The 2004–05 edition of the
VB Series (so-called because of sponsor
Victoria Bitter
Victoria Bitter (VB) is a lager produced by Carlton & United Breweries, a subsidiary of Asahi, in Melbourne, Victoria. It was first and brewed by Thomas Aitken at Victoria Brewery in 1854 and is one of the best selling beers in Australia.
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) was a three-team
One Day International men's
cricket
Cricket is a bat-and-ball game played between two teams of eleven players on a field at the centre of which is a pitch with a wicket at each end, each comprising two bails balanced on three stumps. The batting side scores runs by str ...
tournament held in Australia in January and February 2005, between the
hosting nation's team,
Pakistan
Pakistan ( ur, ), officially the Islamic Republic of Pakistan ( ur, , label=none), is a country in South Asia. It is the world's fifth-most populous country, with a population of almost 243 million people, and has the world's second-lar ...
, and
West Indies
The West Indies is a subregion of North America, surrounded by the North Atlantic Ocean and the Caribbean Sea that includes 13 independent island countries and 18 dependencies and other territories in three major archipelagos: the Greate ...
.
The teams played each other three times ,
with five points awarded for a win and a possible bonus point awarded either to the winners or losers depending on
run rate
In cricket, the run rate (RR), or runs per over (RPO), is the average number of runs a batting side scores per over. It includes all runs made by the batting side in the innings to that point of the game, both the runs scored by the batsmen an ...
. 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.
Squads
Notes
Group stage table
Schedule
Group stage matches
1st match: Australia v West Indies, 14 January
2nd match: Australia v Pakistan, 16 January
3rd match: Pakistan v West Indies, 19 January
4th match: Australia v West Indies, 21 January
5th match: Australia v Pakistan, 23 January
6th match: Australia v West Indies, 26 January
7th match: Pakistan v West Indies, 28 January
8th match: Australia v Pakistan, 30 January
9th match: Pakistan v West Indies, 1 February
Finals
1st final: Australia v Pakistan, 4 February
2nd final: Australia v Pakistan, 6 February
References
External links
2004–05 VB Series
{{DEFAULTSORT:VB Series (2004-05)
International cricket competitions in 2004–05
Australian Tri-Series