑ "Players and Officials – Adam Gilchrist". Cricinfo. Archived from the original on 8 July 2007. Retrieved 20 July 2007.
↑ "Wisden – 2006 – India v Sri Lanka, 2005–06". Cricinfo. Retrieved 20 July 2007.

References

International cricket tours of Australia

Test and LOI tours

Bangladesh	2003 2008

England	1876–77 1878–79 1881–82 1882–83 1884–85 1886–87 1887–88 1891–92 1894–95 1897–98 1901–02 1903–04 1907–08 1911–12 1920–21 1924–25 1928–29 1932–33 1936–37 1946–47 1950–51 1954–55 1958–59 1962–63 1965–66 1970–71 1974–75 1977 1978–79 1979–80 1982–83 1986–87 1987–88 1990–91 1994–95 1998–99 2002–03 2006–07 2010–11 2013–14 2017–18

India	1947–48 1967–68 1977–78 1980–81 1985–86 1991–92 1999–2000 2003–04 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15 2015–16 2017-18 2019-20 2020 2022-23

New Zealand	1973–74 1980–81 1982–83 1985–86 1987–88 1989–90 1990–91 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2004–05 2008–09 2011–12 2015–16 2016–17

Pakistan	1964–65 1972–73 1976–77 1978–79 1981–82 1983–84 1988–89 1989–90 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 1999–2000 2002 2004–05 2009–10 2016–17 2019–20

South Africa	1910–11 1931–32 1952–53 1963–64 1971-72 (cancelled) 1993–94 1997–98 2001–02 2005–06 2008–09 2012–13 2014–15 2016–17

Sri Lanka	1982–83 1987–88 1989–90 1995–96 1998–99 2002–03 2004 2007–08 2010–11 2012–13 2016-17 2018-19 2022-23

West Indies	1930–31 1951–52 1960–61 1968–69 1975–76 1979–80 1981–82 1984–85 1986–87 1988–89 1991–92 1992–93 1995–96 1996–97 2000–01 2004–05 2005–06 2009–10 2012–13 2015–16 2019–20

Zimbabwe	1994–95 2000–01 2003–04

Tournaments hosted

Multiple Teams	1985 1992 2015

Tri-series	1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 1985–86 1986–87 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 1994–95 1995–96 1996–97 1997–98 1998–99 1999–2000 2000–01 2001–02 2002–03 2003–04 2004–05 2005–06 2006–07 2007–08 2011–12 2014–15

Other tours

Afghanistan	2014

Australian Forces	1919–20 1945–46

English	1861–62 1863–64 1873–74 1902–03 1922–23 1929–30 1935–36 1979–80

Fijian	1907–08 1959–60

Multi-national	1971–72 2005–06

New Zealand	1898–99 1913–14 1925–26 1927–28 1937–38 1953–54 1961–62 1967–68 1969–70 1970–71 1971–72 1972–73 1974–75

PNG	2014

UAE	2014

West Indies (WSC)	1977–78

International cricket in 2003–04

Preceding season: International cricket in 2003

October 2004	New Zealand in India South Africa in Pakistan Africa/EAP Under-19 Championship Zimbabwe in Australia England in Bangladesh TVS Cup

November 2004	West Indies in Zimbabwe England in Sri Lanka New Zealand in Pakistan

December 2004	India in Australia West Indies in South Africa Pakistan in New Zealand

January 2005	VB Series West Indies in South Africa

February 2005	Bangladesh in Zimbabwe South Africa in New Zealand Australia in Sri Lanka

March 2005	England in the West Indies India in Pakistan Americas Affiliates Championship ICC Intercontinental Cup

Following season: International cricket in 2004

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