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| 2004–05 VB Series | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Part of thePakistani cricket team in Australia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Date | 14 January 2005 – 6 February 2005 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Location |  Australia | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Result | Australia (beat Pakistan 2−0 in the finals)[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Player of the series | Brett Lee[1][2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The2004–05 edition of theVB Series (so-called because of sponsorVictoria Bitter) was a three-teamOne Day International men'scricket tournament held in Australia in January and February 2005, between thehosting nation's team,Pakistan, andWest Indies.[3][4] The teams played each other three times,[5] with five points awarded for a win and a possible bonus point awarded either to the winners or losers depending onrun 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.
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| VB Series after 9 matches[9] | ||||||||
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| 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 |
| No. | Date | Team 1 | Team 2 | Venue |
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| Group stage schedule[5] | ||||
| 1 | 14 January 2005 | Australia | West Indies | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| 2 | 16 January 2005 | Australia | Pakistan | Bellerive Oval |
| 3 | 19 January 2005 | West Indies | Pakistan | The Gabba,Brisbane |
| 4 | 21 January 2005 | Australia | West Indies | The Gabba,Brisbane |
| 5 | 23 January 2005 | Australia | Pakistan | Sydney Cricket Ground |
| 6 | 26 January 2005 | Australia | West Indies | Adelaide Oval |
| 7 | 28 January 2005 | Pakistan | West Indies | Adelaide Oval |
| 8 | 30 January 2005 | Australia | Pakistan | WACA Ground |
| 9 | 1 February 2005 | Pakistan | West Indies | WACA Ground |
| Finals schedule | ||||
| Final 1 | 4 February 2005 | Australia | Pakistan | Melbourne Cricket Ground |
| Final 2 | 6 February 2005 | Australia | Pakistan | Sydney Cricket Ground |
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Australia won by 116 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne Attendance: 51,433 Umpires:Steve Davis (Aus) andRudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match:Brad Hogg (Aus) |
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Australia won by 4 wickets (with 12 balls remaining) (D/L method) Bellerive Oval,Hobart Umpires:Billy Bowden (NZL) andDaryl Harper (Aus) Player of the match:Michael Clarke (Aus) |
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Pakistan won by 6 wickets (with 18 balls remaining) The Gabba,Brisbane Umpires:Rudi Koertzen (SA) andPeter Parker (Aus) Player of the match:Kamran Akmal (Pak) |
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Australia won by 9 wickets (with 82 balls remaining) Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires:Daryl Harper (Aus) andRudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match:Michael Clarke (Aus) |
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Australia won by 73 runs Adelaide Oval,Adelaide Umpires:Billy Bowden (NZL) andSteve Davis (Aus) Player of the match:Brett Lee (Aus) |
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West Indies won by 58 runs Adelaide Oval,Adelaide Umpires:Daryl Harper (Aus) andRudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match:Brian Lara (WIN) |
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Pakistan won by 3 wickets (with 16 balls remaining) WACA Ground,East Perth Umpires:Billy Bowden (NZL) andPeter Parker (Aus) Player of the match:Abdul Razzaq (Pak) |
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Pakistan won by 30 runs WACA Ground,East Perth Umpires:Steve Davis (Aus) andRudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match:Mohammad Yousuf (PAK) |
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Australia won by 18 runs Melbourne Cricket Ground,Melbourne Umpires:Billy Bowden (NZL) andSteve Davis (Aus) Player of the match:Andrew Symonds (Aus) |
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Australia won by 31 runs Sydney Cricket Ground, Sydney Umpires:Daryl Harper (Aus) andRudi Koertzen (SA) Player of the match:Glenn McGrath (Aus) |